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When The Student Is Ready…

June 18, 2011

I don’t want to gush too much but I’ve been going to art lessons for a few months now and I have to say it is one of the best things I’ve ever done. I want to try to unpack some of the benefits I’ve experienced from having a great art teacher.

How To Explain It To Your Parents

January 28, 2011

So how do you explain what you do to your family, to your parents? It was hard enough for my brother to explain he was in IT Support, so what hope do you have of conveying meaning when you’re doing something as seemingly esoteric as creating art?

“No, I want you to put in a real profession”

September 9, 2010

Oh who hasn’t enjoyed some variation on this old chestnut? You want to be creative? You better have something to ‘fall back on.’ You best have a ‘real job.’

Margaret Fabrizio: Commitment, Not Complaining

August 25, 2010

This video seems very timely for me. As Margaret explains creative people are bombarded with ideas and projects they’d like to do and sometimes this can overwhelm us to the point where we don’t do anything at all. (I chuckled because like Margaret I sometimes play solitaire to distract myself.)

Knowing When To Stop…

August 12, 2010

I’ve often been a little bemused watching some of Gary Reef’s videos. He’ll present something that, to my eyes, looks extraordinary. But sometimes you’ll detect a note of unease, a kind of restlessness in him. He isn’t crazy about what he’s produced, but by the same token he often doesn’t seem able to articulate exactly why. This confused me a little… until it started happening to me.

Google’s Nod To Arthur Boyd

July 28, 2010

I don’t know if people outside of Australia are seeing this but over the weekend Google have tipped their hat to Australian artist Arthur Boyd to acknowledge his 90th birthday.

A Creative Catalyst

May 20, 2010

Strangely it wasn’t this scenic imagining that got me started so much as when it became apparent that fantastical bubble had burst around me.

Paula Scher: Solemn Versus Serious

April 28, 2010

It seems deeply counter-intuitive that you could have ‘serious’ play, that somehow you could be serious by having fun. And I think it’s great that Paula Scher makes this distinction between seriousness and solemnity. Because I think most of us think they mean the same thing.

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