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“I hold it true, whate’er befall;
I feel it when I sorrow most;
‘Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.”
– Lord Tennyson

time series of the shed that was
heARTbeatgal
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amedeo’s spring lady – oil and collage 14″ x 11″
feeling the difference in the air
seeing brighter colour
mr. modigliani sir, you are my historical figure spring-time crush!
xxo
heARTbeatgal
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beauty. a word carefully used in reference to art since more classical times in painting.

while i take the Guerrilla Girls’ point entirely (and thank them for their work) i still find the female nude to be divinely beautiful
today we can at least agree that it rests in the eye of the beholder
today’s musings begin with my new online MoMA course, Five Puzzles of Contemporary Art. the course challenges views on beauty, value, originality, concept and experience in contemporary art
should aesthetic pleasure be a goal in art making? worthy or not, it is a goal of mine
one lecture, given by Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, proposes that the art of our time needs to go beyond traditional beauty to consider ‘interestingness’, ‘memorability of form’, and ‘creating a sense of awe’ in its evaluation
interestingness for sure. i need work on ‘sense of awe’
will keep at it
heARTbeatgal
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long island city – oil and collage 14″ x 11″
on my next visit to NY there will be a stop at MoMA PS1 in long island city
until i get there this will have to do
…must get there soon
heARTbeatgal
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the other parents dropping their kids at school this morning did not seem to see the beauty i was seeing
strange looks
embarrassed children
…oh well, snaps happen
heARTbeatgal
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open to acrylics
open to “golden’s open acrylics” to be specific
innerestin’
open to the fact that the photo looks nothing like the painting (worse not better)
open to new things tomorrow
open
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p.s. yes that is snow streaking across the painting. ha. there is NO light in my home.
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tonight is the night
party at the dinosaur museum!!!
another collaboration in the works

Museum of Nature
january twenty-fifth 8pm – midnight
the intention of this project is to allow the night shape a collaborative inter-active piece in celebration of connectedness, both within ourselves and with those among us.
the museum of nature is an ideal setting to have individuals consider the state of human nature and contribute their creative energy to a painting made up of three different colours of thumbprint. a large canvas is prepared with twenty-three strips of fine paper. attendees will be encouraged to choose one of three colours: gold, teal, or black to make their mark. the colours are attached to the following sentiments; gold for a positive hopeful view, teal for a neutral laissez-faire attitude, and black for those with less hope. the image will reveal a temperature of sorts. the mood of the group at the event.
the transfer of the collective creativity energy should be interesting at least, beautiful at best.
hope to see you there
heARTbeatgal
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art for a good cause
p.s. my camera is broken
what’s a gal to do?
boo
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snip snip snip
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