Visual Arts Journal

Recommended for All Creatives, Regardless of Industry

I have a great resource for you today. I’m recommending a blog that covers a very wide range of topics not only on design, but on creativity in general. The blog author has many years of experience in art, design, music and a fairly new (or perhaps very old — ) area of study called “Whole Systems Design”; boiled down more or less to — the big picture and how to get it to work.

He offers an approchable style of instruction and art directorship that few freelancers have an opportunity to experience on a continual basis. (continue reading…)

Why Meditate
Many authors have recommended that artists incorporate some form of meditation as part of their creative process. Meditation has often been associated with an increase in creativity. It undoubtedly helps in terms of relieving stress and other physiological blocks, but it also holds some mystical way of unblocking creativity. Unfortunately some of us find it hard to quiet our minds and bodies. I came across a method that I not only found very easy to practice but felt immediate results. (continue reading…)

This is the eagerly awaited article mentioned in the welcome post.

After millennias of human creativity, is there anything left to be done? At some point in our collective history, it would seem that we would have run out of expressions for love and romance, settle all our warring differences (and forget about Napoleon on horseback), and gaze upon an unfamiliar landscape for the last time. It’s been said a rose is a rose, although I’m not sure why. But they must have been thinking that they’ve seen it all before. (continue reading…)

Almost every artist goes through the process if unlearning the attitude that there is a right and wrong way concerning art. It’s an attitude and self-dialog that most creative individuals struggle with when searching for their own creative voice. And it’s not just the artist’s, it’s the viewing public as well. It got me to wondering how these attitudes began and why we spend a good deal of the time getting past it. Then the answer came to me in the form of two darling kidlets. (continue reading…)

Welcome to my new blog. I’ll be posting journal entries about a wide variety of art related topics as they come up in my day-to-day activities and discussions with other artists.

My first topic will be about the struggle to do unique artwork after millennias of human expression.

In the meantime I will be adding links and short bits about resources, etc.