17 Dec 2008 @ 23:44, by Unknown. Visual Arts, Graphics
“He was a preacher... and never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too.”
--- Mark Twain (American Humorist)
Some people are funny, and some people are...er...unintendedly funny: Thanks, mostly, to the internet, we all are familiar with the kind of accidental drollery that ensues when some church puts up a message on its marquee like "Don't Let Worries Kill You. Let The Church Help."
Don't feel left out! Just like some guy and sir Marco, here (Now THAT'S a Sermon!), you too can make your own sign:
10 Dec 2008 @ 22:11, by martha. Visual Arts, Graphics
"Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing." ~ Marc Chagall
". . . I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy. I just feel that I'm in tune with the right vibrations in the universe when I'm in the process of working. I always felt right when I was right here. And even if I didn't want to compose, so I painted or stacked the pieces or something. In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall. That's the only place where everything is all right."
~ LOUISE NEVELSON
"To create one's own world in any of the arts takes courage." ~ Georgia O'Keeffe More >
23 Oct 2008 @ 00:05, by Unknown. Visual Arts, Graphics
We are here.
We are waking up now, out of the past, to dream a bigger dream.
We are friends and equals, we are diverse and unique, and we're united for something bigger than our differences.
We believe in freedom and cooperation, abundance and harmony.
We are a culture emerging, a renaissance of the essence of humanity.
We find our own guidance, and we discern our own truth.
We go in many directions, and yet we refuse to disperse.
We have many names, we speak many languages.
We are local, we are global.
We are in all regions of the world, we're everywhere in the air.
We are universe being aware of itself, we are the wave of evolution.
We are in every child's eyes, we face the unknown with wonder and excitement.
We are messengers from the future, living in the present.
We come from silence, and we speak our truth.
We cannot be quieted, because our voice is within everyone.
We have no enemies, no boundaries can hold us.
We respect the cycles and expressions of nature, because we are nature.
We don't play to win, we play to live and learn.
We act out of inspiration, love and integrity.
We explore, we discover, we feel, and we laugh.
We are building a world that works for everyone.
We endeavor to live our lives to their fullest potential.
We are independent, self-sufficient and responsible.
We relate to each other in peace, with compassion and respect, we unite in community.
We celebrate the wholeness within and around us all.
We dance to the rhythm of creation.
We weave the threads of the new times.
We are the new civilization. More >
17 Sep 2008 @ 11:33, by rayon. Visual Arts, Graphics
The new Palladio exhibition in Venice is apparently heralding a new era, by suggesting an alternative departure point to its profession in the future. The exhibtion is set to tour major centres. At the least a fresh set of references will be thrown into the debate.
Most interesting of all as is often the case is the light thrown on the pre existing status quo - liberal modernism - in design. Quite suddenly this can be viewed as an opposite, in parts, for some modernism does lay actually within a classical mould, to a trained eye! The other however which relies on much self expression, currently an undisputed right in our liberal society, can now actually be viewed as Gothic. A stance which carries with it, an outpouring by necessity of spiritual evolution. Hence all the gargolyes, griffins, and goodness knows what adorning such well known structures of the associated era, Medieval, and neo Gothic (of Victoriana fame) both in the UK and in France and the rest of Europe. The energy of these cathedrals can be seen to be emanating from the earth and rising upwards and away, a clearing of the air and current angst. The best example of this self expression is in the famous Musters TV serial, in the black and white of those days, of this famous family living in cobwebs, of dracula hair styles and loving giants. Kindly but weird.
Even tho the current modernism has shed its gargoyles in its place we have rasor sharp points to street furniture, columns, edges of steps, on which the unwary could easily impale: the features themselves shouting pain, go away and writhing. The opposite of classical buildings which create auras of peace and tranquility for contemplation and moving on to other earthly realms from a centred stance, not dependent on initial unrelated individual expression.
27 Jul 2006 @ 10:34, by jstarrs. Visual Arts, Graphics
There's an on-going auction (for charity) of original paintings by people with autism/Asberger's Syndrome which finishes on 17th September with an exhibition at The Autism Research Centre, Cambridge University, UK.
Anyone that would like to bid can do so over the net.
Click on Auction on the right menu to see the works available, if you're interested.
(my son Leo is exhibiting there and very excited about it, too!)
31 Dec 2008 @ 14:48, by bimbo. Visual Arts, Graphics
28 Dec 2008 @ 10:10, by bimbo. Visual Arts, Graphics
