tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363007945636462774.post514484282953100924..comments2022-11-07T01:28:53.887-08:00Comments on Blog by Joan Gold: About What I SeeJoan Goldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03150492576818497449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363007945636462774.post-1041715266476468622011-10-10T10:50:27.701-07:002011-10-10T10:50:27.701-07:00I like that. I imagine that "intention and su...I like that. I imagine that "intention and surrender in art making" might be starting with a vision of the finished work and after a while letting the work itself and one's response to it lead the way. I am hell-bent now on staying with the vision to the sweet end of the process for some of what I envision for a proposed show. I am not totally confident of success but am going to give it my all. "Surrender" has just a bit of "defeat" in it. There is always a small amount of that even if the work itself is is satisfying in its final form.Joan Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150492576818497449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363007945636462774.post-62916036475768944072011-10-10T06:02:30.088-07:002011-10-10T06:02:30.088-07:00Joan,
Your sharing of the quartet process has bee...Joan,<br /><br />Your sharing of the quartet process has been a delight. And yes, I see the perfection of the finished piece.<br /><br />My friend, Diana Sanford, talks about the place between intention and surrender in art making and I wonder if this is what you are describing.<br /><br />Brava!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024633076605059543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363007945636462774.post-63836704050599022262011-10-03T12:08:10.169-07:002011-10-03T12:08:10.169-07:00Oh, Mike. You gave me a big smile. Thank you.
J.Oh, Mike. You gave me a big smile. Thank you.<br />J.Joan Goldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150492576818497449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4363007945636462774.post-88255847566505692362011-10-03T11:42:53.544-07:002011-10-03T11:42:53.544-07:00When you wrote of the man who tried to discourage ...When you wrote of the man who tried to discourage you from your path, I thought of this poem by Shel Silverstein:<br /><br /> "Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."<br /><br />Your work is beautiful. Your work is wonderful. Your work brings happiness to others.<br /><br />My response to your detractor:<br /><br />Stop with all your mustn’ts, shouldn’ts and don’ts. Stop with it’s impossible or I will never have nor be. Just listen close … I’m a friend of Mr. Silverstein and I’ll be ALL I want to be.<br /><br />Have fun, oh colorful lady,<br /><br />MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com