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Wonderful choices ; art sharing is fantastic more and more everyday people are inspiring others to continue their expressions.

Amazing video!!!! I’d be a bit freaked out myself!!!!!

oh wow, that frozen thing at the station was so funny!!!! It makes me wanna drag my friends out in the street and try it myself, lol.

Ah! :) Tremendous! :) Thanks for sharing this Pilgrim.

REDBUBBLE ARTISTS INSPIRE ME SO DOES THE REDBUBBLE

As a person still learning , i feel this is a very supportive and encouraging site. I’ve only been here a few days and already feel a part of something wonderful. I am inspired more to do better and now can ask the questions I need aswered without feeling so stupid. Thank you to the whole community for being here for us beginners.

Constantly inspired here as well.

The sharing’s sake has always been a part of my life because of my lifestyle, (raising 5 children, having 9 grandchildren, which I am raising one of them)....so making a living on anything I do in the art forum would make me a very poor person seeing how I cant give it a full time effort :)

Just being able to share what my mind and heart can create is worth so much to me…the kind of payment I receive from someones satisfaction of something I create is the ONLY kind of money I can take with me when I die :)

Redbubble puts the “we” in inspire… and weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee love you for it!

(sorry, I felt compelled to have a mini freeze whilst commenting)

Once again, well put Martin…and thanks for links to these great works.
Also would like to add as you said: there is a simple wonderful joy in sharing what we make for the sharing’s sake. Joy has no price upon its head…all comes from the giving to receive back the Joy :)

i can’t honestly say I see much art in graffitti. There are always exceptions, but alas, most of what I see is just mindless expression OF ego – the shared (secret) knowledge of what you ‘did’ amongst friends and rivals.

I have seen very impressive murals and so forth, but that’s about 2% of what I personally have seen.

Great reminders of incredible groundbreaking artists of our time…..........

I know I’ll get heaps for this, but I reckon most graffitti work is on an artistic level equivalent to the most ordinary art works to be found in small country town agricultural shows. I also think that it is rarely original and, in spite of the pretensions of the perpetrators, selfish, self-indulgent vandalism.
I await the wrath of RB and will no doubt go home bruised with the label of Elitist….

Love the Graffiti. It is nice to have a place where we can all support eachother as artists and share our work with others without fear of it being pirated. :)

thanks so much for this reflection!!!

Share the luuuuurve!

Great website, great people, great feedback, great support, great encouragement, great advice and a big GREAT THANK YOU to redbubble for just being here allowing artists all over the world to come together and share their work!

that’s one great video btw. absolutely stunning example of performance art.

niceness! to the nice people :D

Absolutely. I am constantly inspired by artists everyday on Redbubble and that has helped me get to the level that I feel at my best.

Some friends that have inspired me on the bubble – SEARCH FOR THESE GUYS!

thickblackoutline, bigfatrobot, hmmmbates, rudeboyskunk, deezy, yanmos, zomboy, Sean Rice, rubyred, Jess White, Kangaroo kid, Scott Robinson, Ross Robinson – oh and sooooo many more!

That’s is so cool. I really have enjoyed RB since I joined barely a month ago. The people and their art are the best. Thank you RB and all the artists on board.

Love the video, what a great concept, fantastic!

hear hear – a true artist would still create art, even if they are the only person in the universe… so having somewhere like RB to put up all this artwork is just an added bonus.

stencil art rocks the party

I LOVE THE FROZEN PEOPLE!!!!! That would freak anyone out – love the applause at the end – true art appreciation. Made my day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!xxxxx

The video was great – all those people wondering what was going on and the spontaneous applause afterwards!

what an amazing video…!!!

Oh yeah well said! M:>

For someone like me who lives in the middle of nowhere in a tiny tiny town in West Oz, Red Bubble enables me to connect with the broader artistic community without having to travel hours and hours to get to a decent gallery. I appreciate you all!

thankyou for all of that. The improvisation was amazing and the christo made me shiver. I’m really enjoying colablorative things here on RB

I love that we can Share just for Sharings Sake, really what great JOY this brings to those viewing as well as those showing…..........thanks Bubble
xkc

That was amazing!

It’s so very refreshing to be able to share my work on RB, but the most rewarding thing of all for me, is viewing the works of so many talented artists on RB. I feel like it’s one big Family!!! Thanks Redbubble!!!

Maybe a little off the track but the t-shirt that Marilyn (MBArtworks) designed is my weekly, going to Hazelhurst Art Class, uniform. I’m known to be a Redbubbler there and known to show my work on the site.
When telling them that I’ve put works in the About A Man exhibition, organised by Steve McLaren, it’s just a given that I know him and the others involved, through RedBubble.

