tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post7066781556902962749..comments2024-03-23T23:28:16.736+00:00Comments on Megan Chapman's Studio Blog: Shake me skyscraper...Megan Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07802226660706662685noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-91761637533280270252009-09-04T17:58:09.568+01:002009-09-04T17:58:09.568+01:00Ok, that's crazy; I have tornado dreams too. ...Ok, that's crazy; I have tornado dreams too. Really vivid dreams where the tornados are really detailed and real feeling. Weird.KirkThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282233779751797380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-45159743985985306192009-09-04T13:32:18.265+01:002009-09-04T13:32:18.265+01:00There is a stir in the air... i can feel it too. ...There is a stir in the air... i can feel it too. It's like magic.<br /><br />Loved seeing you latest creations and your new studio space. I am a believer in fusing the arts in order to keep our minds OPEN for what ever needs to happen creatively. i can see where your photography has fueled your painting, your painting has fueled your photography. I wonder what will develop as more time passes...<br /><br />Just as music is important to your creative process, it is to mine. In addition to the music i play, i am very selective about the tracks i choose, it's a ritual of sorts and can take up a good half hour or so for me to "Set the stage" and allow my door to inspiration to unleash itself. To me it's like beginning ballet class at the barre each day- i need to go through my rituals to get my mind in the right place- OPEN - before creating. So, inaddition to the music, i may choose a movie to let play in the backround for later in the day as i paint for very long lengths of time and mix it up a bit. What i am reading is just as important to me and my art as what i listed to. It's other-worldly and i love that.<br /><br />Here's my list for today:<br />David Bowie: "Slip Away" (the lyrics: Sailing over Coney Island, twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd- really get to me) <br />"Slow Burn" (After watching an interview with DB, there was reference made that this song, the album was recorded the day after 9/11. Written well before everything happened, yet i listen to the song now and am shocked by his clarity)<br />"Dead Man Walking" (Lyrics that grab me- And I'm gone, now i'm dancing on angels, and i'm gone through the crack in the past, like a dead man walking)<br />Movie: "Basquiat" <br />Books: "De Kooning, an American Master" and "Twyla Tharp, The Creative Habit" <br /><br />great post, as always megan! You've inspired me to post on my blog more often, however i feel it is turning more into a journal than anything.<br />Thanks, be well!<br />Amberambermaidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02089749127680410662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-68356284199040782892009-09-03T13:19:04.713+01:002009-09-03T13:19:04.713+01:00well, having read this... and in my chemical haze....well, having read this... and in my chemical haze.. leaving no comment..<br />i find myself back here in the cold light of day re-reading with a new found and curious interest..<br />of course, things have changed and i now have a much deeper understanding, or will probably acquire this quite soon..<br /><br />fear of the unknown.. <br /><br />i will also be subject to all of the above, <br />mistakes are going to be made..<br /><br />i have no idea what to expect.<br /><br />i look forward to reading more from you and sharing what i discover for myself.Heatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577064936439534851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-9542126057749101952009-08-31T17:09:29.508+01:002009-08-31T17:09:29.508+01:00I'm a few days behind commenting here. I enjo...I'm a few days behind commenting here. I enjoyed the post, I also like Debs have to deal with SAD. It's great to read others feelings on fall I think it help's to be a reminder of the beauty of change. <br /><br />Someday I would like to try a studio outside my home, there are many trappings when you work from home. Being a mom there is always a million little somethings, maybe a million and one or two... On the other hand I can show my kids so many wonderful things and spend time with them which is something I am grateful for and wouldn't trade right now for anything. But someday it would be nice to try something differnt I find myself talking to myself quite a bit :) Thankful for the computer, some sort of social interaction and friendship can be a really good thing.<br /><br />Music I've been listening to The Knife Silent Shout just lately. Thankful for music too :)<br /><br />I'm likeing the color of your studio Megan from the photos it looks like a calming color.Heather Jerdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569969882305597077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-17318127018913018582009-08-29T17:36:38.552+01:002009-08-29T17:36:38.552+01:00I love fall also, seems like Creativity and Insigh...I love fall also, seems like Creativity and Insight always come visiting then. Where were they all summer?ste-pha-niehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04781735100564958101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-8334232327588559402009-08-29T10:36:37.504+01:002009-08-29T10:36:37.504+01:00Really interesting post.
