Comments on: Art – Inspiration from Books and Elsewhere

By: Ellifolks

Ellifolks — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:03:30 +0000

Thank you, Barb! Ooh, I haven’t read The Artist’s Way. Now I’m going to search for it at the library. I love the idea of “Artist’s Dates, too!

By: Barb Hartsook, Over Coffee

Barb Hartsook, Over Coffee — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:38:28 +0000

What an inspiring post — I too like to visit places where I find artsy inspiration… Julia Cameron, in her book The Artist’s Way, calls that an “Artist’s Date,” and insists we should take one at least once a week. I can go into a furniture store showroom, or a showroom for interior design, or a gift boutique (and look at handmade bags or hand-painted silk scarves) as well as a museum or art gallery. Just spaces well-done — like your shot of the bathroom in an upscale hotel — fill my soul as much as a good meal served in a quaint old-world restaurant would fill my tummy.

Barb

By: Ellifolks

Ellifolks — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:10:04 +0000

Thank you, Bella! You’re so sweet! Barcelona is a wonderful place to visit – so many museums (There’s a Picasso Museum there, also.) and wonderful sites to see. My daughter and I took the tour buses – there were 3 different routes you could take, you paid by the day, and could get on and off as you pleased. There was audio (11 languages – you pick) with ear plugs for each seat, so you got history and lots of information as you rode. It was great seeing the city like that because we were alone and didn’t speak Spanish. We never felt lost or had to deal with finding our way to something.

By: Bella Sinclair

Bella Sinclair — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:05:30 +0000

Oh! I enjoyed this post so much! I’d love to visit that Miro museum. And that vintage prom dress!!! Wow! I wish I had that. The hotel is lovely, too. At first, I thought the staircase was a hallway. Wouldn’t that be neat? A hallway that looks like a nautilus shell?

It’s great that you can find inspiration in everyday life. You have a magic eye. Now I’m going to check out those two links you mentioned. They sound intriguing!

And congrats on the radio show! Cooooool!

By: Ellifolks

Ellifolks — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:25:41 +0000

Thank you, Bean!

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By: Bean

Bean — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:11:46 +0000

This is a great post Ellen. I like how you covered a variety of inspiration sources. I am going to cheat a little and add this post as a late addition to the the blog carnival.