I’m off to talk with professor Dave Higgins’ drawing class this morning at a local coffeehouse, something I have done in the past. It’s always a challenge speaking to students, much different than speaking to a gallery audience of people who somewhat know your work. There’s a bit of a wall to knock down with some of the students and sometimes its not an easy thing to accomplish. All I can hope is that I come out with at least one or two thoughts that might prove useful to some of these kids somewhere down the line, some little tidbit that they might hold on to for more than five minutes.
I will probably talk about the focus and choice I mentioned in a post last week. Making a choice and giving a fully invested effort is essential, be it in art or some other field. But it’s also important to recognize that this choice can be an evolving, changing thing. Where they headed for may not be their final destination. But if they make that first conscious decision to head in a single direction they will at least be on some sort of path forward, one of their own choice.
We’ll see.
Anyway, here’s a little musical interlude for this lovely Thursday morning. It’s a video that mixes two of my favorite things, the singing of Neko Case and beautiful old film and photos of the last century. I find myself always moved by this kind of imagery, as though it is exposing our commonality as a people, our interconnectedness with one another. Whatever the case, it’s a beautiful song that meshes very well with the video here. Enjoy.
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