Libzoid Blog

(ok, I really should be packing, but I am procrastinating)
I was listening to the CraftCast interview with Dayle Doroshow today, and I was struck by something. Dayle said that after talking to artists in various disciplines, she discovered that one of the things we all seem to have in common is a sorting activity. […]

I finished 2 more color collages on Sunday.

They are quite addictive. If we weren’t heading out on vacation, I think I’d keep making them. They’ve brightened up the walls of my studio quite a bit. I did try to mix some new colors last night, but I got a phone call from […]

If you have spent any time reading my blog, you will realize by now that my art comes in fits and starts. Right now I’m in a prolonged period of inactivity. I think it’s one of the challenges of a non-working artist. I don’t have show deadlines or orders to push me […]

While I spend a fair amount of time thinking about art in our lives, and I go to museums and galleries occasionally, I can honestly say that I don’t often encounter art that really moves me.

Decisions by Susan Lenz has affected me on such a deep level. The pictures on the web fascinate me. […]

Ok, so I dropped the ball on my “Creativity Homework” yesterday. I never went down into the studio to blend a new palette of spring colors. I let the imaginary invisible force field keep me out of the studio and rooted to my chair in front of the computer. I have this mental […]

I haven’t been in much of a creative mood lately. For some reason, it’s been hard to dredge up any enthusiasm for any of my usual creative pursuits. I’ve channeled a bit of creative energy into the blog re-do, but it’s not the same. Rather than wallow in this downer, I’m giving […]

It’s easy to get lost in Flickr, lost for a long time if you’re not careful. I particularly love exploring the many Flickr groups. They are wonderful sources of inspiration. It’s so much fun to search for groups based on words like texture, pattern, grid, macro, surface etc. Here are 5 […]

Apologies to any subscribers who’ve just received repeats of my posts since Feb 25th in their blog reader. I had another “reset”. The server crashed again (multiple times). I am crossing my fingers that the server is now stable and I won’t lose the posts I just restored manually. Frustration doesn’t […]

Life is a bit hectic. I’m chuckling as I write that because, let’s face it, if you’ve got kids, life is always hectic. We’ve only got 2 kids, so really it could much crazier. It’s all in the degrees of chaos. E’s caught up in the last 2 weeks of a […]

Susan Lomuto of Polymer Clay Notes wrote recently about a topic that is, in my family’s parlance, one of my “hot buttons” - that is whether an artist who is not selling work is really an artist. I wrote a rather lengthy response, and yet I have more to say.
I have regularly heard working artists […]