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Tag Archives: art
Creativity and good mental health go hand in hand
Here’s an interview with Hilde Østby, author of a forthcoming book (April) titled The Key to Creativity. What really resonates for me and jibes with my own feelings and intuitive understanding of creativity is the reciprocal positive relationship between creativity … Continue reading
The Snowy Day
Is it just me, or does this Lands’ End catalog cover remind you of that beautiful childhood picture book classic by Ezra Jack Keats? Something about the bright red coat and stark, crisp, clean blocks of color contrast, I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Books and reading, Creativity, Popular culture
Tagged art, books, creativity, reading, snow, winter
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When life imitates art (or, the imperfection of perfection)
I walked into my office in the Grohmann Museum on MSOE’s campus the other day and really liked the golden autumn glow of light reflecting from the locust tree outside my window. Especially appealing was the correspondence between the dead … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, Life, Photography
Tagged art, beauty, creativity, Grohmann Museum, imperfections, Leonard Cohen, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, photography
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Friday afternoon (leaving work) photos
The Grohmann Museum was quiet on the second floor when I left work at MSOE this afternoon. I pressed the button to call the elevator but then, immediately after, decided to step away and take a picture of the stair … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged art, Frederick Remington, Grohmann Museum, iPhoneography, Milwaukee, Milwaukee School of Engineering, MSOE, photography
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Knot Art – How one artist developed a daily creative practice
I love this article in today’s Co. Design, “How An Apple Alum Found Her True Calling–In Knots.” Windy Chien, a former producer at Apple’s iTunes, is now an artist who creates hanging textile art, jewelry and lights from complex macrame … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Creativity, History
Tagged art, artists, creativity, daily art practice, daily creative practice, inspiration, knots, learning, macrame, Windy Chien
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After Hours – Grohmann Museum
Took this photo last night shortly before leaving work. The galleries were closed but were illuminated by the rays of evening sunlight coming through the atrium. I especially liked how the sculpture on the left seemed to float in the … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Art, Milwaukee
Tagged after hours, art, Grohmann Museum, Japanese art, Japanese sawyer, Japanese sculpture, Milwaukee, sculpture
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Mark Rothko “Orange and Yellow” with Woman in Jade Green
While visiting the “Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels” show at the Milwaukee Art Museum several weeks ago, I was sitting on a bench about twenty feet away from this painting by Mark Rothko (“Orange and Yellow,” 1956) when a woman … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Milwaukee, Photography
Tagged art, Mark Rothko, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, oil on canvas, oil painting
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Buddha mummy proves truth about statues
Last April I wrote a short post titled “The Truth About Statues” about my childhood belief that statues were made by pouring concrete over dead people—or maybe not dead until AFTER the concrete casing went on! Possibly you’ve seen this photograph and story today? … Continue reading
Posted in Art, History, Life, News, Science
Tagged art, art history, Buddha mummy, history, mummies, statues
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Perspective (2)
Bright sunshine today for the first time in maybe a week. Had to pull down the blinds in my office . . . at which point I noticed another “perspective”-type convergence of lines similar (vaguely) to my post last Friday, … Continue reading
Canary Yellow
I accidentally took this photo while waiting to pick up my daughter. I kind of like it 🙂
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Tagged abstract photography, accidental photograph, art, canary yellow spiral steno pad
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