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beauty

beauty. a word carefully used in reference to art since more classical times in painting.

female art

[no title] from Guerrilla Girls Talk Back – Guerrilla Girls 1985-90 Tate 

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


saturday drive

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i love me a saturday drive!

heARTbeatgal


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happy to see you sun

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i needed a hit

working hard

on all the wrong things

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perfection

perfection

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school yard

school yard

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


calling ALL heARTists

my mind is fixed these days on physics and the word of the Buddha

among other things

“Impermanent are all created things;

Strive on with awareness”

with that, i am preparing for my next live art collaboration

Chinatown Remixed would be great event perhaps!)

it starts with this call to all artists, bold and timid alike

to submit to me a small original work on paper

a created thing

i will post them here as i am doing with “proton moving from A to B by all possible paths” (for example)

proton from a to b

collected for the big day

expected in may

i will ask participants to choose a work, or make a work

and take scissors to it

snip snip

impermanence

impermanence

from there i will have pieces to make a collage

a new creation

(which we can also cut up!)

so if you are an artist (of any sort) fascinated by creation send me a message and i will send you the mailing address

deadline for receipt of work: May 1st, 2013

collaboartive@gmail.com

do it. it will be fun. the more art the more fun. any sort. doodles count. everything works. tell your friends. do it. please and thank you.

heARTbeatgal

p.s. works will not be returned! hahaha


winter stomp

clearing my head in the woods

feeling canadian

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feeling blessed

now back to work

heARTbeatgal


feeling golden

what is your feeling on the state of humanity?

gold = positive and hopeful

teal = neutral and things are as they are

black = concerned and negative

start

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midway

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end

as expected, had a golden time collaborating with the people of ottawa

the black marks were emphatic but the gold won the night

sending many heARTs to my many collaborators

it is a joy to create with you and the reason i am one thumb gold

the other is black until more of our energy is spent this way

my thanks to the museum of nature for the great event

next month i may come dance!

heARTbeatgal


nature nocturne

tonight is the night

party at the dinosaur museum!!!

another collaboration in the works

nocturne

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


the colours of kahlo

travelled by train to toronto

frida Kahlo & diego Rivera met me there

impressive special show at the Art Gallery of Ontario

(impressive enough to steal a few snaps. oops)

 

cropped hair

Frida Kahlo – Self-Portrait with Cropped Hair (special exhibit at the AGO)

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colours of Kahlo

this makes total sense to me. you?

Kahlo’s emotional frankness, bravery, and strength are long time inspirations

and their story together is endlessly fascinating

…also made me long for the food of Puebla

i am inviting frida and diego to my fantasy dinner party

and will get them to bring the mole

thank you toronto for the dose of urbanity

heARTbeatgal