tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post6054367918166777020..comments2023-12-29T17:11:59.237-04:00Comments on Desideratum ~ Art ~ Jewelry ~ Life: A Quote From JungGwen Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-1193924643874249322008-04-26T17:07:00.000-03:002008-04-26T17:07:00.000-03:00Anet, I guess one of the struggles is making decis...Anet, I guess one of the struggles is making decisions... and then wondering if they were the right ones!! <BR/>...and hey lucky you for being the new care taker of one of Sharon's paintings!!... a piece of her work is coming my way too... I just can't believe it... and I know exactly the spot I'm going to put it!<BR/><BR/> Thanks for taking the time to drop by, Margaret Ann. I really enjoyed your drawings!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-31206812049985794452008-04-26T15:00:00.000-03:002008-04-26T15:00:00.000-03:00A great quote from Jung, it's so true of how an ar...A great quote from Jung, it's so true of how an artist struggles.Anethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586391189475336018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-57114893255432511412008-04-25T19:59:00.000-03:002008-04-25T19:59:00.000-03:00A lovely book! :)A lovely book! :)Margaret Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222261903697956295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-16633447437126459992008-04-25T17:43:00.000-03:002008-04-25T17:43:00.000-03:00It's possible it's graduation time. I don't know y...It's possible it's graduation time. I don't know yet.<BR/><BR/>The other possibility is that there is something inside that poem that I love, and that I can do better at expressing it, that will connect with others more readily. It's a tough call, this writing thing.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-76378669216192076852008-04-25T16:09:00.000-03:002008-04-25T16:09:00.000-03:00It might be telling you it's ... "Voluntary Gradua...It might be telling you it's ... "Voluntary Graduation" Time... <BR/><BR/>What do you think?<BR/><BR/> Oh my pleasures... reading... having time to totally indulge myself in learning new things... time... painting... weaving... time...gardening... making good food... and more time...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-37367168537170026012008-04-25T15:32:00.000-03:002008-04-25T15:32:00.000-03:00Reading what you wrote about the work necessary to...Reading what you wrote about the work necessary to allow the pleasures, that's so interesting. The grass is always greener. As a person who doesn't live by what I create, there is not that pressure. On the contrary, I wish I had more free time for creative expressions. So for you, the pleasures are other things, like reading. <BR/><BR/>I wish I had less sleepy eyes at night (after computer work all day) to read too.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-27979951948862382122008-04-25T15:24:00.000-03:002008-04-25T15:24:00.000-03:00I agree, Gwen, I don't need to worry about what an...I agree, Gwen, I don't need to worry about what anyone else thinks. That's easier for me in photography than in poetry.<BR/><BR/>The other night I had my poetry group, and the poem I took for workshopping I loved! But none of them understood it, or thought it was working. It was deflating, but even more important, as an artist, I felt I had not connected with my readers. So there is a certain level of performance that is needed in art, that connection, don't you think? But yes, just trying to please anyone else, when I first and foremost need to please that authentic Me, is unnecessary (tho I do struggle with it).Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-63514458053659904112008-04-25T13:34:00.000-03:002008-04-25T13:34:00.000-03:00Sandy what a lovely time of day and location to mu...Sandy what a lovely time of day and location to mull ideas over while listening to birds tweeters ... <BR/> ... A wonderful way to start the day!<BR/><BR/> A family from Vancouver moved across Canada to the village a few years ago... one a book reviewer and one a professor/ antiquarian book collector...<BR/><BR/> They left furniture behind before they would leave their books... I think they moved something like 5000 lbs of books.Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-85664719971862375302008-04-25T13:09:00.000-03:002008-04-25T13:09:00.000-03:00Once again, I love reading the comments here by Ru...Once again, I love reading the comments here by Ruth, Sharon and you. I was an avid reader in my <BR/>30's, 40's, and early 50's, philosophy, metaphysics, and traveler's tales, etc. I really never read anything specifically by Jung...but he sounds so interesting.<BR/><BR/>I would love to peek in that book. Your writing is beautiful.<BR/><BR/>For years, I would write my favorite passages of books on index cards and keep them in a box. Just about three days ago I was wondering where in the heck I put it. One of my favorite things in the mornings is to take my coffee outside and some of the cards I would find in certain books and sit with them, contemplate them, etc. Starts one's day off in a nice way. <BR/><BR/>I have way too many books around here, that's for sure and some day I need to lighten my load a little if we move.<BR/><BR/>sandysandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307968128182359860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-91549860912391882522008-04-25T12:27:00.000-03:002008-04-25T12:27:00.000-03:00It is on my book ordering list now...Ruth with the...It is on my book ordering list now...<BR/><BR/>Ruth with the depth of your thoughts, it is All in you ...Just be the "real" you;<BR/><BR/> when you feel happy with what you have done and it is the best you can do and you know it... <BR/>everyone who sees it will know and understand... <BR/><BR/> It is not for you to worry about what someone else might think... it is only how you feel and interpret the given thought...<BR/> It is your view...Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-2112972414061702008-04-25T11:52:00.000-03:002008-04-25T11:52:00.000-03:00I meant to write "so is LIFE in a way."I meant to write "so is LIFE in a way."Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-18628861516367145092008-04-25T11:51:00.000-03:002008-04-25T11:51:00.000-03:00Oh I loved that book too. It is one of the seminal...Oh I loved that book too. It is one of the seminal books of my life.<BR/><BR/>The book looks wonderful. I have been thinking about a homemade book lately, to make. I really like your "calligraphy" if you'd call it that, very appealing.<BR/><BR/>I have been feeling a conflict the last few days, that seems to be other than the two in this quote: it's the struggle in creative expressions (for me: poetry and photography) to find my authentic self and not just try to gain admiration from others. With Art, there is the aspect of connecting with others, so I think that is very important. But if I'm looking for applause, that does not seem authentic.<BR/><BR/>The "conclusion" I'm coming to is that if I go deep inside and express what is there in me, my creative expressions will connect with someone.<BR/><BR/>Also, art is a performance! Well, so is live in a way. So to some degree, it is important to "please others" == maybe in the wabi-sabi sense?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-29841504476436000322008-04-24T23:39:00.000-03:002008-04-24T23:39:00.000-03:00Oh my --- I am going to have to get it for sure no...Oh my --- I am going to have to get it for sure now...I'll be right down there with him... to my childish delight!!Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-29803504228869824162008-04-24T23:32:00.000-03:002008-04-24T23:32:00.000-03:00I understand completely. Much of the book centers ...I understand completely. Much of the book centers around how in his later years he decides to build himself a castle to be solitary in. I remember one part where he just plays in the sand and builds things with stick, pebbles and things.........Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587519421636814074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-58333160708724572672008-04-24T23:19:00.000-03:002008-04-24T23:19:00.000-03:00I have never read it. but he surely understands t...I have never read it. but he surely understands the tensions that inhabit the human mind...<BR/><BR/> Wish there were more hours in the day to indulge myself in this pure pleasures... <BR/><BR/>it is a balancing act to absorb what I can and do the work that is necessary to allow myself to absorb the pleasures..Gwen Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13410235558740636534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034897510911253920.post-78011212143879150602008-04-24T23:06:00.000-03:002008-04-24T23:06:00.000-03:00Wish I could leaf through your book.... I love Jun...Wish I could leaf through your book.... I love Jung! Have you read his autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections? It's a great book..much easier read than his more academic works and fascinating to glimpse him from the inside.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587519421636814074noreply@blogger.com