I am convinced that surrounding yourself with beautiful handmade
objects betters your life. If in every
moment your life is aided by the functions of a beautifully created work then
your moments are enliven, made more, become more meaningful and in that, your
moments are more sacred. By choosing
this way you are choosing life, to purposefully live and, in a simple way,
choosing to; “Fix
your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely,
and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Monday, May 30, 2016
Big Days Call For Big Thank Yous
Big days. Days that hold
great promise or great regret. Days that
begin with great hope but the end cannot be known. Being an artist makes every day a big
day. You can make art but there is
always a very real possibility that you will just make stuff. The world has enough stuff; that’s why the
storage business is so big, our houses can’t hold all our stuff so we rent
stuffing space. But art, oh art, there
is so very little of it and every full moon, every smooth river stones, every
kiss of our lover demands we attempt art.
It is one of the few sincere ways we can say, “thank You!” Big days require big thank You’s!
in my studio |
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Not For All The Soul's On Earth
There is an emotional toll for sacrifice. Imagine if you had a first born son, which I
do, and if he were your beloved, which he is, and that you found great delight
in him, which I do, and that he was worthy, which he is. Now imagine sacrificing him for others and
those others rejecting him. I can
unequivocally say that there would be an emotional toll that would have a
physical response, I would tear something up, something would bear the brunt of
my feelings. I once had a studio mate in
graduate school that had contracted cancer as a teenager. He said when he got the news he went out into
the woods and chopped down a tree as a release for his hurt and anger.
It’s a wonder the cosmos survived God’s sacrifice!
Saturday, May 28, 2016
Not For All The Soul's On Earth
There is an emotional toll for sacrifice. Imagine if you had a first born son, which I
do, and if he were your beloved, which he is, and that you found great delight
in him, which I do, and that he was worthy, which he is. Now imagine sacrificing him for others and
those others rejecting him. I can
unequivocally say that there would be an emotional toll that would have a physical
response, I would tear something up, something would bear the brunt of my
feelings. I once had a studio mate in
graduate school that had contracted cancer as a teenager. He said when he got the news he went out into
the woods and chopped down a tree as a release for his hurt and anger.
It’s a wonder the cosmos survived God’s sacrifice!
Friday, May 27, 2016
A Single Sacred Act
On the back roads of East Tennessee Betty and I have passed this
sculpture several times. I find in it
one of the most sincere redemptive acts I have ever witnessed. Someone Completely Good has put in the human
heart the compulsion toward the creative act called art making. I believe it to be universal and that its urges
often occur in the most random places. I
also believe that when we act on those urges we are acting Sacredly and participating
with The Devine. Again I find such
sincere redemption in this one act of sculpture making. I hope this sculpture, this single redemptive
act, encourages you as much as it does me.
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