April 17, 2007
The Mic Is On: We’re Art Crazy . . .
ME Liz Strauss wrote this at 7:02 pm
It’s Like Open Mic Only Different
Here’s how it works.
It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.
There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.
We’re Talking About Art!
We might talk about
- What makes it art?
- How do you know it’s art?
- Is that art?
- graphic design, photography, ceramics, weaving, welding, spin art, calligraphy, graffiti, concrete, flower arranging, art therapy, music, cinema, theatre, architecture, poetry, dance
- modern, renaissance, gothic, folk, fine
- painting, drawing, sculpture, stained glass, blown glass, calligraphy
- art history, art fairs, art galleries, art in the park
- Art isn’t what you hang on a refrigerator.
- Don’t drink and draw.
And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.
Oh, and bring a link, if you have one to share.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
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Joe said
Hey Liz,
Did you know my Father’s name was ART?
ME Strauss said
Hey Joe,
No I didn’t know
Joe said
Hey what’s up with the Hey Cowboy thing?
I was posting my first comment and it told me I can only post once every 15 seconds?
Joe said
Yeah Liz,
ARTHUR and my Grandfather was named Arthur too. ;-)
Marti said
No poker playing dogs tonight, I promise - LOL
Hello Liz and Joe!
ME Strauss said
Joe,
It seems you have a very ARTistic family. :)
Joe said
All three of us played Banjo for different String Bands (Music is Art).
Joe said
Liz,
You may want to disable that Cowboy plugin for the night, I already got it 3 time, once a comment… not a good thing.
Marti said
ARTistic family = LOL
Marti said
I got no cowboy. I didn’t even get a pony lol
Marti said
hmmmm……Me postie esta no showie
ME Strauss said
Joe,
Slow down your comments. I’m not having a problem with it.
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Liz, Joe, and Marti!
Joe said
Marti,
Maybe it’s just me. but people always say I’m some type of Cowboy. ;-)
ME Strauss said
Hi tariq!
Welcome. What sort of art do you like. Is your grandfather named Art like Joe’s is?
Tariq Khan said
Liz,
First comment, I get the same message. It’s not Joe.
Joe said
See, I told ya.
Thanks and Hi Tariq
Marti said
Not lonesome, I hope, Joe.
Hi Tariq!
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Joe!
Liz,
No, not my grandfather! My tastes are across the board, with impressionism and realism being my favorites. Go figure!
Joe said
Marti,
Isn’t there an Artsy song about a Lonesome Cowboy?
ME Strauss said
I like the impressionists too. I hae Monet’s Garden in my Living Room. The rest of our art is Modern and eclectic. What we like and can stand to look at for 19 or more years.
Joe said
I ad an ARTISTIE named after me…
Jo Jo the Russian Dog Faced Boy (not a cowboy) :-)
Marti said
I am proud to say that Rodin’s “The Thinker” resides here in Kansas City, at the Nelson Atkins Art Museum
Joe, I am not a cowboy song aficionado, sorry - lol
Marti said
I have some Monet posters - very nice…soothing
Joe said
I only have one piece of art, a city scene painted by a friend of mine from Morroco named Omar.
I had 3 others, but they were all lost in mysterious ways.
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Marti said
Slightly off topic (but I just saw the commercial and I have a short attention span so I have to ask before I forget. I tend to ramble too, please forgive me)
Has anyone seen Night at the Museum with Ben Stiller? Is it worth a rental?
Tariq Khan said
Liz,
I, too, look for things that I will like for a long time.
By the way, one of the things about Monet’s Water Lillies that floored me was that when I looked at it up close, the strokes themselves seemed so simple to do. It was the composition, and he was a master at composing those simple strokes.
The same thing with Suerat. Dots are easy, but not like he did them!
Marti said
Mysterious Lost Art - sounds like a good blog title - lol
Tariq Khan said
Liz, that cowboy thing keeps popping up. I’m posting s-l-o-w-l-y (7 minutes apart).
