tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post9073133933091587882..comments2010-09-12T18:49:20.655-07:00Comments on Middle Of The Night Art: Leap and a Net Will AppearShirley Twofeathershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-49178081935708968832010-09-10T06:35:02.741-07:002010-09-10T06:35:02.741-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Shirley Twofeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-17800729910655507712010-09-06T17:13:44.292-07:002010-09-06T17:13:44.292-07:00Well, hmmm...
ok it is kind of brave to stick myse...Well, hmmm...<br />ok it is kind of brave to stick myself out there with a bunch of crayons, a pencil, and a nice eraser....<br />i love all the nice things you say about me, one day maybe i will be able to say them to myself.Shirley Twofeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-29926616637054306872010-09-06T17:12:35.782-07:002010-09-06T17:12:35.782-07:00I always need encouragement and I get it from both...I always need encouragement and I get it from both the compliments you are so generous to give to me, AND from your inspiration and the drawings that you are courageous enough to do. Now, about this heroine thing. Drawing these honest real compelling pictures is unbelievably heroic. You MUST feel some level of authenticity when you are doing them - I do. I may as well have a sword in my hand instead of a pencil. This takes real bravery, this takes a kind of willingness to die - a grace per se - and you have to admit that you feel stirred to admiration for yourself by the sheer courage it takes to start, the will it takes to do the work, the surrender required to declare it finished but not perfect. This IS alchemy and WE are the alchemists. All totaled, we have shared eight pictures and look what has happened between us. I know you more profoundly and you know me, more profoundly. This has just begun - whatever happens, we can't stop now - this is too powerful, too important to waste energy on non-essentials. I have a knowing that whatever this is, where we go when we do this, there is the wellspring of transformation and the source of miracles.Gracehttp://studioluminaria.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-60074073776866758332010-09-06T17:11:15.725-07:002010-09-06T17:11:15.725-07:00i have been thinking alot about that story you wro...i have been thinking alot about that story you wrote<br />the Legend of Sholane<br />i have been thinking how depressed i felt after i read it<br />now dont get me wrong<br />the story is not what depressed me<br />rather it was that i "got" the story <br />understood the message<br />and i could see that i would never be that heroic figure<br />that i was not the heroine of that story in any way shape or form<br />and i was disappointed in myself <br />very much so<br />because i knew in my heart that i had found that shawl<br />and i had not made the same journey<br />nor had i attained the prize<br />and i have also been reading alot of books at work<br />and it really bugs me that the books are always about <br />women that are young, beautiful, intelligent, gifted in some way<br />and someone always falls in love with them<br />who wouldn't?<br />and i will not be young and beautiful and intelligent and gifted and a heroine<br />in this life <br />nor do i believe that anyone will ever fall in love with me again<br />i think that time has passed for me<br />maybe it really hasnt <br />but i think that it has <br />that i have missed that larger life<br />that ship set sail on a day when i was sleeping in<br />maybe with a hangover <br />anyway<br />those thoughts depressed me quite a bitShirley Twofeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-74754091570044772642010-09-06T17:06:55.870-07:002010-09-06T17:06:55.870-07:00i am glad you like the fish one the best
because i...i am glad you like the fish one the best<br />because i dont<br />and i was starting to doubt it<br />and lose confidence<br />so now i dont have to doubt it at all<br />i see this series of mandalas as a work in progress<br />a body of work that defines who i am in my heart<br />drawing with crayons on black paper is exactly right for this<br />and i also want to do the same subjects in acrylics<br />big sloppy paintings wet on wet<br />with color bluring into color<br />and then maybe some even bigger pieces<br />done in glazes<br />with detail and drawings<br />so i went off to work tonight all inspired that i was going to draw some more<br />and no sooner had i got 5 miles down the road<br />when i realized that i had forgotten to bring my drawing bookShirley Twofeathershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911925862486389242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6964120969049805522.post-80837510381816341082010-09-06T17:05:15.371-07:002010-09-06T17:05:15.371-07:00On Leap, there is that wall again - not so angry t...On Leap, there is that wall again - not so angry this time, not seeming so confining - perhaps even a little containing, as in behind this wall is a secret... I immediately saw you as fish, not wanting to get caught and afraid of the net - and there is the hand of He who will catch you, illuminated and ghostly, sure and certain with the net. I love this fisherman - He is the absolute master... Again that really bleak dark blue and the even darker choppy ocean - this mortal life - and those fish eyes, looking so incredibly caught - oh oh! all the while, like it cannot help itself, still reaching for the worm so artfully, lovingly tied... I loved the coloring of that beautiful, vibrant, warm fish in the midst of such dire tones - against that red, still strong with foreboding - but in the shape of a sun on horizon... This was my favorite picture...<br /> <br />As to your work - I love the blunt force of some of your lines - you are not particularly circumspect - more forceful than you may be aware - you are capable of living large, yet you are shown in the tiny holes we must peek through... What is this you are hiding behind? You care much less for aesthetics than you do for raw emotion - this gives your work more passion. By comparison, I have noticed a stiffer formality in my work and the exaggerated lengths I go to for the effect of one tiny curve. Interesting...<br /> <br />You really should spend all your time and energy on these drawing Shirley - this work you are doing is so incredibly important and it is inspiring to me as I hope to be inspiring to you. This is exactly right - doing this work is conversing DIRECTLY with God and it is illuminating me as it is illuminating you - it is a DIRECT witnessing consciousness and in this light, we will find an unparalleled form of freedom. I am absolutely evangelical about art because it has transfigured my suffering. I could sit with you and look at your drawings all day every day. I could sit with you when you draw - I could talk about this in every conversation. I would like to see more and more and more of this.Gracehttp://studioluminaria.comnoreply@blogger.com