Month: March 2011

Art is

1. Doing what you want and not what others want.
2. Taking something that has been done over and over and making it new and interesting.
3. Doing what you want regardless if you get attention for it or not.
4. Breaking all the rules and still making something that looks great.
5. Making something incredible with very little resources.
6. Doing something when you don’t make any money off of it (or lose money from it).
7. Knowing everything possible about the type of art you do.
8. Being able to create in different styles when the need arises.
9. Believing failure is not real, and is, in reality, just you trying different approaches to something. People’s reactions do not mean something is a failure, only that they react badly to it.
10. Being open minded about style, content and ideas.
11. Seeing something in another person’s point of view.
12. Doing something, then redoing it to make it better.
13. Accepting that mistakes are always there and help us learn what to change to make ourselves better.
14. Realizing that perfection is unattainable for us but, in appearance, has been obtained by others.
15. Knowing that discipline and hard work are the keys to creating good art.
16. Knowing that sometimes being spontaneous creates better work than careful planning does.
17. Knowing sometimes what you do will not be understood.
18. Experimenting with materials, styles and ways of working constantly till something amazing is born.
19. Understanding that being what you want is more important that achievments.
20. Working at night with the radio on till 6 am, then sleeping till 3 pm the next day… repeat each day.

Cool drawing….

by my sweetheart HERE

My friend Maq’s comic, it’s a great read.

HERE!

Gather up the pots and the old tin can
The mash, the corn, the barley and the bran
Run like the devil from the excise man
Keep the smoke from rising Barney

Keep your eyes well peeled today
The big, tall men are on their way
Searching for the mountain tay
In the hills of Connemara

Mountain breezes as they blow
Hear their echo in the glen below
The gombeen men are on the go
In the hills of Connemara

A gallon for the butcher, a quart for Tom
A bottle for poor old Father John
To help his prayers and hymns along
In the hills of Connemara

Stand your ground boys, it’s too late
The excise men are at the gate
Glory be to God, but they’re drinking it straight
In the hills of Connemara

Swing to the left and swing to the right
The excise men will dance all night
Drinking up the tay till the broad daylight
In the hills of Connemara

Captain Picard: “Seize the time, Meribor. Live now. Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again. ”

This quote from one of my favorite episodes “The Inner Light” is something I have made a personal rule. I used to have far more “safe” approach to things I did (maybe 2-3 years ago) but circumstances and sitatuations have taught me, once again, captain Picard is correct. Everyday, every minute or second we have chances to do things, to fulfill part of our dreams, to make ourselves or someone else happy.

The chances we get now might dissapear forever if we wait too long, and really is it worth playing life so safe that we ignore the chances we are given? Step away from the computer, the work desk, the TV whatever, go somewhere with your friends, create something, read a book, watch something you’ve always wanted to see (heck watch something awful just for fun). Regardless, do something that will make you happy, fullfill you, make you feel like you learned something. One of the worst things we can do with our time is to sit and become stagnant or lazy. Whatever it is you love in life, go do it and don’t regret it. If others complain or ridicule you, try to remember their own lives are probably very sad and empty if all they have to do is sit around and whine about what you with your time.