Robert Hruzek said
Howdy Liz and everyone! Beautiful night for Art, don’t you think?
Mrs. MZM is an artist, specializing in reproductions of the Masters like Monet, Manet, Sargent, etc. One of my favorite is her painting of Monet’s Poppy Field. It’s hanging in our guest room.
Tariq Khan said
Hi, Robert.
Marti said
(Stumbling slightly off topic again, please forgive me) We re-watched the movie, “The Usual Suspects” the other night, and early in the movie they are in a NY apartment with this HUGE abstract painting. It was really nice though. It looked…uh…almost angelic
An interesting counterpoint to a gritty crime thriller
Marti said
Hi Robert!
Our weather was a work of art today. 70 degrees, clear (early - it clouded up later)
It was magnificent! Nature’s art is so pure.
Marti said
Awesome, Robert! I envy people with artistic talent. I can’t even draw stick people - lol
ME Strauss said
Yeah, Tariq I know what you mean. The beauty is often in the tiniest detail
Welcome Robert!
Marti said
I drive the kids crazy, always going, “Look at those clouds!” or “Look at how the light falls in the valley!”
LOL
Joe said
I almost forgot about my alien. He’s a work of art.
He was an offcut from a Poplar tree I worked on once. Really does look like an alien face. :-)
Robert Hruzek said
Hi Tariq, Marti!
After everything is said and done, though, this is still my favorite Art!
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Marti said
Robert elicits chuckle
Marti said
Does anyone know if that piece of art in The Usual Suspects was a real piece, or just a movie prop?
Robert Hruzek said
In my travels in the US, the St. Louis Art Museum is one of the finest ones we’ve seen. Magnificent building, beautiful park setting… very very nice!
Although we didn’t get to the arboretum next door (it was under repair), it looked pretty nice, too.
Marti said
Have you ever been to the Nelson in KC, Robert (or anyone here)?
ME Strauss said
Oh Robert,
I’m still partial to the Chicago Art Institute
http://www.artic.edu/aic/
Marti said
When I was a kid (right after the dinosaurs died - lol) we got to take school field trips to the art museum and the now-defunct philharmonic. I think I was the ONLY kid who found it interesting - lol
Ah oh - I came back because I got the cowboy message
drat - twice now
Tariq Khan said
Everyone, have a great night!
Marti said
Leaving, Tariq? Nice to see you, briefly
Ellen Weber said
Thanks for the fun discussion Liz and all. My daughter is an artist and teaches secondary school art - so I had the fun of going through through art galeries with her in NY two years ago — and I felt like an artist for a whole week:-)
I think other people’s gifted art brings out art and illuminates new appreciation in us at times. Do you agree?
Marti said
Yes, Ellen. Hi, good to have you! What a great time that must have been!
Robert Hruzek said
Liz, I got caught in the cowboy thing, too - and I hadn’t commented in several minutes!
Anyway, as I was saying… (sound of clearing voice and going harumph)
Marti, no I’ve never been to KC. And Liz, my biggest regret to my short stays in Chicago is that I’ve never made it to your museum. Always heard it’s fantastic.
Hello Ellen - I agree!
ME Strauss said
Good Night Tariq
Enjoy the evening! Thanks for coming!
ME Strauss said
Hello Ellen!
How great to see you again. I had no idea you had an artistic daughter hidden away somewhere!
Ellen Weber said
Thanks Marti- It really was a fun time and even now when I visit my daughter and her hubby in Boston we do art in a few fun ways. Last week we saw an Irish play and then walked around Thoreau’s Wadon Pond.
Two forms of art — and both brought out new parts of our friendship. Art seems to have a funny way of adding spice to a good day:-)
Marti said
That’s really neat, Ellen. It’s nice to appreciate your children as adults. So many parents have this “I don’t want them to grow up” attitude” but I think it is grand to have an adult child. You can relate to them on a whole new level.
Joe said
I’m really suprised that noone has brought up the art of the written, spoken or sung (?) word.
