charcoal. yes a soft substance easily crushed, manipulated. must ensure, i am not. sbm.
Don't Get Snookered By Your Own Worst Enemy - Make Friends
If there’s one thing I hate, it’s seeing writers down on themselves. Any of this sound familiar? “I can’t fix dinner because everyone hates my book.” “I just got a one star review–my life is over.” “This thing sucks (delete delete delete).” Okay, maybe you don’t say that out loud, but have you thought it? …
20 Ways to Avoid the Word "Very"
By Amreen B. Shaikh of https://painttheworldwithwords.wordpress.com Writing is a very wise sagacious exercise. One writes to emote their thoughts, ideas and concepts to the world. But there are few words which hinder the flow of it when one reads, and actually are considered a cliche in writing. I recently read about the wrong in using the word “very” in…
7/5/15
By Seth Apter, Press Arts Editor Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. Objects from nature intensely crocheted by Susanna Bauer to create fragile, stunning artworks. Money is the medium in the cut collage works from Mark Wagner. Love this gorgeous scrapbook page from Beck Beattie. Collagraph rocks from London-based printmaker Tessa Horrocks. Snapshots of…
Word Canvases
By Donald Kolberg Sometimes I just need to sit back and reflect. This seems to be when word canvases get created Line Each line a sacrifice to the ambiguous absence that is the surface, Abandoning each mark to the perceptions of doer and viewer. I’m left with the inability to retract any thoughts, Any conscious…
How to Inventory Your Artwork
By Press Arts Editor Donald Kolberg This past week I was with some friends at a local coffee shop, and we got on the subject of how much inventory artists have. This of course led to how do you keep track of the stuff. Not surprisingly, most artist don’t keep track of their art or…
Becoming Writer (The Cover Makes It Real)
By Sydney Scrogham This book thing is really happening, and I feel like I’ve stepped into my real body for the first time. This is what I was created for, and I hope you take the risk to chase what you’re created for, too. Trust me, it’s worth it. Even though the road to arrival…
light & shadow photography by Chris Maher photo editing & .gif animated photo by google.com/+DarkAngel0ne
light & shadow photography by Chris Maher photo editing & .gif animated photo by google.com/+DarkAngel0ne
6/30/15
By Seth Apter, Press Arts Editor Join me every Sunday when I share some of my favorite links I discovered in the previous week. 12 artists share what they do when they get stuck creatively on the Cloth Paper Scissors blog. Typology like you have never seen before. Studio must-see: Kiki Slaughter. And see her work at her website. Kecia Deveney…
