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Jun 15, 2016
"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious." --Jean Cocteau
Beyond the Known Territory
"When I was in my twenties, I would let myself go and when an image came up, I'd paint it. I'd have a piece of paper and ideas would come to me, and I'd try to depict them. Looking at these later, I'd see things revealed -- childhood memories or hidden things going on in my life -- these things would be there. But when I did the painting, I wouldn't see any of this." Rue Harrison talks about the mysterious animal that appeared in one of her paintings over twenty-five years ago. It led to a narrative that continues to this day:The Adventures of Indigo Animal.
BE THE CHANGE
Get a sketchbook and make a little drawing each day. Don't worry about getting it right. Let it be a playful exercise for at least a couple of weeks.