Poetry is Art to me, as Liz can tell you. Even though it may be an off the wall style.
Marti said
Wow this is freaky, I am getting comments in google mail that aren’t showing up here - lol
Yes, Joe, the written word is definitely an art form
And your alien (which I saw in mail but not here) sounds cool
ME Strauss said
Sir Joe is our court minstral. :)
Robert Hruzek said
Joe, I used to write songs long ago. In fact, I wrote all the songs for my wedding. Alas, haven’t written anything new for years.
Marti said
Aww Robert, how romantic!
Joe said
Thanks you Maid Liz,
Maybe we should compile some of the really bad poetry I have left in comments on Open Mic Nights into a book of how NOT to write poetry. :-)
Marti said
Joe your poetry is art - never disparage it (not even the silly stuff - lol)
Robert Hruzek said
Sure, Joe, do that. But sure as shootin’ someone will pick it up, publish it as their own, ink a book deal, become rich and famous, and all on your nickel! Beware… :-D
Marti said
{{frantically searching archives and copyright laws}}
:)
Ashley Cecil said
Oh wow! I can’t believe I almost missed this topic.
Marti said
Hello, Ashley - welcome!
ME Strauss said
Hi Ashley!
What was that thing that Jessica left about her feed? Ashley did you and Jessica meet?
Joe said
Thanks you two but I don’t think I have to worry either way. ;-)
Ashley Cecil said
No, I don’t think so.
Delaney Kirk said
Hi Liz,
Love this topic so had to come by for a few minutes (I’m grading papers to give back tomorrow!) I wanted to be an artist but decided business professor was more secure However, my daughter’s daughter at nine years old has the makings of an artist.
Check this out at: http://www.delaneykirk.com/2007/04/the_adventures_.html
Ashley Cecil said
ah, “job security.” As a self employed artist, those are indeed comforting words.
Ashley Cecil said
Overall my full time artwork is very rewarding and I love the independence. Although I think I am giving myself stomach ulcers from the stress of it all.
Delaney Kirk said
Hi Ashley,
Love your artwork and the fact that you donate part of the $ received to good causes. Do you go to art festivals? There’s a great one here this weekend in St Petersburg called Mainsail Art Festival.
Ashley Cecil said
Actually I don’t Delaney. They are incredibly time consuming and often not as profitable for painters (unlike a jewelry artist with a lower price range).
Sheila at Family Travel said
Hi, I have a couple of minutes to talk about art!
It’s like drinking wine; we get so intimidated about the “right” art that we don’t just enjoy what we like and what speaks to us.
Robert Hruzek said
Howdy, Delany! Tell your grandaughter she’s got a future in project management. She’s visualized it perfectly: it’s a lot like herding cats!
Delaney Kirk said
Ashley,
I understand. However, I’ve met some great artists at festivals. I have a painting by Suzy Scarborough as I met her in Florida in 2003 and have seen her at art festivals in Kansas City, Des Moines, and Tampa several times since then. Of course, now we can meet great artists through Liz’s blog!!
Marti said
Joe, a talented and modest minstrel
Hi Delaney
Hi April
darrenh said
Delaney! That cartoon from your daughter’s daughter is just too much!
I think I would definitely put that in my class materials if I were you.
Marti said
Hi Sheila
Delaney Kirk said
Hi Robert. We used to say managing faculty was like herding cats!
Hi Darren. Yep, she’s talented. I’m thinking I should write a book on The Adventures of Dr. Kirkcat and have her illustrate it!
Hi Marti.
Ashley Cecil said
True, some artists work full time to create enough work to go from one art fair to the next. I always tempted to be pulled in multiple directions, but I’m trying to focus on using my blog to promote my art and private commissions.
darrenh said
What would the second episode be? Dr. Kirkcat tackles …
Troy Worman said
Choco Jeebus: Art or No?
http://www.tinygigantic.com/2007/04/05/choco-jeebus/
Marti said
Hi Darren
Yes, the cartoon is great!
