Monthly Archives: March 2012

Captivity

Posted on March 31, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Watching the news this morning, I learned that apes in captivity have an increasingly alarming problem with cardiovascular disease.  Just like humans.  Could it be inactivity, or the food they eat?  Maybe, but it struck me that the word that … Continue reading →

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Hurry Up and Make Mistakes

Posted on March 30, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Many artists become so afraid of producing artworks of sub-standard quality, that they never produce anything at all.  Unless it meets their imagined ideal of what they ought to be able to produce, they procrastinate and make excuses, instead of … Continue reading →

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Koyaanisqatsi

Posted on March 25, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

It means “life out of balance”.  That’s how life has increasingly felt to me, lately.  Something isn’t right.  Lately, the root causes of the feelings of things being out of balance are becoming obvious and things are seemingly coming to … Continue reading →

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An Abundance of Truth and Beauty

Posted on March 20, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Something big is happening.  Things have been changing for quite a while.  Are you aware of what’s happening?  Have you been trying to ignore it or deny it?  If you are an artist, you cannot have missed this.  But do … Continue reading →

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Self Satisfaction

Posted on March 16, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

We despise people who are self-satisfied.  We think of them as smug, complacent, condescending and arrogant.  Self-satisfaction is the mark of somebody that has stopped listening and who is happy with the way things are, even if things are not … Continue reading →

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Release

Posted on March 11, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Remember when record releases were an event?  You anticipated them and waited with bated breath for them.  When the record was finally released, like a breath of fresh air, it came beautifully packaged, with a twelve inch square work of … Continue reading →

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That Guy Is So Rich He Doesn’t Need to Work Anymore

Posted on March 8, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Whenever I hear this phrase about an artist, I despair.  We all know there are artists that are so good at what they do, or who have become popular so suddenly, that they accumulate vast wealth almost overnight and are … Continue reading →

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Is Art a Waste of Time?

Posted on March 3, 2012 by tropicaltheartist

Many artists have been dissuaded from pursuing their art because of what people think about art and artists.  There has been, for many decades, a common perception that artists are wastrels and that making art is not a real job.  … Continue reading →

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