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Moving House1 comment

paintersprogress wrote 1 month ago: View from our front window. Not energy efficient, as you can see. For a long time, I’ve been so unha … more →

Tags: Work in progress, connection, Fairfield Porter, hopeful, working from life

Getting it Wrong

paintersprogress wrote 2 months ago: My painting is bad enough to warrant constant practice. —Fairfield Porter   You have to get it … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Fairfield Porter, getting it wrong, hopeful, working from life

Immanence?*

paintersprogress wrote 4 months ago: Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hinder … more →

Tags: cult, Emerson, God, Religion, the inscrutable meaning of life

Poetry Project

paintersprogress wrote 4 months ago: I have embarked on a new project, and uncharacteristically, it is a kind of collaboration. While we … more →

Tags: Anne Truitt, Doubt, Poetry Project, searching for a way forward

Confessions of an Egomaniac, Pt. 2

paintersprogress wrote 6 months ago: . . . . . continued I humbly plead, admit, that yes, I thought I was special, somehow, that I was go … more →

Tags: Failure, happiness, Success!

A Side-Benefit of Procrastination

paintersprogress wrote 6 months ago: I understand the blessing of laughter better than I used to, having — I hope — outlasted some of the … more →

Tags: Failure, Fear, Anne Truitt, happiness

Infinity & Measurements3 comments

deanhewson wrote 7 months ago: Measurements are theoretically infinitely accurate. You can always measure finer, closer or sharper … more →

Tags: Interesting things, Thoughts, Infinity, Unique, Same, measurement, identity

In Life, Scale Matters Not

deanhewson wrote 7 months ago: I’ve been thinking a lot about fractals lately. If you haven’t come across them before h … more →

Tags: Interesting things, Thoughts, Connecting, Moments, Society, Fractal, Life, Engaging, open eyed wonder

The Universe, Entropy and Us1 comment

deanhewson wrote 7 months ago: Are you familiar with the concept of entropy? Basically it states that everything moves from order t … more →

Tags: Interesting things, Thoughts, Life, universe, Entropy, death, Civilisation, Everything

Walking Places 2 comments

deanhewson wrote 8 months ago: Today, instead of catching a bus back from Manuka to the City after a sneaky cafe breakfast I decide … more →

Tags: Culture, Connecting, walking, Fractal, Life, open

Tribalism, Perspectives and Venn Diagrams5 comments

deanhewson wrote 8 months ago: Society is a many layered thing. It is interesting I think to look at our past and marvel at how muc … more →

Tags: Interesting things, Thoughts, Connecting, universal commonality, Society, Tribes, Supertribes, Tribalism, venn diagram

Laying it out there.2 comments

deanhewson wrote 8 months ago: I don’t really intend for people to read this blog. I am sure that from time to time on an ups … more →

Tags: first post, Goals, Thoughts, Diatribe, writing, Practice

Doubting Thomas

paintersprogress wrote 9 months ago: I am distinctly literal-minded — I really do have to see things to believe them, a tendency — or def … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Lead balloon, working material

Working Methods

paintersprogress wrote 9 months ago: Until recently, I have considered the one of the most important aspects of my work to be the contras … more →

Tags: working from life, Process

Contingency Plan

paintersprogress wrote 10 months ago: As of recently, I have found working from life to be vital and nourishing in a way I have not previo … more →

Tags: working from life

Asymptotes

paintersprogress wrote 11 months ago: Indirection, oil on linen, 24" x 24", ongoing. Some years ago I worked out a nice little m … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Finishing, indirection, Anne Truitt

Bumper Sticker Wisdom6 comments

Niki wrote 11 months ago: I’m often amused by the bumper stickers I see plastered on cars of all shapes and colors.  And … more →

Apropos of Finishing

paintersprogress wrote 11 months ago: I mentioned in an earlier post that I am reading the journals of the sculptor Anne Truitt. This morn … more →

Tags: Finishing, Anne Truitt

Everything In Its Place

paintersprogress wrote 11 months ago: Last week, I started work on a still-life of the stolen apples, and stopped after several hours, in … more →

Tags: Work in progress, Still Life, working from life


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