Janis Zroback
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The Tyranny of Reality...Tales from an Artist's Journal.....
The artist becomes not a master, but a slave.
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Personal Connections Part 2...Using the Camera...
Through the proper use of photographs it is possible to produce a work that you can feel proud to have finished….
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Tales from an Artist's Journal Part 9..A Room of Her Own....
A woman must have money and a room of her own, if she is to create…
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If you don't want Paradise, you are not Human.....Illustr...
If you don’t want paradise, you are not human…
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Apple Picking...Illustrated
Routines, rituals, and traditions are good for both your physical and mental health….
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In the Meantime...Illustrated...
..the decorative art market will suffer along with the general economy…
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Anishinaabe Legend...Illustrated...
He was buried in pure white buckskin on a hill just beyond his village.
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The Last of the Garden..Thoughts to Ponder...Illustrated..
Hunt through old catalogues for new seed,
oil work boots and shears… -
Renaissance Revisited...Illustrated.
For creative people, a minor renaissance happens every day as we reassess yesterday’s work….
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Colour Me Purple...Illustrated...
A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color….
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Meet the Beet
At Jose Andres’ six-seat Minibar in Washington, D.C., diners can order a red beet mojito, a refreshing minty concoction sweetened with the natural sugars of the beet…
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After Apple Picking
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of winter sleep is on the night…. -
Kalopsia
Kalopsia also applies to regular people and self-deluding
artists who just can’t see how bad certain art really is. -
Larks and Owls
"Folks tend to be more larkish as children, becoming owlish through adolescence, and are their most owlish in their early twenties".
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Art and Happiness
Life’s not about getting free of pain, but rather finding happiness through service to some process with links to a higher ideal.
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Love your Name
"People with high self-esteem tend to like their names more,". It’s called the "mere-ownership effect."