tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post8665891687552443615..comments2024-03-28T12:15:48.456-07:00Comments on Idaho Beauty's Creative Journey: The Creative MindThe Idaho Beautyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-42883611641247633322014-12-25T04:58:52.337-08:002014-12-25T04:58:52.337-08:00Hmmm, yes, good post, Sheila. The idea that creati...Hmmm, yes, good post, Sheila. The idea that creative people integrate the extremes into their lives is compelling--made me stop and think. I suppose it allows us to "see" differently. I also like your metaphor for "community".<br />best, nadiaMulticoloredPieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161913409399066123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-23312359794335719062014-11-28T05:46:38.644-08:002014-11-28T05:46:38.644-08:00I get it, Sheila. After living in a housing Coop ...I get it, Sheila. After living in a housing Coop in Madison for more than 7 years, I totally get Community. I even met my husband at that Coop. And there are other communities, too, of course -- neighborhoods, virtual communities, art groups, book groups, church communities, on and on ... <br /><br />Your image also makes me think of an old Marillion lyric "Divided we stand; Together we rise," meaning we can go further and do more together than apart. Like Scotland deciding to stay in the UK! Like Creatives coming together to help each other out.<br /><br />I totally agree with Olga above. It matters what you had in mind when you created the piece, but it also matters what someone else sees in it, too -- things the creator might never have thought of. Hot Flashes ARE hormonal storms and if that's what that lady was experiecning at the time, that's what informed her understanding of the piece. I learned that in a poetry class long ago. The teacher was from South Africa; the poem was about a tree that was in need of trimming, and growing INTO a house. He came from South Africa where kids were forced to be schooled in their own languages, which effectively shut off their chances to engage with the outside world. At the same time in the US, Multi-culturalism was a big thing, and we'd seen so many people loose their ethnic identities in order to fit in. Is South Africa, that ethnic identity was forced upon them. In both cases, I think there can be a happy medium. Anyway, the students were saying let the tree grow where it wants to--let it grow wild--even if it's growing into the house. Even if it's forcing an eye shut ... and the teacher was saying, trim off that tree limb. After all these years, I still remember that exchange--our interpretations were informed by everything WE brought to the table--kind of a gestalt way of interpreting poetry/art. And what a surprise that someone else can find meaning in your work--even if they bring out things you never thought of!<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving, My Friend!Michele Matucheskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12162457608075358487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-4313105140606499832014-11-06T11:22:55.761-08:002014-11-06T11:22:55.761-08:00Thanks everyone for finding this post of interest ...Thanks everyone for finding this post of interest and adding to these musings.<br /> <br />Lucia, you have hit upon the proper term here, metaphor. (And English isn't even your native tongue!) I had not connected the idea that things happen because we seek them, but I have often experienced that once something is on my radar, I suddenly see it or things about it everywhere. When an idea is important to you, I suppose it is natural to see it reflected around you if only in metaphors. What kind of community was I subconsciously thinking about that day?<br /><br />Olga,you speak the truth. The artist must put out what is in her heart regardless of whether anyone else sees in the piece what she sees. It does no good to have to hit the viewer over the head to make her get it. Other interpretations are always valid as well as walking away with none. One of my first experiences with a viewer seeing something totally different in one of my quilts was as I lurked near it at an exhibit. It had a printed lightning bolt panel in the center - black,red,white - and I'd surrounded that with snail trail blocks in red and black. I'd recently moved to Wisconsin where the storms were so much more severe and often generating after dark and this is what "Out of the Night" portrayed to me - thunderstorms and swirling winds. And yet, a woman stood staring at it for so long that I had to engage her in conversation. She said she was going through menopause and the quilt said "hot flashes" to her!<br /><br />Wil and Sherrie, you're convincing me I SHOULD take this idea and run with it! I actually have another long-languishing idea for a different set of intertwined birches that said "Agony and Ecstasy" to me. Wasn't sure I could pull that off either, but I'm a lot further along in my creative journey now. Perhaps it's time...The Idaho Beautyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979439849662755082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-12574649580163830222014-11-03T05:46:18.571-08:002014-11-03T05:46:18.571-08:00Hi Sheila!
Thanks for these lovely pictures, for y...Hi Sheila!<br />Thanks for these lovely pictures, for your reflection about creativitiy and for bibliographic reference.<br />When I read your post I thought about connection of ideas and metaphor. And seeking a creative life, too. Things doesn't happen by accident, they happen because we seek them. I believe in this. And I think that your birches are a beautiful metaphor for community.<br />Thanks for sharing your reflections, they enrich my day!<br />Lucia Sasakihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08698589553453660688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-14541541001782912652014-11-03T02:19:06.924-08:002014-11-03T02:19:06.924-08:00I get the title. Now you only have to make the qui...I get the title. Now you only have to make the quilt :-)Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12823053345406239036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-83357386903260462572014-11-03T01:23:41.924-08:002014-11-03T01:23:41.924-08:00Interesting post. I think that it doesn't mat...Interesting post. I think that it doesn't matter if the viewer does not get what the artist meant in their work - what matters is if they themselves find something in the work that speaks to them. If they also understand what the artist was trying to communicate, that is a bonus on both sides, I think.<br /><br />Love that multistem birch!Olga Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10554469124546960971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19193398.post-91967830196134251662014-11-02T21:32:45.136-08:002014-11-02T21:32:45.136-08:00What an insightful post! I totally agree with the ...What an insightful post! I totally agree with the observations, and I love your "community" of trees.Sherrie Spanglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439380401594187156noreply@blogger.com