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Soultrait commisions! Portraits packed with soul called soultraits. Each drawing is an unique work of art with care and attention devoted to the personality and spirit of each dog. Soultraits are realistic while respecting a playful and unique feel so to capture the dogs energy and special essence. Careful attention and love is focused on the eyes, where the soul resides. In hope of connecting with that joyous, forever-a-puppy soul, creating a one of a kind soultrait that will last a lifetime. www.leenabee.com ______________________________________________________________________ Mary Oliver - Poetic Voice for Nature “Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting--over and over announcing your place in the family of things.” The last verse of Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” poem offers a defining example of her distinct style, a hybrid of nature and spirit. Winning both the Pulitzer Prize Award for Poetry and the National Book Award for Poetry, Mary Oliver has become one of the most revered American poets writing today. In the tradition of Whitman and Thoreau, she acts as a voice for nature, pleading with us to respect and acknowledge the beauty and the teachings of our Earth. And in her poems, she constantly reminds us that life is filled with despair and humor and darkness and light, never letting us forget that we are not alone on our journey. On Thursday, February 25th at 8 p.m. at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus, Mary Oliver will read from both her older and newer collections. If you have the time, I recommend that you attend. To hear the author interpret her poems is magical and affirming. Click here fore more information about the event. Jerry Lee Davis Love Angeles Magazine© Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine. Meanwhile the world goes on. Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain are moving across the landscapes, over the prairies and the deep trees, the mountains and the rivers. Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air, are heading home again. Whoever you are, no matter how lonely, the world offers itself to your imagination, calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting over and over announcing your place in the family of things. from Dream Work by Mary Oliver Where Does the Dance Begin, Where Does It End? Don't call this world adorable, or useful, that's not it. It's frisky, and a theater for more than fair winds. The eyelash of lightning is neither good nor evil. The struck tree burns like a pillar of gold. But the blue rain sinks, straight to the white feet of the trees whose mouths open. Doesn't the wind, turning in circles, invent the dance? Haven't the flowers moved, slowly, across Asia, then Europe, until at last, now, they shine in your own yard? Don't call this world an explanation, or even an education. When the Sufi poet whirled, was he looking outward, to the mountains so solidly there in a white-capped ring, or was he looking to the center of everything: the seed, the egg, the idea that was also there, beautiful as a thumb curved and touching the finger, tenderly, little love-ring, as he whirled, oh jug of breath, in the garden of dust? from Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver _________________________________________________________________________ SOLAR PEACE SCULPTURE arrives in Copenhagen Fred George Worldwide, NEW YORK, NY, December 10, 2009 Fred Georges SOLAR PEACE SCULPTURE arrived in Copenhagen today. His 8.75-foot (2.6 meter) model is available for viewing at the green art hotel, Hotel FOX, located at Jarmers Plads 3, December 10-20, 2009. This is a traveling model of the original 50-foot (15.24 meter) version of his Solar Peace Sculpture, which includes oil barrels, solar panels, and an interactive media center. The media center features videos of projects worldwide which embrace peace and sustainability. Copenhagen is the perfect place for us to share the message of the Solar Peace Sculpture. Both art and peace have an incredible ability to transcend language. What a great opportunity to have a global conversation about preserving the environment and promoting alternative energy. We want people left with the vision of peace: peace with nature, peace within, peace worldwide. -Fred George, Artist, Solar Peace Sculpture. Fred George and his team intend to build several 50-foot (15.24 meter) tall versions of the Solar Peace Sculpture throughout the world. To participate in this historic project, currently there is a limited edition, 15-inch (38cm) model, of the Solar Peace Sculpture available for purchase in Copenhagen. Additional opportunities for donations and sponsorships are available. Alongside the 8.75 foot (2.6 meter) sculpture, Paramount Pictures will present An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore at the Hotel FOX at 5 and 7 p.m every day during COP 15. There will be art presentations at the Hotel FOX on Sunday, December 13th from 2-5pm and a speech by Fred George and drinks from 6-8pm. Located at Jarmers Plads 3, DK-1551 Copenhagen V, Denmark Artists Statement "The best public art makes us stop, think, and react. Public art raises questions - even questions that public leaders may prefer to leave unaddressed. "It has been the direction of my work to stimulate, provoke, and to address certain questions that must not be ignored. My work has explored the tensions and dynamics of our contemporary world-and, I hope, raised those vexing questions about violence, gender, religion, and oppression of all kinds. (re: AK47 Sculpture). My work pushes the viewer to look beyond acceptable norms to consider political, social, and environmental implications that are commonly overlooked. In particular, I wanted to address the world's dependency on oil. Oil has such an impact on our environment, our economy, and on the geo- political landscape. In many ways, oil enables the technology that mobilizes our lives. However, the oil economy has contributed to environmental pollution, poverty and inequality, and provided an underlying foundation for war and oppression. "In terms of public art, it is the "public" who is the true owner of the art, and, thus, most entitled to discuss and argue the merits of its design and message - it is therefore hard to imagine a more fitting installation than the Solar Peace Sculpture." - Fred George _________________________________________________________________________________
Creator of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his unique work. His sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment. By using sculptures to create artificial reefs, the artist’s interventions promote hope and recovery, and underline our need to understand and protect the natural world. The sculptures are sited in clear shallow waters to afford easy access by divers, snorkelers and those in glass-bottomed boats. Viewers are invited to discover the beauty of our underwater planet and to appreciate the processes of reef evolution. Jason de Caires Taylor’s underwater sculptures create a unique, absorbing and expansive visual seascape. Highlighting natural ecological processes Taylor’s interventions explore the intricate relationships that exist between art and environment. His works become artificial reefs, attracting marine life, while offering the viewer privileged temporal encounters, as the shifting sand of the ocean floor, and the works change from moment to moment. Perspectives The experience of being underwater is vastly different from that of being on land. There are physical and optical considerations that must be taken into account. Objects appear twenty five percent larger underwater, and as a consequence they also appear closer. Colours alter as light is absorbed and reflected at different rates, with the depth of the water affecting this further. The light source in water is from the surface, this produces kaleidoscopic effects governed by water movement, currents and turbulence. Water is a malleable medium in which to travel enabling the viewer to become active in their engagement with the work. The large number of angles and perspectives from which the sculptures can be viewed increase dramatically the unique experience of encountering the works. The ocean is imbued with mystery. Underwater and devoid of white walls the viewer is unrestrained in their interaction with the work. Buoyancy and weightlessness enable a detached physical experience, encouraging encounters that are perceptual and personal. As time passes and the works change, they reshape and redefine the underwater landscape in unpredictable ways. |
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