Thursday, March 15, 2007

A good quote

"Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging
what we know in order to find out what we do not know. Hence,
to think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we
normally take for granted."

George Kneller

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Bronze


This week one of my OSWOA paintings earned a "Bronze Award" for selling for over $50 on eBay. Actually the painting surprised me. It was not one I would have guessed would go that high.It had been hanging out on the auction for a week and only in the last day got any bids.
I have only been doing the OSWOAs for about three weeks, so it was a great pat on the back to have one "score" so early. I am enjoying painting them. Some, I think, may find that they are interesting enough to make into larger paintings in the future.
There is still a part of me that feels like the "special" cousin. You know. The one that can't hold a job, but stays occupied by making little crafts or playing with their Star Wars figures. So intense in what they are doing, but for the most part, not really contributing much to society or their own upkeep except by staying out of the way and trying to charm you with what they have made.
Whatever. I have some new paper I want to play with today.