Robert Hruzek said
Hey, Liz & Company; I’m going to have to sign off for the evening.
Y’all have a great night!
ME Strauss said
Troy,
forgive my ignorance, but who the heck IS
Choco Jeebus?
Marti said
Choco Jeebus: Art or No?
I vote nay. Not on religious grounds, I just think it’s kinda ugly and a HUGE waste of chocolate - lol
Marti said
Bye Robert! If there’s ever anything I can do for you, just ask
Meikah Delid said
Hai hai! Liz, how are you?
Hi, everyone…:)
Well, to start, I’m a frustrated artist. I feel I could do some acceptable works of art. But when I get down to doing it, it’s all abstract (meaning, I can’t decipher it nor see the artwork in there) :-D
Ashley Cecil said
Defining art is as subjective a task as they come so I would have to say yes.
Susan Reynolds said
Oh my, Such a group. I’m having problems adding comments for some reason. maybe the servers are busy busy, huh?
Marti said
If I could do a really good Lauren Bacall impersonation, I’d say, “Just whistle”
LOL
Oh gee, that references a very old movie and probably nobody will get the joke and I will look like a buffoon. Oh well : )
Ashley Cecil said
Just enjoy the process Meikah
BrainBasedBusiness said
When Art Comes to Work in Multiple Intelligences…
What art is in front of you when you look up from this post? Your unique spatial intelligence to solve problems at work calls for art and Liz Strauss' Successful and Outstanding Blog shows many new kinds. The discussion over there……
Sheila at Family Travel said
For those coming to SOBCon in Chicago, did you know that Grant Woods’ “American Gothic” and Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” are at the Art Institute?
Troy Worman said
This is more my speed:
http://www.boundlessgallery.com/blog/2007/03/my-budding-3-year-old-artist.html
[ponder this while I step away to make beds]
Marti said
Hi Meikah
Hi Susan
Would that I could, Sheila. Sounds wonderful
Ashley Cecil said
For anyone interested in actually getting a petite version of my artwork, I’m offering note cards of my paintings in exchange for a forwarded email to a friend/s. Here’s the post: http://www.ashleycecil.com/2007/04/14/i-love-to-barter/
Troy Worman said
Hey Marti, that movie’s one of my favorites: “To Have and Have Not.” Now THERE’s some art!
Marti said
It’s late here in NY and I have a Rotary breakfast meeting at 7 AM but the art really kind of caught my colors and I came up with a post to show another angle for bring more art to work tomorrow - so here’s my 2-bit link. http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2007/04/when_art_comes_to_work_in_mult.html
Nite — and thanks all!
Susan Reynolds said
Looks like Liz and Joe are the only familiar faces . . anyone hiding behind a plant and I’m not seeing you? So I should introduce myself.
Hi my name is Susan and I make art and am a social media junkie.
Sheila at Family Travel said
Hey Marti, that movie’s one of my favorites: “To Have and Have Not.” Now THERE’s some art!
ME Strauss said
You guys, I’m sorry. I just can’t keep up. I’m so yawning. I stayed up too late last night. I hope you’ll forgive me, but I just can’t stay up any longer.
I need to go to bed now. . . . .
I love you vlc xlxl.
Marti said
Troy, that is better than I can do! LOL
I think all childrens art is “art”
ellen Weber said
It’s late here in NY and I have a Rotary breakfast meeting at 7 AM but the art really kind of caught my colors and I came up with a post to show another angle for bring more art to work tomorrow - so here’s my 2-bit link. http://www.brainbasedbusiness.com/2007/04/when_art_comes_to_work_in_mult.html
Nite — and thanks all!
darrenh said
I think you’re allowed. g’night Liz
Chris Cree said
I mostly don’t get Art. I think I must have a defective art appreciation gene.
I mean I like a bunch of art well enough. But mostly I don’t get it.
