The Original Viral Post About Immortality William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 (“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”) is arguably one of the most recognizable poems in the English language. Written around the turn of the 17th century, it belongs to the early group of Shakespeare’s sonnets traditionally addressed to the “Fair Youth,” a beloved … Continue reading “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”: Shakespeare’s Eternal Algorithm of Beauty, Memory, and Human Connection in Sonnet 18
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 7 – Where Happiness comes from…
Part 7 – Where Happiness comes from Originally called Walking in Hell, these were made shortly after my divorce was finalized and I initially thought they were expressions of pain and regret. After a while, I realized those thoughts were my desire to have people feel sorry for me, and that didn’t jibe with what500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity – Part 7 – Where Happiness comes from…
“Don’t Let Your Best Stuff Die With You, Dude” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 13 for Gen X)
Oh, for fuck’s sake, just be yourself, you know?Why let your best damn years just fade away?You’ve got the goods, the spark, the inner glow—Don’t let it vanish like some old mixtape day. Look, man, the world’s gonna take its toll,Your youth’s a rental, not a permanent stay;Time’s gonna knock the shine right off your … Continue reading “Don’t Let Your Best Stuff Die With You, Dude” (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 13 for Gen X)
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #194 – Paper-Thin 09-001
Paper-Thin 09-001: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked… It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it before500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #194 – Paper-Thin 09-001
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – “Too Much Solitude”
“Too Much Solitude” can be approached as a study in the visual grammar of isolation: not simply loneliness as a subject, but solitude as a condition that reorganizes perception. The work appears to be based on what seems to have been an artist’s challenge to render a Pinterest image (see the Pin at https://pin.it/2NBJkTJV0). That … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – “Too Much Solitude”
Into The Fold
I used a terracotta clay body and wanted to see just how thin I could go. I managed to get it down to about 2mm thick. I had to time it just right, as working it too wet would leave me with tears in the clay, and it wouldn’t hold up on its own. TooInto … Continue reading Into The Fold
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #192 – Paper-Thin 09-003
Paper-Thin 09-003: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked… It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it before500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #192 – Paper-Thin 09-003
Chrysalis Teapot
This started with soft scraps of clay and transformed into a teapot. My amazing daughter was with me in the studio and she added the butterflies. The glaze was a Cone 6 creme that didn’t like the stoneware clay body very much. it was painted on, instead of being dipped. I also painted a manganeseChrysalis … Continue reading Chrysalis Teapot
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #191 – Paper-Thin 09-004
Paper-Thin 09-004: The History: Share what you see and continue the story. This series was a challenge I gave myself to see how thin I could make the clay before it cracked… It was a great learning experience with various materials. How to slow-dry the clay, when to add engobes, how to handle it before500 … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #191 – Paper-Thin 09-004
T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Sept
The painting presents a small congregation of human figures—partially schematic, front-facing, and legible less as individualized portraits than as recurring “types”—arranged around a dominant horizontal plane that reads as either a table edge, a barrier, or a shared surface of social contact. Their enlarged, simplified faces and the thick, dark outlines organizing the bodies evoke … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Art Reviews – La Foule Québécoise: Sept