Don't let them tame you! Isadora Duncan

In Art, there are often environments that have negative elements, but there is a way to recover from the 'Amateur Expert' who insists or casts doubts with their presumed superiority.

 

Every Artist has a place to paint, sculpt, draw, design and write. There are not many entitlements in life, but it is your God Given Right to create. The below image I painted the day after I recovered from my first breakdown. I was 17 years of age.  I don't think about it too much, but I will never forget when a non-artist or creative person said in 2012, 'that painting is so boring'.  What did I do?  I didn't pick up a brush for 18months.  I believed they were speaking for the masses! 

 

There is beauty in aging, it releases your inner doubts and offers an un-told amount of inner courage and perspective. Today, I never stop painting, writing and creating.  At 45 years of age, I have found as much peace as I was wishing for when painting this work.

 



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Frame Your Manhattan Adventure, In Art there is a History of Perspective..

Frame Your Manhattan Adventure: In Art there is a history of Perspective..: The word 'perspective' comes from the Latin word 'perspicere'.  In simple terms it means to see clearly.  Art teaches us s...

In Art there is a history of Perspective..

The word 'perspective' comes from the Latin word 'perspicere'.  In simple terms it means to see clearly. 

Art teaches us simple logic, it teaches us to see clearly in our 'real' lives.  Through Whistler eyes he taught us to 'see' London's fog, before then I don't think anyone truly 'saw' it.  What am I trying to articulate?  I think we have to be taught everything in life.  We are taught how to drive a car, ride a bike, eat with our knife and folk, and also how to use a pencil.  Yet, we are not taught how to be ourselves or how to negotiate our emotions, understand relationships, understand different un-wanted thoughts.  I know this scientific fact because 1 in 3 people suffer depression, anxiety, anorexia, other debilitating mental illness's, never mind other aspects of our every day lives. 

What happened in the 'olden days' that isn't happening today?  have we lost our sense of community, family and simplicity? Art, Music and Literature was at the core of our story telling.  What do we have today?  Art Curators are reduced, Art is put on the back burner, book shops are closing and music consists of two words. There is little story telling, instead it is useless information coming at us a speeds that are often uncontrollable to keep away from our back doors

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What is my hope for the future?   I hope for the original languages to re-surface again. 

'The Woman in the Distance' reflections of un-settled seasons.  Due out end of February 2014

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