Sheila at Family Travel said
This is acting really strange — how’d I become Troy Worman?
darrenh said
Liz I think you’re allowed. G’night
Susan Reynolds said
Ashley that is a great idea. Give me a nudge soon if I don’t remember to mention you and this idea in my blog, OK?
Meikah Delid said
Thanks, Ashley. Yeah, I think I should. I dabble on it every once in a while. I’ve started with craypas and watercolors already. Still as you say, it’s a work in progress. :-D What kind of art do you do, Ash?
Sheila at Family Travel said
Nite Liz,
Good thing you’re not staying up for the poetry, I can’t think of anything to write. ;-)
Meikah Delid said
Hi, Susan! ;) You make art? Wow, what kind?
Marti said
Night Ellen!
Ashley, those are fabulous! I’ll trade you a humor book for a set
I know Shiela, I started to comment and it was pre-filled with Darren’s info!
Sheila at Family Travel said
I did bring an arty link, about taking kids to the Louvre and surviving:
http://blogs.bootsnall.com/Seafarer/travel-in-europe/paris-with-kids-the-louvre.html
Bottom line is, you can do it, but will spend most of your time explaining to kids why all of the subjects are “nekkid.” :)
Ashley Cecil said
Meikah, I work in oils and watercolors. You can take a peek at http://www.ashleycecil.com.
Susan, thanks! I will certainly do that.
Marti said
Oh crud, can I blame transposing the letters in Sheila’s name on the comment plugin? LOL
Meikah Delid said
Ooh… good night Liz! Don’t work yourself too hard, ok. *hugz*
Susan Reynolds said
I’m having such trouble with the comment form that I’ve never had before here.
Meikah, my main body of work is contemporary and vivid. You don’t need to understand it - just relate to in some way. It’s the kind of stuff that hopefully elicit something different every time you look at it.
But I also do more everyday stuff - my background is in design and marketing. Stop by the blog and visit :^)
http://susanreynolds.blogs.com
Sheila at Family Travel said
The subject was Art,
That was my Dad’s name
Grandpop too had that moniker
Funny, they even looked the same
Music and paintings and lyrics
some even leave us in hysterics
There is not much more to say
because we appreciate art in our own way.
Berma Shave
Nite Liz
Nite All
darrenh said
Marti, I had that too with your info.
Cyber weirdness
Susan Reynolds said
I’m going to take off folks - the comment form keeps doing the “whoa cowboy” line on me & the lag is horrific. LOL - 10:30 in VA is too late to throw technological roadblocks at me :^)
Nice seeing some new faces - great to “meet” you & thanks for having us Liz.
Ashley Cecil said
goodnight all. This artist has to get up to paint in the morning. 35 Pomeranian dogs to be exact. Long story…
darrenh said
Me too. G’night.
Sheila at Family Travel said
Well, I’ve gotta get to bed, but first, I think that’s Joe up there doing the poem, not me. Not much for Berma Shave, myself….
I’ve got to stop checking into these Open Mic things so late that I can’t hang around!
darrenh said
Ok… so strange. Darrenh’s information, email and website are filled in my comment form Liz.
I just took a screen shot…
This is Jessica and not darrenh writing. I am going to submit this to see what happens. I don’t know why the form is prefilled for me.
Marti said
LOL
I recognized Joe’s work even though it said Sheila. We all seem to be caught in some sort of cyber warp. This time it tried to sign me in as Sheila.
I think I better sign out before I turn into the wolfman
LOL
Lovely chatting with all of you. Best wishes for a beautiful week!
Joe said
You can tell that was my poem, it was pretty lame. ;-)
Joe
(let’s see who it says I am this time.)
I just noticed that the name is Sheila at Family Travel, Hi Sheila…
Maybe I should change it, huh
Marti said
I just erased the pre fill info and put me back in, so y’all would know it was me. It is very, very odd.
Sweet dreams!
Jessica Doyle said
That was strange. Same name and email plus blog prefilled for me. I changed it.
Good evening everyone :) Just got done eating smokies and greek salad and am ready to learn, talk and share some links and ideas.