As you can see in my work...Really interesting post.<br />As you can see in my work I paint autumn with a passion. The colours are so vibrant and resonate with my soul. The changes in the trees are spellbinding to me, along with the angle and change in the light. I love that the grass is no longer green, but a dried out colour that I don't mind painting into my scene.<br />I suffer from SAD so autumn brings a challenge, but with the melancholy there is a deepness that I can explore and listen to. I can paint my best when I am a bit depressed!<br /><br />As for painting hours - well I can't do anything before 2pm and then I can go on into the night usually wrapping up at midnight. I am an owl - I "wake" up at 9pm and find my work is at its most intense and successful between 9pm and 1am. I love to be able to paint in my home studio. I also would hate the distraction and people. I would probably find that I would paint unsocially then go down separately to catch up with everyone.<br /><br />Music - well I can't live without it, or paint without it now. My best work has been done to the sounds of Peter Gabriel, Chicane, Incubus and now Interpol. As long as it has drive and hypnotic sounds I can paint to it.<br /><br />Love your blog - this week has been like having a conversation with you :)Debs Burrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406632002072454371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-7988415035818454232009-08-28T16:47:30.688+01:002009-08-28T16:47:30.688+01:00I loved the song... I'll probably need that cd...I loved the song... I'll probably need that cd to get <br />me through the next few weeks. I wake up a lot lately thinking I can smell fall just a hint. I, too, am missing something in my work by having a studio outside the home. i think might be something as simple as not having windows. with no light to structure my internal clock things get wonky. I also think I have needs to connect to myself over anything else and like you said- it's not ok to be interacting before work, before art. it just taints it. I think that's ok to feel. I haven't worked in weeks... so, I am not sure, but Might be hitting the same wall.paperballethttp://paperballet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-90270455643476016812009-08-28T15:13:08.880+01:002009-08-28T15:13:08.880+01:00i really enjoyed the view of your old studio in&qu...i really enjoyed the view of your old studio in"Gathering The Evidence" (i assume that was the old studio)it had a warmth to it that i would have preferred personally. the new studio, and cold white bricks seems less hospitable to me...that's JUST ME!! i've always worked at home. tried studios out of the house, but found myself still working at home...and more and more until i never went to the external studio. my art day never ends...it is literally ALL i do. maybe not a good thing. but allowing art 100% constant access to my brain means that every impulse can be immediately persued. you never know which of the ideas are the ones that will in the end be the best. some things that seem so brilliant at first blush turn out to be dead ends, and sometimes the silliest little glimmer becomes the work which changes everything...and becomes a brand new path. i try not to edit and allow every thought at least a moment to show itself. unfortunately a lot of my time in the studio is spent producing my "commercial" work, but i'm in there brush in hand, thinking art and working with paint and color. so i'm at the right place, just not doing the best thing. but if something occurs to me i can drop the landscapes and head out to the papermaking studio and build a mold or cast some paper. or over to the press and pull a print... etc. BUT..."Successful art...where does it come from"??? i call my method "50 shots in the dark". if you are in a totally dark room with a gun a 50 bullets (metaphorically) and a target, you get to shoot 50 shots at the target having no idea where it is. you are likely to hit it at least 1-2-3 times, maybe more. as time goes by and day after day you do this. eventually you start hitting the target more and more. after 48 years doing this you're hitting the target 30-40 times. BUT you have to go in that room EVERY DAY and shoot ALL 50 shots.<br /><br />on fall; me too, something so wan and wistful, nostalgic, saddly happy, calmly hopeful.<br /><br />Music; #1 Tom Waits, and recently Eels, and M. Ward, but my tastes wander far and wide, just like my artistic pursuits. new music brings new emotions...another tool to pry creativity out of the corners.<br />DOGBOYAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8988591403253609681.post-522621589374248492009-08-28T14:03:36.561+01:002009-08-28T14:03:36.561+01:00Wonderfully personal and insightful. I especially...Wonderfully personal and insightful. I especially love getting to see the studio photos -- Wow!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com