Art Supply House & Custom FramingEvery human has the innate desire to create: we all want to add value to the world.~ Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus I was recently reading about Leonardo da Vinci. At one point in his mid-50s, he had about 160 books. That really jumped out at me – I have that many books now, […]
Joy for humans lies in human actions. Human actions: Kindness to others, contempt for the senses, the interrogation of appearances, observations of nature and events in nature.~ Marcus Aurelius To the ancient stoics (like Marcus above), joy is something that you do. It’s a process. By contempt and interrogation, he means not being distracted by […]
We’re looking for an art-maker who’d like to join us at the Art Supply House for 3 half-days (approx. 20 hours) each week. We expect… If you are… We offer… Experience needed (or not) Put Company Description Here. As a retail store, we work right up through half of Christmas Eve and pick back up on […]
You’ll have a lot more respect for a bird after you try making a nest. ~ Cynthia Lewis Sometimes, life gets hard. That’s just a part of the process. In those times, it can be easy to be caught with tunnel vision – focused on whatever seems most urgent at the time. It’s been said […]
Creativity is simply connecting new dots in new ways.~ Sam Horn Everyone looks at the world differently (sometimes a little, sometimes a lot!) Which is part of why our art can look so unique – we’re reflecting the world that we see through our work. A common question that I hear is “how do I […]
The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.~ Robert Pirsig As artists, we all know the mental benefits of creating art, but did you know that simply viewing art can be beneficial? Your brain likes it when you look at art. […]
I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.~ Helen Keller […]
Margin is the space between our load and our limits. … Margin is the gap between rest and exhaustion, the space between breathing freely and suffocating.~ Richard A. Swenson I haven’t mentioned the importance of down-time recently. After stumbling across this quote I had to revisit the idea: The mind must be given relaxation, it […]
Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.~ Julia Child I recently ran across a couple of articles talking about finding your work fascinating. That one talks more about the thought processes we can work through to find anything interesting (the example given is digging a hole). Fortunately, we have a lot of […]
I know that I shall not live very long. But I wonder, is that sad? Is a celebration more beautiful because it lasts longer? And my life is a celebration, a short, intense celebration.~ Paula Modersohn-Becker How suddenly life can take from us all the things we took for granted. Whatever the reason, much can […]