Image credit: Time.com “Using the difficulty” is a present-moment opportunity to create-destroy-recreate. Here’s how that dynamic” played out in the making of the 2008 film, Rachel Getting Married, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Anne Hathaway. Demme: I wanted all of the music to happen in the moment. we actually did this thing that you’re not supposed to do; we played live music while the actors are saying their dialogue. Hathaway: I didn’t know the movie was being s

Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock.com “Apoptosis is a word referring to programmed cell death. It’s a process by which your aging, damaged, or obsolete cells deliberately destroy themselves for the benefit of your organism as a whole. This “cellular suicide” is carefully regulated and crucial for development, maintenance, and protection against diseases. About 50-70 billion cells die in you every day, sacrificing themselves so you can live better. Let’s use this healt

Image credit: Anthony Pearson, sculpture If your work goes up in flames, don’t fetishize the ashes, is the headline for a section of the New York Times Magazine’s April 2024 “Beginners” issue. The subtitle for the issue is: “From debuts to do-overs, what it means to start an artistic life – at any age.” A featured quote from painter, photographer and sculptor, Anthony Pearson resonated with my focus on the dynamic of create-destroy-recreate. “In 2013 there was an electric

Image credit: Michael Mundy, 1 st Dibs “…That mezzanine was created because this area flooded entirely with [Hurricane] Sandy. So, we got hit with about six feet of water,” says artist Ray Smith in a New York Times interview. Excerpt from NYTimes article : “The walls are built like I think probably like at least a foot off the ground because we knew that this place could flood, from day one. But [Hurricane]Sandy just completely overwhelmed us. The water started piling up

Mixed media artist Yemonja Smalls says, “What’s fun about working in wood, especially in setting it up, is things move around. You know, you might set it one way and then shift by accident, touch it, nip it on the end of the table, and things start shifting around and it’s still beautiful. “My process is really about taking something that’s solid – could be a print with beautiful flowers on it – and then taking it apart, deconstructing it. The process is therapeutic for me. I

Image credit: Gina Greenlee, Pinterest Mary said, “you need grounding before you take this big trip around the world .” So, she coached me to “create-destroy-recreate” art pieces for 30 consecutive days in the months leading up to the trip. Minimal instruction, no elaborate context, only “ Try it and see what happens. ” Image credit: Gina Greenlee, quick fashion magazine collage Always playing with art , I was open to possibility in the moment without having to know what came

FLIGHT TRANSITION DIVE SOAR ◊ ◊ ◊ ABSTRACTION ORIGINS How painted book pages take flight. Image credits: painted collage narrative, Gina Greenlee

◊ ◊ ◊ Hoist that Rag ◊ ◊ ◊ Such a Scream ◊ ◊ ◊ Telephone Call from Istanbul ◊ ◊ ◊ I Don’t Wanna Grow Up ◊ ◊ ◊ Frank’s Wild Years ◊ ◊ ◊

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