HeyJaredThe Practice of Gentle Living through Painting and Gardening
Observations on the work of artmaking, gardening and gentle living.
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September Quiet in the Garden (opens the original)
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Celebrating the Success of a Community Garden (opens the original)
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Dear readers, I know gardening and painting are not inherently gentle. Believe you me, I have fretted and cried, in my life as an artist, teacher, and gardener. I have learned that ‘leaning in’ may mean falling right out. Creative ambitions can burn you to the ground if you let comparisons and judgments direct your practice.But so much pleasure, so much beauty, so much joy is for us. We can resist what is demeaning, ugly, and divisive. We can share our work, talents, and passions with kindness a
Fiddling, Fussing and Overworking (opens the original)
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If you have ever taken a painting class, in person or online, you have probably heard the admonition to “not overwork a painting”. Creating a spontaneous line, a clean palette, or displaying exuberant brushstrokes all require that you don’t overwork or overfinish. This love of immediate mark-making reveals, of course, a modern concern. From the French Impressionists in the mid-1800s to Abstract Expressionists in the 1950s to the present day, painting became more conc
What to do when the painting doesn’t quite work? (opens the original)
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Celebrating the Benefits of Showing Up (opens the original)
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Today I am going to share something I think I am good at - “showing up”This quote from Woody Allen is in relation to creative work-in his case, writing and filmmaking. He is quoted as explaining it like this: “Once you do it, if you actually write your film script, or write your novel, you are more than halfway towards something good happening.”However you define showing up, he is right. If you keep at what you want to accomplish, you will experience success. It may not be the wildly famous succ
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