Healing Dynamism of Art
I recently began to read more about the therapeutic benefits of art. Thanks to Noah Hass-Cohen’s book Art Therapy and …
Author Archives: Lorien Suarez
A Birthday Gift – Honoring Work and Daily Life
Though I did not consider it as such last week, I can see now that I gave myself a truly …
The Creative Motto: “Let there be…”
An area of study that is still unfolding for me centers on the relationship between creativity and psychological health. My …
Abstraction and Paradox
While reading about Matisse and his writings, I discovered a tad more about his own personal “philosophy” or refusal to …
The Contemplative Artist
Matisse’s writings revealed a mystical sensibility and contemplative quality to his creative work process. I immediately identified with his meditations. As I have shared …
Reflections on Color and Form I
As a continuation to the ongoing study of the elements of composition, (and following my prior post on Bachelard’s unique reflection on …
Meditations on Negative and Positive Space
Black ink (paint in my case) serves as the connecting element between my own Wheel within a Wheel 105 “hiccup” experience (described …
Thoughts on the Elements of Composition
While painting Wheel within a Wheel 104 & 105 several artists – Elizabeth Brandt, Kathleen Waterloo and Sheila Wolk – …
Framework for Panel Project #2
I just discovered some interesting commonalities between my own work process and M.C. Escher’s. Amongst the echoes and resonances that …
Framework for Artworks – Panel Grouping Project
“The success of humanity’s evolution will not be determined by ‘survival of the fittest’ but by our own capacity to …
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