Just realized that some of you may not want to read all of my text oriented posts. Some of you might just want to chatter as in other blogs.  So be it. So for those of you who are already very educated about creativity, let's talk.
So what is your schtick?   
  
      
Right now my thing is to get into my new studio (scary)  and begin producing again.  I tend to be an order freak and everything has to be right from the getgo. However, I am determined to take a new path for my work. It want to incorporate many elements in to my painting as I did over 40 years ago.  Why? because landscapes are great, but they don't reflect the enormous complexities of life in the 21st cent.  I would like to interpret more. The lansdscapes I have produced in the last two years are reflections and interpretations of nature, but it is difficult to reach beyond the classic format of 'landscape' Others do it, but at this time mine have been approached in a classic manner.
What do you do to find new inspiration in time of need. Is it soul searching? Or as it has been in the past, a very visually oriented search for objects that catch my attention for whatever reason. In fact reason has very little part as far as logic goes. Reason is for a sense of order whether it is nature of man oriented. Nature usally inspires me, but I receive as much pleaseure from the visual tactile forms that exits all around us such as plastic, wood, barbie dolls and photo elements in Save the Children .



In short, are you satified with the flat canvas? Artists have been for years, but contemporary art has opened many doors beginning with the 20th century: Montage, collage, gels, paste, painted quilts, goats, covered mountains. You name it. Not to mention many movements that have come and gone.