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The Business of Art

August 8, 2009
The Business of Art

In the generations that passed since cave walls were smoothed and savage etchings transformed to hieroglyphs, creative expression transcended still image and took on the vibrancy of word, sound and movement as Art created music, poetry, literature, drama, and, much later, motion pictures. Paul Gardner once said, “A painting is never finished – it...
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Essential Creativity

August 2, 2009

“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” - Pablo Picasso Some relegate the task of Creation to God and God alone, thereby viewing our fashioning of inspirations toward artistic merit as something separate from divine design. However, it is through our alliance with the...
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Renaissance Man

June 18, 2007

Working at the psychiatric hospital, I often bring in my guitar to entertain the patients, giving them a respite from the hours of tedium between seeing the doctor and taking their meds. After breezing through a bevy of covers from U2 and REM to John Prine and Billy Joel, I put up my guitar...
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