Comments on: Escape Artists - Day 5 http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/ Artist Writer Curious Dreamer Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:48:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Garden Jools http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3090 Garden Jools Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:38:09 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3090 Goodness gracious me Jean!! You have been a literal whirlwind of creativity...splendid stuff! I would imagine that the wind that is beneath your wings, shall continue to lift you for some time! Goodness gracious me Jean!! You have been a literal whirlwind of creativity…splendid stuff! I would imagine that the wind that is beneath your wings, shall continue to lift you for some time!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3080 Jean Burman Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:58:14 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3080 I arrived home late Saturday night and have been catching up with correspondence and news. Roger... great minds think alike it seems! After reading your post about Twyla Tharp's book... I opened the twice weekly email from Robert Genn and low and behold he was reviewing the same book. http://clicks.robertgenn.com/twylas-habits.php He was discussing her views on the crucial role of habit and routine in the creative process. Essential I would say... and totally missing for me at the moment! Nothing like a week away to put a hole in your process! LOL I do however have some interesting tales to tell from my time away... including a trip to GOMA to view the Picasso Collection (hot on the heels of last week's workshop it couldn't have come at a better time) I'll be working toward getting words and pictures together today. Keep posted! I arrived home late Saturday night and have been catching up with correspondence and news.

Roger… great minds think alike it seems! After reading your post about Twyla Tharp’s book… I opened the twice weekly email from Robert Genn and low and behold he was reviewing the same book. http://clicks.robertgenn.com/twylas-habits.php He was discussing her views on the crucial role of habit and routine in the creative process. Essential I would say… and totally missing for me at the moment! Nothing like a week away to put a hole in your process! LOL

I do however have some interesting tales to tell from my time away… including a trip to GOMA to view the Picasso Collection (hot on the heels of last week’s workshop it couldn’t have come at a better time) I’ll be working toward getting words and pictures together today. Keep posted!

]]> By: roger http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3076 roger Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:38:17 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3076 I am reading an interesting book by Twyla Tharp, the great choreographer. THE CREATIVE HABIT. It is her view of how to nurture creativity in any walk of life. A little bit wacko but with some good ideas embedded in it. And what a dancer! I am reading an interesting book by Twyla Tharp, the great choreographer. THE CREATIVE HABIT. It is her view of how to nurture creativity in any walk of life. A little bit wacko but with some good ideas embedded in it. And what a dancer!

]]> By: Jean Burman http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3065 Jean Burman Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:39:38 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3065 Hi everyone... sorry for the delay in my reply. I'm down on the Gold Coast this week visiting my youngest daughter. Wouldn't you know it... it's raining here too... AND COLD! Brrr... tropical blood I guess! LOL Thanks Craig for your lovely comments! It's great to see you here... all the way from Scotland too! :-) You're so right John. Art is the lifeblood of creative people. I thought it was funny how... by the end of this week of intensive art making the "real" world made even less sense! (((LOL))) Thanks Jan! I am so pleased you followed along with me to see where this line might end up! It certainly was a lot of fun! :-) Hi everyone… sorry for the delay in my reply. I’m down on the Gold Coast this week visiting my youngest daughter. Wouldn’t you know it… it’s raining here too… AND COLD! Brrr… tropical blood I guess! LOL

Thanks Craig for your lovely comments! It’s great to see you here… all the way from Scotland too! :-)

You’re so right John. Art is the lifeblood of creative people. I thought it was funny how… by the end of this week of intensive art making the “real” world made even less sense! (((LOL)))

Thanks Jan! I am so pleased you followed along with me to see where this line might end up! It certainly was a lot of fun! :-)

]]> By: Jan http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3052 Jan Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:14:41 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3052 great work there...interesting post...best regards great work there…interesting post…best regards

]]> By: John C http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3051 John C Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:31:26 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3051 Thanks for the journal, Jean. I have to admit that I felt a pang of regret that there isn't something nearby here akin to the ArtEscape. I also couldn't help, as I followed your day by day activities, but meditate on the notion of art <i>as</i> escape. The tendency is to think of an escape as a running away from something, when, in fact, what you and your colleagues were doing was running <i>towards</i> something. Enlightenment? Self-discovery? Realization? I just know that if I don't "escape" to my art the anxiety threatens to overwhelm me, and that's a good thing. I suspect, Jean, you experience something of the same. Thanks for the journal, Jean. I have to admit that I felt a pang of regret that there isn’t something nearby here akin to the ArtEscape. I also couldn’t help, as I followed your day by day activities, but meditate on the notion of art as escape. The tendency is to think of an escape as a running away from something, when, in fact, what you and your colleagues were doing was running towards something. Enlightenment? Self-discovery? Realization? I just know that if I don’t “escape” to my art the anxiety threatens to overwhelm me, and that’s a good thing. I suspect, Jean, you experience something of the same.

]]> By: craig http://jeanburman.com/2008/07/19/art-escape-day-5/#comment-3050 craig Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:02:04 +0000 http://jeanburman.com/?p=462#comment-3050 Jean that is superb stuff. You totally hit the nail on the head when describing the abstract process! Well done you, superb! Jean that is superb stuff. You totally hit the nail on the head when describing the abstract process! Well done you, superb!

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