Life creates itself in delirium and is undone in ennui. ~Emile M. Cioran
original painting – private collection – Chicago, IL – USA – "Overflowing"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 38"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of
leaving things undone.
The wisdom of life consists in the elimination
of non-essentials. ~Lyn Yutang
Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience.
A rustling in the leaves drives him away. ~ Walter Benjamin
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I enjoy the cleaning up – something about the getting of things in order for winter
– making the garden secure – a battening down of hatches perhaps . . . It just feels right. ~ David Hobson
“Meddle not in the affairs of the dragon;
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.”
original painting – private collection – Caracas – VENEZUELA – "Into The Blue"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 38"H x 36"W • © Lisa Rivas
Crunchy: Adjective used to describe persons who have adjusted or altered their lifestyle for environmental reasons.
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=crunchy
Music is the universal language of mankind. ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
original painting – corporate collection – Memphis, TN – USA – “The Musical Tree”
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 72″H x 72″W (triptych) • © Lisa Rivas
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~ Leopold Stokowski
The challenge was to create an upward movement even though it holds a center diagonal line.
Was it achieved? Please leave your opinion, thanks!
"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”
~ Rabindranath Tagore
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GESTALT is a general description for the concepts that make unity and variety possible in design.
Gestalt theory is involved with visual perception and the psychology of art among other things.
5 gestalt concepts are: Closure, Continuance, Similarity, Proximity, Alignment
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