Comments on: Playing At The Edges

By: Paintings To Build a Room Around | Janice Cartier

Paintings To Build a Room Around | Janice Cartier — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:34:33 +0000

[...] Or ones that create small sanctuaries. [...]

By: Janice

Janice — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:03:52 +0000

Barb,
So nice to see you here. Glad you jumped right in. It ’s just like that isn’t it? Process. And discovering treasures. You have to be willing to go there. To let go and just be with the tools and the time.

I just visited your site and what scrumptious descriptions I found. Yummy. A new box of crayons?Eternal joy. Stays with us forever I think.

By: Barb Hartsook

Barb Hartsook — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:29:20 +0000

Am I exploring? Hmmm… always.

You move your pen in a way not uncertain of going with it, but also not knowing where it will take you. Certain you will go, but not certain what you will discover.

Ooooh — I love that!

It’s a bit like haiku poetry, with no capitals, no punctuation, open at both ends. You come into it from wherever you’ve been and you leave with a little gem, not knowing where you’ll go, but you go enriched from having passed through…

Beautiful blog. I’ll be back…

Barb Hartsook’s last blog post..Why Does an Artist Paint? Or a Writer Write?

By: Janice

Janice — Mon, 11 May 2009 14:53:17 +0000

Karen,
Aww, thanks. Some of that at the edges “wandering” time is exactly what drives the rest of it. I am so glad this spoke to you.

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:08:28 +0000

Janice, this post so accurately mirrors what I've been feeling lately but having difficulty putting into words. Playing at the edges,letting go not sure what will take shape but giving in to it. This is one of those posts that you read and you are certain it was written just for you. Yes, you truly are an artist. Karen Swim’s last blog post..Let’s Connect - Maybe

By: Friar

Friar — Sat, 09 May 2009 02:13:22 +0000

Oregon has some pretty cool areas. Huge areas of sandunes. Rocky cliffs. Rainforest beaches.

I followed the coastal highway the whole way. Though I can’t compare to Washingston’s coast, because I went inland to see Mt. St. Helens.

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:43:32 +0000

Does the Oregon coast look like the Washington coast? I’ve only been down as far as Kalaloch and as far north as Tiburron , Ca . Kind of missed Oregon altogether.

By: Friar

Friar — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:34:55 +0000

@Todd

You just reminded me. I have a bunch of photos from the Oregon coast that I took in 2004.

Haven’t got around to painting them yet. I need to put them on my short list!

By: Janice

Janice — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:39:32 +0000

Todd,
It’s easy to forget that doing what we do is performance. It takes a lot if we are truly present. Just being in that late light. That’s plenty. Just being. Especially when you are on an extended location jaunt.

Didn’t you feel so much better and rested?

I better go do some more coaxing myself. Ooh, lighthouses… there’s one in one of my drawings this week.. LOL. I love that.

By: Todd Smith

Todd Smith — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:08:23 +0000

I like what you said about coaxing it, not forcing it. I had that experience last night as I’m traveling the Oregon Coast photographing. There are so many beautiful sights, yet last night I was getting tired and decided not to work to the end of the evening light. I realized as I made the decision that to do otherwise would be forcing it. The light was there on the ocean, but my mind could not go to it. Today, I feel much fresher and open to what i see. I’ve already coaxed some nice shots from a beautiful lighthouse!

Todd Smith’s last blog post..Preliminary image selection for next year’s calendar