Yes, this site is resuming its original purpose, as an online diary. After all, that’s where this all started, back around 1995 before the word “blog” was even in use. Anyway… Last night, I watched the Simon Sinek interview on Fresh Take (BYU-TV). It was probably the fifth time I’d seen it. On previous viewings, […]
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In a 35-minute video, John Cleese – who, as part of Monty Python, has been one of the 20th century’s most innovative, creative people – spoke about minutes about creativity. Unfortunately, the video vanished, online. Looking for it again in late 2020, all I could find were “removed for copyright infringement” notices. Meh. (I’m tempted to
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Today, I was browsing some sites where people have posted their art journals (or artist’s journals… same thing… it’s a term always in transition). I quickly found a wonderful series of pages, and the artist (Zom) muses if they’re part of an ugly art journal. I want to say, “No! Those pages are lovely!” but
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Yesterday morning, I went out to take some photos of the sunrise. They’re intended as reference photos for future artwork, but some of these may become art prints. Once I get started on an adventure like this, it can turn into a mini road trip… and that’s exactly what happened. About three hours later, I
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I’ll bet quotations inspire you. Well, some of them do… that’s how I feel, anyway. When a quotation sparks my creativity or makes me smile, it’s like the person is at my side saying, “You can do this… you really ARE an artist… we ALL are!” So, as I’m taking a course in online videos,
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