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Making value from your art
A motivating factor for me to create is to see something that didn’t exist before. I take pride in being able to provide something of value to someone else. I’ve gotten some questions on how to make matboards and so I decided to film my process this time before my next art show. Was fun…
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Every decision making a difference
I’ve been thinking about how we prioritize and how every choice leads to a larger decision. For instance, while we’ve had a lot of things everywhere in boxes, I’ve relished the opportunity to play the piano or the cello as I’ve seen them as I’ve walked by much more easily accessible than before. We’ve also…
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Finding the moments
As I write this, I’m sitting in my car and hearing little song birds sing outside. It’s now a sunny evening after a busy day. I’m always reminded of a moment in Iceland with the broadest sky, making me feel small but held by nature. I’m still here.
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Reducing the distractions
A while ago I read the book Indistractable by Nir Eyal and was reminded of it recently as I watched another Joshua Becker video about how reducing watching television would be the one thing that no one regrets doing after they do it. The Indistractable book was how to reduce distractions in daily life in…
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Finding inspiration from other artists
I found it easier to get started on a new work listening to a Ray Bradbury book “Zen in the Art of Writing” which was regarding creativity. While I haven’t gotten into it very much, it was nice to listen to someone else in a different medium of art discuss how he worked. Lately I…
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Good news!
Since I’ve now found a new place to move to, I’ll have much more time to find time to dedicate to art! I’m very excited about this move and am looking forward to be being able to make new paintings about new areas. I’ll be much closer to nature as well so it will be…
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Showing up
Have been in a rut lately where I have been working quite slowly on my paintings. I suspect it has to do with the fact that I haven’t been out in nature as I usually have and have been preoccupied with other things. I have read that waiting for inspiration to show up doesn’t really…
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Making Decisions
Many outdoor art show applications in Toronto are all around this time of year. It is a bit unusual from my perspective because they are at varied times in the year anyways – why would they be all at March? And why all at the first or second week of March? I received a few…
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Still around
Hadn’t felt well this afternoon, so I had to rest up a bit more. Reminded of my own piece I made some time ago which I’ve made as a cover.
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How to rest
I listened from the book The Sleep Solution by Chris Winter this idea about how rest is also good for you even if you can’t sleep. That helped me reduce my worries about what exactly to do when you wake up in the middle of the night. Soon after that, I actually fell asleep. So…
