All great achievements require time.” ~ Maya Angelou (source)
Digging for Gold—An Excavation
Creating art is much like mining for gold… It is problem-solving at its best but you have to do the research, do the exploration, locate where you think the precious metal can be found, and then get to work either by panning, sifting, or digging. The work is hard but the reward is bountiful.
All perceiving is also thinking, all reasoning is also intuition, all observation is also invention.
~ Rudolf Arnheim
Perception is not Reality
Found a few minutes to look through my photographs and post this photo and quote. The quote came from Brainy Quotes. and I search out a quote specifically to do with Gestalt Theory since we are talking about it in my courses this week.
I am looking forward to being back and working more on my sites.
If you touch something (it is likely) someone will feel it. If you feel something (it is likely) someone will be touched.”
~ Rick Valicenti
Early February on Lake Harriet
School is keeping me very busy… Wishing I had more time. Need to take Bill time.
If design doesn’t feel good in your heart, it doesn’t matter what your brain says.” ~ April Greiman
Feels Good... On Lake Harriet
Was able to catch my breath and some rest. Sadly, it is apparent my posting will be less frequent but I will make an effort to post some of the wonderful and more profound ideas that I run across while I prep for my sources. This little nugget is a gem and seems to coincide with Steve Jobs notion of design. That design is more about intuition and inspiration rather than intellect.
Even Thumper had goals.” ~ Michelle Goodman, Author, My So-Called Freelance Life
Crisp Winter Morning on Lake Superior
Really appreciate the simplicity of her statement. It is not preachy, nor any threats if you don’t have one but I can tell you from first-hand knowledge they help. They help to keep you on track and to evaluate your success. They can be evaluated, changed, or revised. In short, it is a way to design your life. Ah, that word again, design… To plan and to organize.
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Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” ~ Rumi
The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.” ~ Ruby Dee
I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it’s in your mind. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t as real as the here and now?” ~ John Lennon
