Focus of the session… Understanding disappointment Question: What is your default way of being when you realize your results are not the way you want? Answer: Disappointed & discouraged! Question: What does that feel like? Answer: I dive right in on new projects and feel regret at showing my enthusiasm and fear of judgment if … Continue reading The 13th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #134: Long Face: I Had a Thought
Long Face: I Had a Thought: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… The funny thing about the movement and curves on this is that it really appears to be moving, or melting before your eyes… I wanted to create a wisp of smoke. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #134: Long Face: I Had a Thought
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #133: Long Faces #2
Long Faces #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… The porcelain gave me another feel and allowed me to see that the purity of the clay is part of the beauty… I needed to find the ghosts within or release them, from the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #133: Long Faces #2
Frustration
Frustration Oh, so cold, very cold Cold enough to spread Out of my centre. Cold enough to raise The hair on my forearms. Cold enough to cause My hands to loose grip of my pen. Cold enough for respite To be found solely in a fetal position. Oh, so cold, very cold Frustration by M. … Continue reading Frustration
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #132: The Discussion To Save The World
The Discussion To Save The World: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Inspired by and dedicated to all those little old men, sitting together in the cafes, solving the world's ills with animated conversation. Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and African masks started … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #132: The Discussion To Save The World
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #131: The Quintet
The Quintet: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Inspired by my mother's love of singing in her barbershop choir, I built music for her. After seeing her sing for over twenty years, probably one of the reasons I like Barbershop and Acapella music, … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #131: The Quintet
Monday’s Movers – Richard Tardif and Stop The Denial
I first met Richard a little over a year ago when I was exploring the possibility of growing a local lifestyle magazine. He is the Executive Director of the QCNA, a group that oversees the success of most of the English & bilingual publications in Quebec. I came for some advice and guidance from the … Continue reading Monday’s Movers – Richard Tardif and Stop The Denial
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #130: The Lookout
The Lookout: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Filled with the music of the wind in the reeds, this vessel was a simple beauty… Following a challenge from another potter, I decided I could make larger vessels all standing on the long faces. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #130: The Lookout
My Favourite Art Supplies: Dry Pastels
Faber-Castell Creative Studio Non-Toxic Square Soft Pastel: The Review: I received this kit as a gift and used it sporadically to highlight or make colorful outlines. I found it messy to use as a sketching tool & as a rough under-draft material for my paintings. It took quite some time for me to realize the … Continue reading My Favourite Art Supplies: Dry Pastels
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #129: Rufus
Rufus: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This is one of the several small statues built using my faces... many of the others were sold before I took pictures of them and have traveled to homes across North America. They are all filled … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #129: Rufus
The New Renaissance Mindset 