cobbling together the artist's life…coaching, acting, photography, writing, and music…
And Marty said, “Let there be glue…” And there was glue, applied to icons of the holy, the kitschy, the comic, and the kooky; surreal landscapes featuring damsels and dinosaurs, nudies and nerds, monkeys and moon rockets. Coffee shops are the perfect place to look at art, right? Maybe, but Marty Gordon’s current show at …
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On the one hand, they take materials in hand and make something. Craft, craft, craft. Depending on their discipline, they maneuver the materials they need (paint, voice, clay, what have you) to create objects, experiences, and ideas that alter something of the way we perceive and navigate our world. On the other hand, sometimes they …
Into our discussion of authenticity comes an artist whose work addresses this head on. Sort of. Gillian Wearing, whose name I did not know, is the first in Newsweek's list The 10 Most Important Artists of Today. A swift look at photographs of her work online suggest a woman interested in hidden layers of common human …
Have you ever had a moment when you knew you were being the best "self" you could be? How about the opposite, when you knew you were somehow presenting to those around you, in that particular moment, the worst of your "self"? Authenticity. Being "authentic" is not just the craze; it's the litmus test …
"In a self-protection mode, we are not truly free to teach, learn, create, improvise, or love." In going through some old papers the other day, I came across a remarkable little article by Dennis B. Plies, a professor of music at Warner Pacific College, in which Professor Plies addresses improvisation. The title of the article …
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JEFF BERRYMAN 