tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post5237290817093061638..comments2024-03-22T18:13:10.026-06:00Comments on On the Alberta/Montana Border: Art for the Non-ArtistDiane Stringam Tolleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-59019400867893677392012-06-15T12:40:10.097-06:002012-06-15T12:40:10.097-06:00I agree. I wish I could remember exactly what it l...I agree. I wish I could remember exactly what it looked like. Oh, well, I imagine it in someone's art collection. A treasured piece. One that incites the owner to say, proudly. "Oh, yes. That piece. Bear and honey pot. The jewel of my collection. No one really knows who the artist was. But we believe that it is early neolithic in origin. Perhaps proof that early man was far more advanced than we give him credit for." :)Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-78715074732965253352012-06-15T12:36:19.954-06:002012-06-15T12:36:19.954-06:00I like that! Discovery and realization. Together i...I like that! Discovery and realization. Together in one lump of plain old clay!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-2220601002894436842012-06-15T12:35:25.480-06:002012-06-15T12:35:25.480-06:00I prefer to think of it as brilliance. My one and ...I prefer to think of it as brilliance. My one and only flash.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-12642090153569536362012-06-15T12:34:51.076-06:002012-06-15T12:34:51.076-06:00See? You, too had that one flash of brilliance. Th...See? You, too had that one flash of brilliance. Thank you, Launna! I just never think of writing as artistic. Except when other people are dong it. Like you!<br />Funny, that . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-44320202168157126882012-06-15T01:33:36.425-06:002012-06-15T01:33:36.425-06:00Too bad you didn't get it back I would love to...Too bad you didn't get it back I would love to see a picture of your masterpiece. Everyone should have at least one art masterpiece in their life:)The Adventurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03129815174861478639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-22693650915203776082012-06-12T21:18:45.468-06:002012-06-12T21:18:45.468-06:00Well the stone carvers say the art is already ther...Well the stone carvers say the art is already there. We just chip away to find it.<br />So it must be with clay. you discovered something and it came out. A living genius ! :)A Lady's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973102350411443282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-43545496884031586352012-06-12T06:17:19.402-06:002012-06-12T06:17:19.402-06:00A flash of childish brilliance or happy circumstan...A flash of childish brilliance or happy circumstance?<br /><br />Doesn't matter. It made a lovely story. :-)<br /><br />PearlPearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05261369905176088917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-12142545826817087352012-06-12T03:02:06.234-06:002012-06-12T03:02:06.234-06:00Sometimes we are just creative out of no where... ...Sometimes we are just creative out of no where... my whole family are artists, except for me. My drawings are unbelievably poor at best but once when my oldest was 11, I drew some pictures for a project for her and wow were they good. Since than I have never been that creative. Oh well, at least I can write. That is your creativity too Diane... writing. That is amazing creativity:)Launna https://www.blogger.com/profile/09447311902825477772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-26141603728655848712012-06-12T00:04:16.763-06:002012-06-12T00:04:16.763-06:00But there all similarity ends, because you WERE an...But there all similarity ends, because you WERE an artist!!!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-27233169631757823432012-06-12T00:03:46.911-06:002012-06-12T00:03:46.911-06:00Thank you, Noreen. And thanks for stopping by!Thank you, Noreen. And thanks for stopping by!Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-80098585143121315402012-06-12T00:03:23.296-06:002012-06-12T00:03:23.296-06:00And that was my one and only. Everything I make no...And that was my one and only. Everything I make now looks like . . . you guessed it . . . snakes.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-57486508707959914392012-06-12T00:02:30.402-06:002012-06-12T00:02:30.402-06:00Definitely! I love clay. Sooo . . . mould-able.Definitely! I love clay. Sooo . . . mould-able.Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-47219762322235316572012-06-11T19:43:18.899-06:002012-06-11T19:43:18.899-06:00Reminds me of the time my Grade 4 teacher took and...Reminds me of the time my Grade 4 teacher took and laminated the pictures I drew for the 'Fox and the Crow' poem we learned. To the last of my knowledge, she still had it and used it every time from then on...Dragonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-24636055153351316252012-06-11T16:47:17.461-06:002012-06-11T16:47:17.461-06:00Hi Diane,
What a fun memory to reminisce about! ...Hi Diane,<br /><br />What a fun memory to reminisce about! Your teacher was kind and encouraging to allow you to follow through on what your heart desired you to make! I came over from NOBH.noreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11512311149461187879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-85769003509467869932012-06-11T16:42:15.816-06:002012-06-11T16:42:15.816-06:00When it comes to clay we all have at least one mas...When it comes to clay we all have at least one masterpiece in us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-69295321998203707302012-06-11T15:15:09.176-06:002012-06-11T15:15:09.176-06:00I believe you were more inspired by the clay than ...I believe you were more inspired by the clay than the instructions.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-49046067501568157832012-06-11T14:29:41.693-06:002012-06-11T14:29:41.693-06:00Thank you, Becky! You are the first to hear about ...Thank you, Becky! You are the first to hear about my 'happy accident'. Let's keep it our little secret. Oh . . . wait . . .Diane Stringam Tolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09629946536985545457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723327840869334395.post-8602565373920622982012-06-11T13:55:36.978-06:002012-06-11T13:55:36.978-06:00I AM an artist(well, I pretended to be one in coll...I AM an artist(well, I pretended to be one in college).<br />And your bear, my dear, is what we in the art community (or at least I in my art classroom)like to call "a happy accident."<br />We all have fumbles and failings occur as we paint or mold...and sometimes, just sometimes, those accidents end up being beautiful - and happy. <br />Bask in it - and never let on that it wasn't on purpose. (unless it makes for a really good blog)Becky@CharlieBrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03124299328123305857noreply@blogger.com