tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post4076353527300756412..comments2024-03-24T15:26:36.890+10:00Comments on Paper Ponderings: Thursday Thoughts...Fiona Dempsterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-80241515750815292532016-10-25T20:44:04.840+10:002016-10-25T20:44:04.840+10:00Isn't that intriguing Mo? I have the book and ...Isn't that intriguing Mo? I have the book and dip into it occasionally - seems like I need to spend more time with it! We all have gifts, and the gifts we share are almost necessary...Fiona Dempsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09275413906419343228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070917680632622858.post-76792386639594423742016-10-21T00:43:51.357+10:002016-10-21T00:43:51.357+10:00just read this last night & feel that it fits ...<br />just read this last night & feel that it fits in-<br /><br />"... Just as the artist's imagination "has a gift" that brings the work to life, so in the realized gifts of the gifted the spirit of the group "has a gift." These creations are not "merely" symbolic, they do not "stand for" the larger self; they are its necessary embodiment, a language without which it would have no life at all."<br /><br />from "The Gift- Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World" by Lewis Hyde (p.199)<br />Mo Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004208849028911104noreply@blogger.com