Looking without seeing…

I returned from my art class with Larry Elmore last week as I expected to: inspired and ready to do more. However, the toil of real life and responsibilities stepped in, so that thin ghostlike scream you hear is my inner muse being crushed under the weight of paperwork and deadlines.
*sigh*
However, in my [...]

October 17, 2008 | Filed Under General - Read more...

Again, a countdown…

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Talk about deja-vu. Last year about this time I was eagerly anticipating going to my art class with Larry Elmore.  In true full-circle fashion I am doing so again, as the next class is only in a few weeks.
I got the students email last night regarding supplies, and an idea [...]

September 10, 2008 | Filed Under Artwork, Fantasy, General - Read more...

The Adventure Continues…

Last year I had the opportunity to do something that very few people get to do: I spent a week with an artist I greatly admire. Anyone who knows me or reads this blog should know what I am talking about (and chances are you’re probably getting weary of hearing about it, too). [...]

July 23, 2008 | Filed Under Artwork, General - Read more...

Web Designers and the Creative Professional…

From an article on A List Apart:
A List Apart: Articles: On Creativity
Creativity is technical and analytical, not expressive (as in self-expression). It is a filter through which perception and output pass, not a receptor or an infusion (as in the case of inspiration). Creativity may require or be enhanced by inspiration, but the two [...]

March 26, 2008 | Filed Under Programming - Read more...

Slowly but surely

The “migration” as I call it is coming along, albeit at a snail pace. There are things about Wordpress that I like, and things that I do not, but that can be said for any blog package that I have tried (and I have looked at several). One nice feature is a Firefox [...]

December 7, 2007 | Filed Under General - Read more...