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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Inspiring Quotes about Creativity
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,…
Art as emotional education
This morning, I read an interesting quote from David Brooks, “While our scholastic education is formal and supervised, our emotional education, the one we glean on our own from artists and musicians, is more important to our long-term happiness.” I had never thought about art (and music, which I include in “the arts”) as emotional…