tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post1285153107310174226..comments2009-05-21T02:53:29.765-07:00Robert Braulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038bobbrault@att.netBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-8837125155243285002009-05-21T02:53:29.765-07:002009-05-21T02:53:29.765-07:00Nina, You have no idea how delighted I am to have you comment here. When I first posted on art and artists two months ago, it was with you in mind. I've imagined all kinds of reasons why you never commented, and I have drafted comments on your site, only to scrap them for fear of saying something foolish.<br /><br />Your notion of "fear of failure" is interesting on many scores, and I look forward to seeing your take on it. Your focus on "trimming the excess" suggests that you fear a too-florid imagination more than a failure of artcraft or a failure to satisfy some critical viewpoint. If so, I agree, although I would argue that in abstract art, the artist should not be so spare as to deny the viewer a recognizable reality. That's what, imo, is so good about your "Rio Grande Gorge" -- it's a spare scene but a recognizable one, the abstraction lying not so much in line and form as in the richly-nuanced color. It's a simplicity that the gazer can luxuriate in. It must have been a very difficult thing to pull off.<br /><br />Well, enough. Great to see you here.<br /><br />smiles,<br />rbRobert Braulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-38704664965065408572009-05-20T18:43:37.536-07:002009-05-20T18:43:37.536-07:00I have been contending with this for several months now...if I may add a few words not in your list...<br />"There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded work in which the artist's fear of failure prevails against his hand, eye, brush, imagination, daring, discipline, talent...and canvas."<br />I wrote about 4 paragraphs on this subject last night...and still hadn't finished...poets must be efficiency experts...honing in on the meat of the subject...trimming the excess.<br />This was fun. Thanks, Robert.Nina Baldwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13887674321258130270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-8075247046548596202009-05-19T22:12:23.511-07:002009-05-19T22:12:23.511-07:00Amazing. Even your comments are quotable.Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583614940230883951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-35867402433475913112009-05-19T12:07:00.000-07:002009-05-19T12:07:00.000-07:00Terri, I'm discovering that everybody is a closet quotesmith. Just give them a chance.<br /><br />Marlene, I like your choice. When it comes down to it, an artist is in trouble if anything prevails against her imagination.<br /><br />smiles,<br />rbRobert Braulthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-75792109127238077622009-05-19T08:23:00.000-07:002009-05-19T08:23:00.000-07:00Love this idea, here is my quote:<br /><br />"There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's Discipline prevailed against his Imagination."<br /><br />Thanks Robert.Marlenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995976784483093896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-82511584385305891472009-05-19T07:02:00.000-07:002009-05-19T07:02:00.000-07:00Make your own quote: ingenious! I love it.Terrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583614940230883951noreply@blogger.com