- from SPECK A Curious Collection of Uncommon Things/ Peter Buchanan-Smith
~ a scribble taken from an local art supply store. You want art? Grab it - it's yours for the taking. If you don't, they are only going to throw it away. - from SPECK A Curious Collection of Uncommon Things/ Peter Buchanan-Smith
~ part 2
~ an imaginative childs drawing which I found fun.
~ an image from a while back, but with graphic textures.
~ a painting from Jean-Michel Basquiat. Untitled, 1983 oil stick and ink on paper.
1/2/07
~ shapes/lines
~ a tear sheet where De Stijl translated to still life..
~ a color combination and proportion I put together, that had been on my mind a couple of days for some reason.
1/1/07
~ coming across w/ this flower at my friend's place; was a great way to start a new year; a new day...
12/29/06
~ in a store window, the color tone/palette seemed to work.
My intention with this blog is to live, grow, express and reflect as much as I can; on my path to find my inner peace and reach my innermost creative core...
~ to be like a calm lake with no ripples; sounds like a nice goal both spiritually and creatively...
On this journey; I invited a photographer friend of mine; Tim Uselton to join me to create visual dialogues...
I would like to start with an inspiration from a book called Zen : The Path Of Paradox by Osho.
"Mo Chao means serene reflection...The lake is silent - no ripples. It reflects perfectly. It is a full moon night and the full moon is reflected in the lake. And have you seen it? The moon in the reflection is far more beautiful than the moon in the sky. Something is added to it - the serenity of the lake, the coolness of the lake. The mirror-like beauty of the lake is added to it. It is something more. ... But if you think, then there are ripples. Then the lake is in turmoil. Then you are not in a state to reflect. Then you are very very destructive to the reality. Then the moon is not reflected as it is, it is destroyed with your ripples. Then you don't add anything to the beauty of the moon. You take all the beauty away and it is perversion. It is not exactly as the moon is, it is something else. It is not true, it is untrue. ... And there are no shortcuts in spritual growth there have never been and there will never be. Don't fall victim to the shortcut. The serenity has to grow, not to be forced. It has to come from innermost core, through understanding..."
