tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196164.post113318240594139792..comments2023-09-16T11:49:23.743+00:00Comments on dyeing 2 sew: Not an artist!Valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11091179426025443924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196164.post-1133259338953513872005-11-29T10:15:00.000+00:002005-11-29T10:15:00.000+00:00I was going to chip in but I see there are 3 more ...I was going to chip in but I see there are 3 more eloquently put comments already! Have to agree though. I didn't know how emotive this word 'artist' was until I joined the quilting chat groups. I felt it described me as creating is really all I can do but then I got scared! Now it's just a word, let them argue over the definition, only we know who and what we are inside.<BR/><BR/>(Felicity from BQL)Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196164.post-1133205856757474262005-11-28T19:24:00.000+00:002005-11-28T19:24:00.000+00:00I read an interview with Paul McCartney. He said J...I read an interview with Paul McCartney. He said John Lennon wrote the edgier, darker songs because he had had a rather tragic childhood and carried a certain amount of darkness inside him. Paul said he was incapable of that kind of angst--his life had been happy and full of love. Some of us are John-like, angst-filled artists and some of us are Paul-like, joyful artists. You are a joyful artist. I think I am too--no tortured messages or dark brooding themes. But artists, nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>And just because melted tyvek and angelina don't work in my art doesn't mean I don't find them lovely in someone else's. I am always quite blown away by heavily embellished work and yet when I try, it becomes something too foreign and false in my hands. We have to be true to our own voices, as much as we may admire someone elses.Terry Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16650965451863656517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196164.post-1133190986316057032005-11-28T15:16:00.000+00:002005-11-28T15:16:00.000+00:00Whoa, halt, stop.Who said you had to suffer to be ...Whoa, halt, stop.Who said you had to suffer to be an artist? My transitions post wasn't about angst just an inner voice whispering try something new...not some deep depression. In fact, excitement at taking time for myself to play.<BR/>And, there is no doubt that you are an artist from the work you do...however, labels aren't necessary but my label is quiltmaker...it's what I do so why not callit that.<BR/>BTW, loved hearing you on the audio blog. It's like you just called to say "hello."gabriellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260743627800311448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13196164.post-1133185915968784602005-11-28T13:51:00.000+00:002005-11-28T13:51:00.000+00:00Whaaaaa?....where did all this come from? Who the...Whaaaaa?....where did all this come from? Who the heck says you have to have angst and self-doubt to be a "real" artist? Plenty of artists throughout history have been raving egomaniacs y'know...not a speck of self-doubt in them anywhere, not even the "normal", sometimes healthy kind. ;-)<BR/><BR/>Now lets see if Blogger feels like letting me post this...took me six tries to post a comment to your audio post. They kept telling me the "document contains no data". Okaaaaayyy....Deb Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03322863748665701618noreply@blogger.com