Marti said
Marti your info is showing up in my comment form now. This is Jessica not you. this is strange and odd ;)
Joe said
Liz,
I think you should really get rid of that plugin.
The cowboy thing is bad, but when it starts posting comments in different names, it Really Has to Go. :-) (unless someone wants to hide) ;-)
Joe said
Nite Liz
Nite All
Marti said
Very odd. I’ve been more people tonight than Sybil
LOL
Jessica Doyle said
@ Marti - LOL :)
I’m glad we all know eachother now. Sybil he he he.
Marti said
I’m really leaving now
Artful dreaming to all!
Jessica Doyle said
Good night Marti. I’ll be backreading this comment thread to see what I missed thus far.
Jessica Doyle said
I thought I’d sneek back in to say good night as Jessica Doyle since that is who it says I am this time.
Nite Marti,
Nite Jessica
Nite me…
:-)
Joe
Troy said
What did I miss?
Meikah Delid said
Ashley, great work! :) You remind me of Beatrix Potter, the British writer and illustrator & Author of Peter Rabbit. Keep at it. :)
Jessica Doyle said
Nite Joe ;)
Meikah Delid said
Susan, I like your site! It shows your creativity. My site is up for redesigning, too. And right now am in the brainstorming stage. :)
Is anybody still awake? Something strange… I can’t post my comments right away. It says I’ll have to wait 15 seconds or so?
David Hayward said
Hi everyone… from out east… time for me to go to bed already, but i’ll try to contribute and listen in a bit… thanks for the invite jessica
David Hayward said
okay, i’m totally confused… you there jessica?
Jessica Doyle said
I am awake Susan.
I have a link to share.
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/the_experiment
Jecklin brought this link to me earlier today on my blog to bring this evening and share here with you all.
Ashley Cecil - I realize you went to bed. This experiment is right up your alley as you are already doing it. I am inspired by you to do it to.
Troy said
Hi, David. We appear to be having technical difficulties.
Troy said
What happened to David?
Troy said
Oh. I see. Now my comments are awaiting moderation. I thought that was what the pill were for.
Meikah Delid said
Well, guess it’s time for me to go, too. Got to attend to some more tasks. Have a good evening everyone. See you next Open Mic. :)
Jessica Doyle said
Good night Meikah.
Jessica Doyle said
Liz, I believe Ashley and I have crossed paths occasionally. I met her on mybloglog. How she has her blog/studio/market set-up is exeptional.
I agree with her that attending festivals is not the best way for a painter to sell her work. I attended many festivals back east but was selling hand painted fabric items such as pillows, placemats and duvet covers. They are social events. I like the idea of selling online as an individual to another individual. It is private yet public at the same time online.
Troy said
Later. Gotta crank ON!
Jonathan-C. Phillips said
Is open mic over? it’s just 11:30pm here ;)
Jessica Doyle said
Hi Jonathan - I believe open mic night is still going. We are just experiencing a few minor technical difficulties.
Who’s art inspires you and causes you to pause and feel an emotion?
Jessica Doyle said
The link to the Vancouver Art Gallery
On Tuesday evenings only from 5:00 to 9:00PM you can browse the gallery by donation only or for free if need be.
Good night Liz. Take care all.
Mr Angry said
Their is some really impressive street/graffiti art here in Melbourne - I’ve made several videos of some of the work including this one of a particular alley that is often used as a performance space (being used for wedding photos the day I was there)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bNtw9WEDKo
ME Strauss said
Wow,
You guys it sounds like you had a great one! Sorry I missed getting my says so all over it. :)
Sorry too that missed meeting David — Remember don’t drink and draw!!!
Thank you for carrying on without me when I conked out. :)
HART (1-800-HART) said
Well, G’morning. Sorry I missed everything last night. It turned out that at the last minute during dinner last night I had to go to the hospital in a ’support’ slash ‘chauffeur’ kind of way that just dragged on and on and…. ugh. (nothing more serious than car troubles of my folks)
I’m making a fresh pot of coffee now, and I’m going to start reading all the posts from the beginning, very slowly .. so I can think of snappy comebacks to myself and pretend I was here in person.
