Near the covered parking stalls behind where I live, people from my apartment building sometimes leave things out for others to pick up. Last night, among other things, I found someone’s cassette collection. Remember cassette tapes? Well, even though I have a collection of my own that I really need to sort through (and probably …
January is flying by. It seems that we have just finished celebrating Christmas, New Year’s and my birthday 😎 (January 8th) and suddenly we are almost one-twelfth of the way through 2012! Before we get any further along in the year I would like to present a few thoughts about planning. In recent years I …
Tonight I noticed that my previous post is dated September 15, 2011, and I thought, “Wow! Was it really that long ago that I did a blog post?” I guess I have some catching up to do! I was planning to write something today about getting organized for the new year, but then I decided …
The artist himself is often surprised at the finished work of art. He cannot tell “how it happened,” nor could he repeat the feat at someone’s bidding. – John F. Carlson An opening and a receptiveness to design and pattern for its own sake seems to free the painting hand. – Robert Genn Making art …
The quotations for today and tomorrow are about the process of creating art. Each painting has its own way of evolving… When the painting is finished the subject reveals itself. – William Baziotes While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas. – Pablo Picasso The painting has …
Today’s quotations are about art critics. I don’t listen to what art critics say. I don’t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is. – Jean Michel Basquiat Critics, mathematicians scientists and busybodies want to classify everything, marking the boundaries and limits … In art there is room for all possibilities. …