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LATEST ARTICLES ( 284 )

• Arts Seven Sins

  Arts Seven Sins: This could be an inferno purgatory; it could be hellfire and brimstone, it’s not. Penelope Montgomery was well into her 70s. Lived in a remote... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Upwelling Creativity

  Upwelling Creativity: A single step on a private stairway that dwells in a mind of unconscious thoughts. Cohabitating creative thoughts often become washed... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Juxtaposed Dreamer

  Juxtaposed Dreamer: The silence in the mind was broken by a rush of thoughts, as if that could ever be a reality in a disquieting sleep. Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Easy Part of Easy – Part 2

  The Easy Part of Easy: So now we have Becky-Vicki sitting at a small round table at the Red Rooster Café in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Sitting directly across from... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Easy Part of Easy – Pt 1

  The Easy Part of Easy – Pt 1: Did anyone ever tell you, “no one ever said it would be easy,“ and that turned out to be true, and in some cases false. The... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Women in Art

  Women In Art: The art of creativity means? It may depend upon if you wear lipstick or not. I was at a shooting range once and there were both men and women... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thought Row

  Thought Row: What’s in a thought? How many thoughts are in a row? Give it a thought. Creativity starts with a thought. The hardest thought is the first... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Art | Space | Time

  Art | Space | Time: Moving no less than fast. Art like all creative endeavors survives in the palatable ether of the mind. So what does all that really mean? Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• A Useless Brushstroke

  A Useless Brushstroke: Or is it? “I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times, I’ve been trusted to take the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Off World Creativity

  Off World Creativity: By now we should all be able to agree that thoughts are actual things. If we can agree on that. Then let’s question where do those thought... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Anxiety Dilemma

  Anxiety Dilemma: In 10,000 years the sun will not provide enough heat to warm our planet. I just thought I would give you one more thing to worry about. Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Thought Collector

  Thought Collector: Once upon a time there was a brain. In fact, there were hundreds of millions of brains. These brains were filled with thoughts, mostly useles... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Vers Liber

  Vers Liber: Suppose for a moment, that all of your mindful thoughts were expressed in a prosey fashion. There was a rhythm to every mindful verse. Every vivid... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Billet-Doux

  Billet-Doux: Is the love you feel equal to the love you give? If a bundle of letters neatly tied together with a ribbon, or a strand of leather was found by som... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Networking

  Networking Networking requires engagement. We all want to succeed in our chosen professions. When you grow your connections on Social Media and increase your... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Blurred Lines of Creativity

  Blurred Lines of Creativity: I opted to not write a fictional story this week. Instead, I’m presenting a painting that may be applicable to all creative people. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• The Porch Light

  The Porch Light: “So thick you could cut it with a knife,” was what most folks referred to the fog that would creep in between the trees at night. Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Serenity In Creativity

  Serenity In Creativity: 101.8° was Catherine’s temperature. She thought to herself, “not too bad, but I definitely have a temperature and I should do something... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Resolutions – Chapter 2

  Resolutions Chapter Two: In chapter 1 you may remember that a woman named Carly suffered from a very rare case of amnesia that started when she visited Joshua... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE

• Resolutions

  Resolutions: A predictable case of amnesia struck Carly the first Monday after New Year’s, becoming oblivious to her own perceptions of herself. The condition... Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2022 ART & DESIGN, CULTURE