Category: Quotable

“My spirit has ways of seeing that my eyes cannot comprehend.” Philippe Benichou Mountain Village – by Cheryl O Next blog post Tuesday May 22 – have a great long weekend! 

  “The best painting comes out of compulsions and obsessions, out of deep love or hate, out of intellectual or emotional involvement with something that lies outside the painting itself.” Edward Betts 

Overheard: “People who volunteer, giving themselves and their time for free, are not cheap. They are priceless.” 

“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” Danny Kaye 

“Our attitude or mindset is what makes us who we are. Our outer lives are a reflection of our inner lives, our thoughts and prayers.” Alfred Muma – Did you know that your heart rules your life more than your mind does? Sure, the heart can be wrong, and needs the mind to correct it sometimes. But in long term battles for who you are and what you do, the heart most often wins. What things fill your heart? Are they positive, hopeful, worthwhile things? Every once in awhile, it’s good to do an attitude check. Your attitude is who you are, and who you are becoming too. 

“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Picasso 

“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” Albert Einstein (thanks @iTweetArt) I’ve been reading about Albert Einstein. You’ve gotta love a genius with a great sense of humour. He said, “If we knew what we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?” He was one of the worlds most creative thinkers. Rational thinking is step by step – a plus b equals c. Creative thinking is more playful – questions like “what happens if…?” or “I’ve never combined a with b before, let’s try it.” Creative thinking engages the imagination. It’s a delight, whether about quantum physics, or writing, or art. I just might not get the stuff about quantum physics 🙂 It’s not that I’m anti-logical. Artists need both types of thinking. Practical understanding about art materials is mostly logical thinking. Simply put – I believe that here in the westernize world too much credit is given to the logical process, to the neglect of the creative process. So, whatever your field, whatever you are working on figuring out or making, you can take a tip from Albert and try a creative approach to it. You may end up with results that are simply genius! 

Without ‘art’, the earth is just ‘eh?’ Author Unknown (Thanks @iTweetArt) 

“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try.” Dr. Seuss Here’s a fun photo for you to ponder. Can you guess what this image is? Make your guess before reading the rest of the blog. (Find link on my homepage blog, cherylo.ca  if you are reading this on facebook or elsewhere.) Inspiration for art is all around us. And if you want to go wild with colour, take a look at the galaxy photos from the Hubble telescope, or some from macro photography – think high, think low! I’m betting you will find some colour combinations that you never dreamed of.