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posted by admin on 2009.03.31, under Creative Musings
31st
Check out these clouds that blew by around noon today.
And another:
And ending with the appearance of fresh new buds on our maple:
Cheers.
Creativity Shrine
posted by admin on 2009.03.27, under Creative Musings
27th
creativity shrine
Do you have a place in your home/office/studio that whenever you see it makes you feel happy/energized/hopeful?
This is mine. A simple shelf from IKEA that holds teacups & saucers from my sweet mother-in-law, a plate from my maternal grandmother,painted pottery that my daughters and I have made, and hand thrown pottery that my youngest daughter made. And to top it off, a hand towel from my friend Martha that says,” Medicated and Motivated”—love it. All these items bring back great memories and they reflect all the creative energies of others.
Have a great day.
Creative Rules
posted by admin on 2009.03.24, under Creative Musings
24th
Hello!
Years ago my printmaking professor,Judy Stone Nunneley, www.bluejayranch.com,handed us a copy of “rules” from the artist, Sr. Corita Kent.
(did I mention Kent was born in Iowa?)
And since then these rules have been posted in all the many studios I’ve worked in. I love them because they are so honest, practical and full of common sense. I also love the way they are presented: hand stamped (yes, someone touched this paper) and slightly off-kilter in their stamping.
I will post this image of the rules along with my typed version for added legibility.
They can be found in the book, Learning By Heart—Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit, by Corita Kent and Jan Steward.
Rule 1: Find a place you can trust and then try trusting it for awhile
Rule 2: General duties of a student: Pull everything out of your teacher. Pull everything out of your fellow students.
Rule 3: General duties of a teacher: Pull everything out of your students.
Rule 4: Consider everything an experiment.
Rule 5: Be self-disciplined. this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them.
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.
Rule 6: Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.
Rule 7: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
Rule 8: Don’t try to create and analyze at the same time. They’re different processes.
Rule 9: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It’s lighter than you think.
Rule 10: “We’re breaking all of the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities.”
Helpful Hints: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything- it might
come in handy later. There should be new rules next week.
Enjoy.
Welcome to my blog!
17th
Hello Again!
My website crashed (my motherboard bit the dust) and so did my first blog entry so I’m starting over today. I’ll keep this short and sweet and just post my favorite saying via a print I screenprinted a couple of years ago. It pretty much sums up my outlook on life and therefore it reflects what this post will be about: art, laughter, love, beauty, and bringing some goodness to the time I have on this good earth.
Happy St. Paddy’s Day to all!
