ARTISTS TALKING

# 49 [13 May 2008]

I think sometimes, the message that comes across is not my present intention.........it's just me working my own thoughts out through my work, for a another place and time........maybe it's what I hope for me, I just don't know yet?......

# 48 [12 May 2008]

I think you can see where my trail of thought is off to next.....intuition. 

"The disclosure of a new fact, the leap forward, the conquest over yesterday's ignorance, is an act not of reason but of imagination, of intuition." - Charles Nicolle 

"Intuition is the clear concept of the whole at once." - Johann kaspar Lavater 

 "Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. You cannot get there by bus, only by hard work, risking and by not quite knowing what you are doing. What you will discover will be wonderful; yourself." - Alan Alda 

# 47 [12 May 2008]

I'm still pondering the idea of unity......and I remembered something someone had mentioned about the idea of relationships - she believed that when two people came together, they overlapped one another - when two opposites join, they become stronger..........

Mix black and white paint together, it becomes grey......maybe it is about keeping ones balance amongst the harmony of change....it would seem that I'm back on the road again, in search of inner peace and harmony......

 “I believe that the very purpose of life is to be happy. From the very core of our being, we desire contentment. In my own limited experience I have found that the more we care for the happiness of others, the greater is our own sense of well-being. Cultivating a close, warmhearted feeling for others automatically puts the mind at ease. It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.” - Dalai Lama

# 46 [11 May 2008]

Is life bittersweet......am I both light and dark, weak and strong. Do I long for both complexity and simplicity, fantasy and reality all at the same time?..........

"AS THE SAME THING IN US ARE LIVING AND DEAD, WAKING AND SLEEPING, YOUNG AND OLD. FOR THESE THINGS HAVING CHANGED AROUND ARE THOSE, AND THOSE IN TURN HAVING CHANGED AROUND ARE THESE." - HERACLITUS 

# 45 [10 May 2008]

Where has all the colour gone from my work?.........maybe that's what happens when reality sets in - you start to see everything in black and white. I think that I much prefer the world of fantasy and colour.

I spent the afternoon under the warm sunshine at Llanarmon DC, with friends at the 'Insideout' sculpture exhibition..... I finished the afternoon off with a refreshing glass of lemonade, and a insight into my rejected entry to the RCA......

# 44 [9 May 2008]

 "YOU CANNOT STEP TWICE INTO THE SAME RIVER, FOR OTHER WATERS ARE CONTINUALLY FLOWING." - HERACLITUS 

# 43 [8 May 2008]

"THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE CONDEMNED TO REPEAT IT." - GEORGE SANTAYANA

 "TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK, PAY REGARD TO WHAT THEY DO, RATHER THEN WHAT THEY SAY." - GEORGE SANTAYANA 

 "STRONG PEOPLE MAKE AS MANY MISTAKES AS WEAK PEOPLE. DIFFERENCE IS THAT STRONG PEOPLE ADMIT THEIR MISTAKES, LAUGH AT THEM, LEARN FROM THEM. THAT IS HOW THEY BECOME STRONG." - RICHARD NEEDHAM 

# 42 [8 May 2008]

"TO KNOW WHAT PEOPLE REALLY THINK, PAY REGARD TO WHAT THEY DO, RATHER THEN WHAT THEY SAY." - GEORGE SANTAYANA 

# 41 [5 May 2008]

"Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise." - William Penn

# 40 [5 May 2008]

" FOOLS LIVE TO REGRET THEIR WORDS, WISE MEN TO REGRET THEIR SILENCE" - WILL HENRY