A Ballet Performance and the Ephemeral Nature of Art
Yesterday, I saw an extraordinary performance by the Dance Theatre of Harlem at the National Arts Centre. I had seen this ballet company perform twice previously, back when I lived …
Why Art Is Not a Hobby
In my previous post, I wrote about how almost everyone I meet interprets my statement that “I am an artist” to mean “I do art as a hobby”. I keep …
What Does an Artist Look Like?
People always assume that I do art as a hobby. If someone I meet in a social setting asks me what I do, and I say, “I am an artist”, …
A Trip to the Art Store
I have become excited about painting in watercolours recently. I have a couple of major trips planned in the next two months, and I decided to take my portable watercolour …
Art and Suffering
As I’ve written previously, there are countless outfits out there that seek to make money by telling people things they want to hear. Recently, I saw someone online who was …
Art Cannot Be Taught
These days, everything is about money. Entrepreneurs of all stripes have figured out that they can make a lot of money by telling people what they want to hear. In …
How the Administrators Ruined Art
Galleries are a relatively recent phenomenon. Until the twentieth century, artists, for the most part, sold their work themselves. Artists might be members of a guild or society of artists …
The Purpose of This Blog
I have strong opinions on things. In a discussion, I argue my points as strongly as I can. At the same time, though, I am not wedded to my opinions. …
Into the Unknown
Today, I finally signed a painting I had been working on for a while. On the way from my house to my favourite restaurant, which is in Gatineau, there is …
D.H. Lawrence and the Mind-Body Problem
I’m reading Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence, which I came across yesterday at Pulp & Paper Books, a small store in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, which sells books and …