Tag: Art
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Crashing Matters??
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” Coco Chanel (from The Painter’s Keys) One writer sees the culture of creative people as “crashing” leading him to lament about the state of the current art world. He believes artists are seen as “cultural elites” “idle dreamers” or “self-indulgent…
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Colorful Fridays-Accidental, Grandmotherly, Dusty Purple
“Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.” James McNeil Whistler In the nineteenth century, the color mauve became all the rage in more than one country, so much so that the 1890’s were called The Mauve Decade, in a book by Thomas Beer. The rage started with two royal ladies, Queen Victoria of England…
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Coming and Going
“The only way to say what abstract art is, is to say what it is not.” Ad Reinhardt (from The Painter’s Keys) The work of two very different blog posts jumped out this week for what each represented. Bloggers Elena Caravela and JF of Close to Eighty unintentionally demonstrated the past and the future of…
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Brushing up Adventure
“The bold adventurer succeeds the best.” Ovid (from The Painter’s Keys) Suddenly the realization dawns that things have gone stagnant. The same direction is going on and on, endlessly. Everything is feeling redundant. It’s a circle going round and round. What can be done to stop this looming boredom? Maybe its time to go for…
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Tweak, Tweak, Tweak…..
“What is once well done, is done forever.” Henry David Thoreau (from Brainyquote.com) Is there a little bird who says when its time to stop tweaking a work or a subject? When is enough, enough? Many creative people have a difficult time knowing when to stop. A tweaky little tweaker flitting in to let out…
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Slapping the Storm
“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare (Hamlet) Sometimes the force of changing directions jumps up and plants a big ole slap across the face. After the stinging subsides a bit, a little need to check…
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Sunday Slideshow–Winter Trees
Winter Trees The bare limbs of the trees twist and turn as they spiral toward a blue winter sky. The blue sky defies the bitter cold on a cold blustery day. These trees are on the grounds of the Ellington Agricultural Center in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Weekend Inspiration–Turning Negative Into Positive
“I don’t mind what the critics say. The worst thing is to be ignored.” Les Dawson (from Brainyquote) Rare is the artist, writer, photographer, musician who doesn’t at some time receive negative criticism. After getting past wishing for a VooDoo doll of the critic to stick pins into, try some of these very good suggestions…
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Colorful Fridays–Blow Out Blue
“If you see a tree as blue, then make it blue.” Paul Gauguin (from Sensational Color) Phthalo Blue is anything but a soft, peaceful calming blue. Phthalo Blue will knock the socks off of any mix it comes in contact with. Phthalo Blue is not for the feeble hearted. Generally blues are thought to be…
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Artists in Healthcare–Bloggers Who Know
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of daily life.” Pablo Picasso Picasso’s statement above pops up frequently. It is a much-quoted line with a depth of wisdom that touches on many areas. As related to the Arts in Healthcare, the line can literally mean the difference between sickness and health. No. I am…