Fleeting, fleeting, fleeting. Time marches or runs, as the case may be… so much to do and not enough time to give my all to any one thing. My to-do list: Write in journal Arrange paintings into separate galleries for new Website Identify, measure and price paintings Work on the next module of my “MoMA” […]
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Who am I? What do I Want? What is my Dh...
These are the questions that I have been pondering while painting over the past three weeks as I also participate in a 21-day Meditation Challenge offered by the Chopra Center. Sounds a bit sophomoric but, in fact, it was perfect timing for me to go within and process my answers with fresh eyes and an […]
Creativity and Depression
For the past few weeks, I have been thinking about depression – mine, to be exact. I sense a heaviness in my chest and in my legs. The thought of reaching out is instantly rejected. An overwhelming sense of sadness seems to permeate my mind and my heart. So much has been happening in the […]
“Process: a blank canvas becomes a paint
The scourge of the writer… it’s time to begin the story, but where? When? Who? How? For the visual artist, it’s “the blank white canvas,” stark, flat and looking very much like the white snow-filled scene outside my studio window on this January day. I may or may not know what my next subject will be, […]
“Moment of Engagement”
Yesterday, a frigid Sunday in December, I decided it was time for me to resume painting. It’s been several weeks since I put palette knife to canvas; so, I had to go through the process of setting up my space, beginning with covering the floor with a green oil cloth. Next, I laid out my tubes […]
Procrastinator To The End
Well, Christmas and New Year’s Day have passed and I haven’t resumed my writing or painting but, I have spent many hours thinking and planning the changes I want to make in my life and career …of course, all grist for the mill. We used to call this mental masturbation and I think that is […]
An Epiphany Under the Auspices of Fallin...
It’s not that I heard a little voice in my head saying, “Myrna, knock it off for a while.” “No, I have been taking refuge in my left-brain self.” I have been avoiding writing, painting, dancing, singing……
Artist’s Process – Fixing the unfixable?
I’ve been working on a painting which I have carried in my mind for many moons. It’s a view of the marsh at high-tide at Kiawah, S.C. I’ve painted the marshes before, mostly in an abstracted landscape form; but this time, I wanted to try realism, to a point. I decided to use a 24″x48″ […]
What happens to the 20″x20″ canvas…
Life has a glorious way of evolving while we spend time wondering, questioning, deciding and planning. We may think we are in control. We may think we know where we are going. We may even think we’re clairvoyant and know just what, where and when we will be doing x, y and z. But, if […]
Lessons
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet… maybe, we could understand something. Frederico Fellini It’s easy to be a critic …problem-solving takes creativity. Unknown author