Giants all around her
standing tall
Flower so small
in the forest deep
silent ...
Christine's Journal
Sometimes artists have muses, I am no exception. Muses are often their source of inspiration. Muses give the artist a sense of passion about something. My muses are words – and the concepts they conjure up for me. Words never cease to inspire me which is why I call myself a conceptual artist and why I write a blog and about beautiful moments in the day.
Aesthetic Moments: Giants all around her
Posted on June 11 2020
Giants all around her
standing tall
Flower so small
in the forest deep
silent ...
Blog: Your Creative Spirit Is Not Wrong
Posted on June 11 2020
There are many ways to be creative. The beauty of creativity is that there is no right and wrong way. Creativity begins with abstractions that need to become – to become visible, to become an idea – to become. Creativity is unique to the one who is creating – defined by spirit, the heart, and the soul of that individual.
Aesthetic Moments: I became part of the wind today
Posted on June 10 2020
I became part of the wind today I became part of the wind. Touching the leaves and tops of trees Weaving within the forest deep Dancing with the pines Traveling with the clouds The wind seems like it is forever and ever Invisible yet there I became part of the... Essays
Blog: Happy Meals and Problem Solving
Posted on June 09 2020
So often we want the solution to problems we face to be as simple as buying and eating a Happy Meal. We want the prize inside to make us smile and be happy.
But life is not a Happy Meal. It is full of problems. Many spend their lives avoiding problems or seeking the path of least resistance.
Aesthetic Moments: She looks in the mirror
Posted on June 09 2020
She looks in the mirror seeing a women dreaming dreams dreams in the mirror. It is dawn the world begins with a song a golden light and possibilities for dreams to become. Essays
Aesthetic Moments: Does Magic Really Happen?
Posted on June 08 2020
Does Magic Really Happen? It was not so long ago was it? Where her dreams were fresh, she first noticed the beauty of powdered paint, dripping on a fresh white paper. Red, yellow, blue steamed Creating, orange, purple and green. It was not that long ago where her favorite story... Essays
The Hope of the Dragonfly
Posted on June 07 2020
Oh my gosh the dragonflies came out today. So many good memories of dragonflies. I remember when my daughter was still a child - we sat on the beach for a whole day watching them emerge and climb up the boathouse wall.
Blog: Be one of a kind
Posted on June 03 2020
I used to cry often not because I was sad but because life is so beautiful and wonderful I have always been filled with love and loving. Life is not beautiful because of the artificial bling we give it, it is not beautiful because of the rhinestones we adorn... Essays
Aesthetic Moments: It's wonderful
Posted on June 01 2020
Featured image: Loving You
It’s wonderful
to get up
when the sun begins.
That ...
Blog: Expanding and Exploring: New Marks, New Materials, New Ideas, New Series
Posted on May 31 2020
This is one of the early works from my new series Nature vs. Fabrication. This series will explore the dichotomy of natural creation vs. man-made. Although they are in contrast, you can't have one without the other. Balance is the key.
Blog: Christine's Lexicon
Posted on May 31 2020
Lexicon: the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge
The words I use often are my vocabulary – my lexicon. As I grow, think, create, imagine, these definitions change, build, come and go. For now, these words are part of my lexicon: creativity, different, original, unique.
Blog: Absorbing the Northwoods
Posted on May 30 2020
Does Magic Really Happen? It was not so long ago was it? Where her dreams were fresh, she first noticed the beauty of powdered paint, dripping on a fresh white paper. Red, yellow, blue steamed Creating, orange, purple and green. It was not that long ago where her favorite story... Essays
Blog: Will I Change Today?
Posted on May 29 2020
Every morning, absolutely every morning, when everything is so fresh and I begin my day, I feel the world is so beautiful and life is so beautiful and so short. Yesterday the leaves on the trees were the size of a squirrel's ears and today they are as big as... Essays
Blog: Creative Reflection - Noise in the Northwoods
Posted on May 28 2020
Every summer holiday our lake explodes with unnaturalness. Jet ski’s go whizzing by pontoon boats slowly cruise the shoreline and loud voices shout over the noise of the engine. I watch them from my Adirondack chair and I ask – don’t you see? Don’t you understand the Northwoods – there is silence and natural beauty in the Northwoods – you are missing it.
Blog: Constellation Mark Making
Posted on May 28 2020
This is one of the early works from my new series Nature vs. Fabrication. This series will explore the dichotomy of natural creation vs. man-made. Although they are in contrast, you can't have one without the other. Balance is the key. With the start of a new series comes exploration... Essays
Blog: Reaching for the Stars
Posted on May 27 2020
The art that we create is not to build a legacy, it is not a monument to shout that I was here – to let others know I lived in this time. The creation, the paper, the stone, the canvas, the clay, the object is not what lasts forever. The object is not what moves into the future for others to build upon and create from. What is eternal and lasts forever are our ideas.
Blog: N.F.S
Posted on May 26 2020
NFS - to an artist these letters mean "Not For Sale". Our spirits, our hearts, our souls, our minds, should all have those three letters branded in place. Our spirits, our hearts, our souls, our minds, are not for sale.
Aesthetic Moments: Energy All Around Us
Posted on May 21 2020
There is energy all around us. A creative energy. If you chose your eyes and allow yo...