Hello beautiful friends...hope your weekend is filled with good things as ours comes to an end here in Australia ....
I have to be honest I don't really feel like blogging right now
but the deal is I just have to show up
right?
every day for thirty days and see what comes?
You see I started the day off on a weird note
heading over to support a fellow artist on FB by liking her page
and finding a painting there
obviously...um..."inspired" by one of mine.
It reminded me of the stories I have heard about fashion designers where smaller labels attend the big runways shows (NOT saying I'm a big runway show!) and blatantly steal designs, changing three small things; a collar, a button, a hemline....and in the changing of three things apparently it becomes a "new" design, legally!
and to tell you the truth
I don't know how I feel about it except it made me feel a bit "icky"
I've always been a thousand shades of grey person, have even been accused of being a fence-sitter because I always try to see all sides of a situation.....
I guess the main thing I want to say is its okay to be inspired by other artists, excited by new things you have learned, even to use their paintings as a learning tool to try to figure out colours or techniques or even process!
But I just don't think its okay to put those "experimental" paintings out in the public arena, for sale, especially if they are recognisable as being painted directly from another artists painting...
That's all I'm going to say on it for now because I'm tired and I don't want to rant
and besides I have a lot to be grateful for this weekend
so let me take a breath and refocus.....
I am so grateful for
Sienna getting her 'L"s and taking her out to learn to drive a manual! I had an automatic when Santana was learning. So this weekend Santana was down and we had the wonderful idea that we should all go for a lesson together...stressful, hilarious, probably wont do it again...but no tears ♥
Grateful for my mum that adopted me when her younger sister (other mum♥) couldn't cope.... right about the time this photo was taken. Thank you mums for my life ♥
grateful to know that the answer is inside me always and inside YOU too....you just have to get quiet enough to hear it.....(having fun making these little rock owls)
grateful that Santana came down this weekend to work for me, overhaul my filing "systems" ( shes a virgo, much better than me at that stuff!) and help stem my overwhelm...love you sweetie xo
grateful that little kitty Luna came for a visit too. Santana went and rescued her from the pound a few weeks ago so now they visit together and Luna LOVES the little fishies just as much as our kitties do :)
grateful to be able to spend the day working on tutorials
for my upcoming book ( due for release mid 2014)
and grateful that I've finally reached a point in my life where I can put my hair in a Princess Leia do, listen to the protests of my girls, "Mum! You are not going out like that!"..."I wont get out of the car with you"....Please go in the bathroom and change it right now!"
AND SMILE..........
much love to you all
i feel better now ♥
Sienna getting her 'L"s and taking her out to learn to drive a manual! I had an automatic when Santana was learning. So this weekend Santana was down and we had the wonderful idea that we should all go for a lesson together...stressful, hilarious, probably wont do it again...but no tears ♥
and grateful that I've finally reached a point in my life where I can put my hair in a Princess Leia do, listen to the protests of my girls, "Mum! You are not going out like that!"..."I wont get out of the car with you"....Please go in the bathroom and change it right now!"
AND SMILE..........
much love to you all
i feel better now ♥
Comments
I so loved how you shared in 21 secrets your journal that had pics from artist who inspired you and you studied and figured out what it was you connected to. Well now I'm ranting, but I do think it's a sensitive subject that does need to be addressed.
Thank you for sharing of yourself. <3
i read your post early this morning, and was saddened that it was weird for you. but i was reminded of a blog post i read 2 or 3 years ago, on this very topic. and i wanted to share it with you. . .
it took me a couple of tries, but i finally found it. it is written by michael demeng, someone whose work is admired by and has inspired many artists, myself included. michael also teaches workshops, both in the US and abroad. (i am sure you know of him)
here is the link:
http://michaeldemeng.blogspot.com/2010/04/artistic-timeline.html?m=1
i hope you enjoy reading it. i did, and i still am reminded of what i learned from this posting several times each week.
i too, occasionally teach workshops (assemblage, collage, altered art) and i am thrilled when i see the work of one of my students, novice or established artist, that might be similar to something i made, but on closer inspection, i can see that it is truly their own, because they have taken what they liked about what i do, and made it their own.
i hope you don't mind my sharing this with you, but because it has helped me so much, i thought you would appreciate it as well.
BTW i very much enjoyed reading about the many things you have to be grateful for, an excellent reminder for all of us.
my best to you.
With love and support xx
P.S. That "change 3 things" or the "change a certain percentage" rumor/practice, is illegal under US Copyright Laws, those would be "derivative works" from the original... but you have to be willing to PAY to enforce your copyright...