Charles Eames
Says the man who co-designed some beautiful chairs.
I am not sure if everybody sees life as an extension of art and vice versa; but I know kindred spirits for whom these words hold true.
For these folk, and I include myself amongst them, it is an impossibility to say "that is life, but not art. That is art, but not life"
Or at the very least there is a bell curve with very very tiny outer edges.
For me, making my way through the day I often stop to see the world as art and beauty. When I get up in the morning it's the light that always draws me: the colours; the shapes of the clouds; the shadows; the sunbeams; the rainbows. All are art.
From the flowers in vases to the companionable silence; from the rusty trinket in the gravel to the silhouettes of trees at dusk; to the design of clothes I wear to the way ingredients fall into a pan.
Life is art and art is life.
White daphne in a sun stream this week.
this is such a beautiful post (((Fiona))) I can smell the daphne through the ether!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mo - your world and your life seem the perfect example; and yes to the perfume of daphne! These two wee plants were on our balcony in pots in Canberra, got planted and replanted on the block; and have now been transplanted into pots and are with us here and still bloom! Generous spirits they are.
Deletenature's artworks --with their Fibonacci sequences and symmetries and colors and textural variations-- are endlessly fascinating ... and I am always humbled (in a good way) when trying to render an impression of them in cloth
ReplyDeletelove that you have a plant that has traveled with you from one home to the next ... I think "Sun stream" would be a perfect title for this winter still life, for it truly is an artful image
Thanks Liz. I also think Nature's palette is perfection and you can't go wrong if you work with it. The photo was serendipitous but I am so glad I noticed and delayed a few things to take it. Love the title!
DeleteF - so true. B
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DeleteVery thoughtful post, Fiona! I certainly have seen the lines blurred as I’ve been working remotely for almost a year and a half now. My studio has become Work Station #1, one of my creative tables in the living room Work Station #2. But I take daily breaks working a little art in and squeeze in some creative time each weekend. Ebb and Flow, Flow and Ebb.
ReplyDeleteThanks Gina - you are right how especially the last year has blurred many edges; and I love how you have integrated art into daily life in a real way. Go well.
Delete“From the flowers in vases to the companionable silence; from the rusty trinket in the gravel to the silhouettes of trees at dusk; to the design of clothes I wear to the way ingredients fall into a pan.” I love this. On good days, I feel this kind of gratification in Ordinary things.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dee - there is magic in the every day; and extraordinary in the ordinary. They are truly moments of beauty and art aren't they? And I too, am grateful. Go well.
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