What else is it?
Art allows us to look at things not only for what they are but for what they can be. A coffee cup is not just a coffee cup. It is…
365 Days is my personal practice of putting out words and images. My goal is to do a post a day for a year. In that time, I hope to transform myself and my art.
Winter Greetings!
May this season of hope find joyous days ahead with people you love,granted wishes,elevated actions,and successful endeavors.
Today the Universe is Working in Your Favor
Today, December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn's alignment is visible just after sunset in the Southwestern sky from most cities on earth. It is also the Winter Solstice.This is an…
An Artist Date
Lately, my head has been filled with doubts and circular thoughts. So, today, I took myself on a long-overdue Artist Date. I walked along the coast, stopping to watch surf…
AI-generated "Portrait of Edmond Belamy" sold for $432,500
Art-ificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence is the next Moon Landing. Only it isn't a singular event that the world watches unfold. It has already happened subtly in the background, but not slowly. We…
Chop Wood, Carry Water
Layman Pang, a Buddhist who lived over a thousand years ago, is credited with the modern saying, 'Chop wood and carry water.' It has been translated into English in different…
The Creative that is in my Space
I spend a great deal of time in my office/studio, surrounded by books and bits of projects. Some started, others waiting to be called into service. My square footage is…
The Time In-Between
When the night is over, but the day has not yet begun, there is a waiting roomto let go of the past, that the future may take seed. This is…
The Biophilia Effect
The Hypothesis called Biophilia Effect is summarised in 'The Universal Principals of Design' as, "Environments rich in nature views and imagery reduce stress and enhance focus and concentration." Edward Osborne…
words.play.daily
Kim LeClair loves words. In her words.play.daily emails she strings words in beautiful ways that speak to the humanness in you and me. Yesterday, her words touched me deeply. I…
Style Preference – Genre or Limitation?
Like most people, I gravitate towards a preference of style in art. I like a particular kind of writing, painting, poetry, photography, music, etc. When a style I like appears,…
Letting My Values Lead The Way
Every December, I take inventory of the year that has passed and look towards the future. My plans don’t extend past the coming year, as my goals are more about…
Op Art
Op Art is short for Optical Art. It refers to art that creates a perceptual illusion in the frame. This is usually achieved by the calculated placement of a repeated…
The Brain Offers A Clue Into Our Nature
I just watched one of the most impactful Ted Talks ever. Jill Bolte Taylor is a brain scientist who studies severe mental illnesses. She tells the story of how her…
Mick Jagger-ing It.
When I go out into the world to do daily things, my capability is higher than my audacity. It's just the way I happen to have turned out.I have friends…
Art and the Gender Gap
Is there a difference between men and women when it comes to art? Well, yes. Historically artists who have made the most significant impact on the world have been male.…
Slaying Monsters
The website didn’t do what was expected of it the other day. It skipped over a couple of steps. Failed, and then started working again. Even though the entire event…
Talent vs Skill
Steve Martin is known to have said, “I have no talent. None”. That is good news for me because I am not particularly talented and don’t have much of an…
Distracted
I’ve had an unfocused and distracted day bouncing from one thing to the other, attempting to grasp a task by the tail and see it to it’s creative completion. Had…
Struggles with Language Learning in COVID times
What I notice is my fear that I will have to speak or be spoken to in the language I am struggling to understand. The first semester of Portuguese class…
Attention
The world around us is loud. When I sit at my computer to work, there are dozens of things that pull me away and send me down rabbit holes. It…
Oneness and Actions
I stumbled upon new (to me) evidence that we really are all ONE, and that the only thing that separates us from each other is our skin.Have you noticed that…
Art and the Artist
Con Christeson talks about 'Art' and the verb To Be. She says in many tribal cultures, there is no word for ART. Art is simply the way someone is. It…
What is Your Problem?
Creativity is the solution to a problem. Maybe it is boredom or loneliness,or a way to communicate an idea,or to validate yourself.To teach something, to learn something.Maybe it is a…