closing in on the lead11" x 14" Oil on hardwood $175.00
Today I plan to paint all day, I am working on a big painting on hardwood. I traded a friend out for the board. It is heavy and I am not sure what real advantage it has although I will think of one when I sell the painting. I totally forgot what I was going to say in this blog. I usually think of it when I am eating breakfast.
I remember now. Yesterday when I was listening to xm radio, the Tom Petty radio hour he mentioned something that I never realized. When a creative needs to escape from the world a musician plays his or her instrument, an artist works on their art. As creative people we are much different we have the ability to escape to our art or music and create. Others can listen or view our work but they do not escape.
Only the creator has the ability to escape into their own world. We as creatives do not realize how lucky we are to have the ability to escape. This is what Tom Petty the musician said not me. But I completely understand, art has always been my escape route my entire life.
Many others worry about what others will think or are they better than their neighbor. This causes stress with no escape. I for one do not speak for all the creative people in the world I just know myself. I need the escape and have always used it even then I did not know that was what I was doing. When I worked in Corporate America I was always a creative with art to escape to. Corporate America is in the past for me but I still have my art.
The three years I was remodeling houses I knew I was missing something but I could not put my finger on it. I missed the creative process. I would substitute with paint colors, architecture details and any other way I could. My calling has always been to be an artist even though it is not the norm and my neighbors live and work in Corporate America. They can have it I tried it and it did nothing but make me miserable.
~ mike
I remember now. Yesterday when I was listening to xm radio, the Tom Petty radio hour he mentioned something that I never realized. When a creative needs to escape from the world a musician plays his or her instrument, an artist works on their art. As creative people we are much different we have the ability to escape to our art or music and create. Others can listen or view our work but they do not escape.
Only the creator has the ability to escape into their own world. We as creatives do not realize how lucky we are to have the ability to escape. This is what Tom Petty the musician said not me. But I completely understand, art has always been my escape route my entire life.
Many others worry about what others will think or are they better than their neighbor. This causes stress with no escape. I for one do not speak for all the creative people in the world I just know myself. I need the escape and have always used it even then I did not know that was what I was doing. When I worked in Corporate America I was always a creative with art to escape to. Corporate America is in the past for me but I still have my art.
The three years I was remodeling houses I knew I was missing something but I could not put my finger on it. I missed the creative process. I would substitute with paint colors, architecture details and any other way I could. My calling has always been to be an artist even though it is not the norm and my neighbors live and work in Corporate America. They can have it I tried it and it did nothing but make me miserable.
~ mike
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