For those of you who enjoy art, especially watercolor paintings, Brian Tucker is amazing! This type of art usually has such an ethereal quality to it but his work has such definition, depth, and richness about it. Just beautiful! Enjoy! I want to thank Goff for pointing me in his direction. 🙂
Image Attribution © Brian Tucker, Oasts and Rapeseed in Kent, (Date Unstated)
Source Attributionhttps://brianswatercolours.blog/buy-my-paintings/#jp-carousel-2540
in a world not gifted with…
a photographer’s keen eye
a musician’s in tune rhythm
a sculpture’s deft hands
a poet’s thoughtful expression
a singer’s thrilling voice
a dancer’s grace in movement
a writer’s crafty imagination
an actor’s heartfelt emotion
an artist’s painted or drawn strokes of genius
you’d be a witness to its blandness
and we’d all be less for it
behold the artist’s fractured vision
a technique wholly proclaiming
a distorted perception
this gifted flair of expression
shows us their talent
and gives us a unique art form
we revel in being offered
this layered complexity in simple shapes
asserting visual depth and familiarity
mysteriously and abstractedly
leaving us to be intensely inspired
and exquisitely drawn in
powerful female
this regal person posing
purple royalty
This incredibly beautiful image crossed my Facebook news feed (Thank you Jesica Nodarse!) and I just had to share it with you all. Of course, the first thing that struck me was the color. Anything purple, it being my favorite color, always attracts my attention right away. In looking deeper, when I compare the original image below to the efforts she made with her colors, shading and placement, I’m just in awe of it! There’s such a feeling of mystery but yet so much strength within her image. Would love to hear your thoughts on the image, and even what you think of her other work. I think it’s all beautiful.
Inspired by VJ’s Weekly Challenge #102 – Pace, Sadje’s What do you see #36 &
Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Mighty
these elusive creators of graffiti
they keep up the pace
of prolific production
spray cans their mighty brush
documenting their brand of cool
etching their colorful trademark
into the pores of concrete walls
creating bold statements
when necessary, shaming us
with vivid illustrations of society’s ills
one layered on top of the other
updated so we never forget
a visual social commentary
fresh, bright, popping
free for all to understand
benchers see you in all your color
#Whatdoyousee
Years of depression punctuated by obsessive creativity brought him closer to the inevitable. Alcohol became his chosen poison. Lacking the proper nutrition and suffering from frequent bouts of insomnia – it only propelled him deeper into the black abyss. The delusions which led to his self-mutilation only further supported the theory – he was mad, and he felt all alone.
He had lost everything of value to him. There was an empty canvas on the easel, his colors, and tools. What would he paint?
Nothing. He was at his self-inflicted end. “The sadness will last forever,” were Vincent’s final words.
The meaning of being a poet – simply and beautifully expressed, Walt! ❤
I am so honored and pleased that my poem, Just A Blank White Page, was published this morning on Vita Brevis Poetry Magazine! Thanks to Brian Geiger, Editor of Vita Brevis, for finding my work worthy of inclusion.
Via Just a Blank White Page – A Poem by Walt Page
~The Tennessee Poet~
©Walt Page 2018 All Rights Reserved
It is dark now but the light will come back again. This piece so eloquently expresses we must proactively seek out hope. Reality will eventually catch up.
anxiety born to be hidden
just like everything else
except the mask
never the mask
for it serves as a shield
…
hope
followed with confusion
relapsing fear
breaking illusion
…
creation
limited distraction
but important factor
inevitable now
when I feel down.
…
making art
to let my pain out
determined to fight
to exit the dark
when I start to write
…
and in aftermath of all my crises
resilient hope still thrives
Not trying to knock my efforts here, but I don’t know if I would call it great art. One definition of art is that it is a form of creation, so expressed in that way, I DID ART! And I enjoyed it very much.
I was excited to be notified today that my sketchbook “I’m Fine” was received and within the next 6-8 weeks, it will be digitized for the whole world to see. When it’s live, I will post more information so you can see my creation for yourselves. Please be kind.
To give you a little bit of backstory on this, last year I ran across an ad about it and decided to participate. My thought was to showcase my writing in a non-traditional way. Seeing how I delight in being untraditional, this made perfect sense. Plus their mission statement below encouraged me to say “Hey, why not?” I loved the inclusivity of this project and it gave me an opportunity to try something different than I would normally do.
12 years ago when I started The Sketchbook Project, I wanted to create an informal outlet for anyone to create art, with a purpose. I believed and still believe in the notion that a creative community is stronger than its individual artists and that a project can be impactful in a way that is different than a traditional gallery.
With over 45,000 sketchbooks from 30,000 different global creative people, we have grown over the past 12 years to be the largest collection of sketchbooks in the world. We have reignited art careers, inspired first-time creatives and even helped a few marriage proposals.
We find ourselves at the intersection of the social and digital transition and analog ephemeral needs.
By allowing anyone to participate, we have grown to a massive worldwide community of not only professionals but amateurs, moms, dads, mailmen and more.
We do not believe in the statement ‘I’m not an artist.” Because it doesn’t matter. Share your story, draw your stick figures, just own it.
We can promise you a lifelong commitment to keeping your artifact safe while continuing to act as a time capsule for global creativity.
Thanks for being a part of our community.
STEVEN PETERMAN
FOUNDER / DIRECTOR
For more information about it or if you’d like to get involved with the next one coming up – Volume 16, click here.
inspiration comes
from the lost
the found
and the learned
the value
of lessons gathered
set profoundness
in motion
each minute
each hour
each day
are opportunities for growth
these are the ones
surrounding me
my muses, my teachers
my life lessons
… thank you
