I have noticed also that often the Most artistically driven people are Often self absorbed. They are absent Parents or spouse placing that drive Before the ones they love. I have a few very talented friends who have given up this aspect in pursuit of their Craft. I have tried to view parenting and marriage as an art and I think having Practiced eastern martial arts Influenced that point if view. I still paint and draw, but it's usually IllustrAtive of a concept or instructional to my children. I have this urge to paint landscapes People have painted landscapes for Thousands of years, it's nothing new. People have painted thousands of landscapes in the brandy wine river Valley where I now reside, it's nothing new. But that moment in time I'm Attempting to capture is new and it's Pleasing to do so. If you look at the finished work it looks no different thAn every other landscape painting Ever painted. It certainly could have been copied from a museum piece. In short it looks static and boring But I know it's a one if a kind of a morning in May along the banks of the brandy wine around 9 am to 10:30. A moment never repeated. Just like raising fine human beings Or influencing other people in positive Ways. It seems static and pedestrian, Not artistically driven in the least when you look at it, but I know it's a one of a kind endeavor.
> On May 15, 2014, at 11:37 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > > Arlo, > >> On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 2:32 PM, ARLO JAMES BENSINGER JR <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> [Ron] >> I don't think "artist" is a very nice word. It implies some special status >> that lets certain people be creative while the rest of us muddle along. >> >> [Arlo] >> Agree. I think its better to use "artful" and append it to the activity >> (artful painting, artful inquiry, artful woodworking, artful trombone >> playing, etc.). Rather than "she's an artist", you could say "she paints >> very artfully". And that guy over there, he artfully maintains his >> motorcycle. > > Dan: > Actually, I think it was John who wrote that. I took it as sort of > tongue in cheek in that Lu is an artist (and a very talented one at > that) but perhaps I am mistaken. > > I happen to be reading Henry Miller's Big Sur and the Oranges of > Hieronymus Bosch in which he writes extensively about artists of all > sorts... he claims even the community plumber is an artist. Reminds me > a lot of ZMM. > > Anyway, I'm not sure why, but I am noticing people around me in my > daily life and how inclined (or disinclined) they are to artistry. It > isn't that they specialize in one particular area... she's a painter, > he's a woodworker, she sings, he dances) but rather that artful > attitude permeates their entire beings. > > I think I see it here too, in the high quality (or low quality) of the posts. > > Just an observation... > > Dan > > http://www.danglover.com > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
