When I look at everything out here growing,I see it’s glowing for a minute, then it fades;Every perfect thing gets its moment showing,Then time comes through and messes up the upgrades. This whole world’s basically a giant livestream,Where everyone’s just trying to play their part;The stars are watching like some cosmic dream,While time keeps slowly … Continue reading POV: Time Is Glitching Everything, But We’re Saving the Vibe (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen Z)
When Time Came Knocking and Said “Get Over Yourself” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen X)
When I look around at everything that’s growing,I see it shines for a damn short little while;Every so-called perfect thing keeps slowly going,Then gets wrecked by time’s relentless, crooked smile. The whole damn world’s a stage with cheap-ass lighting,Where every living thing plays its temporary role;The clock keeps swinging, constantly fighting,While stealing pieces of every … Continue reading When Time Came Knocking and Said “Get Over Yourself” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 15 for Gen X)
A Creative Block Project – Day 5
I needed to do something different today or get too bored and stop this project cold. I started with the stylized flower with a black brush marker and then drew halo-lines around it with my ink brushes. I really disliked the halo and found the colours just didn’t mix well that way. I let myselfA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 5
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #176 – Teapot In Spite Of Itself
Teapot In Spite Of Itself: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. Following the success of my first exhibit, a patron had expressed to me her love of my “African faces”. At the same time, she was also telling me about a trip to Japan where she saw teapots she described as500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #176 – Teapot In Spite Of Itself
“When Time Edits the Selfie: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 15 and the Modern Anxiety of Becoming”
William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 15 is one of the most profound meditations in the Shakespearean canon on time, identity, creativity, and the human desire to preserve what is temporary. Unlike earlier sonnets in the sequence that focus on persuading the “fair youth” to have children as a way of defeating mortality, Sonnet 15 shifts toward the … Continue reading “When Time Edits the Selfie: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 15 and the Modern Anxiety of Becoming”
A Creative Block Project – Day 4
I was feeling very unenthused about making this today. I left it this morning and headed to work thinking I’d be admitting I just didn’t feel like doing this today… my tank still feels empty. Well, I guess teaching art helps me have a different perspective. I’m just not sure how or why, but itA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 4
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #175 – Crooked
Crooked: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This is one of my first attempts at cubist sculpture. My mentor was showing us how to assemble textured forms and I loved it so much, I made a whole bunch of them. It’s more abstract, and well glazed than many others I completed … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #175 – Crooked
A Creative Block Project – Day 3
I’m choosing to call this one “World War Two”. It reminds me of scenes from the old war movies. I couldn’t say which one, much less what era of filmmaking I think it comes. from, but it’s clearly from war movies for me. Maybe it’s the end scenes of Apocalypse Now. I started with puttingA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 3
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #174 – Pub Folk #5
Pub Folk #5: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. As I often do when finishing a series of large sculptures, or deciding to start some new experimentation, I make a series of shot glasses. I opted away from my usual faces for this series of shot glasses. Using a new glaze500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #174 – Pub Folk #5
A Creative Block Project – Day 2
It seems I still have an obsession with faces… even when I start with abstract work. To be fair to myself, I am still preoccupied with other work that is in progress. I need to allow myself to be mindful and let the work speak to me. I forced this one a little. I startedA … Continue reading A Creative Block Project – Day 2