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Author: Jamuna Burry

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Read more about the article Taping the Creative Flame

Taping the Creative Flame

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:October 2, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

A musical colleague told me something his teacher would say to him. 'Music is readily available to everyone, but we are seldom readily available to it'. Music = Creativity. Be it photography,…

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Read more about the article Squaring Up The Square

Squaring Up The Square

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:October 1, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

When I studied electronics, I would listen to Bach’s Air on G String, written in 4/4 time on repeat. It was part of a memorizing technique I used to recall…

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Read more about the article Distribution in Composition

Distribution in Composition

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 30, 2020
  • Post category:Elements of Art

Here is a tool to make your abstracts more meaningful.Particularly in abstracts, the distribution of elements in the frame facilitates the viewer’s eye across the image. The eye is drawn…

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Read more about the article To Tidy or Not To Tidy?

To Tidy or Not To Tidy?

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 29, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

Austin Kleon says, “When in Doubt, tidy up.” But what he has to say about tidying up is quite different from what Marie Kondo would teach. Austin says productivity does…

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Read more about the article Get Started Already!

Get Started Already!

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 28, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Creative Tools

There is a saying out there in the world of motivational speak that directs us to ‘Get Started Before You Are Ready’. This is something I am really good at.I’ve…

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Read more about the article Sizing Up the Picture

Sizing Up the Picture

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 27, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

We associate shapes, colors, sizes, placement of objects in images with our life experiences. Red is associated with blood and fire. Sharp edges are seen as threatening, like the edge…

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Read more about the article Pay Attention to Lydia Knox
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Pay Attention to Lydia Knox

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 26, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

I want to tell you about Lydia Knox - an artist who is talented, resilient, and has put in the time and effort to become the person she is today.…

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Read more about the article Advice from the Bhagavad Gita
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Advice from the Bhagavad Gita

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 25, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

In the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna, the warrior, stands at the forefront of a fearsome battle. He is riddled with fear and doubt. Luckily, his charioteer is the God Krishna, who teaches…

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Read more about the article What Gets In Your Way?
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What Gets In Your Way?

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 24, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

Art is the expression of a life lived. It holds the thoughts and actions of the artist. Whether the viewer sees it or not, art holds the artist's hidden truths.…

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Read more about the article It Takes Longer to Build a Habit than You Thought it Did

It Takes Longer to Build a Habit than You Thought it Did

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 23, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

There is a popular thought that it takes 21 days to turn an action into a habit. Actually, the average time is 66 days. Philippa Lally discovered this in a…

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Read more about the article The Golden Ratio

The Golden Ratio

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 22, 2020
  • Post category:Elements of Art

The Golden Ratio is a design ratio that structures the nature of form. It is a mathematical sequence that frequently appears in nature and is found in art and design.…

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Read more about the article The Larvae of Marine Snails teaches us about Finding Style

The Larvae of Marine Snails teaches us about Finding Style

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 21, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

My creative scientist friend Jenn Page, introduced me to the Veliger Larvae of a Marine Snail. These creatures are to marine snails that caterpillars are to butterflies. They are tiny,…

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Read more about the article Give ‘Creative’ an Identity

Give ‘Creative’ an Identity

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 20, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

You would say, 'I have hunger' instead of 'I am hungry' in the Spanish language. If you apply the same rule to the word 'CREATIVE,' you can look at it…

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Read more about the article Feeling Fatigued?

Feeling Fatigued?

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 19, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

I read in one of those top 10 lists that are so successful at getting traffic to a page that a good way to deal with fatigue is to exercise! …

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Read more about the article Life of a Wave – Wabi Sabi

Life of a Wave – Wabi Sabi

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 18, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

Wabi-Sabi speaks of the impermanence of things. It points to the natural world in the purest of forms. In his book 'Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers', Leonard Karen…

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Read more about the article Symbolize This

Symbolize This

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 17, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

I am fond of using symbols in my art. I’ve use birds a lot. In fact, people who know my work assume the birds they see in my photographs are…

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Read more about the article The Value of Art

The Value of Art

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 16, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

We assess art when we look at it. How does it make us feel? Are we familiar with it? Do we like it? Do we understand the artist’s point of…

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Read more about the article The Art of Walking

The Art of Walking

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 15, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

When building artistic skills, it is helpful to understand how to walk. In his book ‘Create,’ Marc Silber, photographer, author, and mountaineer, talks about teaching mountaineering. He says you don’t…

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Read more about the article The Wood Wide Web

The Wood Wide Web

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 14, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days

Deep beneath the forest ground, trees are connected to their own underground interweb, made of symbiotic fungi called mycorrhiza. Trees can send messages back and forth from tree to tree…

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Read more about the article The Appropriateness of Appropriation!

The Appropriateness of Appropriation!

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 13, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

Hold on to your hats! I am about to make a case for stealing. There is actually an art term for it. It is appropriately called - Appropriation. In fact,…

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Read more about the article The Juxtaposition of This and That

The Juxtaposition of This and That

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 12, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

Juxtaposition is when one element is placed next to another in such a way that a new relationship is created. In visual art, Juxtaposition can be used to express philosophical,…

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Read more about the article Context Shapes Shape

Context Shapes Shape

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 11, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

In the image, there is a rectangular box with a red triangle inside it. If this artwork was entitled ‘Campground’ the triangle would become a tent. If it was called…

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Read more about the article How Creativity Works in The Brain

How Creativity Works in The Brain

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 10, 2020
  • Post category:Creative Tools

Understanding how creativity works in the brain allows you to leverage your creative power. There are 4 types of scientifically identified brain activity that correspond to creativity. Deliberate and CognitiveDeliberate…

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Read more about the article Take a Chance

Take a Chance

  • Post author:Jamuna Burry
  • Post published:September 9, 2020
  • Post category:365 Days/Elements of Art

I have often heard a photographer dismiss her image because the finished work was not the result she was going for. It happened by accident.  The fact is, Chance has…

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