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Talent or Work: More or Less

  • Posted 9th April 2024, 6:54 pm
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Talent or Work: More or Less

I read something recently that I think is true.

For some reason, perhaps a left over mindset from my younger days, I have seen that some people say (and think) that to have artistic talent (ability, skill, etc.) is a rare thing to have. Furthermore it is such an uncommon thing that one should not waste the 'talent'.

Some artists, I've heard, resent…

The Logo of Culture

  • Posted 2nd April 2024, 2:40 pm
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The Logo of Culture

"Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization." –' Walter Lippmann.
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Frustration (part 2)

  • Posted 31st March 2024, 8:43 pm
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Frustration (part 2)

The following was the 2nd part of a blog post which appeared on my previous website, November 22, 2016… I am sharing it with you…
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As I was saying in part 1, when listing my artwork on eBay, I usually put a blurb in here about the painting I'm offering on eBay - but I'm just going to get a load off my mind and put that here instead
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Frustration (part 1)

  • Posted 31st March 2024, 8:06 pm
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Frustration (part 1)

The following was a blog post which appeared on my previous website, November 22, 2016… I am sharing it with you… but for me the big question is, have things changed?
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Time is an unforgiving taskmaster, a check spent that may not return the investment you anticipated, a gamble that sucks out rather than pours in reward. So some find
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