The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. --Pablo Picasso
I had lunch with a friend yesterday and the topic quickly became art. She did a paint-by-number painting of her dog, which is where I got the idea. I showed her the progress on my dog painting. We started exchanging phones to share photos of our artwork. It turns out she is quite awesome with watercolors. I have not risen to that challenge yet, though I did take a City Arts class on watercolor painting.
We talked about how so many folks say, "I can't paint," or "I'm not creative." This led to the discussion of what is art and why do we do it. A person's perception of art is as unique as each individual human, as is her/his reason for creating it. I love my creations hanging around the woman cave. I'm not Monet, nor am I trying to be. There is art that I like, and art that I don't like, but I always respect a person's willingness to create it and put it in front of others.
Creativity, especially painting, is a spiritual practice for me. My art is fine and so is yours!
Leta
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| A painting I did for grandson Remy |
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