“All outward success, when it has value, is but the inevitable result of an inward success of full living, full play and enjoyment of one’s faculties.”
The Art Spirit, Robert Henri
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Life and Fear
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“I’ve been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I’ve never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do.”
Georgia O’Keeffe
Lack of Balance
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“Most of us need balance in the large issues of our lives, things like landscape, architecture, diet and relationships. Perhaps we look to art and design in the same way we enjoy a roller coaster ride—an opportunity to temporarily suspend our sense of balance in a controlled situation. We know the ride will end, and we know we can turn away from the painting if the lack of stability becomes threatening.”
Design Language, Tim McCreight
Fact and Truth
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“Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts—only in the truth. You get the facts from outside. The truth you get from inside.”
Ursula K. LeGuin
Beauty and the Artist
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“Some historical periods have defined the artist’s job as the creation of beauty. Others see the artist as capturing rather than creating beauty and others think the arts should be no more concerned with beauty than anything else.”
Design Language by Tim McCreight
Dreamin’ Ain’t Easy
All my life I dreamed of standing in the stone circle at Stonehenge. This year, that dream came true.
My friend, Devon Monk, and I have a twice-a-week writing date at the local university library. I’m working on Good Bones: the Elements and Principles of Design for Jewelry Makers. She’s working her next novel series. We go to the library to get away from the distractions at home that provide lots of opportunities to procrastinate.
Working with a buddy is good for guilt, too. When I’m staring out the window and she’s typing like mad, I begin to feel like a slacker. So I start typing again, Continue reading