After years of looking at and discussing art with Ruth in our Arting endeavors, I have come to really appreciate the time artists take to name their art. And resent it when they don’t. I know the reasoning as to why they might not – so as not to bias what we see, letting us…
Experiencing Art in the Moment and Beyond: Wherever You Are
In a previous post, I wrote about how strong autobiographical themes can permeate and focus the work of many artists. Now, I wonder about the influences and possibilities within you, how you can experience and perhaps express your artful capacities in the moment and beyond. Spur of the Moment A friend told me what she…
Duality as Part of the Human Condition: An Arting Conversation
In this conversation, Ruth and Shari look at duality and how it shapes what it means to be human. We used Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell as the poem that ties it all together, a reminder that songs bring poetry and depth into our every day lives. Its a really interesting array of art….
Inspiring Awe: An Arting Conversation
In this conversation, Ruth and Shari discuss the role of art in inspiring awe. To us, experiencing awe is critical component of being human, one we need to nurture. We are happy to share the full conversation here. Scroll below the video for an image of each pairing, and a set of questions we’d love…
How Arting Changed Me For the Better
On a trip to Boston, I visited the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (BMFA) by myself. I usually visit museums with others, even if we view art at our own pace. Before Arting, I only went alone when traveling, mostly to pass the time. Yes, I was traveling and went to the museum to pass…
Expand Your Powers by Enjoying Art
What arting conversations give you. Some people tend to be glued to their phone,some play sports, some immerse themselves in hobbies, and some delight in goodconversation, as I do. There generally is a focus of some kind in most chosen pleasures.Yet, the capacities that are used may be passive, repeated or just familiar. They includethose…
Sustaining Love: An Arting Conversation
In this conversation, Ruth and Shari take on the subject of love. We’ve created a lot of interesting juxtapositions with the art pairings. It was such a rich topic, we are sharing the entire conversation. Scroll below the video for an image of each pairing, and a set of questions we’d love to engage with…
Arting as Therapy
Art therapy uses creative processes to promote healing, with a wide definition of healing. Arting has taught me the therapeutic value of being with and around art. I know people who have experienced similar healing effects by visiting museums or galleries or artist studios. Recently, in need of a bit of healing myself, I visited…
Play with Images to Encourage Originality in Your Arting Conversations and Other Activities
The aim of this article is to encourage you to have some fun with art by expanding your vision and reach. It will also enrich your arting conversations and process. For example, I was inspired by Rhea Nayyar’s and Shari Flores’ play with images: Botticelli’s Birth of Venus and Pesto the Penguin here. Just as…
Dancing as Connection: An Arting Conversation
Welcome to Ruth and Shari’s discussion about dancing, stimulated by the paintings Tanz im Variete’ by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Jane Avril Dansant by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, The Kirchner painting, which we did not know at the time of our conversation, just recently resurfaced after being lost for almost a century. The painting, dated 1911,…