By Riccardo Montero of http://www.riccardomantero.com Just as I arrived in the Bryce, I noticed the clouds flowing quickly across the sky, the rays of the rising sun illuminating the pinnacles and the forests, and I started shooting immediately. Toward the end of my shoot which lasted almost two hours, I found myself having to replace…
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Art, Coffee and Blogs
By Donald Kolberg I’m sitting here having my coffee, and I thought you might like to explore some of the blog sites that I read. They are mostly about art, but you’ll notice, as time goes on, I tend to wander: Tilted Arc is an online journal that features in-depth and long standing concerns about the…
On Art and Inspiration
Interview of Donald Kolberg by Jung Katz STEEL MESH AND RIBBON SCULPTOR September 14, 2015 written by Casey Webb Tell us about yourself, who are you, where are you from, and what do you do? I’m a sculptor living in Central Florida, Palm Coast. I experiment with different mediums as I create organic concepts of Life…
Two Up
By David Hayes See his work in WTP Vol. III #3 Easy. That’s what I thought when I read the prompt: “utilize two sides of a square…allow for room to breathe….shoot top down…” Easy…not! Maybe I was overthinking this hold concept but I could not put anything together that made me happy. Pearls is one…
Thanks, Kurt Vonnegut: Why We Do Art
By Susan B. Apel Kurt Vonnegut’s words suddenly intruded into my half-formed thoughts about why I write. I have been creating and submitting some flash nonfiction to literary journals, reading the formulaic and occasionally flattering, or so I choose to think, rejection letters. Blogging, here. Blogging elsewhere, about death cafes and aging in place, local…
Faffing
By David Hayes According to the Urban Dictionary, one of the many definitions of faffing is “…to muck around, wasting time doing something not necessary.” Another way to look at it is to just play around with objects to see what comes about…without any preconceived notion as to the end results. At least that’s how…
Correspondence Art
By Donald Kolberg There is a sorta secret society on the web that actually is accessed outside the web. It’s a place where originality and creativity work hand in hand with community and networking. The shows are constantly in Flux (an inside joke). And the artist tend to laugh a lot. And while many of…
Process-Shop: Experimental Drawing/Making
By Colin Dardis “Process-shop” was an experimental drawing / making workshop that took place in PS Squared gallery in January ’14, with artists Cilla Wagner and Sharon Kelly. The theme was to use words and materials as starting points to explore the notion that the “process is more important than the outcome”. Participants were encouraged to experiment with charcoal sketching: loose and…
20 Ways to Avoid the Word "Very"
By Amreen B. Shaikh of https://painttheworldwithwords.wordpress.com Writing is a very wise sagacious exercise. One writes to emote their thoughts, ideas and concepts to the world. But there are few words which hinder the flow of it when one reads, and actually are considered a cliche in writing. I recently read about the wrong in using the word “very” in…
Word Canvases
By Donald Kolberg Sometimes I just need to sit back and reflect. This seems to be when word canvases get created Line Each line a sacrifice to the ambiguous absence that is the surface, Abandoning each mark to the perceptions of doer and viewer. I’m left with the inability to retract any thoughts, Any conscious…
How to Inventory Your Artwork
By Press Arts Editor Donald Kolberg This past week I was with some friends at a local coffee shop, and we got on the subject of how much inventory artists have. This of course led to how do you keep track of the stuff. Not surprisingly, most artist don’t keep track of their art or…
Becoming Writer (The Cover Makes It Real)
By Sydney Scrogham This book thing is really happening, and I feel like I’ve stepped into my real body for the first time. This is what I was created for, and I hope you take the risk to chase what you’re created for, too. Trust me, it’s worth it. Even though the road to arrival…