Marti said
Hello, HART! We will try to psychically interpret your snappy comebacks - LOL
You meanwhile, will have to psychically interpret who the actual author of the comment is, because we had quite the go-round last night. It seems the plugin was causing the pre-fill info for name, email, etc, to randomly assign a stranger’s information. So Joe is not always Joe, It’s Sheila. Or me. Or I’m Darren. It got quite amusing after a while. Missed you, glad it wasn’t too serious.
Thanks to Liz and all of the participants for a delightful evening! Hope y’all have a wonderful day!
Marti said
Jessica (I think you were you - LOL) That Squidoo group is really neat! I’m going to join!
Ashley (or anyone) I would be delighted to trade you a copy of my humor book for a work of yours.
Cheers!
HART (1-800-HART) said
Hi Marti! Fortunately, I have no snappy comebacks to add! Did Liz every figure out what plugin caused all this havoc? You know Liz! Or, do we? That all could have been some M.I.T. night-long experiment or something! * Mental note: Check Online Banking Balances!
I enjoyed all the links..
- Cowgirl Jessica’s Vancouver Art Gallery has some nice pictures
- I enjoyed Cowboy Mr.Angry’s YouTube video.. After his video, I got lost in related ‘Graffiti’ videos over there
- I tried to refresh many times the new wing at Cowgirl Liz’s Chicago Art Institute, but nothing changes - I think they made that up and the CAM does not refresh every 15 minutes (Those Bastards!)
- I was slightly amused reading Cowboy Robert’s claim to write and sing all the words at his wedding .. because, I did that too! 100 bottles of beer on the wall .. (Well, I wanted to anyway - but, I was sober most of the night)
- I didn’t really get Cowboy Shiela/Joe ..but, tried to browse everybody’s sites :)
My favorite site was Cowboy Tiny Gigantic and added to my bloglines! Enjoyed reading “How to be a better lover .. the definitive sex manual for good business” and a few other .pdf’s on his site - quite amusing!
As for (H)ART .. I’ve got a couple beaut’s in our house - I should take some pictures one day. Our favorites, however .. are the two prints ‘Irises’ and ‘Starry Night’ where, the full size print cost about $19.99 and the framing etc cost $20,000 or something!~~
avşa said
Thank you
Candy Minx said
What makes it art?
Art is when you struggle with making an image from your imagination. When the emotions and imagination inspire you to make something. I don’t care if it’s ceramics, ink drawings, collage, oil painting found objects…I think the issue is that people have “stature” invested…they are too concerned with if art is “historically correct” or not…if it can create and maintain the idea of investment. I think all that is mostly bullshit. It might be important for people who teach art hisptory or want to use art as an investment. But art is storytelling.
We tell a story to survive and share survival with each other. Art is dependant on imagination…on emotion and imagination. It is powerful because it can struggle to communicate an emotional truth, sometimes other factors like spiritual or political truth but it grips the individual viewer by either attracting their emotions or repulsing their emotions or not attracting any emotions. It is a personal response in the viewer after the artist has done thri own work by making an object.
Fun idea for a discussion!
Jessica Doyle said
@ Mr Angry - Great Vid. Vancouver has such strict laws about graffiti that we are sadly lacking in it.
@ Marti - I was I. LOL.
@ Hart - I used to work in the framing industry Back East. A good hand made frame is as priceless as the art framed within.
@ Candi - I love how you explain art.
Candy Minx said
Thanks Jessica…I think you and I are kindred spirits. When I’m on the west coast next…we have to meet!
We Talked About Art! - Liz Strauss at Successful Blog - Thinking, writing, business ideas . . . You’re only a stranger once. said
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Jessica Doyle said
Candi I would love that. You are in Victoria right? I’ll come by to visit you on your blog this weekend :) *hugs*