Red Bubble Artists are getting out there and making their mark every day – and in a non threatening, productive way. I think Red Bubble allows us all to have a little piece of the world – a little space to share ourselves and I am moved so much by each art piece, story or poem that I see on here or read. TY red Bubble!

fantastic that video i LOVE it sooo much!
great work what ‘ve loved to be there!!
good work

thank you for the INSPIRATION Redbubble and all participating artists!!!!

The video now that is my kind of art somthing that everyone can join in with and be part of.

Thank to everyone here, often my pieces of writing have occured throught either view or commment on one of yours….Now that is what I call inspirational. Well done all.

Loved the freeze video. The reactions of the people and the appreciative applause at the end was amazing.

I have to laugh. I am a frozen statue or should I say I am sometimes employed to be one. I have seen this on a small scale before but with paid artists not just members of the public. And on such a fantastic scale really amazing!

I myself am trying to engage fellow artists to become their star signs. Using their own supplied material and then creating a digital manipulation into their astrological star sign. Please see my Zodiac series.
Toastedghost
It is great to work with fellow RBers.
Collaboration is the way to go!

What an incredible place to inspire each other.People never cease to amaze me with their talent. wonderful to be part of hugh intellectual artistic gene pool.

Pilgrim, you’re on the money with this I reckon. Being a part of the Bubble is inspiring in itself… it inspires me to share, to put stuff out there for the feedback, in order to inspire others, to learn from others, to learn more about myself and my art, to challenge myself, to challenge others. And citing the great protagonists such as Christo and Banksy as an lead into your main point is perfect. So once again, sincere thanks. I actually saw an advert for RB in a cafe, at least a year b4 I finally got round to joining up… very glad I did. In fact it was the Land Mark series of workshops which convinced me to become a part of a new on-line community.. that and the enthusiasm of a fellow Bubbler, Katsu! onya mate

When I joined RedBubble in January 2008, I had no idea of the importance of that decision. Since then, I have been so amazed at the quality of gallery work that I feel humbled by it . Being a digital illustrator, I am in constant awe at the extraordinary
photographic galleries I come across while perusing. RedBubblers have given me so much support , appreciation and encouragement even though I don’t use a camera.
I am from Northern California, USA, but I feel that we are not a world apart , only a click away.The people ( and you Pilgrim) make RedBubble wonderful . Feeling that your work is appreciated is really what this is all about. A big thank you RedBubble.

Great video, it would have been fun to be a part of that.

It is amazing how easy it is to throw off a huge gathering of people just by standing still , I too would have love to have been a part of it . Just simple to see the look on people faces while they walked by . The picture of the wrapped Reichstag is very breath taking . It is a interesting to see only the defining lines of the buliding . I also enjoyed the humour of the Banksy .

Very good piece Pilgrim….....I bring to light the work of Alan Kaprow as an example as well.

Just wanted to say HI Everyone. Thank you all—Holly Because without you, there would be no place for me!

Each time I check out media on RR, I feel like I’ve travelled through the globe and soaked up a bit more inspiration. It’s all around us!

I am so confused about the definition of art that I think at times I may even be a hypocrite. I love Banksy for example – because his work is striking both in message and detail, placement and audacity – yet I despise graffiti when it is sprawled over the side of a wall of a building that is a work of art in itself. At least Bansky places work that improve the area rather than detracts from what is there to be seen.

So if asked if graffiti was art I would say no, except for the good pieces…

...and then I am proving arrogant to know what is good and what isn’t. I was in a gallery in San Fran last year and someone had stuck four A4 coloured pieces of card to a black background, called it “New York at Night” and made his way into a gallery. I was appalled! Hidden around the corner was a painting of a balloon that blew me away and in comparing these two I would claim only one was art….

...but I would be called a fool by some.

Art defies to be defined which is wonderful and the picture shown by Martin of the building covered in material is heartbreaking inspired. I am also addicted to Shakespeare and the performances I see are the epitome of art in motion… as is street dance, ballet, tap….

...and yet I am told it is art to stand as still as one can on a box, painted gold and to not move until a coin is placed in a bucket. Is this really art?

The wave rises and we all ride it; to that I concur – but does anyone believe that there is some flotsam and jetsam riding with us, or am I being the elitist pig we all wish to escape?

To add to the hypocrite in me – the clip of the people who stand still is again art – whereas in my mind the man a box is not. I think I need help… or a drink.

Such a brill video thanks RedBubble!

The subway freeze is just SO cool.

I think the most amazing thing about art (of any kind) is the completely different way that each individual interprets it.

