So, if you got your wish, which gift would you choose?
Here are some options:
1. An extra dollop of talent
2. Your choice of a workshop with the best artist / tutor
3. Your very own concept (unique, satisfying & marketable)
4. Sponsorship to travel and paint overseas
5. More time in the studio to make art
6. A studio assistant to do all the messy/boring tasks
7. Expert advice/sponsorship by a really good framer
8. Recognition (eg Winning a major art competition)
9. Better tools & confidence for marketing your art
10. An invite to be a gallery artist with a great gallery
11. An invite to teach art in a prestigious location
12. Art Business accounts with a healthy bottom line after tax
Or, how about all of the above?
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Monday, October 19, 2009
"Dance to the Piper"
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 – April 1, 1991) was an American dancer and choreographer regarded as one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, whose influence on dance can be compared to the influence Stravinsky had on music, Picasso had on the visual arts, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture.
This is a passage from Martha to Agnes B de Mille (18 September 1905 – 7 October 1993), an American dancer and choreographer, sharing her insights on unique individual creativity of an artist.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
"As for you Agnes, you have a peculiar and unusual gift and you have so far used about one third of your talent."
"But when I see my work, I take for granted what other people value in it. I only see it's ineptitude, inorganic flaws, and crudities. I am not pleased or satisfied."
"No artist is pleased"
"But then is there no satisfaction?"
"No satisfaction whatever at any time!" she cried passionately. "There is only a quiet divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
How do you feel about this?
This is a passage from Martha to Agnes B de Mille (18 September 1905 – 7 October 1993), an American dancer and choreographer, sharing her insights on unique individual creativity of an artist.
There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. If you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.
"As for you Agnes, you have a peculiar and unusual gift and you have so far used about one third of your talent."
"But when I see my work, I take for granted what other people value in it. I only see it's ineptitude, inorganic flaws, and crudities. I am not pleased or satisfied."
"No artist is pleased"
"But then is there no satisfaction?"
"No satisfaction whatever at any time!" she cried passionately. "There is only a quiet divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others."
How do you feel about this?
Thursday, March 5, 2009
My Parting Gift Sunset
The sunsets on the West Coast are spectacular!
I was on the balcony of our hotel suite at Sanoviv in Rosarita, Mexico with my girlfriend one evening watching the sunset.
She made the comment,"They are all pretty much the same," and went inside.
"Huh?" I said.
Had she been with me the last night of my stay, she might have taken back her words. I was visually and spiritually gifted by this parting sunset in Mexico. My attempt to capture the visual spectacle in photographs follows.
First, visualize these first two pictures side by side to get an idea of the full color display in the sky..........
The brightest spot as the sun set.........
And finale.......
May you get an inkling of the beauty of my parting gift sunset.
NO WAY are all sunsets the same!
I was on the balcony of our hotel suite at Sanoviv in Rosarita, Mexico with my girlfriend one evening watching the sunset.
She made the comment,"They are all pretty much the same," and went inside.
"Huh?" I said.
Had she been with me the last night of my stay, she might have taken back her words. I was visually and spiritually gifted by this parting sunset in Mexico. My attempt to capture the visual spectacle in photographs follows.
First, visualize these first two pictures side by side to get an idea of the full color display in the sky..........
The brightest spot as the sun set.........
And finale.......
May you get an inkling of the beauty of my parting gift sunset.
NO WAY are all sunsets the same!
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