(*all photos by Elaine A. Russell)I've been thinking about this for several days now...
Last week I spoke with Jan Jackson of "Dreamscapes Gallery" on 5th street. I had gone down to take an outside shot of the gallery (to replace the one I initially had on this blog post..."Sneak Peak: Dreamscapes Gallery" ). She was kind enough to show me the new art piece she created to be the poster for GlobalQuerque 2010
(http://www.globalquerque.com/) .... and then told me that she will be closing Dreamscapes Gallery in the next month. How incredibly sad. She also said that she will be discounting some of her awesome art pieces over the course of this month... so you will definitely want to go down and get one while you can!
Today's economy is rough. It has been especially rough I think on art venues. People (in general) consider art a luxury item; and when money is tight... it is one of the things on a person's budget that gets cut. It is a vicious cycle, as art feeds the soul... and without art; one can become listless and grey, and life can seem even more bleak than it actually is. We may not be able to justify spending money on it... yet art may be the one thing we truly need to buy.
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." --- by Pablo Picasso
Last week I spoke with Jan Jackson of "Dreamscapes Gallery" on 5th street. I had gone down to take an outside shot of the gallery (to replace the one I initially had on this blog post..."Sneak Peak: Dreamscapes Gallery" ). She was kind enough to show me the new art piece she created to be the poster for GlobalQuerque 2010
(http://www.globalquerque.com/) .... and then told me that she will be closing Dreamscapes Gallery in the next month. How incredibly sad. She also said that she will be discounting some of her awesome art pieces over the course of this month... so you will definitely want to go down and get one while you can!
Today's economy is rough. It has been especially rough I think on art venues. People (in general) consider art a luxury item; and when money is tight... it is one of the things on a person's budget that gets cut. It is a vicious cycle, as art feeds the soul... and without art; one can become listless and grey, and life can seem even more bleak than it actually is. We may not be able to justify spending money on it... yet art may be the one thing we truly need to buy.
"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." --- by Pablo Picasso
all artwork by Jan Jackson~~~
And so today... I have been lazing about the house. I did some laundry, cleaned the house a bit.... put out about 5 pounds of loose bird seed, and one 20lb block of suet and seed for ground birds. ... and some fresh water in the heated birdbath. And I have enjoyed watching the birds ... and enjoyed the snow that fell last night.
What does this have to do with art? Nothing.. and yet... everything. Life is meant to be enjoyed... how you do that is up to you. Be it ... watching birds....making or buying art... drinking coffee and listening to some good music.
Living Simply Tip for the day:
"We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead." --D.H. Lawrence
Live creatively. Make art. Drink good coffee. Buy fresh flowers. Enjoy.... life is too short to waste.