http://sharikaroland.com/blog Reflections on Creativity and Life Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:09:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/humility/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/humility/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:06:59 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2728 I think some people have an unsatisfactory idea of what humility is. A humble person does not think of themselves. They think of others and what can they do to help first and foremost. A humble person does not sit in the corner and not do anything because they are so humble they want someone [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/humility/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/rooms/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/rooms/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:42:40 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2723 I have this store that I am renting and it is just sitting there waiting for me to do something to it or in it or for it. LIttle store is very sad because nobody has taken care of her. A store is like the owner so it is a female store. Ok that is [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/rooms/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/my-little-kids/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/my-little-kids/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:54:16 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2718 Even though we have only done four classes and that translates into 8 hours with the children , I am beginning to see how they are and how they will be for the rest of their life. Teaching art to a very small class is the only way to go. Art is a relational experience [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/my-little-kids/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/inventing-yourself/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/inventing-yourself/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:37:51 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2716 I am teaching little kids art. I am making up lesson plans as I go and am just reading what everyone else says and mulling it over and adapting it to little kids, I look at their little faces full of beauty and wonderment and think how incredible it is to be able to spend [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/inventing-yourself/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/positive-and-negative/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/positive-and-negative/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:28:56 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2709 Did you ever notice how to get bathwater cooler it takes just a little cool water but to get it hotter takes so much that you have to basically start over or literally put a lot of boiling water in. It is also easier to roll a ball downhill than to get it up the [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/positive-and-negative/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/making-art/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/making-art/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:11:42 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2697 It is possible to make art and not have anyone to sell it to. Most work you do will not get sold. Unless you know a lot of people that are looking at your work and love what you do and fall in love with it. Art buying is a love story. You don’t need [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/making-art/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/changing-lanes/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/changing-lanes/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:46:46 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2695 Sometimes you have to throw a good idea under the bus for a better one. You can’t be too in love with your creative ideas because it might not be forever. Also you can’t take it personally. It is not about who had the idea, it is about the idea, Great ideas trump good ideas [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/changing-lanes/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/does-it-matter/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/does-it-matter/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:36:19 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2693 There is a four year old girl that is on you tube who is painting abstract paintings and they are selling in a gallery in New York for 20 thousand dollars each. I watched the video of her and she did seem to have an eye. Then I got to thinking what would my four [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/does-it-matter/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/baboo/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/baboo/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:35:25 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2688 I have a space for a store in my studio building. In the usual creative style that I have I was just letting it sit there a bit while I made my mind up what to have there and what to call it. this morning I decided on calling it Baboo. Let me tell you [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/baboo/feed/ 0 http://sharikaroland.com/blog/school/ http://sharikaroland.com/blog/school/#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:32:45 +0000 Sharika http://sharikaroland.com/blog/?p=2682 this is what I experienced in school when we did art class. Here is a project now do it now lets see how yours stacks up to mine and everyone elses work. You can draw or you cannot draw, Oh you are an artist and you are not., Grade one. you are 6 years old [...]]]> http://sharikaroland.com/blog/school/feed/ 0