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I have no appropriate title.

This is Lisa Chipetine. She is a phenominal being, she is energetic, in love with fiber and art, dynamic, filled with emotions. Her intellect is readily available. She is a really good friend and fellow artist.
She and I went to a Fiber Revolution opening last week. Where a few of our respective pieces of art are being shown. I felt really honored by the placement of Repose under the entryway signage of this fabulous musuem.

I have also been reading my copy of The View and loving it. I am going to walk to a coffee shop I am interested in and read some more this morning.
I am reading and thinking about sources of learning. When I was 27 years old I went to the Fashion Institute of Technology for Textile/Surface Design. During that time I had a teacher names Zsuzsi Dahlquist. I have not seen her since that time but I love her to this day. She gave extra credit to any student who slid into the room, arms out-stetched, proclaiming, "Ta-da!" quite loudly.
She also encouraged us to think about transparency in our artwork. I have been on a mission ever since.
In following my list of learning experiences I have to thank, my Dad, who always said, "Art is in the details". And to me this means alot of things. It means I need to pay attention, go the extra mile, place my spirit in the cloth, thread and imagery. I could go on.
David, my Man, allows me creative time. He is my original and ever present Creativity Pimp.
Rocky, a man my father used to work with, who bought an oil painting kit for me so long ago...
Bella, who taught me to use tiny bits of time to connect with my creative source.
My Mom, who encouraged me to FINISH stuff.
Brenda who directed me to my own path, told me to go make art when the going was tough.

And then of course there are the bits of time and experience that teach me, keep me learning. The resisted birds made in Release:

are showing up in my current work in progress. I have become OK with reusing imagery, I no longer think each piece needs to stand alone, separate from what came before it.
So this post is going to end abruptly. I need to disconnect from the computer...
No spell check, no nothing...

Posted by Melly at June 18, 2006 07:27 PM