As my title bar indicates, I'm a bit of an artist as well as an aspiring author. And it's about time I said a little something about that side of the picture. Much as I love writing, I cannot resolve to confine myself to only that one creative pursuit. Why should I? Variety feeds the soul, and there's so much that interests me. The same principle applies to my artwork. To be limited to one style or subject would be stifling. So, I experiment with many different mediums (watercolor, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink, collage) producing work ranging from realistic to totally abstract. The two examples I'm showing you today (titled "Tuberose" and "Cave Painting") belong somewhere in the middle. When I starte
d each of them, I had no preconceived idea of what they would become. I just began by pouring paint on the paper, letting the colors mingle and run where they would. As a pleasing image suggested itself, I enhanced it enough to be recognizable, hopefully without destroying the free-flowing simplicity of the original design. It strikes me now that this might be a pretty good metaphor for how children should be raised. Rather than forcing them to conform to an artificial pattern laid out for them ahead of time, we would do well to instead gently guide them along positive channels, allowing their own unique beauty of body, mind, and spirit to emerge. Pardon me for waxing so philosophical. But you
were warned. After all, this blog's title tells you that this is home to my "collected ramblings." I figure that gives me a free license.
As my title bar indicates, I'm a bit of an artist as well as an aspiring author. And it's about time I said a little something about that side of the picture. Much as I love writing, I cannot resolve to confine myself to only that one creative pursuit. Why should I? Variety feeds the soul, and there's so much that interests me. The same principle applies to my artwork. To be limited to one style or subject would be stifling. So, I experiment with many different mediums (watercolor, acrylic, pastel, pen and ink, collage) producing work ranging from realistic to totally abstract. The two examples I'm showing you today (titled "Tuberose" and "Cave Painting") belong somewhere in the middle. When I starte
d each of them, I had no preconceived idea of what they would become. I just began by pouring paint on the paper, letting the colors mingle and run where they would. As a pleasing image suggested itself, I enhanced it enough to be recognizable, hopefully without destroying the free-flowing simplicity of the original design. It strikes me now that this might be a pretty good metaphor for how children should be raised. Rather than forcing them to conform to an artificial pattern laid out for them ahead of time, we would do well to instead gently guide them along positive channels, allowing their own unique beauty of body, mind, and spirit to emerge. Pardon me for waxing so philosophical. But you were warned. After all, this blog's title tells you that this is home to my "collected ramblings." I figure that gives me a free license.
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