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Don’t Let Time Eat Your Prime (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen X)

Then, why not let your better self stay bright,Before rude winter snatches all that shine?Make some sweet legacy before the nightTurns your hot summer into useless wine. The beauty in you shouldn’t f***ing fade,Nor leave your face all hollow and used up;For that’s the kind of loss no one can aidWhen time tips over your … Continue reading Don’t Let Time Eat Your Prime (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen X)

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – The Old Into The New

The Old Into The New Musings of the Artists Mind During the 375th anniversary celebrations for Montreal we found this amazing installation on the Old…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – The Old Into The New

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3

Look Around #3:  The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces… I … 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3

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Before Winter Hits: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 and the Art of Leaving a Legacy

Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 is one of his most urgent arguments about time, beauty, and legacy. On the surface, it sounds like a persuasive plea: do not let beauty decay unused, because time is always trying to steal what is alive and radiant. But beneath that, the poem is also about value. Beauty is not meant … Continue reading Before Winter Hits: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 and the Art of Leaving a Legacy

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #462 – The Dragon’s Eye

The Dragon’s Eye Musings of the Artists Mind The immense beast is awakening after eons of sleep; eyes junky with time and its skin dry like tree bark…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #462 – The Dragon’s Eye

Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2

Encyclopedic Beauty It feels like those pictures that were in my dad’s 1960’s editions of the World encyclopedia.  Sister Light Imagine this … Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2

Look Around #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces… I …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #114: Look Around #2

T.A.E.’s Book Review – 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot

The greatest strength of 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works lies in the paradox embedded within its title: five hundred works, each presented as singular. Rather than attempting to define contemporary ceramic sculpture through a single movement, philosophy, or aesthetic, editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot assembles a visual symposium in which hundreds of artists … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #461 – Somewhere On Gilligan’s Island

Somewhere On Gilligan’s Island Musings of the Artists Mind Do you remember watching Gilligan’s Island? In almost every episode there was a forced …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #461 – Somewhere On Gilligan’s Island

500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1

Look Around #1: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Variations and explorations using my faces…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #113: Look Around #1