The Mexican: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Following a discovery of Oaxacan art, I delved into researching Day of the Dead imagery and history... this rich holiday is full of beauty and emotion... it would be easy to get lost in the … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #102: The Mexican
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #101: The Watcher
The Watcher: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… My mind was filled with surrealist painters and commercial illustrators, as well as getting my library ready for a new baby, it became filled with children’s books too. I started writing some stories and thinking … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #101: The Watcher
Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Burial Grounds
Hidden ghosts and imaginings at the St-James Cemetary Cemeteries are wonderfully peaceful places to reflect and let our imaginations run wild. On this partially cloudy day, I wandered about and took dozens of pictures. Some obviously creepy, others creepy with some help. This is a little collection of creepy imaginings. Enjoy. Dandelion: The little bug clinging to … Continue reading Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Burial Grounds
The 8th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
Into the method: Part 2. Notes on Today: We jump forward by allowing ourselves to go deeper than ever before and climb the ladder past the highest rung. I’ve kept it shorter today in hopes of giving you an even clearer picture of the process. We will be elaborating on the specifics of the process … Continue reading The 8th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #100: The Hunters
The Hunters: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… My mind was filled with surrealist painters and commercial illustrators, as well as getting my library ready for a new baby, it became filled with children’s books too. I started writing some stories and thinking … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #100: The Hunters
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #99: The Last Hollow Men
The Last Hollow Men: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… Back in the 80s, following the release of Pink Floyd the Wall, I started seeing these images repeating in literature, film, and painting... oddly I found these nihilistic sentiments repeated in earlier works … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #99: The Last Hollow Men
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #98: The Hollow Men: Family
The Hollow Men: Family: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… This is a revisiting of my nihilistic hollow men... an exploration and attempts to portray them with positive emotions. Inspired by the silly and ridiculous attempts to take a full family picture with … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #98: The Hollow Men: Family
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #97: Naive #12
Naive #12: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and write the next chapter… I was studying folk art and batiks and found great pleasure from drawing the components for these, before painting them... there are many other drawings and a few paintings... all quickly sold and spread around … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #97: Naive #12
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Monday’s Movers)
Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell I was given no advice on what to expect from the book and that it would influence and inspire me in my own way. I am deeply grateful for this. Gladwell doesn't give you the secret pill to success. He doesn't blather on about the luck or … Continue reading Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Monday’s Movers)
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #96: Mystic Serengeti
Mystic Serengeti: The History: Here’s my story on this… I was studying African masks and wall art at the same time as I was immersing myself in science fiction books and films... this odd image stayed on my easel for a long time... until I found the silhouettes of theses tribal masks... the description of … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #96: Mystic Serengeti
The New Renaissance Mindset 