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I Don't Know My Own Creativity
Me and Creativity, we need to get in touch again. Not for the intensely good times we have in my art room, or any room for that matter, but for a little tete-a-tete. Oh, it's not like he's busy in a dashing suit and Kenneth Cole black wingtips...
Posted 22 March 2008 03:38 AM by copper cat | 7 comment(s)
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The Blues and You: Interview with Dr. Eric Maisel
Dr. Eric Maisel, Ph.D., stopped here for day two of his virtual book tour this week in Artella. His paperback release of The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person’s Path through Depression (2002) has sparked both interest and controversy. Prior to this...
Posted 02 March 2008 08:59 AM by copper cat | 7 comment(s)
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To Love, Love First Thyself
Recent discussions on depression and creativity sparked a memory of a book I'd recently read entitled, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Not one to pay attention to popular media, and frustrated that playing couch spud was all I could manage,...
Posted 05 February 2008 05:11 PM by copper cat | 9 comment(s)
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Art Creates Depression Creates Art
It's a chicken vs. egg conundrum... Not having a supportive launchpad for creativity growing up is like a missing hinge on a gymnast's springboard: it will get you nowhere except down, very fast. Having experienced both, I can tell you that floor...
Posted 21 January 2008 07:34 PM by copper cat | 2 comment(s)
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Heroic Art
It may be natural to think of art as heroic, belonging in a place like Artella. It is understandably more natural to think of a human being as the hero. Many speak poignantly of their parents, grandparents, or even their best friend (furry or otherwise...
Posted 14 January 2008 07:19 PM by copper cat | 8 comment(s)
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Memories, ha! I'll Show You!
I am actually amazed when I hear people tell stories based on their memories. A long-ago friend, Steve, liberally sprinkled his end of our gab sessions with animated, gloriously detailed stories of his crazy sister, his art school antics and "frantics"...
Posted 08 January 2008 03:25 PM by copper cat | 4 comment(s)
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Procrastination Station
This isn't my first entry into the digitalized world, or in this land called Artella. This is, however, going to be my proving ground. You see, sitting at my computer affords me a lot of happy distractions, and therefore should be called my procrastination...
Posted 27 December 2007 02:56 PM by copper cat | 2 comment(s)
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