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A friend wrote and was feeling the frustration of a still life not working out. Here is my response to this wonderful artist. I hope it is helpful and encouraging to all of us when we want to "deconstruct" (Unknow) those obstacles holding us back and "reconsruct" (know-more-fully) with our best interests in mind. Here is my response. "Wow, I am there with you on my own still life composition. What an obstacle! So, I cheated my 'fear' out of it's enjoyment of knocking me down. (Fear is never really that smart).  For my composition, I took one master artist's painting of a still [...]

HOW TO SIMPLIFY: The Protean my last "Simplify" blog, Part I, I introduced the "idea" that there is a way, a method, of learning and growing in our endeavors that is so different than our common approach to learning, (especially in Fine Art growth), that it could be revolutionary to some of you; it was revolutionary to development of this idea began for me one day in College Physics, and from it came the "doctrine" of my own learning, a discovery I will call: The Protean Paradigm. Before I begin, here's a quick note about word/concept "Protean." This idea has at its origin several myth stories of the sea. Basic to [...]

First, I am honored you have taken time to read these thoughts. It is my chief aim in all of my blogs to avoid "drabble" and instead give to you, my friend and reader, some gift of insight, something to take home and chew on, even perhaps use in a beneficial way in your life. I hope I do this. To that end, what you are about to read here today is a seedling idea that I will endeavor to grow into a larger work. Though most of you who read will do so and move on?that alone is a blessing--is there a few among you who might [...]