(15 of 50) I’ve been trying to upload a silly video of my silly dogs in the back yard for two days now, but the software (iMovieHD) I was using doesn’t have an automatic YouTube output setting. So, the result is a really bad QuickTime video that snapshots all over the place. Not very appealing. [...]
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(14 of 50) Things here at Lizard Lodge have been going along really well of late. We’re feeling a burst of creativity as the leaves pop out on trees and start loading up the chlorophyll. So many greens! I’ve been so amazed at the greens that I’d almost forgotten about the bluebonnets. But I saw [...]
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(13 of 50) While waiting to reach Nirvana, one must stay busy with everyday chores. “Chop wood, carry water” is the teaching that humbles even those on the verge of enlightenment. The utter necessity of handwork is at the heart of enlightenment and creativity. Having finished up my little movie project, and having watched it [...]
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Argh. I have two entries on this blog that have attracted an amazing amount of spa&m. Usually 10-20 messages a day. As a tidy blogger, I try to flush those out every day. This morning, I clicked the wrong thing however, and deleted the sp^m PLUS bonafide comments ON THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF ENTRIES. [...]
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(12 of 50) The day started out dark and stormy. Seriously! it did! after it rained, there was a lightness and softness to the air, and of course there was the sun as well. The day was spent in a floaty haze of finishing my creative project and preparing to go on a business trip [...]
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(11 of 50) There’s such a thing as just chillin’ and hanging out and goofing off. There’s another thing that I have discovered, which I’ll call creative down time for lack of a better term. After working hard on a paper, a set of prints in the darkroom or a detailed fiddly bit of knitting, [...]
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(10 of 50) I used to write koans when I was in graduate school. Dealing with really brainy, weighty ideas and analytical thinking all day makes you want to play with abstractions and absurdities. Here are a few. (A koan is a brief saying or teaching. The more you think on it, the more the [...]
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(9 of 50) Collecting things and putting them into artful arrangement is uniquely satisfying – this is the very definition of collage. But that’s a final step. First, there must be the sourcing and collecting. I’ll discuss sourcing later, but first collecting. Humans quite simply LOVE collections and collecting. You can find a collector’s group [...]
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(8 of 50) I have been ill most of the day in that fuzzy-brained sinus-involved way. My mantra could be DUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. So here’s a little potpourri. (My intention is to follow up “Happy Place” and discuss creativity and some things I’m doing and reading, but I’m in my DUHHHHH place at present.) Totally enjoying Season [...]
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(7 of 50) In the midst of a lot of business and busyness, I found a happy place today. It began with collecting a number of items together in a folder on my computer with the intention of making a little presentation for work. And I was drawn to it. I wanted to get back [...]
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