Silk Painting: Creating Articles of Virtù
Virtù is a “quality of being rare, beautiful, or otherwise appealing to a connoisseur.” As I prepare to create designs …
Category Archives: Creativity & Psychology
Meditative Practice
A practice of twenty minutes of quiet meditation has slowly been woven into the activities of my daily life. In this post, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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