Beauty as a conduit of the unspeakable
Some things in life can’t be told in sentences. Some things demand a poem, song, film, painting, dance, or narrative. Things like love, death, loneliness, loyalty, betrayal, hope beyond despair and even beauty itself. I wonder sometimes if that feeling we get from truly great movies, music and art… from sunsets and mountains and oceans… [...]
art and fear
i’m reading another “art” book entitled ‘Art and Fear’ … really great so far and anyhow, this quote made me laugh out loud: “Artists don’t get to work until the pain of working is exceeded by the pain of NOT working.” -Stephen DeStaebler unfortunately for me and most artists i know, this is an entirely [...]
another great quote
“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skull, why then do we read it? Good God, we would also be happy if we had no books, and such books as make us happy we could, if need be, write ourselves. But what we must have [...]
eating my words
well i found a cool quote while reading ben shahn’s THE SHAPE OF CONTENT (requisite reading for artists). “It became uncomfortably apparent to me that whatever one thinks as well as whatever one paints must be constantly reexamined, torn apart, if that seems to be indicated, and reassembled in the light of new attitudes or [...]
first entry
so i don’t have anything really great or inspiring to say, but this will probably serve as a good place for random thoughts, favorite quotes and news about shows and such. check back for updates… but not too often, as i probably won’t be as ambitious as i think i will be at writing things [...]