May
29
I put it off as long as I could, but it’s day #4 of the Procrastination series and of my journey to Blog World NY to talk about it.
Dying and the Worst Fear
When I think about dying my worst fear is that all the artwork I have done over the decades will be lost. That it will be so disorganized, so hard to find and sort through, that no one will want to do it and it will just disappear eventually. I have a lot of things I want to get done still, but I have done a lot of things so far and I want them recorded and stored in a way that others can see or hear about them later.
Technology
I have to leave things undone each day, and many days I leave them undone on purpose because I don’t feel like working so hard at it. But in the end I keep coming back to my tasks, both the current art creation tasks and the cataloging and organizing of my prior work. It’s not as if it’s going to end since as soon as I get everything organized on CD or DVD another technology comes along that demands it be done all over again. For example, I have been going through old family photos this past Memorial Day weekend and I came across a floppy disk full of images. That was modern and safe at one point but now it’s ancient technology I can’t access without spending money on it.
What is your greatest fear in dying and do you put off dealing with it? Why so?
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Drawing and commentary by Marty Coleman, whose many scribbles are unaccounted for.
Quote by Pablo Picasso, whose every scribble is pretty much accounted for.
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Oct
30
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A vintage napkin from 2002 that I put in my daughters’ lunches to bring to school.
Saying no to your child, making them feel embarrassed by their individuality, stifling their stream of consciousness in thought and play. Those will suck the artist out of any child before you know it.
Don’t let that happen.
Help them let their creativity out, don’t stifle it.
Drawing by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Pable Ruiz Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish artist. His baptismal name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso
Jun
12
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Vintage napkin from 2002. Drawn for my daughters and put in their lunches before they went off to school.
By flying. By flying above the creative stop signs. By fighting with all your might anyone who says to you as you grow ‘but what will they think?’ By wearing a top hat if you want, or a gypsy scarf around your head with big red earrings. By buying that interesting spice you found in that obscure little store, and actually using it in something you cook. By not being afraid to ask that interesting person if you can take their photo. By buying REAL art for your home, not crap from a hobby store that just fills space.
By fighting for your love of art and not letting anyone rip it away from you, for any reason.
Drawing and passion by Marty Coleman of The Napkin Dad Daily
Quote by Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish artist. Did you know his full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Crispiniano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso?
