As is the fashion with Timely Thursdays, dear readers, today is going to be a shorter post. This might be a little selfish on my part, but the reason I’m doing this is because I’m watching The Offspring and guests perform live at The Shaw Conference Centre this evening. In fact, while you are reading this post,…
You know what one thing I hate more than so many other things in the world is? The boring-ass menial labour involved in executing administration, no matter WHAT kind I am tackling and how it relates to my life. Now hate is a strong word, and I generally don’t subscribe to hate in other areas of my life, because…
The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was no laughing matter. A lot of people lost their jobs, homes, and hope because of the short-sided greed of those in much higher positions of wealth. It threatened the potential collapse of the largest financial banks, which some feared would send us into a new dark ages, and was…
Whatever happened to experimenting? From the time we are children to our early years as adults, we are constantly experimenting to figure out how life works and where our place in it is. The sciences seem to have taken hold of this idea and kept it for themselves, but the reality is that experimentation belongs…
Spring is officially here dear readers! And that means it’s time for change, warmth, and appreciation. The circle of life, in all of it’s perfection. Death and rebirth. If you want another less literal example, in the form of a metaphor, it’s like a phoenix rising from the ashes. Frankly, it just feels good to…
Well, I have finally done it. My real “identity” is out there. I had to do this because I promised you a peek into my art practice going forward, and today I deliver, dear readers. Now is the time of great reckoning for I’m putting up personal elements of myself for display and inspection, and…
Wednesday is very easily becoming my favourite day of the week, dear readers! I get to share with you resources to better yourselves, ways work on your skill set, inspiring figures to keep you motivated, and all the while provide you with a framework to build your art around so that you are creating work that…
Christmas movies are an interesting topic, because what constitutes a “Christmas” movie can vary by opinion. But the general idea is that a movie has to open no later than November (American Thanksgiving) and the story has to take place inside of the holiday season. Whether the story is about Christmas itself is where the…
Winter is a weird season, it manages to be both comforting and stifling. You bundle up, enjoy creature comforts and hang out with only the necessary people for short periods of time; daylight is precious after all. But with that lack of freedom and sunlight, people have a legitimate reason to be afraid of seasonal…
The visual arts are probably the most complicated of the creative fields to pin down. I mention this because it can take many forms from two-dimensional examples of drawing, painting, printmaking, and photography, to three-dimensional with ceramics, sculpture, video, and filmmaking, with fashion, crafts, design, and architecture existing in both realms. Then you have your…