A Poem by Boris Novak- Decisions

Between two words
choose the quieter one.

Between word and silence 
choose listening.

Between two books
choose the dustier one.

Between the earth and the sky
choose a bird.

Between two animals
choose the one who needs you more.

Between two children
choose both.

Between the lesser and the bigger evil
choose neither.

Between hope and despair
choose hope:
it will be harder to bear.

(translation by Mia Dintinjana)

Boris A. Novak (born 3 December 1953) is a Slovene poet, dramaturge and editor.

In Hiring a Writers' Agent for My Recently Published Book

As you already know, this year I self-published my first book "Mandalas: A Personal and Visual Journey into Mandala Journaling" (2013). The book discloses and documents a personal and experiential process I went through at the time when I was trying to adjust to living in a new country. The book highlights the importance of symbols as a way to communicate our own deep hidden messages, insights that can emerge from our unconscious mind in visual images. I specifically addresses the impact that mandala-making had on my life during a painful and confusing transitional time and how it can create for you, the reader, a similarly enlightening and transformative effect.

I want my book to be translated in different languages and to be available worldwide. As this is the first time swimming in the world of writing, I need a writers agent to guide the process and find a suitable publisher for the book.


My goal is to raise money to help me pay for such service. Here is the link to such fundraising. Thank you.

http://www.gofundme.com/3dmuk0

Falling Out of Grace. Available Print Edition

Available Print Edition

FALLING OUT OF GRACE -Giclee Print. Edition of 10.

Print Size: 8 1/4" x 11". 

Signed and Numbered $25+Tx+ Shipping

Interested? Write me an email:

beatriz@ledesmastudio.com

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

http://vimeo.com/993998

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Flashbulb Memories of Air and Movement

Flashbulb Memories of Air and Movement

by Beatriz E Ledesma  Chicago, IL, United States

theme: Travelogue

project: SBP 2013

You can view my book here:

http://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/11549#page-slide_1

This project began with the Art House, an independent Brooklyn-based company that
organizes global, collaborative art projects. The Sketchbook Project is an evolving library
that features more than 27, 542 artists' books contributed by creative people around the globe.
They also operate the Brooklyn Art Library, an storefront exhibition space in Williamsburg
home to all their project.

Third Coast Diaspora Exhibit

Third Coast Diaspora
 

produced by

Chicago Art Leasing

Chicago As A Point of Arrival and Departure

Opening at the Fine Arts Building

Friday, June 14, 2014
6 - 8 pm

 Come see work by Chicago artists
Samuel Gillis, Terry Dixon, Kevin Swallow and Chris Davis!

Presented by Chicago Art Leasing
Curated by Joshua Ginsberg

Fine Arts Building

2nd Floor Gallery

410 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago IL 60605

312-566-9800

Cool Blog

I found this cool blog called "It's about time". The blogger is a woman by the name of Barbara Wells Sarudy. Apparently she keep different blogs but states about this one to be "more personal. It scours history, art, nature, & everyday life for unique perspectives, uncommon grace, & unexpected insights..." I enjoy receiving her e-newsletters as they are full of interesting paintings and information on the artists. I thought that you might enjoy it too.

Here is the link to the blog:  http://bjws.blogspot.com/
 

Why Music Makes Our Brains Sing- NYTimes Article

A very thoughtful short article on neuroscience advances on the studio of the brain and music.
"...Some 50 years ago, Wilder Penfield, the famed neurosurgeon and the founder of the Montreal Neurological Institute, reported that when neurosurgical patients received electrical stimulation to the auditory cortex while they were awake, they would sometimes report hearing music. Dr. Penfield’s observations, along with those of many others, suggest that musical information is likely to be represented in these brain regions..." You can read the rest of the article following the link below:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/why-music-makes-our-brain-sing.html

Visionary Art

Twilight Warrior by Elvira Baranova

 I subscribe to the newsletter of the Visionary Artists. Their images makes me gasp in admiration every time I view them. I love!!! their images and also the refinement in painting technique. Above there is only one sample image by Russian visionary artist Elvira Baranova; she is one among other exceptional artists in this vein of painting. I just feel it deserves to be shared with all of you.
The website to their online gallery is below a short explanation taken from Wikipedia.com on the difference between visionary art, surrealist art, and fantastic realist art that can be of help to some of my reader.

"The American Visionary Art Museum defines Visionary art as "....art produced by self-taught individuals, usually without formal training, whose works arise from an innate personal vision that revels foremost in the creative act itself." In short, Visionary art begins by listening to the inner voices and inner perception of the soul. It goes on to say that visionary art is a product of an inner process, and may not even be thought of as art by its creator...."


"Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for its visual artworks and writings. The aim was to "resolve the previously contradictory conditions of dream and reality." Artists painted unnerving, illogical scenes with photographic precision, created strange creatures from everyday objects and developed painting techniques that allowed the unconscious to express itself.<sup>.."

 "</sup>The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. It includes Ernst Fuchs, Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, Anton Lehmden and Fritz Janschka, all students of Professor Albert Paris Gütersloh at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. It was Gütersloh's emphasis on the techniques of the Old Masters that gave the fantastic realist painters a grounding in realism (expressed with a clarity and detail some have compared to early Flemish painting) combined with religious and esoteric symbolism..."
 
So here is the link. Enjoy it!!
http://visionaryartgallery.weebly.com/

Revealing the Neuroscience of Creativity

Have you thought what makes a person to be creative?...
Developments in neuroscience and the technology field allows us to peer into the brain. Rex Jung, assistant research professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico writes about it here:

http://www.templeton.org/templeton_report/20130530/