Week 19 5/10/20

As artists let us resolve to elevate our thinking:

In doing so let us align our emotional perspectives with reality, share all that which is good, and strive for excellence in every way.

Cheers!

Week 18 5/3/20

Perspective, opinion, aesthetic:

Emerge, develop, refine.

Week 13 3/29/2020

Subjectivity is not vision.

The creative work is recognized as a finished act.  

Week 12 3/22/2020

Events conspire.

The casual reader comprehends, and within our understanding is the notion that some perceive on a broad scale and others within narrow confines. 

Week 6 2/9/20

Vision centers consciousness, and expands both.

Observe cultures that are unified by shared visions, in contrast with those that fail.

Week 4 1/26/20

Cycles are continuous, and dynamic.

Things move ahead, go far afield, and return to their origins.

This is a truth of life, and of art.

Week 3 1/19/20

Choose to move forward.

Advance in idea and in action. This is an individual choice, with rewards and consequences.

Week 2 1/12/2020

Real individual freedom demands discipline and a sense of duty to last beyond the mere moment.

The artist must transcend those things that culture and society refuse to move beyond.  False values, collective conformity, failed philosophies-- all these are obstacles that must be overcome.

Week 52 12/29/19

Reflect forward.

In creative action, move with grace and confidence.  Envision and make real.

It is as simple, and as difficult, as this.

Week 51 12/22/19

Consider the impact and influence of music in space and time.

Expand your thinking. Go beyond the mundane.  Always.

Week 50 12/15/19

Think ahead.  See ahead.

Freedom is a creative act.

Week 47 11/24/19

Recognize authenticity.

This is more than discriminating between the artificial and the natural, and demands a sense of what is true and what is false.

Week 46 11/17/19

The artist conceives and executes. This is common knowledge.

What is not always understood is that if there is not a means to execute the conception, the artist must create such a means.

Week 45 11/10/19

There will always be elements within a culture that seek to manage a decline of that culture.

When these these social and political elements are ascendant, they align to crush individual freedom.  This is a warning against the origins of totalitarianism, and the mechanisms by which it seeks to destroy freedom of thought and expression.

They cannot defeat armies, so first they strangle the Arts.

Week 44 11/3/19

Without question, culture will dictate the direction of art.

Therefore culture, its premises, and its adherents must be questioned, and often defied.

Week 43 10/27/19

Observe the extent to which culture colors perception.

In doing so, consider and adapt creative design and application accordingly.

Week 41 10/13/19

Foresight reveals possibilities.

Of course this is true for every area of life. It is a creative process.  Expand your thinking. 

Consider, contemplate, and act according to the unfolding of reality.

Week 40 10/6/19

Culture establishes boundaries.

One conforms, or one is defiant.

Week 38 9/22/19

Creative balance does not imply control.

Whether one accepts or does not accept it, the balance remains unchanged. 

It is a matter of perspective and dynamic understanding. Still waters offer clarity.

Week 37 9/15/19

Knowledge of the past refines knowledge of the present.

No single moment defines everything. All is in creative balance.