Kick-Start the Weekend
Posts to kick-start the weekend, usually with musical content.
A Few Follow Ups
Thinking of last Friday’s post, I thought I’d post links as follow ups. • I think Eric Maisel’s blog on Creativity Central is interesting. I particularly liked this post by Beth Barany who describes the Artist Entrepreneurship pretty well. Putting the art first is a wise philosophy. • Todd Henry of Accidental Creative describes the Paradox of Rejection in how it can provide growth for the artist. • Since he quotes Michelangelo, this is the latest scientific discovery that “unlocks some of the Mona Lisa magic.” It’s no mystery that Michelangelo used multiple layers of glazes called “sfumato” (softening of contour lines) to create his subtle effect of this painting’s…
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The Marriage of Two Posts for Gulf Coast Aid
This is where two posts meet. I could have easily found a quick mention for Friday and included my weekly Kick Start your Weekend music but I’m dealing with a conundrum and in also trying to find something to write for my other weekly blog post, Slipcovers for your Walls, I realized as I was searching for this one, that in thinking through this creative process, I found the answer to both. I’ve already posted this on the casartblog but here it is with more thought process. I keep list of topics to write on and my favorite always comes back to the creative process. It is how artwork begins…
Gnarly Art
I like most any kind of art that is truly innovative, so I was intrigued when I read the article about Seth Goldstein and Paula Stone, a husband and wife “weed warrior” team, as they call themselves. They scavenge the woods looking for gnarly vines and branches that they collect to compose one of a kind, organic sculptures. They mostly collect bittersweet because it is extremely invasive for trees. Being retired engineers, who happened to meet while swing dancing, they know how the twists and turns of putting these things together. In doing so, they appear to be helping save trees in the process. Here’s a fun video link that…
