{"id":3792,"date":"2017-09-27T09:11:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/?p=3792"},"modified":"2017-09-27T09:11:55","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T15:11:55","slug":"creative-nudge-passion-create","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/creative-nudge-passion-create\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Nudge – Passion to Create"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the last 3 days I’ve been at a creative arts retreat, and one of the things I heard many artists say is that they did not feel they had permission to be an artist as a child and\/or adult. I must be very lucky because I had a very different experience as a child. In fact there were several mentors in my youth, who inspired me and gave me permission to explore my creative interests in art and music.<\/p>\n

In high school one of the profound moments of inspiration, was when I went to Europe as a summer exchange student. On the way to Germany, we stopped for 2 days in Amsterdam. Somehow at the age of 15 I managed to pick the Rijksmuseum and the Van Gogh<\/a> Museum for my day trip. I saw the Nightwatch 2 months before a deranged man slashed the painting. The end of the day I rushed through the Van Gogh<\/a> Museum because it was closing early. As I quickly ran to see the masterpieces, I was in tears because I had so little time. Since then I have sought out Van Gogh<\/a>‘s paintings in other museums around the world.<\/p>\n

About that time I was reading lots of biographies of artists. I devoured The Agony and the Ecstasy, Lust for Life, and Renoir My Father. I felt such a deep connection to these stories about the artists’ passion for Life and Making Art. Later in life I visited Giverny<\/a> – where Monet<\/a> created his Lily Ponds and the flower garden outside his studio. I visited Arles and the Mental Hospital where Van Gogh<\/a> stayed….and the famous Night Cafe<\/a>. (The bedroom scene above is from Arles.)<\/p>\n

It was very emotional for me when I finally saw the Sistine Chapel, the David, and the Pieta in Italy. When you sit in contemplation at a great Masterwork, instead of rushing in to take a selfie and leaving 5 minutes later, you can have a very deep esoteric experience of connecting with the artist. I try to practice this deep appreciation of art whenever I can, because the longer you spend looking at a Masterwork, the more its secrets are revealed. This certainly holds true with the masterpieces of quilt artistry that we see at quilt festivals! I always come back to the 2 or 3 quilts that really moved me, to give a long appreciation for the work of the quilt artist.<\/p>\n

I’ve put together a collage of (framed) paintings from the Metropolitan Art Museum in New York, with current digital printed fabric reproductions of Van Gogh<\/a> and Monet<\/a> paintings. The blenders for these collections are just beautiful – showing every brushstroke by the artists.<\/p>\n

In case you missed Saturday’s newsletter, we are planning 2 sewing days to make comfort quilts for disaster relief – on Saturdays Oct 14 & 21. Please read about the details here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Friends in New Zealand – I will be attending the WOW show in Wellington Oct 5, and will be giving my lecture at the Symposium in Christchurch on Oct 7. Hope to see you there – tickets to the lecture are limited!<\/p>\n

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
\nLuana<\/p>\n

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Travel Calendar:
\nOct 1-11 – New Zealand – Intl Quilt Trends lecture at Quilt Symposium – Christchurch
\nOct 27 – Nov 2 – Quilt Market & Festival – Houston
\nDec 29 2017 – Jan 5 2018 – Tanzania Africa Wildlife Migration Tour<\/a>
\nFeb 22-25, 2018 – QuiltCon – Pasadena, California
\nNov 14-20, 2018 – POLAR BEAR Tour – Join me in Churchill!<\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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