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We have only to believe. And the more threatening and irreducible reality appears, the more firmly and desperately we must believe. Then, little by little, we shall see the universal horror unbend, and then smile upon us, and then take us in its more than human arms.
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Helpful Life Hints: How To Respond To Art You Don’t Like
I think anyone who has ever made anything has had someone, sometime, make some flip, off-handedly bashing comment about it. Not always to the maker directly, not even considering that they or someone they know might be nearby to hear … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, rants, Ripped from the headlines
Tagged AQS, art, quilts
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Gratitudes that slipped away, almost.
I almost forgot these two things: By chance I met a woman sculptor, an artist and teacher. I always enjoy meeting her. She was telling me about her current show and asked me what I was doing. For some reason, … Continue reading
Art and The Eye of the Beholder and Art and Quilts
Early in the summer, Mom and I toodled over to the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown to see a fabulous visiting collection of paintings from the Prado. Here’s how it’s billed on their website: Splendor, Myth, and Vision “[It] might … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, badass-ness, good causes, quilting, rants
Tagged AQS, quilting, rants, TheClark
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Three Hundred Thirty-three of you or so…
have looked at my site and the post re Kathy Nida’s quilts being pulled by AQS. PLEASE if you haven’t actually written to AQS please do so: bonnie.browning@americanquilter.com terry.guill@americanquilter.com and you could write or CC Studio Art Quilters Association, SAQA … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, badass-ness, dothework, good causes, quilting, rants
Tagged AQS, censorship, Nida, quilting, Quiltweek
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Censorship at AQS Show, continued. Now With Haiku.
Kathy Nida reports that AQS shipped both her quilts back to SAQA. I posted my response below and hope that you’ll write AQS and SAQA showing your support as well. Here are some handy email addresses for you to use. … Continue reading
Posted in Art in the world, badass-ness, good causes, haiku, life around us, postcard poetry fest, quilting
Tagged AQS, AugustPoetryPostcardFest, censorship, haiku, quilting, Quiltweek
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