Beautiful Discovery in Miroir Magazine
March 16, 2013 Loving this work by David Hochbaum featured in the upcoming issue of Miroir Magazine.
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Inspiration
Your True Self
March 12, 2013 Bring your true self to the work, your unadulterated effort, without negative self-talk and the sanding off of the interesting edges. – Seth Godin yeah! what he said! This quote brought many artists to mind – but Lucian Freud is lingering in the forefront of my mind today
Surrounded by Muses
March 10, 2013 friends – my many, many muses are among you. Wishing you all an inspired day.
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Where Creative Thinking Happens
March 7, 2013 Warm showers and snooze alarms. For me both are catalyst for creative breakthroughs – a time/space for disparate ideas to hook up. Where do your creative epiphanies happen?
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Inspiration in Music and People
March 1, 2013 My painting this week is all about joy. Joy is so immense – beyond understanding and knowing. Beethoven miraculously captured and expressed pure joy with Symphony No. 9. I never cease to be deeply moved by his music. An inspiration avalanche. (I know most of you have already watched this flash mob
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Well Intended Advice to Undermine Authenticity
Authenticity. I am obsessively focused on this. I belong to this church of authenticity because it gives me hope. Hope that if I make my art, it will be true and compelling, whatever it is. If I make art for others, well… “…if your studio practices are not inextricably tied to your own identity, the
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Pretend You Are the Most Inspired Person in the World
Great commencement speeches are predictably inspiring. If you are an artist, of any kind, this one is particularly great! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikAb-NYkseI&w=420&h=315]
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Go On! Be an Art Collector!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hilary-harkness/why-you-should-collect-ar_b_1537667.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false Yea. What Hilary Harkness said. My tiny collection (with a little c) is work I love by artist at very early stages in their careers. My relationship with the artists and their work is very special. I was able to help support them in a small way and they helped me develop a deeper
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Looking for Reasons to Make Art?
Here is a fantastic list of 21 reasons you should make art from The Future Buzz by Adam Singer 21 Reasons You Should Make Art
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We All Feel The Urgency to See It All Right Now
Do you feel the need to see, digest, and understand it all right now?… or maybe already. I often feel over stimulated. It takes work to prioritize, focus, attend to single things or events in my life. http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxPortland-Aithan-Shapira-PhD/player?layout=&read_more=1
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