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A Birthday Gift
On 8/1/2016 8:59 PM, jmcquown wrote:
On 8/1/2016 5:59 PM, Bastette wrote: MaryL wrote: On 7/30/2016 7:56 PM, jmcquown wrote: On 7/27/2016 11:34 PM, Takayuki wrote: On Sat, 23 Jul 2016 17:06:22 -0400, jmcquown wrote: My SO sent me this lovely drawing of Buffy for my birthday. (July 26th) https://s32.postimg.org/jh8xddypx/buffy_painting.jpg Sorry it's not terribly clear, it's difficult to scan a framed piece of artwork. Wonderful! Is that pastels, or oil? Both. It started as a coloured pastel/soft pencil sketch. He added some oil touches to it. He told me worked on it for about three weeks, trying to get it just right. He's never quite satisfied with his work. I think it's wonderful. Jill Never being satisfied is a sign of a good artist. But an unhappy person, I think! I don't understand that comment. My SO is not an unhappy person. Mary paints. We've seen some of her wonderful work here (Duffy sitting on top of one!). She completely understood what I meant. John is always touching up or making changes to his paintings. Not being "satisfied" doesn't mean he's unhappy at all. He's critical of his own work and tries to improve on it. Funny, I thought you would understand that's what we meant. Jill Yes, that's exactly what I meant. I am definitely not an unhappy person, but I always find room for improvement in my paintings. The same thing is true of my writing. MaryL |
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A Birthday Gift
jmcquown wrote:
On 8/1/2016 5:59 PM, Bastette wrote: Never being satisfied is a sign of a good artist. But an unhappy person, I think! I don't understand that comment. My SO is not an unhappy person. Mary paints. We've seen some of her wonderful work here (Duffy sitting on top of one!). She completely understood what I meant. John is always touching up or making changes to his paintings. Not being "satisfied" doesn't mean he's unhappy at all. He's critical of his own work and tries to improve on it. Funny, I thought you would understand that's what we meant. I'm sorry, I didn't mean anything disparaging toward your SO or to Mary. I'm a perpetually unsatisfied person, and one of my main goals in life is to learn how to be content with who I am, and with what I have. I'm not always successful at that, but one way that I have succeeded is in being kinder to myself, as well as appreciating what I do, because I *know when I'm finished with my work*. By "work," I mean various artistic activities such as singing, songwriting, jewelry-making, and other hobbies, as well as my paid work. I've managed to get to the point in whatever I've created, where I can say, "This is good enough." Does that make me a less than good artist? I hope not. It does make me a happier person, though, and that's something I would never want to give up. Anyway, my comment was a philosophical one, about the way that being continually unsatisfied with one's work (or one's life, or oneself) deprives a person of joy. If that doesn't apply to your SO (or to Mary!) then it's not directed at them. -- Joyce I want freedom, the right to self expression, everyone's right to beautiful radiant things. -- Emma Goldman |
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A Birthday Gift
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... My SO sent me this lovely drawing of Buffy for my birthday. (July 26th) https://s32.postimg.org/jh8xddypx/buffy_painting.jpg Sorry it's not terribly clear, it's difficult to scan a framed piece of artwork. Jill Sometimes birds give gifts too... http://lemons.rf.gd/cats/presentfromBIRDS.jpg |
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A Birthday Gift
On Sat, 6 Aug 2016 19:57:51 -0500, "Matt Ferrari"
wrote: "jmcquown" wrote in message ... My SO sent me this lovely drawing of Buffy for my birthday. (July 26th) https://s32.postimg.org/jh8xddypx/buffy_painting.jpg Sorry it's not terribly clear, it's difficult to scan a framed piece of artwork. Jill Sometimes birds give gifts too... http://lemons.rf.gd/cats/presentfromBIRDS.jpg That's funny, but I remember reading a few years back that bells on collars don't actually save any bird lives. Apparently the birds don't know that the ringing of the bell indicates danger so all the bell does is annoy the cat and the cat's slaves. |
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