The artist at his opening
Notebook sketch
black marker on bond
6 x 9 inches
Barbara Muir © 2009
I guess that's because I'm doing it. Are we the kids who
didn't get our work put up on the board in grade three,
or the kids who did? I suspect that most of us fall into
the first camp, especially artists who blog. We were the
emerging talent ignored by teachers who wanted
us to be able to write a coherent essay on our theme,
or colour between the lines, or just about anything other
than make art.
If we were the people whose art got featured and cooed
over on a school bulletin boards, the chances are pretty
good that we didn't get a chance to grow because we
got out of the starting gate with such a dramatic head start.
But the blog world lets us be that kid who was called "an
artist" in the school year book, and lets us publish every small
accomplishment. Which is what should have always
happened -- especially to you, because your work is
spectacular, beautiful, unique, and this artist (who
happens to be a teacher too) thinks that you are
more than a little wonderful -- yes -- full on stupendous.
Have a putting-it-up-on-the-bulletin-board day.