Any action that inspires or makes a person stop and think is art, Tony you said

“So if asked if graffiti was art I would say no, except for the good pieces…”

graffiti is art it has been around as long as man, cave drawings thats a form of graffiti, It is said that graffiti is a crime, I beleive it is when done out of malice but even that malice is a form of experssion anger who much art is produced from emtion which anger is. I have a series of photograph on RB I took 1 hour of 1 days to photograph the life of a railway underpass the graffiti in that 200 yards of damp, urine tainted passageway inspired some colourful expressions. I like graffiti even GAZ WOZ ERE I always stop and think who they and why.

Definition of art?
One party makes a sensory statement eliciting an emotional reaction in another?

“So if asked if graffiti was art I would say no, except for the good pieces…”

ahhh, but who determines what is “good”?

Some people think “Blue Poles” is outstanding! heh heh heh

What a hoot! I loved the video. How imaginative!!!

Hi parageiss. Thank you for that. I can now see how grafitti can be art even if it is not in the Banksy mode – because I guess I had not considered if art was a game limited to the talented. Wiuse words and thank you.

Catruth – I did mention that I thought I was arrogant after stating what I thought was good art and combined with my own comment above to parageiss, you will see I am humbled.

I personally will hold onto the quote “Any action that inspires or makes a person stop and think is art.”

Blessings

Without discovering RB I am certain that I would still be in my little bubble of depression. I was suffering with an affliction which was delipidating and caused me to be bedridden. As the Lord is my witness, since finding RB around mid-March, 2008, I have overcome depression, received remarkable healing and am attempting to re-enter school or work. The many bubblemails with other RB’ers and all the fabulous groups and activities has encouraged me beyond words. Most of the time we don’t know how one little rain drop can affect a small pond. It may seem lost, but it just became a part of something bigger. God bless this site and ALL those who are a part of it and ALL those who have yet to discover us. I am living again!!!!

Thank you ALL!!!
Sarai

Love the Graffiti.fantastic video

thanks for that .. and all true all true!!
..but to tell you the truth from my position.. I’m a bit tired of sharing..I’d like to make some good money now ….LOL

cathyxxxooo

Hi Tony, Every one has talent its the case if someone thinks you have talent. For example a lot of my photographs I think are good luck rather then good judgement and a lot of of my photographs I love, but yet I don’t think I have a talent but my photographic calenders sell and my post cards sell and I get asked to do portraits and weddings so someone must like my work. I cannot draw, I tried water colours and pastels, it looks like its been done by a 4 year old on speed but someone told me I had a talent and bought two of my paintings, is it just as beauty is in the eye of the beholder then talent must also be in the same eye.

I know that my photography keeps me sane and active, sharing my images makes me happy without it I would be a mess, but I never forget to look beyond the lens and see the building, the person and the picture that was created for for to capture.

Always see with your mind rather then look with your eyes.

Take care

Thank you for this post – it’s so true! – and thank you for RedBubble. I lack sufficient words to explain what this sharing has done for me. I’m probably still a dabbler since i have no training, but being part of this ART is making my life a joy again.
Thanks to you, again, and to all the super RedBubblers who’ve made the past few weeks BLISS.

Great stuff!!

Interesting stuff, and RB is a blessing & inspiration to me as well.

Redbubble to me never fails to be a source of inspiration, friendship and learning. Thank you for sharing, especially the video that was great.

im new to RB instantly inlove

I love the ImprovEverywhere stunt where they put on a musical in the foodcourt :) Imagine if real life were like that!

AMEN, my friend!

Simply stunning! I Love the pythonesque thingies that happen in real life. Loved the girl eating the bannana, absolutely marvelous thanks for sharing it with me.

I’ve only just joined RB but I love the way the site is so easy to use and looks fantastic and I definitely love being able to see such cool art from other people in one great place. :-)

That vid is cool too. Would be neat to try doing it on a larger scale!

Thank you all so much for your comments and feedback. It is incredibly inspirational and motivational for me to be around this living, breathing body of artists.

That video was fantastic, even the way they walked off like they were right back at what they had been doing, wonderful! The wrapped building reminds me of our ritual of wrapping gifts. Interesting.

Great video – lets try doing that in Melbourne sometime – see what happens – its great to make people smile.

Frozen People, Wow that is truly amazing, and in New York City yet! Isn’t is something how people will just pass by with out even noticing? I wonder what else they miss in life? Probably all the beauty the world has to offer. The People that did notice made me feel great!!!

love the video and the idea of creating something for people that’s free fun and totally unexpected! Graffiti is good = people should be free to express themselves.

love the video and the idea of creating something for people that’s free fun and totally unexpected! Graffiti is good = people should be free to express themselves.