Martin
@ongoing
Martin
Harry Stooshinoff on Substack
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The ‘free line’ was a thread, a thin rope thrown to me from the depths of the living world. It appeared very early on, when I was living in a farmhouse in Italy; a doodle that came from nowhere. It held everything, though I didn’t know it at the time.
The unseen path
Tamsin Haggis (Art Pilgrim)
We don’t always see the beginning at the start.
Dancers - Tamsin Haggis (Art Pilgrim)
It turned out that it wasn’t about ‘knowing what to do’2, but something else, something intrinsically unnameable, fundamentally untrackable. I knew that I hadn’t made the shift happen, other than by showing up, day after day, and trying to open to the whole weird mess of feeling and desire, experience, instinct and memory.
How long does an idea take to birth?
Creativity just happens, even when meticulously planned and executed. Letting go of the process is sometimes the best way to control the situation.
Sand painting, Tamsin Haggis (Art Pilgrim)
India assaulted me with beauty, which had been banned from my studies and experiences of contemporary European and American art. The whole culture seemed to revel in joyous engagement with every possible form of aesthetic experience; colour and shape, sound, texture, smell - a kaleidoscopic attack of atmosphere and sensation. Brilliantly coloured s... See more
Why Indian art?
Tamsin Haggis (Art Pilgrim)
There’s something about pulling a letter from its envelope, the anticipation in what words will be held on the page. In many ways, I think it matters less what’s actually written—the act of writing the letter, of receiving it in the mail is enough.
Writing (and Reading) Letters
Kika MacFarlane on Substack
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An idea to introduce the accessibility of art to peeps.