February 2012
46 posts
“
In the utter silence
Of a temple
A cicada’s voice alone
Penetrates the rocks.
” —Basho (via artpropelled)
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
― Ira Glass” —
― Ira Glass” —
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“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul.
Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another to cause vibration in the soul.
It is therefore evident that colour harmony must rest on a corresponding vibration in the human soul.” —Wassily Kandinsky. (via artpropelled)
Colour is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another to cause vibration in the soul.
It is therefore evident that colour harmony must rest on a corresponding vibration in the human soul.” —Wassily Kandinsky. (via artpropelled)
“…..the original reason for art — to be a portal, an access point for the sacred so that when you see/experience it, you experience yourself.”
—Eckhart Tolle (via artpropelled)
“To know
that you have enough
is to be rich.” —Lao Tzu (via nezartdesign)
that you have enough
is to be rich.” —Lao Tzu (via nezartdesign)
