Fly Thru the Chaos

Tag: art

  • Gravend – Learn to Live Again

    I keep having this pervasive thought. The idea of explaining the imagery in Gravend haunts me. I have always come to the canvas with the intention of creating scary images. However, the nature of the world that I am drawing is becoming clear. Gravend takes place in a world where edges do not sharpen. Light…

  • Creation Without Magic

    What is Creation without Magic?  Mere craft? Decoration? Assembly? When I was a teenager, I’ll never forgive my art teacher for breaking my concept of art.  To be fair to him, it was all in the best intentions.  And it wasn’t all his fault.  I didn’t have to listen. I had many flaws in my…

  • Low-Budget Remake of The Birds

    This morning we woke up after sleeping from about 4-11:00 AM.  I might have been a little hypomanic.  We went over to my parents house, and had lovely collards and black eyed peas and sausage and corn bread.  After lunch we went for a walk.  The weather was overcast and a pleasant 70 degrees.  We…

  • 2023: The Year of the Trickster

    Ever since I read Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert, I have taken a lot of what she said to heart. The purpose of the book was to discuss the perspectives people take on their art and creativity.  One of my favorite things that she wrote about was Tricksters and Martyrs.  When I was a little…

  • Zoe and Bios

    Today I was reading Twyla Tharp’s book, the Creative Habit, and I nearly put it down for good a couple weeks ago.  But today I picked it up, I suppose my ruffled feathers from before have been forgotten.  I am not a very habitual person, consistency is something hard won from me and someone telling…

  • His Dark Materials: My Dæmon Settles

    Kind of for my birthday, kind of for my project with the children’s book, I bought some pastel pencils.  I had never heard of pastel pencils until I was on instagram this year and watched people use them.  They aren’t the kind of thing public schools buy for children, and high school was the last…

  • My Picture Book

    Today I’ll tell you the story of how I first was inspired to write a book.  It was the most magical, nearly fully formed idea I’ve ever had, and I am so excited to realize it as well as I can. It starts with the book Big Magic by Liz Gilbert.  Yes, the Eat, Pray,…