{"id":1305,"date":"2012-04-20T07:19:41","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.wordpress.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2012-04-20T07:19:41","modified_gmt":"2012-04-20T14:19:41","slug":"in-pursuit-of-still-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/20\/in-pursuit-of-still-life\/","title":{"rendered":"In Pursuit of Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1187\" style=\"width: 442px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/106-tulips-tea.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1187\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1187\" title=\"106. tulips &amp; tea\" src=\"http:\/\/lisathorpeartist.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/106-tulips-tea.jpg?resize=432%2C576\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tulips &amp; Tea drawn on the iPad<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"size-full wp-image-1187\">I love doing still life paintings and drawings.\u00a0 Just the name itself denotes a quiet, reflective, tranquil pursuit. <em>Still Life<\/em>.\u00a0 Perhaps it\u2019s because my life doesn\u2019t seem to have enough still spaces that I am so drawn to the subject matter.\u00a0 I love the whole process of creating a piece of still life art.\u00a0 First you scan your surrounding for the extraordinary in the ordinary.\u00a0 Then take time to arrange the objects of ordinariness into a balanced and pleasing scene.\u00a0 Just this part of the process is a pleasure, a stopping and stilling of life\u2019s vigorous pace.\u00a0 If you stop right here at creating a little scene of pleasure, that could be enough; enough to make a still, calm space in the swirling winds of everydayness.\u00a0 Taking the next step of sitting still (there\u2019s that word again) and sealing that scene in a piece of art over a few hours or days is a lovely, leisurely quest.\u00a0\u00a0 This notion of still life reminds me of something my yoga instructor said at this week\u2019s class. She always begins the class with a meditation, she led us into quieting our minds by reminding us to ground our bodies on the earth sitting quietly, gently, grounded in the space between earth and heaven.\u00a0 I was so struck by that image: the space between heaven and earth.\u00a0 That is where we reside, in this blessed space that is neither earth nor heaven but somehow both at the same time. We must remember to create an aperture, an opening for <em>still life,<\/em> it is in still life that we recognize this blessed space in which we dwell; the thin bright line between heaven and earth.<\/p>\n<p><em>This still life drawing was done on my iPad.\u00a0 I am still having fun with this new medium.\u00a0 The image will be available to purchase in print form in a large range of sizes on my website (if not today then soon) go to the website or email me for information.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/\">http:\/\/lisathorpe.com\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love doing still life paintings and drawings.\u00a0 Just the name itself denotes a quiet, reflective, tranquil pursuit. 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