Comments on: The Arts and Business http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/06/24/the-arts-and-business/ Innovating Through Artistry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lisa Canning http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/06/24/the-arts-and-business/#comment-666 Lisa Canning Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:50:39 +0000 http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/?p=6879#comment-666 WOW Colleen... breath taking story... WOW Colleen… breath taking story…

]]> By: Colleen Sgroi http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/06/24/the-arts-and-business/#comment-665 Colleen Sgroi Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:37:40 +0000 http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/?p=6879#comment-665 "The art of living, laughing and loving." This is my artist mission statement. It is on my business card, my brochure and my web site. My goal is not only to have living, laughing and loving reflected in my art work but it is also to find the art of of living, laughing and loving reflected in my life. Are they one in the same? Can we truly separate who we are from what we do? Is it true that a tree is known by its fruit? My brother shared a story with me a few years back that gave me new insight into these questions. My brother was a housing inspector in the Boston area. One day while inside a Dorchester residence, he noticed one of my prints on the wall. While chatting with the woman tenant, he mentioned that the print on the wall was one of my sisters’ pieces. Surprised and excited, that she was actually meeting the artist’s brother, she told him a story of an unexpected blessing in regards to the art work. The woman as it turned out, had a son, now grown, who was autistic. Meal time was always a challenging time for her. Her son typically made a big production out of eating, half the time refusing food altogether. Then, one day, while shopping, she saw this beautiful print of a fruit bowl that she just loved and thought it would look excellent in her dinning room, so she purchased it and hung it that very day. That evening at dinner she was prepared for her usual struggle in getting her son to eat, except this time he sat down and without taking his eyes off the new art on the wall, he ate his whole meal without incident. The next meal was the same, he sat, he looked, he ate. The woman went on to tell my brother that , from that point on, they took the print everywhere they went and her son would eat peacefully at each and every meal. This story is a constant reminder to me that when I create my art, the power of that love in me is present in the very piece I am creating, even if its just a bowl of fruit. What fruits are you known for? “The art of living, laughing and loving.” This is my artist mission statement. It is on my business card, my brochure and my web site. My goal is not only to have living, laughing and loving reflected in my art work but it is also to find the art of of living, laughing and loving reflected in my life. Are they one in the same? Can we truly separate who we are from what we do? Is it true that a tree is known by its fruit? My brother shared a story with me a few years back that gave me new insight into these questions.

My brother was a housing inspector in the Boston area. One day while inside a Dorchester residence, he noticed one of my prints on the wall. While chatting with the woman tenant, he mentioned that the print on the wall was one of my sisters’ pieces. Surprised and excited, that she was actually meeting the artist’s brother, she told him a story of an unexpected blessing in regards to the art work. The woman as it turned out, had a son, now grown, who was autistic. Meal time was always a challenging time for her. Her son typically made a big production out of eating, half the time refusing food altogether. Then, one day, while shopping, she saw this beautiful print of a fruit bowl that she just loved and thought it would look excellent in her dinning room, so she purchased it and hung it that very day. That evening at dinner she was prepared for her usual struggle in getting her son to eat, except this time he sat down and without taking his eyes off the new art on the wall, he ate his whole meal without incident. The next meal was the same, he sat, he looked, he ate. The woman went on to tell my brother that , from that point on, they took the print everywhere they went and her son would eat peacefully at each and every meal.

This story is a constant reminder to me that when I create my art, the power of that love in me is present in the very piece I am creating, even if its just a bowl of fruit.
What fruits are you known for?

]]> By: Brian R. Owens http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/06/24/the-arts-and-business/#comment-668 Brian R. Owens Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:13:05 +0000 http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/?p=6879#comment-668 There's a wonderful passage in the documentary "The Sketches of Frank Gehry" where Gehry recalls a conversation he had with a client (who was possibly his best client at the time). They spoke through the night about their struggle between the desire for material possessions and the longing for happiness and self-expression in their work. On the following day they both began the process of terminating work on all projects that they hated - which was just about everything. This was no small decision, as Gehry had 10-20 employees at work on this client's account, alone. Everything I've seen of Gehry's work that I love was essentially born that night. I'm not one to give advice so I'll speak for myself: you "express your true art" by doing it. Now. There’s a wonderful passage in the documentary “The Sketches of Frank Gehry” where Gehry recalls a conversation he had with a client (who was possibly his best client at the time). They spoke through the night about their struggle between the desire for material possessions and the longing for happiness and self-expression in their work. On the following day they both began the process of terminating work on all projects that they hated – which was just about everything. This was no small decision, as Gehry had 10-20 employees at work on this client’s account, alone. Everything I’ve seen of Gehry’s work that I love was essentially born that night. I’m not one to give advice so I’ll speak for myself: you “express your true art” by doing it. Now.

]]> By: Barbara Kite http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/2009/06/24/the-arts-and-business/#comment-667 Barbara Kite Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:56:15 +0000 http://blog.entrepreneurthearts.com/?p=6879#comment-667 apologies for that first mangled sentence. I sometimes wonder if speaking polish and swedish before english has contributed to some of my mangled sentences or is it just getting older?? apologies for that first mangled sentence. I sometimes wonder if speaking polish and swedish before english has contributed to some of my mangled sentences or is it just getting older??

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