Art Supply House & Custom FramingThe first time you hear something, you’re not really listening, you’re reacting. The second time you hear something, you’re comparing it to the first time. It’s only the seventh time you hear something that you’re actually listening. ~ Anonymous This year I grew a sourdough starter and have been making sourdough. The results have gotten […]
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together. ~ Vincent van Gogh Are you familiar with the physics of dominoes? It’s fascinating. And wonderfully applicable to the power of lining up a series of micro-goals to generate a ton of momentum in the process. (Check out this […]
The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life. ~ Muhammad Ali In last week’s email, I wrote about perspective mattering because we look at things through different viewpoints. One of those viewpoints is time (the 4th dimension). Sometimes time results in […]
The older you get, the more you realize there are fewer absolutes in the world and more perspectives. Stereotypes do describe the more common occurrences, but not always. ~ Tim Allen Everything is relative. Whether we think that Durango is a small town or a big city depends on our experiences. If we grew up […]
Each morning we are born again. What we do today matters most. ~ Buddha I recently heard an idea that was too thought provoking not to share. The premise starts with a year (365 days). We take 10% of those days and say that they’re our best 36 days each year – which also means there […]
A writer—and, I believe, generally all persons—must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw […]
In order to write a book, do a deed, paint a picture with some life in it, one has to be alive oneself. ~ Vincent van Gogh I’ve often heard of creativity described as a well. When a well is “primed” it’s easy to get water from. Every day, a little bit of water is […]
If all art is metaphor, then all art begins with memory. The ancient Greeks knew this: In their origin myths, they cite Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, as the mother of the Nine Muses. ~ Twyla Tharp A friend recently suggested that I read a chapter out of the book The Physical and Spirtiual Journey […]
I have learned that what I have not drawn I have never really seen, and that when I start drawing an ordinary thing, I realize how extraordinary it is, sheer miracle. ~ Frederick Franck Even though I know this from experience, I continue to be surprised at how well art creation helps me really look […]
Symbols can be so beautiful, sometimes. ~ Kurt Vonnegut I was recently reading about imagination and visualization. This section really jumped out at me. “Your brain creates miracles every day by converting lifeless information in to pictures and ideas. When you become aware of this, every word becomes a picture drawn with letters, because words […]