Perplexing image, right? I snapped it while wandering in flâneur-fantasyland (i.e. Kensington, London) the other day. It's the crowning detail of a public statue, and it's a bit disturbing, at least from this unusual perspective. And, lest clarification begs, the statue is not in any remote way connected to Edgar Degas. Until today. The words, however, are his. “Art is not what you see, but what ...
Art
Thinking of Goodbye
"I think we're all holding our breath and thinking of goodbye... hoping it's gonna turn out ok." ~ David Crosby There's so much beauty and sadness and wisdom and music in this clutter of honest, unselfconscious words shared by David Crosby about singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Crosby dated Mitchell in 1967 when he was still performing with the Byrds. The following year he helped line up her ...
Invention
"Invention, the spontaneous generation of new rules, is central to art." ~ John Gardner ...
Self-Medicating Midlife
"Art is the act of navigating without a map." ~ Seth Godin Back in January I shared Seth Godin's ArtNav wisdom. No editorial comments. Not even a doodle. (Though I've been known to update posts when inspiration strikes, so don't hold me to the spartan quote-only simplicity!) Seth Godin is ever gifted with a full quiver of sage zingers. Short, insightful quips that stick. This is one. Medical ...
Blur
Explain… that you live in a blur Of hours and days, months and years, and believe It has meaning, despite the occasional fear You are slipping away with nothing completed, nothing To prove you existed. ~ Mark Strand Those dark, contemplative words are excerpted from Mark Strand's poem "The Continuous Life" (The Continuous Life, Knopf, 1991). I include them here to admit they resonate, not every ...
Mapless
"Art is the act of navigating without a map." ~ Seth Godin ...