tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post5211386953197472741..comments2023-11-30T01:19:27.460-07:00Comments on Blank Canvas: Art as Something DeeperStacey Petersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10092020892186641387noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post-22437909845917293422008-03-29T11:05:00.000-06:002008-03-29T11:05:00.000-06:00Colin - thanks - I'm glad you appreciate the more ...Colin - thanks - I'm glad you appreciate the more cerebral posts!<BR/><BR/>Lorrie - thanks for the comment. I just visited your blog and I'll be adding you to my bloglines to read regularly!Stacey Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092020892186641387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post-16422212936514052342008-03-29T07:58:00.000-06:002008-03-29T07:58:00.000-06:00I am just seeing this post for the first time, but...I am just seeing this post for the first time, but it is too good not to comment on. I have had similar thought lately...about what is accomplished by making "pretty pictures". What a wonderful way to look at the gift that we artists have been given. I will begin to think of my work as "finding God at the end of my paintbrush" Thanks so much.Lorrie Drennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17703260464346729113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post-64422998556443232512008-03-19T21:00:00.000-06:002008-03-19T21:00:00.000-06:00Don't lighten up! I love these posts! You have goo...Don't lighten up! I love these posts! You have good thoughts on these tough ideas and you're good at putting them into words. I'm really enjoying your blog, and I admire how you approach your painting. I think the hardest part of being a painter is struggling through the messes we make in our own heads. Without a break we can get really carried away thinking about everything we do wrong. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great posts, and good luck painting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post-35422362207372762752008-03-17T09:18:00.000-06:002008-03-17T09:18:00.000-06:00Hehe - I've been a bit stressed lately (lots to do...Hehe - I've been a bit stressed lately (lots to do!!), and when I get stressed about the art business, I tend to do a lot of thinking about WHY I paint and what it means to me. I'm sure I'll lighten up soon!Stacey Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10092020892186641387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19082684.post-45729682819775507132008-03-17T08:12:00.000-06:002008-03-17T08:12:00.000-06:00In your last two posts you have"defined success" a...In your last two posts you have"defined success" and looked at "failure" as a gift. And now, you go even "deeper". You seem to be on an interesting path these days.<BR/><BR/>It is a wonderful thing to understand that our art is a gift, and that gift has a purpose. It may be that we never will understand the purpose(I gave up on that part), but to me, the very thought of being given a gift connects me to God...and that inspires me. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder!<BR/>:O)Peter Yesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08167175210256144372noreply@blogger.com