tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post1584938232396634081..comments2022-03-30T01:58:08.300-05:00Comments on missouribendstudio: A Session in the Studio With The ObserverMissouri Bend Paper Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-65197238631278319732011-01-16T10:26:57.823-06:002011-01-16T10:26:57.823-06:00Fiona...I think that for you art is a calling...as...Fiona...I think that for you art is a calling...as you say yourself, it is where you are the most "you". I think we can spend our lives at other career or job related pursuits, which I have as well, but nothing changes the fact that you acknowledge a calling. It's only now that I am actually becoming dependent financially on the artmaking. You definitely have a calling, which I don't mean this in any religious sense whatsoever...only that it is the thing that is truly you! Cheers!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-30754475164200831982011-01-16T10:22:41.566-06:002011-01-16T10:22:41.566-06:00Robyn...a visual haiku...thank you! That's a ...Robyn...a visual haiku...thank you! That's a wonderful compliment!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-36942277901004576542011-01-16T10:21:32.229-06:002011-01-16T10:21:32.229-06:00G....well, glad to hear the winter meditations are...G....well, glad to hear the winter meditations are still meaningful for people...they certainly are exactly where my artmaking wants to be right now...guess I should go with the flow, as they say. I'll start paying attention to my the cycles of chaos in the studio and see what the pattern is...every three or four days is about right for settings things back into the "zone of order" as you so nicely put it!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-83102362445887480352011-01-16T10:15:15.187-06:002011-01-16T10:15:15.187-06:00Welcome Lucky Dip Lisa...thanks for stopping by! ...Welcome Lucky Dip Lisa...thanks for stopping by! So glad you like the winter meditations! Yes, I enourage you to keep making your work in that series through the seasons!!!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-62371241735805867362011-01-16T10:11:14.049-06:002011-01-16T10:11:14.049-06:00Paula...nice to hear from you and thanks for your ...Paula...nice to hear from you and thanks for your kind words. Yes, it is the time for getting things in order!Missouri Bend Paper Workshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153989891514458384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-52206294412431386332011-01-16T04:14:06.510-06:002011-01-16T04:14:06.510-06:00Hi Patti - your descriptions of your chats to your...Hi Patti - your descriptions of your chats to yourself are so heart-warming and helpful. Its like reading books and knowing you are not alone. I find tidying my studio very healthy and a bit like a boat that self-rights it self to a balanced and upright position. Once I have done it I can continue to sail smoothly thru my work. <br /><br />I struggle with the notion of my art being a calling - I seem to have spent so much time doing other things, studying to be other things and so on. I do know tho that it's the place I feel most me.Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-80596969892854189742011-01-16T00:29:08.276-06:002011-01-16T00:29:08.276-06:00Lovely post with so much that I relate to. Winter ...Lovely post with so much that I relate to. Winter no.9 is a visual haiku ..... it encourages contemplation.ArtPropelledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853722164314994360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-44982137445767885452011-01-16T00:28:18.743-06:002011-01-16T00:28:18.743-06:00I came here from SOWEN EARTHS blog and I'm gla...I came here from SOWEN EARTHS blog and I'm glad I did. I love the winter meditations. Very calming and elegant. I did an autumn series last year but funnily enough it didn't occur to me to carry on after Autumn! Maybe this year!Lucky Dip Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02641107558317278059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-56114127345838389622011-01-15T05:13:58.846-06:002011-01-15T05:13:58.846-06:00seems the time of year ...i know others myself inc...seems the time of year ...i know others myself included who have finally had to just stop everything and at least get my studio in good working order again. <br />i can appreciate all that you have on your plate and the allowing to 'hear' and find some inner calm.<br />congrats on the new hampshire thing and glad you have so much verve going on right now!phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10669096127325145722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919562061299505596.post-7870711970225872012011-01-14T22:19:03.803-06:002011-01-14T22:19:03.803-06:00Okay, first of all, by the looks of No. 9 this par...Okay, first of all, by the looks of No. 9 this particular viewer is not going to be getting tired of your Winter Meditations anytime soon! Oh, oh, oh.<br /><br />Second - those words "If you listen to yourself, you actually know more than you give yourself credit for" are so true! And yet, how can the opposite also be true that we are sometimes our own worst enemies and need to NOT listen to ourselves? Oh yeh, we're human, full of wonderful contradictions...<br /><br />Visual order helps me too. If my workspace gets overrun (which happens in cycles of three to four days it seems) I can't properly address anything until the chaos is somehow subdued. I don't need everything exactly right all the time, and can establish my "zone of order" just about anywhere, but for me a clear space equals a clear mind.<br /><br />Calling vs. career - spot on.<br /><br />You make me smile how your mind works. Then there's a pair of us! Don't tell! They'd advertize - you know!Gisizeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842508709852026701noreply@blogger.com