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 [...]
