Comments on: On driving the bus

By: Julia Arstorp

Julia Arstorp — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:19:16 +0000

Amy – love reading your blog and all the responses to it. I’m betwixt and between on a project right now and hearing your story was helpful. Sounds like the MFA was the right move for you!

By: amyadmin

amyadmin — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:48:57 +0000

In reply to Sal. Oh, that is just the best. Thank you, Sal x

By: Sal

Sal — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 20:02:03 +0000

I’m so enjoying reading these exchanges and about the creative path you are on Amy. Your enquiring vigorous mind, always challenging, always asking, will lead you to where your intuition is already guiding you. Forward ever deeper my fearless friend! Can’t wait to see the work!

By: amyadmin

amyadmin — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:31:55 +0000

In reply to Leanne Trivett S.. Thank you! xx

By: amyadmin

amyadmin — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 15:20:37 +0000

In reply to Sue Michlovitz.

I realize I did not respond to the point about trends. I’m not concerned about trends. Didn’t even know that intervention with mixed media was a trend, as it has been around for a long time now. For me, it’s about finding the language (visual) to express what I want to express. As Sondheim so perfectly it in “Sunday in the Park With George”:

[DOT, spoken]
Are you working on something new?

[GEORGE, spoken]
No.

[DOT, spoken]
That is not like you, George.

[GEORGE]
I’ve nothing to say

[DOT, spoken]
You have many things.

[GEORGE]
Well, nothing that’s not been said

[DOT, spoken]
Said by you, though, George.

That’s the mantra…!

By: Leanne Trivett S.

Leanne Trivett S. — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 16:28:31 +0000

Hi My Amazing Friend. Stay curious and experiment with everything you so desire!! Experimentation helps you explore things you might not have, add new things to your practice, and connect to your inner passion. You already know. Cheers to you and thank you for inspiring me and many others with your journey.
Big hugs.

By: Sue Michlovitz

Sue Michlovitz — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 15:44:30 +0000

In reply to amyadmin.

You are on an exciting adventure and fortunate to be working with Charlotte! (she was my academic thesis advisor. And with Charles as my studio thesis advisor, I am appreciative to have worked with their collective creative intellects..I hit a pot of gold.)
Journey on. Our year 5783 may have many hidden secrets yet to be revealed.
(And remember, it’s not the gear you use; it is the eye and vision behind it.)

By: amyadmin

amyadmin — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:41:37 +0000

In reply to Sue Michlovitz. Thank you, Sue. I believe I am coming to understand and fully appreciate the gift that is the MFA program (MMW+C). Self-study and a definite course of self-navigation. My mentor (Charlotte) made it so clear to me that I must follow my intuition and my curiosity. What could be better advice? And Howard said exactly the same. Of course! I've made a huge shift from b&w to color, and from DSLR to medium format. Yes, it takes me about 5 minutes to make a photograph! Hahaha! I have no idea where the road will lead. I just love the feel of my feet on that path x

By: Sue Michlovitz

Sue Michlovitz — Sat, 08 Oct 2022 13:32:08 +0000

Amy,

Bravo to you for experimenting. It is interesting how trends emerge and become popular, somtimes to the point of visual exhaustion.
For example, IMHO, we have become oversaturated with images of people’s relatives ‘painted over’.
Will the same thing happen with the about
-to-be over-saturated flurry of ‘sewing on’ images.
(Note: the term saturation here of course not referring to Hue Saturation Luminosity-HSL)..

That being said, be true to yourself. Make your own bus to ride on. There is a time and place for every innovative creative voice. HSL aside, shine with your own true-to-you luminosity.

Happy Fall