Comments on: Does Your Work Make A Difference? http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/ Musings About Life's Artistic Inspirations Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:00:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5528 Kim Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:56:33 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5528 Linda, I am so glad you returned. You are so right, all of these things do lead us to an amazing state of awareness and the importance of being present. Like you, I am not sure of anything else which does that...true, the touch of life. I think you will like my most recent post (just put into place) as it is contemplative and talks about the importance of process. Please, please come back and spout off any time at all. I would love to hear from you any time about art and life (and England)! Thanks So Much, Linda! Linda, I am so glad you returned. You are so right, all of these things do lead us to an amazing state of awareness and the importance of being present. Like you, I am not sure of anything else which does that…true, the touch of life.

I think you will like my most recent post (just put into place) as it is contemplative and talks about the importance of process.

Please, please come back and spout off any time at all. I would love to hear from you any time about art and life (and England)!

Thanks So Much, Linda!

]]> By: Linda slasberg http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5525 Linda slasberg Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:13:02 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5525 Hi Ladies, I said I would be back so here I am... I've been reading and re-reading these entries trying to get a handle on what I want to say but really it all boils down to the fact that art, reading and creativity in general leads us into a state of awareness, being in the now (as in Eckhart Tolle teachings), than anything else could, except maybe for being in nature or petting a dog or cat. Any medium of creativity is a potential gateway into that state. A state, in my opinion that is so sublime and only too rare these days. Thank you all for giving me the excuse to spout off. Linda PS. More please!!!! I do love that Maya Angelou statement, as I do all of her poetry. What I find about art is that Hi Ladies, I said I would be back so here I am…
I’ve been reading and re-reading these entries trying to get a handle on what I want to say but really it all boils down to the fact that art, reading and creativity in general leads us into a state of awareness, being in the now (as in Eckhart Tolle teachings), than anything else could, except maybe for being in nature or petting a dog or cat.

Any medium of creativity is a potential gateway into that state. A state, in my opinion that is so sublime and only too rare these days.

Thank you all for giving me the excuse to spout off.
Linda

PS. More please!!!!

I do love that Maya Angelou statement, as I do all of her poetry.

What I find about art is that

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5516 Kim Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:24:14 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5516 Hi Linda, I am glad you found this one interesting. I love this kind of conversation, as well. Lately, I haven't been doing this type of post, but I have on gelling in my head right now. Hi Linda, I am glad you found this one interesting. I love this kind of conversation, as well. Lately, I haven’t been doing this type of post, but I have on gelling in my head right now.

]]> By: Linda slasberg http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5515 Linda slasberg Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:51:28 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5515 Oh what an interesting conversation; this is one I could really get my teeth into, unfortunately I have someone collecting me a few moments so I had better not get started. Please note though, I WILL BE BACK!!! Oh what an interesting conversation; this is one I could really get my teeth into, unfortunately I have someone collecting me a few moments so I had better not get started. Please note though, I WILL BE BACK!!!

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5038 Kim Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:00:58 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5038 Hello San, it is amazing when you think of it how so many things can be a prayer. I think you are right, writing can very much be that way, too. I am sure there are other forms of creation which also form those expressions sent out to the universe. I have had several conversations with several people about this subject and I keep wondering if a way to define all of this as the act of focusing outward (even when you are working from deep within) as when we paint or write or whatever is the prayer, while the act of focusing inward as when we observe a painting or listen to music which resonates with us is meditation. I don't know why that continues to return to me or even why it is important. Whatever the case, I have said it! So often we have these experiences and do not understand them until much later. Just like with your friend, you knew inside but were not sure why until now. I thank my friend every day for these wise insights! Now I think of how much she has touched others. Again, thank you so much for sharing, San! Hello San, it is amazing when you think of it how so many things can be a prayer. I think you are right, writing can very much be that way, too. I am sure there are other forms of creation which also form those expressions sent out to the universe. I have had several conversations with several people about this subject and I keep wondering if a way to define all of this as the act of focusing outward (even when you are working from deep within) as when we paint or write or whatever is the prayer, while the act of focusing inward as when we observe a painting or listen to music which resonates with us is meditation. I don’t know why that continues to return to me or even why it is important. Whatever the case, I have said it!

So often we have these experiences and do not understand them until much later. Just like with your friend, you knew inside but were not sure why until now. I thank my friend every day for these wise insights! Now I think of how much she has touched others.

Again, thank you so much for sharing, San!

]]> By: San http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 San Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:12:52 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5032 Your friend's take on studio work as a kind of prayer resonates with me. She articulated that well. I had a similar response to a blogging friend who's been down in the dumps but made herself do one of those "wordzzles," those word puzzle thingies in which people make a story out of random, assigned words. I couldn't find the right phrases to explain why I thought that even her doing that was making a difference in the world. Now I know, thanks to your post. Her stories had a positive spin, despite her funk, and I believe it was her way of sending prayers out to heal the world. Your friend’s take on studio work as a kind of prayer resonates with me. She articulated that well. I had a similar response to a blogging friend who’s been down in the dumps but made herself do one of those “wordzzles,” those word puzzle thingies in which people make a story out of random, assigned words. I couldn’t find the right phrases to explain why I thought that even her doing that was making a difference in the world. Now I know, thanks to your post. Her stories had a positive spin, despite her funk, and I believe it was her way of sending prayers out to heal the world.

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5023 Kim Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:53:48 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5023 Okay, yvette! I am glad you stopped by and hope you will return with some of your wonderful insights! Thanks! Okay, yvette! I am glad you stopped by and hope you will return with some of your wonderful insights! Thanks!

]]> By: yvette http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 yvette Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:05:20 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5017 this needs a closer read.... kizkiz yvette this needs a closer read….

kizkiz
yvette

]]> By: Kim http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5007 Kim Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:37:56 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5007 Hello Roberta! We talk about the idea of putting part of yourself into each piece you create, and how that truly is what makes fine art. You are right in some way it truly helps not only those who view it and experience it, but also those who create! How wonderful is that? Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope to see you again, soon! Hello Roberta! We talk about the idea of putting part of yourself into each piece you create, and how that truly is what makes fine art. You are right in some way it truly helps not only those who view it and experience it, but also those who create! How wonderful is that?

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope to see you again, soon!

]]> By: Roberta http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/2010/02/08/does-your-work-make-a-difference/comment-page-1/#comment-5006 Roberta Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:00:12 +0000 http://kimrodefferfunk.com/blog/?p=647#comment-5006 This is along the same lines as when you create you are putting a little piece of your soul into your work, and what can be a more giving gift than a piece of you? Maybe that painting or effort doesn't help someone directly, maybe it doesn't help today, but sometime, somewhere, someone...it will have a cause. This is along the same lines as when you create you are putting a little piece of your soul into your work, and what can be a more giving gift than a piece of you? Maybe that painting or effort doesn’t help someone directly, maybe it doesn’t help today, but sometime, somewhere, someone…it will have a cause.

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