In the excitement of creation it’s really easy to forget that essentially you’re on your own with that excitement. Unless you are in a band or worked on a collaborative piece it’s pretty much you on your own that did the work, put in the time, and will usually take the risks and reap the… Continue reading Support System
Tag: life
Reclamation
Despite what bloggers may think blogs change very little. At best they make you think, or make you laugh, or show you something you didn’t know was out there. But it’s in those moments that the spark of an inferno lays. Flint is a city notorious for its issues and it gets frustrating to… Continue reading Reclamation
Because Giving Up Is What We Do
Living in Flint, Michigan isn’t easy.Ha.Yeah, I know, run through your Open Mic Thursday stand-up routine for me about how crummy the city I love is and I’ll move on when you’re done.And…OK.The thing about this area is that yeah, there’s a lot of things that are going on here that are bad, not ‘not… Continue reading Because Giving Up Is What We Do
Life’s Full Of Disappointments And I Am Full OF Bees
It’s a horrible feeling to look yourself in the mirror and admit that you can’t do everything. To admit to yourself that sometimes plans, as well intentioned as they may be, are sometimes just plans. Goals are just goals. And sometimes we can’t always do what we had wanted. It’s a rotten thing to admit… Continue reading Life’s Full Of Disappointments And I Am Full OF Bees
Why We Do It
Every so often I find myself asking - why do I do this? And sometimes I don't know. Sometimes I am just staring up from the bottom of a deep, dark well and I honestly don't know why I do it. Why I write. Why I paint. Why I draw. Why I take photos. Why… Continue reading Why We Do It
Contempt
The saying goes 'familiarity breeds contempt' and it couldn't be more true - when you are an artist or a writer and you don't get your book further out than your immediate area you will hit a very, very large wall of indifference. It isn't that people don't like you, and not that they don't… Continue reading Contempt
Tips Off The Top
As far as I have had my blogs, and we’re talking a lot of time now, a lot of years, since nearly 2000 so that’s a lot of years and a lot of rambling and as much as I may like to think I have nothing but pearls of wisdom and deep thoughts to offer… Continue reading Tips Off The Top
Perspective
Perspective Maybe there is something more to the Biblical story of Lot’s wife than we always realize. Something perhaps not intended but which is there just the same. Looking over one’s shoulder back to the past can be a dangerous, sometimes deadly thing. There is glamour to the past, a haze that makes you forget… Continue reading Perspective
Reign It In
There's a lesson you need to learn, and learn quickly, as you go out and start doing art shows, book shows, conventions, or get involved in putting together events - the need to reign it in. What you find, in all of those scenarios, is that you are entering a world that while new to… Continue reading Reign It In
Somewhere In The Middle
The funny thing about Truth, as I have mentioned in the past, is that it’s always changing, always evolving and is many times more about the feeling and not the fact. And that’s fine. We are emotional beings and who we are is always changing and as that changes our perceptions will change as well. … Continue reading Somewhere In The Middle
Asking Too Much
Two posts in one day? Outrageous. YET TRUE! So I got a funny letter in the mail the other day from my collegiate alma mater. Now, I have never been close with either my high school or the colleges I attended. I stayed away from the high school because I didn’t enjoy my time… Continue reading Asking Too Much
Knowing When to Say When
I think one of the harder things to do not just as an arty person but as a person in general is to know to say 'when' and to back away from a project. Most of us hate to admit defeat and we hate the idea that something can get the better of us but… Continue reading Knowing When to Say When
Dangerous Arts
There is something that we tend to forget in our modern world of safe, mass consumptive art. Our world of art for the masses. We forget that art is dangerous. That at its heart, art is barely restrained chaos. Is a thing with teeth that, while usually tamed, can bite. I need to bring up… Continue reading Dangerous Arts
The Spooky World of Chris Ringler 