Rousseau's Inspiration Musings of the Artists Mind The painter Henri Rousseau painted atmospheric creepiness, but that was never his intention. His Naive style was filled with love, happiness, and life. I think what made them creepy was his unique ability to paint the shadowy recesses behind the focal point of the painting and somehow make … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #477 – Rousseau’s Inspiration
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #476 – Sister Light
Sister Light Musings of the Artists Mind I reached deep into the darkness of the thick foliage and saw where the finger of God-light shone. It had found a small plant with pure white flowers. The flowers screamed gratitude for the light that shone on them and they emitted joy and blessings to anyone lucky … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #476 – Sister Light
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #475 – Collage By M. Nature
Collage By M. Nature Musings of the Artists Mind These are tiny flowers. The closer I got to them the more it felt like they were made of paper. While processing the photo, I started to see them jump from the page, as if glued to its surface. It felt like a collage. A kids … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #475 – Collage By M. Nature
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #474 – Restaurant Walls
Restaurant Walls Musings of the Artists Mind It feels like this should be the back wall of some over-the-top Italian or Greek restaurant. The faux-marbling effect gives it both quaintness and kitschiness that lightened the experience of the meal and infuses the wine with even more giggles than usual. Unless, you are simply too serious … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #474 – Restaurant Walls
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #472 – Strange Visitor
Strange Visitor Musings of the Artists Mind This vibrant purple flower and the spiky green leaves belong to a chicory lettuce plant. I urge you all to let your lettuce plants grow past the harvesting point and enjoy the experience of eating salads that become alien pods from The Invasion of The Bodysnatchers! There’s also … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #472 – Strange Visitor
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #471 – The Sixties
The Sixties Musings of the Artists Mind From the same bag of mystery flowers as "Welcome Sunshine", these two blooms show more of the range of yellow-oranges given by these blossoms. Something about these two side by side triggered a memory for watching film footage from Woodstock and the psychedelic scenes in Hair. It just … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #471 – The Sixties
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #470 – The Colony Of Tiny Flowers
The Colony Of Tiny Flowers Musings of the Artists Mind From far these look like a single fluffy flower, but up close you see the colony of small flowers, like a colony of living coral. Get closer and see that the small stems are almost translucent and seem to have a drop of dew at … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #470 – The Colony Of Tiny Flowers
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #469 – The Sound And The Fury
The Sound And The Fury Musings of the Artists Mind I planted another bag of seeds containing a surprising variety of wildflowers. The juxtaposition of colours got me thinking of the moods and feelings evoked by these colours. These two came screaming from the right into the camera's line of sight, like sound and fury. … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #469 – The Sound And The Fury
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #468 – Uncertain Edibility
Uncertain Edibility Musings of the Artists Mind Every summer these berries show up on our hedge and feed the robins from near and far. Every summer someone asks if they are edible and recently many pull out their phones and try to get the answer from Google. I think my desire not to know has … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #468 – Uncertain Edibility
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #467 – Wallflower
Wallflower Musings of the Artists Mind Spring reveals these gorgeous little flowers all over my property. They seem to come back every year, often when there’s still snow on the ground. They push through the snow and shine their lovely faces up to the sun. It’s an expression of pure joy! I’ve bought them in … Continue reading 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #467 – Wallflower
The New Renaissance Mindset 