Reflections on Creativity and Life

Monthly Archives: October 2009

Something Else

I have found that sometimes on the way to one place, we discover another instead. Today that happened. The show was pretty quiet and it seemed like, “oh why bother.” Then I got to the end of the day and

wild ideas

sometimes(ok every morning) I wake up and have new wild ideas.  Why do I get these ideas that seem to come from somewhere outside of me. Is it because I am an artist and am open to new ideas.  They

Delight

Paris was delightful. Everywhere you turned there was something so wonderful that it took your breath away. This feeling changes you from the inside out. It is as if your heart is singing. You can sense your mind growing as

Texture

The thing that is most important in my work is texture. the texture can override a multitude of sins.

What is the big deal

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What is the big deal about seeing another country? I have friends that have been nowhere and do not care to go because they are just fine where they are. To me that is like not reading because you can

Ochre

The color of the stone that is all over France is Ochre, It is the warmest most wonderful color that permeates your life when you go there.

Afterglow

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The best thing about any trip is not being there. It is thinking about it afterward. Then you are able to fully absorb what you saw and heard and tasted. France is now a part of my whole being and

the soap lake nudes are historically accurate

It turns out the nudes I did actually are  more than symbolic of