Art & Ideas
Art & Ideas
Tomorrow’s end-of-week (Friday File) post will mark the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of my first ‘why art?’ post !! I haven’t missed a single week during the year and of this I am particularly proud. Committing to the relatively small task of posting a painting, drawing or article …
Does the ability to paint come from talent, education, awareness? Is creativity an ‘in-born’ talent. Is it a state of mind? So many times I’ve heard someone say (about a piece of art), “I could never do that. I don’t know how to paint. I’m not …
tall jared / chalk pastel on paper /1991 / 24″ x18″ / janet bright
The Creative Machine Despite an ongoing societal love affair with creativity and ‘creative inspiration’, much of the act (the process) of making art in our consumer world has become comparable to snowmaking in the arctic. By which I mean, isn’t there enough genuine, unique, thoughtfully created art …
I have a friend who, while awaiting her mother in a professional office one day, found herself face to face with one of her mother’s colleagues. Because my friend felt nervous in this place where she was so clearly ‘out-of-place’, she stood abruptly, thinking, “this …