Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it.
Lily Tomlin, Brainy Quotes
Just an Image and a Quote
Tag: Drawing on Paper
Creation, Chaos, and Order
The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers.
James Baldwin
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Chaos II, Hendricks ©2020, approx. 5″x5″, Found paper, pen, and colored pencil
Continuing to work and play with both images and media, I find a path to prayer and meditation as I work. Prayer or mediation are words that I, as a Quaker, find a bit disingenuous. For me, I find in the silence, and I can open myself to my higher power.
This quote is meaningful to me because this reality that I experience is experienced to me through my brain’s filters. So the answers at times seem very clear… but it is the questions that are a mystery. In most Quaker meetings, there is an opportunity for individuals to ask for a clearness committee to help discern questions in their lives. I guess it is the art that I work with and enjoy that serves as my clearness committee. This committee provides questions to the answers and provides questions to explore to seek further clarity to the existing answers.
Telling my Story
Tell your own story, and you will be interesting.
Louise Bourgeois,
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Doodling Vs Drawing
Doodling is to the [artist] what stream-of-consciousness is to the writer.
~Alvalyn Lundgren, Alvalyn Studio
Doodle or Art?
Great question!
It has both the aspects that Alvalyn Lundgren’s article describes. It had no real purpose. It doesn’t need to depict anything like a person. There was no pressure to perform, but it is meaningful, and a drawing that does communicate. Not sure how well or not. It is merely a series of marks. They are playful, geometric, linear, shaded, or whatever. It is a question I am interested in considering.
I will go with automatic drawing with thoughtful consideration. Thus, art.