Art Supply House & Custom FramingWhat looks like a talent gap is often a focus gap.The ‘all star’ is often an average to above average performer who spends more time working on what is important and less time on distractions.The talent is staying focused.~ James Clear I can get distracted pretty easily. I even distract myself at times. However, I […]
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. ~ Pablo Picasso Photographer Anthony Epes wrote an article in Petapixel.com about finding beauty in the mundane. He defines mundane as “the everyday, ordinary, or banal.” Epes explains that “it’s easy to take amazing shots of amazingly beautiful places. Although we can always […]
Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. ~ Robert Fulgham I recently stumbled across the ideas of artistic obsession and balance (what a combo that is!) and thought I’d share. Whenever I run into a concept multiple […]
Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.~ Ralph Fiennes Life is pretty busy – between work, scheduled company, a toddler, garden preparation, and some new baby chickens. With everything that is going on it’s easy to get caught up in the daily routine and stop to smell the proverbial […]
Greatness is consistency.Meditating once is common. Meditating daily is rare.Exercising today is simple. Training every week is simply remarkable.Writing one essay rarely matters. Write every day and you’re practically a hero.Unheroic days can make for heroic decades.~ James Clear It rarely fails – the way I get over the blahs is by doing something. I […]
If you want to make small changes, change the way you do things. If you want to make major changes, change the way you see things.~ Don Campbell I’m a reader. Always have been. You can tell where I spend my time around my house because there will be piles of books (and art supplies) […]
One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.~ Shannon L. Alder It seems that the more we’ve been separated over the last year, the more we’ve realized the importance of being together. Random conversations at the grocery store, chance encounters along the […]
Baking bread splits in places and those cracks, while not intended in the baker’s art, catch our eye and serve to stir our appetite.~ Marcus Aurelius Founding father and our second president, John Adams, was one of those people whose racing mind gave him little rest. He was always doing, doing, doing and more dangerously, […]
Your favorite athlete’s first workout was just as bad as yours.Your favorite chef’s first meal was just as bad as yours.Your favorite artist’s first work was just as bad as yours.Keep going.~ James Clear In Cal Newport’s book, So Good They Can’t Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love, he […]
It is Nature who makes our artists for us, though it may be Art who taught them their right mode of expression.~ Oscar Wilde I’ve been thinking a lot about my garden recently. There are no seeds started, and barely any are planned, but the energy is starting to grow. In an interview I heard […]