Category Archives: Inspiration

Still Taking the Anti-Dote (to the Poison of Chaos) And an Art Note

Posted on February 17, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

When all is done and dusted (pardon the pun) I’ll blog about what Jordan Peterson’s Clean up Your Room edict has revealed and changed. (Clean up Your Room comes from Dr Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Anti-Dote to Chaos). … Continue reading →

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Tricks of Light I

Posted on January 3, 2020 by AnnIsikArts

2019 was not a year for blogging. I didn’t plan it that way. But from late spring onwards, what plans I had for the year were snatched away and I was flying by the seat of my pants. 2020 is … Continue reading →

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More Notes from a Melody Not Yet Written

Posted on October 14, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

“Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures.”  (AZ Quotes) – Rabindranath Tagore, from: Purabi: A Miscellany in Memory of Rabindranath Tagore 1941-1991, by Krishna Dutta, Rabindranath Tagore (1991). (AZ Quotes)  

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Liminal Space, the Prepared Piano and Indeterminacy – a Quick Note to Myself and Anybody Reading

Posted on October 5, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

The subject of this blog was inspired in part by the Liminal States & Thresholds for Change series of artworks by Turtle Moon Impressions blogger Janis Doucette. Liminal space is that threshold space which is between one state of being and … Continue reading →

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Indeterminacy, Some Project Notes

Posted on October 4, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

John Cage’s Sonata and Interludes for Prepared Piano Visual Sound (Pink Sedum) for Prepared Pasta Maker

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Cecil Collins: Fools and Angels

Posted on September 26, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

“Artists can do something more: they can vanquish the lie.” Alexander Solzhenitsyn Continue reading →

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Indeterminacy – Picking up A Project Where I Left Off

Posted on September 5, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

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Eve Fumes at that Snake – and on Paying Attention

Posted on August 29, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

I did something very silly. Shocking. Earlier in the year, I decided I was only going to post blogs to which I could attach the completed artworks that arose from the ideas expressed in the blog. And in so doing, … Continue reading →

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Walking Covehithe

Posted on July 9, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

Walking Covehithe, the village that’s disappearing into the sea  

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New Year’s Resolutions? I’ve Only Got the One: Clean Up My Room

Posted on December 23, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

I was painting the kitchen ceiling and in between brushstrokes came upon a newspaper article headed How Dangerous is Jordan B Peterson/The Right Wing Professor Who Hit a Hornets’ Nest? And I thought, “Who the hell is Jordan B Peterson?” … Continue reading →

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