Art Supply House & Custom FramingThe child is the first artist. Out of the material around him he creates a world of his own. The prototypes of the forms which he devises exist in life, but it is the thing which he himself makes that interests him, not its original in nature. His play is his expression.~ Carleton Noves Especially […]
The waking have one world in common. Sleepers meanwhile turn aside, each into a darkness of his own.~ Heraclitus Some number of emails ago I shared this quote by James Gurney, “We should never forget how lucky we are to be able to conjure dreams out of thin air.” It came back to mind when […]
It’s unrealistic to want a creative life with lots of freedom without any downside to it. ~ Chuck Klosterman We call it artWORK, or our creative WORK. How easy to forget, even with that in the name, that sometimes we have to work at it. That sometimes it’s a slog to sit down and come […]
Making pictures is a proud calling. We should never forget how lucky we are to be able to conjure dreams out of thin air.~ James Gurney The quote above came from James’ response to some interview questions and leapt out at me. While he’s speaking of working as a creative, it applies to all of […]
You are not offering testimony to the existence of something, you are bringing something into existence—something that did not exist before, and that would not exist if it were not for you.~ Guy Tal In the patience link below I read this quote: “The art historian David Joselit has described paintings as deep reservoirs of […]
You often feel tired, not because you’ve done too much, but because you’ve done too little of what sparks a light in you. ~ Alexander Den Heijer Do you feel stuck – doing the same creative thing without any growth? Then it might be time to throw out the rule book (at least for a […]
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.~ Henry David Thoreau I recently read about the International Car Forest of the Last Church. It’s a great reminder that what you notice, what catches your attention, what you pay attention to matters. You help it matter even more by focusing on it, […]
Things are progressing progressively.~ Sam French The quote above was my granddad’s reply to the question, “How are things going?” There’s a lot of wisdom in that response. What more can we hope for, than to be making progress? Sometimes progress feels like a leap forward, other times it seems like two (or more) steps […]
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Did you know that some people can’t form mental images? If they try to mentally picture an apple, they might get a gray blob. Likewise if they try to […]
Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.~ Elie Wiesel Isn’t it funny how we find what we’re looking for? Recently, I’ve been reading about memory techniques used throughout history around the world. It’s been a fascinating exploration of culture, history, nature, geology, archeology, biology, art, […]