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Thursday, October 30th
Life in motion, in the field of human experience
 Life in motion, in the field of human experience
Everything in life is in motion and everything in the universe--from a thought to a solid rock, from the smallest electron to the entire cosmos-- is in a constant state of vibration. Life itself in the present moment are orchestrated like a great symphony.
In sharing this same, reality, dream and Spirit. The struggle for a living/survival, understanding and liberation lives on cycle after cycle.
This progress, force us further. In this evolutionary journey lies the potential to be, to become, more that is and more that have been. Through participation lies the potential for creation, to come inte being.
Richard Solstjarna on 10.30.08 @ 09:55 AM EST [more..]
Thursday, October 23rd
EDGES
 "….evolve and make yourself into a vessel where a total stranger can find peace and joy" unknown
I returned from Italy with a dancing heart and a singing soul. Having met my lost children, mothers, brothers, sisters, lovers and teachers from another time and age with joy and love, it took me a couple of weeks to come back down to the reality of life and times and the unspoken word "recession".
So I did what every good ostrich does, ignored the fact that my husband was laid off and now out of work and that our meager savings would no doubt vanish without a whimper before things got better.
Thusly I charged forward putting the final touches on my book, published it and set it out into this troubled world to help people smile. I took all that passion I gained in Italy and painted a new painting filled with the anticipation of more to come from another quarter in the future. I have one new student and have another for a potential class at a business in town offering leisure time activities. I joined the committee for the annual Chamber of Commerce banquet and learned that I have nothing in common with anyone but I can be of use. After all, the Chamber was the only public place that allowed the Freedom and Art book to be set free.
Cassandra Gordon Harris on 10.23.08 @ 10:47 AM EST [more..]
Tuesday, October 14th
FEAR IS THE NEW BLACK
Can the signs of a great opportunity for emerging artists be any more clear? Apparently, not even the threat of a worldwide, economic calamity can shake them from the sanctity of their creative wombs ... also known as their studios. I'll come back to that in a moment.
I've just read that a couple of the big, overseas contemporary art auctions had disappointing sales. Why? Blame the economy, of course. It seems that even the well-heeled are
guarding their wallets and purses for fear of losing it all in some grotesque bailout scenario. What cracks me up is the fact that all of the major art publications are trying to predict the next art market crash. Will it happen this year or next? Who will lose out? Could Damien Hirst finally see his $100 million, diamond-encrusted skull finally reduced, becoming worth nothing more than a shell of its former glory?
Michael Corbin on 10.14.08 @ 03:14 PM EST [more..]
Thursday, October 9th
DERIVATIVISM - sandwiching oils between digital buns
 There is a difference in my creative art process between “copy” and “replication.” Let me explain. As artist I start off with digital tools, use oil paints as an intermediate step, then end up with a digital derived final product. So how does this compare and differ from the commonplace procedure of reproducing paintings by copyists? I’ll try to clarify so here goes-
I started off in painting and sculpture, earning a master’s degree in Studio Art (Northern Illinois University, 1975). This developed an affinity as well as artistic sensitivity for the expressive powers of the paint medium. But with the introduction of the personal computer (PC graphics) in the 80s, I decided to emerge along with it as digital artist. I abandoned my paint tubes and brushes. In the beginning I was a purist, never scanning or importing photographs (of course back then there was no digital camera). I took pride in starting with clusters of pixels on an otherwise blank monitor screen. But times have changed and my attitude and approach has evolved along with the medium. My work now is truly “multi-media” or as they said before, “mixed media.” I am now free to use whatever resources are available to make innovative imagery.
Pygoya on 10.09.08 @ 10:33 AM EST [more..]
Monday, October 6th
Google pays Library of Congress $3 MILLION for Orphan Works Legislation
Orphan Works: Connect the Dots
9.30.08
1. Web firms quietly win copyright victory in Congress
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) Sept 29 -- As the media turned its attention last weekend to battles on Capitol Hill over the fate of the proposed Wall Street bailout bill, Internet companies including Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. quietly walked away with a legislative victory that could facilitate their use of copyrighted material.
The Senate on Friday passed the Orphan Works Act of 2008, legislation that weakens copyright protection for works whose owners cannot be located. The legislation has now been referred to the House Judiciary Committee.
The legislation requires only that a company make a "reasonably diligent" search to locate a copyright owner before using their work in media including the Internet, and limits compensation required for the use of an infringed work.
Walter King on 10.06.08 @ 11:43 AM EST [more..]
Thursday, October 2nd
Art and National Identity
 Before I came to the UAE I knew there were at least 10 Emirati artists. I had their names and images in a book published in 1982 by the Arab Bureau of Education for the Gulf States. However, on arrival in Dubai I faced a major problem - there was no National Museum or Art Gallery so no obvious place to find them. It actually took me six months to find a local artist but it is amazing that just over a year later, I am now aware of more than 200 and have actually seen the work of well over 50.
This is largely thanks to independent arts organisations and the fact that my search coincided with a national identity crisis in the UAE. Concern about losing a sense of national self is particularly acute in Dubai, where nationals are at highest estimates only 10 per cent of the population. This resulted in 2008 being designated the 'year of national identity' by the UAE government making it a good time to propose projects focussing on local culture and local creative output.
Valerie Grove on 10.02.08 @ 09:13 AM EST [more..]
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