Starting a big one
acrylic on canvas
8 x 8 inches
Barbara Muir 2010
(not quite finished -- working on it)
this has lead to a mass purchase of dictionaries,
which is a very good thing. My point was that
you need to be aspiring, reaching for something
to be able to be inspired. I might not be right and
I'd be happy if you want to debate this with me.
Come to think of it, I'll debate it with myself too.
If you are inspired, you may be so turned on that
you begin to aspire to something.
Very deep thoughts. As you can see we have a lot
of fun at school -- but the need to be inspired
is a huge one for artists, students and all of
us. Huge canvasses definitely inspire me. But now
so do tiny ones as I've expanded my range thanks
to the blog community, especially the European
daily painters who turn out magnificent works on
boards or canvasses just slightly under 6 x 6 inches.
I've been listening to an awe inspiring program on
time, part of the Ideas series on CBC Radio, our
national station. Now I'm getting ready for a very
early morning tomorrow. My head is swimming with
ideas -- mine and those I heard on the program.
Fascinating, post Einstein thoughts on "now". See
it's not all fluff inside this head.
While I listened I did more work on my small painting
of me starting a big painting in the studio, which
is the living room and dining room, and has a square
archway between the rooms. The canvas disappears
behind the wall on the right where the living room
and dining room meet. Awkward, but definitely
the source of many large paintings.
The painting is almost done. Need to a bit of work on the
top blue part, maybe the odd dark spot here and there
and then snip snap. All done. I'm reading a British novel
and it's making me think in British. My apologies to
all and sundry (now you know I'm not kidding.)
Have an aspiring-to-be-inspired day.
