tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post7054437460562778799..comments2023-11-05T02:02:47.438-08:00Comments on Simple Living: Artist dilemmaEmmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07930291509382114182noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post-44006279914949982302006-11-15T05:46:00.000-08:002006-11-15T05:46:00.000-08:00I feel similar. I am a writer and am addict to pri...I feel similar. I am a writer and am addict to printed word. Paper that is. Maybe I can convince my publisher to print me on hemp or recycled paper. HA! Maybe when I am hugely popular that will happen. Good luck on all your choices.Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post-78972190006968454882006-11-14T18:52:00.002-08:002006-11-14T18:52:00.002-08:00fit my life - and teach. I am a teacher and always...fit my life - and teach. I am a teacher and always will be. Even in my art.Emmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930291509382114182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post-47348490986065137122006-11-14T18:52:00.001-08:002006-11-14T18:52:00.001-08:00I almost forgot about the ice protest Chris of Pup...I almost forgot about the <a href="http://puppetfarm.org/IceDove.jpg">ice protest</a> Chris of Puppet farm also organised a couple years ago. I'm somewhere in the breast of the dove.BurdockBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01174758566322248274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post-83012926036853196222006-11-14T18:52:00.000-08:002006-11-14T18:52:00.000-08:00I do agree with you -- I think I simply need to ex...I do agree with you -- I think I simply need to explore ways that my passion for simplicity/sustainability and desire to create can be combined. Art is important for our souls. I need to create it, I just need explore mediums that fit my life.Emmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07930291509382114182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27218238.post-41081784568061184942006-11-14T18:46:00.000-08:002006-11-14T18:46:00.000-08:00I understand what you are saying, but I feel that ...I understand what you are saying, but I feel that art enhances our lives by giving us beauty. I also believe art can teach us valuable lessons-including being more friendly towards the Earth. We had a great artist up here that ran <a href="http://puppetfarm.org/">Puppet Farm.</a> Unfortunately he and his family just moved to the Twin Cities. Lately he has been doing workshops on creating art from garbage. He had one earlier this year for kids where they turned their bicycles into peddle powered animals, all with recycled materials. He has amazing puppets that are always at Applefest in Bayfield. I also went with him to Washington DC a couple of years ago to protest the then upcoming war, where he had hilarious puppets of Bush and Cheney as well as the peace doves. <br /><br />Anyhow, if art is still your passion please look into ways of expanding its boundaries to fill your new morals. While simplicity is wonderful, we still need art and literature to fulfill our lives in other ways.BurdockBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01174758566322248274noreply@blogger.com