November 30, 2011 by Lisa Call
An Excellent Interview with Will Smith Some Quotes from the Video Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god like feature that is only in the special among us. It is something that truly exists in all of us. It’s very simple. The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts [...]
February 16, 2011 by Lisa Call
Big Plans Seth Godin has an excellent post on his blog today that I want to quickly share. It is so simple and yet so true. Make Big Plans …that’s the best way to make big things happen. … Is there any doubt that making big plans increases the chances that something great will happen? [...]
July 15, 2010 by Lisa Call
Completion Back in December, I wrote a blog post about the magic of completion. I didn’t completed the setup of my studio after the remodel last year, the result being I wasn’t really using my studio. The unfinished project was draining my energy. Taking the time to complete that project resulted in a huge burst [...]
April 15, 2010 by Lisa Call
Growth With a nod Christine Mauersberger for the pointer, I love the Incomplete Manifesto for Growth by Bruce Mau. Some of my favorite statements 3. Process is more important than outcome. 9. Begin anywhere. [great advice if you are stuck] 30. Organization = Liberty. 41. Laugh. And I would add one more: Think Big! Read [...]
April 2, 2010 by Lisa Call
Big Intentions I wrote the following on my blog and facebook fanpage today: Having created a significant body of work over the last decade (nearly 200* completed quilts), I plan to continue pushing myself to excellence by building on past successes and learning from the mistakes. Working as a professional artist, with any eye to [...]
January 10, 2010 by Lisa Call
Not Doing It All A few weeks back I looked at the calendar and realized I had only 7 weeks to prepare for a solo exhibit. I came up with a schedule that is aggressive, yet doable to create all new work for the show over those 7 weeks. It’s doable in the sense that [...]
December 27, 2009 by Lisa Call
The Studio In April of 2009 I completed a major house remodeling project that include the addition of a beautiful new studio. Within weeks I had the studio 95% completed and then moved in and started making art. I had a huge deadline looming for an exhibit in Germany and needed every spare moment to [...]
December 5, 2009 by Lisa Call
Taking a Break When I left for South Africa at the end of July I had the intention to continue to write blog posts on makebigart during my month long vacation. I had a list of topics for the posts I would write while gone and one day near the beginning of the trip I [...]
July 5, 2009 by Lisa Call
Responsibility What is responsibility? In the words of Deepak Chopra it is the ability to have a response: If you look at the word ‘re-spon-si-bil-i-ty’, it means the ability to have a response. Responsibility means to have a creative response to a challenge… So what responsibility means is expanding your awareness. I really love this [...]
