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carolyn land
Apr 27, 20193 min read
Starting a Painting
“To prepare one’s work is first to nourish one’s feelings by studies which have a certain analogy with the picture, and it is through...
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carolyn land
Apr 13, 20193 min read
Keeping Soulfulness
“The merit of a painting is undefinable…in a word, it is what the spirit adds to color and line that appeals to the soul.” ...
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carolyn land
Apr 5, 20193 min read
Exploring Your Creative Side
“I like to think of creativity as the sex of out mental lives”. Dr. Roger Von Oech Many people often say to me I can’t do...
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carolyn land
Mar 30, 20192 min read
Taking a Break
“Painting is a funny business”. J.M.W. Turner As artist we all long for people to validate our work. We are constantly looking...
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carolyn land
Mar 16, 20192 min read
Importance of Learning Something New
“Being an artist means that you can have the ability to imagine yourself into all kinds of othernesses. Doing that, you can rearrange...
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carolyn land
Mar 4, 20192 min read
What’s Right for You
“One of the marks of an intelligent person is to be able to distinguish what is worth doing and what isn’t, and to be able to set...
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carolyn land
Feb 23, 20192 min read
Maintaining a Positive Attitude
“Every creative act involves…a new innocence of perception, liberated from the cataract of accepted belief. “ Arthur Koestler...
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carolyn land
Feb 8, 20192 min read
Goal Setting
“The artist begins with a vision-a creative operation requiring an effort. Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse Journey Upward ...
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carolyn land
Jan 27, 20192 min read
Commitment
In art intentions are not sufficient…What one does is what counts and not what one has intentions of doing.” Pablo Picasso...
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carolyn land
Jan 10, 20191 min read
Pareidolia
“The true gift that we’re given every day; that our world despite it many challenges, continues to offer such wondrousness.” ...
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carolyn land
Dec 31, 20182 min read
New Year Wish
Happy New Year! I want to wish all my readers a healthy, happy, and creative New Year. Thank you all for reading the “Creative Spirit”...
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carolyn land
Dec 22, 20183 min read
Time to See
Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season “There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual. ...
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carolyn land
Nov 24, 20183 min read
The Gratitude Factor
“For art and joy go together, with bold openness, and high head, and ready hand-fearing naught, and dreading no exposure.” ...
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carolyn land
Nov 10, 20182 min read
Be Bold
“Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together” John Ruskin I had the opportunity...
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carolyn land
Oct 27, 20183 min read
Your Journey To…?
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step?” Leo Tzu I have written a lot lately...
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carolyn land
Oct 13, 20183 min read
Go Ahead and Be Wacky
“When I get my ego out of my art I can experience the freedom of non-attachment to outcome. What a sigh — no, a yell! — of relief. When I...
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carolyn land
Sep 29, 20183 min read
Self-Talk
“What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.” Ralph...
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carolyn land
Sep 15, 20183 min read
Raw Material
“A painting should not be a battlefield it must be a statement. Set out with something to say and not with a vague desire to say...
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carolyn land
Sep 1, 20183 min read
Establishing a Dialogue
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Edgar Degas As we have established in past “Blogs” art is a dialogue...
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carolyn land
Aug 18, 20183 min read
Creation vs Replication
“It is all very well to copy what one sees; it is much better to draw what one no longer sees except in memory. A transformation is...
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