Art is both love and friendship, and understanding; the desire to give. It is not charity, which is the giving of Things, it is more than kindness which is the giving of self. It is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light the inner folds of awareness of the spirit. It is the recreation on another plane of the realities of the world; the tragic and wonderful realities of earth and men, and of all the inner relations of these.
- Letter, Ansel Adams to Cedric Wright, June 10, 1937.There are pictures that manifest education and there are pictures that manifest love.
- Robert Henri, The Art SpiritEllen Stewart, director of the La Mama theater, in response to a question about creativity:
"Here you are waitin' to know about cree-a-tivity. Lemme tell you somethin', baby. Carin' is where it's at. Trust me now because I know what I'm talkin' `bout -- you got a love for what you're doin' and everythin' else, all the rest of this cree-a-tivity stuff you're wonderin' `bout, baby, it just comes."
- From an interview by Denise Shekerjian in the book Uncommon GeniusAll that matters is what you love
and what you love is who you are...
- John Squadra, This Ecstasy
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Does your work manifest love?
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Below, a downloadable page you can use for your own journaling. To download visit here or clicking on the image below. It is 8.5 x 11 inches in size so easy to print out.
Below that, a two-page spread from the upcoming Heron Dance journal, A Life Examined.
More on the thinking behind the journals here.
Recent Projects And Random Thoughts
September 2nd, Heron Dance will launch a Kickstarter campaign to fund the printing of the five year quarterly journals described here. There will be a number of premiums associated with this campaign including signed first editions of our latest book, Nurturing the Song Within, art prints and other bonuses. You can keep up-to-date on the launch on Kickstarter here.
The new art journal, Nurturing The Song Within, explores the inner work that underlies creative work, and creating a unique life.
If you are not subscribed to either or both Heron Dance Art Studio Substacks, you can do that here:
Nurturing the Song Within, a chronicle of one artist’s efforts to evolve.
A Pause for Beauty, a celebration of the beauty and mystery of the natural world.
