Thursday, November 23, 2017

ART Everywhere - All the Time

it is fascinating how art reaches everyone.
in the worst of situations
ART speaks to people and joins them into a consciousness.

I had an opportunity in the worst of time
to use ART to teach creativity
to let people explore
and get away with ART in their hearts

I believe that ART is a language
that can be spoken when the situation is not optimal.
When people are held away from their families
and their lives
ART can intervene and open doors.

ART can be a nurturing force to bring people together
and help them to connect to the bigger picture.
ART softens the realization that life goes on.
ART gives hope and promise when nothing is guaranteed
to make a difference.

ART is a powerful healing force.
When i was given a chance to help
all that i did had to be pulled from my memory.
No internet was available.
Basic tools were available.
Ingenutiy - perseverence - love

Sunday, June 25, 2017

Chasing Your Passion

There is nothing more important in this life
Nothing that should take over your moments
Nothing that should preoccupy you
and keep you busy

Chasing your passion is a given right
and yet so many miss out on this
Chasing your passion is a will
and a focus

Finding that passion and allowing it to overtake you
Finding that passion and understanding why it drives you
Finding that passion and surrounding yourself with others that get it

That is the meaning of life
That is the chance we all have
That is why we are here. 

Friday, June 23, 2017

Exercise Creativity

I believe in working out
I believe in breaking a sweat everyday
with weights
machines
walking 
and running.
Biking is also a favorite.

But an important part of my brain
needs to be worked out too
It is the creativity part that makes me who I am
and makes me create what I create
everyday

Sometimes we forget that our MUSE
or our inspiration 
needs a work out
It sits and waits for the respect
that we give all the other body parts
And sometimes we just forget to do anything about it.

Working out our creativity sector of our brain
is so easy and easily forgotten
I try to do something creative everyday
At least something that lets go of any stress
and gets me to focus on seeing something different than I usually do.

ART and Forever

Not something that is fleeting
I have seen artists paint into their nineties
with just as much verve and talent

So I am a long way from that
and feel like the ART
and the
Talent drives me.

through all of the stuff of life
Artists soldier on
We create because it is part of what makes us 
US

Life need not get in the way
Love need not get in the way
Just breathe through the problems
Coast through the great times
and continue to produce ART
that feeds our souls.

Thursday, June 22, 2017

A Lasting Love

Funny how ART is a lasting thing
It is a part of us
It is the sum of ALL parts of us

I know this as I approach the canvas
It kind of just takes off and does its
own thing
It springs to life
and I merely hold the brush
pull the colors
that my spirit wants

None of it is with intention
None of it is with direction.

Sure there are colors that I want to see
or ones that I just need that day
Or the snap decision that the 
combination works for some reason.

But I never sketch first
or block out shapes
I know artists that do that
and I admire the direction that their creation takes
Mine just does not work that way

Sometimes I want to be lighter and
approach color slowly
starting with neutrals
and sometimes color reigns

It is all a big mystery
and the lasting love of my life

Who Would Have Guessed

When planning the perfect life
When making all the steps
fall gently into place
and making sure that every detail
was just so

Who would have guessed
that little of it really mattered
?
I mean family matters
and career
and what we spend our time giving
but other than that
it can all be washed away
and no one really understands
all that has passed in front of these eyes

Who would have guessed
that the essence all changes
at the stroke of a pen
At the decision of another person
who all of a sudden becomes the powerful force
over a life of perfection
and real substance

Is that the irony here
?
To not let that person
or that force actually define anything
?
To take the control back
to take the essence back
To never ever allow anything to creep in
and take control of anything
as long as you are breathing
?
I think that is the essence here
To not let anything touch your soul
to not let anything else define you
but you

I believe that I am getting there
After the judgment of the masses
and the ridicule that is not fair
or just
you end up with the essence creeping back in
and your head is high
and you know that all that matters
is still left
and it is as solid as ever

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The Beat Goes On....

If it all comes down to this
If it all just marches on from this moment
If it is all is defined by the next ten years
and not the last thirty...
I am okay with this.

Life is such a wondrous thing
It is limitless
and never ending
And if you can just HANG ON
and keep your spirit in your eyes
not where it can be touched by others
that may strive to BRING it DOWN around your ears....

And believe that unhappiness comes from within those that 
want unhappiness for others
Believe that good comes from love and support
and kindness
and it is ALL around you
I mean ALL AROUND YOU

Look beyond the hurting and the stuff
that you have NO control over
and admit you have NO control over it....

Get on with the living part
the happy part
the beginning of the next chapter and 
the ending of this current tough one.

I believe that life is precious
and those that love me are THE most precious
They are the true heroes of this story.
My HEROES!

As IF

Paint what invades your spirit
Paint that which reaches the core
Paint what is in your mind
no matter what you do to stop it

Paint that

And when you do paint it
you feel something new
something real

And it leaps from the canvas
with all of its color
form
and concept bursting forth

Paint that
and you are being real 
to the artist

To yourself

Rainy Days - Sock in Painting

Weather does not matter
Not really
The artist pulls from within for their inspiration
not from the outside

And yet living on the beach
and seeing the waves crash
washed with rain

and watching the sun peak out
and dance along the top of those waves
does inspire me
Always

I can paint in the rain
I can paint on a gorgeous Carolina day
of sun / sand / and water

The socking in part 
is a choice
I paint as I breathe
It is all part of it
It is all because of it

ART and Details

ART
Life and details
It all fits into the palm of your hand
sometimes just in the back of your mind
sometimes in the calendar of your day

ART
Fills the spaces 
between yesterday and tomorrow
and it is usually today
and it reaches inside you
and pulls out something new
and maybe brilliant

ART 
is what we live for
those of us that define ourselves by the creative force
Those of us that cannot breathe without it
Those of us that churn the pages
and the images in our brains
and live to fill another day with 
ART