Trees fascinate me! The complexity of detail in each one makes me believe they are as unique one from another as snowflakes are to each other. The roots reach deep into my imagination and pull our stories of mythical creatures and urban legends. The bark and blemishes talk to me of ages and experience. I'd … Continue reading Fun Fotos For Friday – Exploring Age
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #141: Stills: 10-005
Stills: 10-005: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Image the same cafe in Montmartre where Matisse is giving his lesson on color theory and Picasso does what he would, and grabs the colors to do his own demonstrations, then challenges the group with … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #141: Stills: 10-005
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #140: Stills: 10-004
Stills: 10-004: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Imagine Matisse sitting at a table in a Montmartre cafe. Around him are several other known artists and he is their master. A discussion on color theory breaks out regarding tones vs hues and he … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #140: Stills: 10-004
The 14th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
Preamble for today’s session: Note: Going in today, I was concerned that The Ruminator would impede my progress, because of his tightened presence in my mind these past few days. So, I shut my eyes and let myself go into my chest to hear and feel what came from there. All the questions asked today … Continue reading The 14th Step on The Ladder of Awareness
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #139: Stills: 10-003
Stills: 10-003: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Imagine a lost corner of Picasso’s studio; a small pot sits on a tiny table. Both sunlight and a strong lamp shine light on it. It seems to be set up as a composition for … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #139: Stills: 10-003
Life of a Smoke
I’m lying in the dark for what seems like forever. I know I exist, because I feel movement and solid mater surrounds me on all sides. Suddenly a light shines on me, I’m grabbed large soft things squeeze me too hard. In a single movement I’m transported between a pair of soft, warm surfaces that … Continue reading Life of a Smoke
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #138: Stills 10-002
Stills 10-002: The History: Tell me what you see and start the next chapter in this story… Imagine a couple embracing on a park bench, hands raised in gratitude for the beauty around them. Following some sculptural explorations of shapes, I became stalled by my current options of glaze colors available at my school. I … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #138: Stills 10-002
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #137: Tower 10-001
Tower 10-001: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… This lone tower stands as a sentinel in some mythic landscape. Painted on a narrow canvas to limit the total view. Possibly an unconscious tribute to Stephen King’s Dark Tower, as I imagined it; not … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #137: Tower 10-001
Monday’s Movers – The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
How Little Things Make Big Difference The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell The subtitle really gives it away, and how! This is my second book by Gladwell and I am fiercely impressed by his storytelling style. Although the subtitle is clear, it only becomes fully clear in the conclusion of the book and we get that … Continue reading Monday’s Movers – The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 4 – Stills
Part 4 - Stills While studying at the Visual Arts Centre, I embarked on a focused exploration of sculptural shapes. I confused my process when I chose to include colors as part of the shape exploration. When I became stumped by the limits of my glaze color palette, I decided to return to painting to … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity: Part 4 – Stills
The New Renaissance Mindset 