Mirrors and Windows
Recently I’ve been thinking about John Szarkowski‘s idea of photographs as either windows or mirrors. It’s interesting to think of one’s own work and the […]
ideas
Hope/Faith
Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that […]
No thing is beautiful
“The real study of an art student is more of a development of that sensitive nature and appreciative imagination with which he was so fully […]
They made their language. You make yours.
Quotes from The Art Spirit, by Robert Henri: “The work of the art student is no light matter. Few have the courage and stamina to […]
Stones to step on or stones to avoid
“Every student should put down in some form or other his findings. All any man can hope to do is to add his fragment to […]
Beauty rests in the expression
“Artists are sometimes asked, “Why do you paint ugly and not beautiful things?” The questioner rarely hesitates in his judgment of what is beautiful and […]
An artist has got to get acquainted with himself
“I know I have said a lot when I say, “You can do anything you want to do.” But I mean it. There is reason […]
Approved taste
“One of the great difficulties of an art student is to decide between his own natural impressions and what he thinks should be his impressions. […]
There are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual
“There are moments in our lives, there are moments in a day, when we seem to see beyond the usual — become clairvoyant. We reach […]
To apprehend beauty is to work for it
“The appreciation of art should not be considered as merely a pleasurable pastime. To apprehend beauty is to work for it. It is a mighty […]
To find the idea for which I can live and die
“To be clear in my mind what I am to do, not what I am to know, except in so far as a certain understanding […]
It takes wit, and interest and energy to be happy
“Appreciation of life is not easy. One says he must earn a living — but why? Why live? It seems as though a great many […]
Play as a little child plays
“The man who believes that money is the thing is cheating himself. The artist teaches that the object of a man’s life should be to […]
It’s found anywhere, everywhere
“The sketch hunter has delightful days of drifting about among people, in and out of the city, going anywhere, everywhere, stopping as long as he […]
The eye trains itself to transmit many small delights
“I believe I am a stranger to humanity. I did not want just to paint people with their grimaces and gestures. What I really wanted […]
Inner and outer purpose have not merged
“Many people who are going through the early stages of the awakening process are no longer certain what their outer purpose is. What drives the […]
Beautiful ones
From Wikipedia, John B. Calhoun, “an American ethologist and behavioral researcher noted for his studies of population density and its effects on behavior”. Mouse experiments […]
The great man is the play-actor of his own ideals
A few quotes from an article I came across on Medium (https://medium.com/@dmoore629/climbing-the-ladder-of-selves-86ddaacf72bd) “The philosopher Colin Wilson, in his book New Pathways of Psychology (1972), used […]
The Outsider seeks a meaning and purpose that the everyday world cannot provide
“The Outsider is someone who sees “too deep and too much” and that most of what he sees is “chaos.” He or she lives in […]
Proto Abstraction in Photography
Proto Abstraction What I call ‘proto abstraction’ can, as the name implies, be considered a way-stage on the road to abstraction proper. It typically depicts […]