A Brief Thought
The balance and interplay of “what is” and “what if” can be so dynamic and so important! If there is no way someone can see properly, does that then allow that person to see clearly from time to time?
Negative Attribution Rant
I recently read a post in an online forum about guys approaching girls on social websites. The discussion in the forum moved to guys interacting with women in general. The forum contained a post by a woman that burned my biscuits. It was one of a series of posts by her that indicated a real dislike and distaste for anyone who did not have her personal seal of approval.
A sample quote from a post by her.
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Square Foot AWOL Gallery 2011
The AWOL Gallery on Ossington here in Toronto is holding their annual Square Foot show again this summer. They accept the first 500 artists, each of whom can submit up to 3 pieces. The theme of the show is that all pieces have to be exactly one square foot – 12″ per side – and no more than 5 inches deep. The gallery decides whether to hang one or more of the submissions from each artist. Some years I’ve had all 3 hung,
Waiting Sketches – the time and again time
Some waits recur. Again and again the waiting takes place at the same location.
Waiting Sketches – taking advantage of time taken
we wait and wait for the event, the moment, the open door, the busy professional, the activity-laden child . . . I now bring a sketchbook
The Human Spectrum – Air France 447 vs Osama Bin Laden
I posted my thoughts elsewhere, but I’ll put them here as well.
I admit I was much more taken with the discovery of the Air France Flight 447 black box in the uncharted depths of the Atlantic Ocean, somewhere in the Mid-Atlantic (in more than 13,000 feet of water, no less), than I was with the death at the hands of the USA’s special forces of Osama Bin Laden in his walled suburban enclave in Pakistan.
The former was a wonder of technical expertise and exploration of the depths of the ocean.
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Don Valley Art Club Spring Show
The Don Valley Art Club is holding it’s annual Spring Show at the Paper Mill Gallery at Todmorden Mills on Pottery Road in Toronto.
The show is running May 7 & 8, and May 14 from 12 pm to 5 pm, and Sunday May 15 from 12 pm to 3 pm. The address is 67 Pottery Road, Toronto Ontario.
The show always has a wide range of work and you will see some beautiful pieces. Please come out and have a look.
6th Sense – Imagination & the Artist Show
The Dignam Gallery run by the Women’s Art Association of Canada has invited me to take part in this show. There are 6 artists showing the results of their own experience with the 6th Sense, which the curator Deniz Ergun-Seker feels is a key element in the artistic conversation. I was thrilled to be asked to share my own explorations and imaginings at the gallery. It would be great if people came by and saw the work.
The show runs from May 19 –
Synaesthesia is another word for Experience
I remember a man describing the colours of songs. For him all songs had a unique colour arrangement – every compositon had a retina print, so to speak.
I wondered if that was similar to the way conversations and concepts swim in my mind as an ever-flowing imagery – a flow that is both important and difficult for me to express in visual art.
I think we all swim in seas of sensory overlap. We have congenital or experiential differences in how our various senses feed our inner understanding.
Best and Worst Inventions of All Time
Best invention – I have to go with the wrap. Using the hide of a kill to gather up the important parts you separate out to take back to your shelter was such an enormous step. Imagine the divide before that meme. The efficiency in that discovery – being able to expend only the energy needed to carry the best parts instead of whatever you could sling over your naked back or in your hands is enormous. You could keep those hands free for emergencies or for clambering into hard to reach places.
