{"id":26459,"date":"2025-02-11T21:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T21:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26459"},"modified":"2025-02-18T06:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T06:57:54","slug":"art-the-urge-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=26459","title":{"rendered":"ART: The Urge Returns?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Some of Tove Jansson\u2019s many forests\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday and and today I\u2019ve suddenly and unaccountably felt the return of the desire to get creative, and make some art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It scares me, in ways, truth be told. Because I really don\u2019t know what I want to do. I have a lot of ideas. Some of which concern learning a thing or two from Tove Jansson. Hence the pics of hers in this post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might note the nature theme. And in particular, woods and trees. Or the archetypal dark forest. Jansson often has her little folk exploring and adventuring in these archetypal settings: caves, mountains, forests, the sea. And home, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This one combines mountains, water, and plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I love trees, and nature. And I\u2019d like to distil something from combining a study of Tove\u2019s stuff, and elements from other sources; some of it my own, other bits borrowed, or plain stolen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There\u2019s so much to unpack here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2018I only want to live in peace plant potatoes and dream.\u2019 Wow! Now there\u2019s a philosophy to live by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also love the way that in becoming \u2018the artist\u2019 (beret), Moomin becomes blind, and walks off a cliff. To my mind, as much as this scenario sends up the folly of life generally, it also captures the essence of being an artist. To make art is, or can (perhaps even should<\/em>) be, stepping off the ledge, into the unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which idea returns me to the theme of my second paragraph in this post, above\u2026 \u2018quest into the unknown\u2019!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yesterday and and today I\u2019ve suddenly and unaccountably felt the return of the desire to get creative, and make some art. It scares me, in ways, truth be told. Because I really don\u2019t know what I want to do. I have a lot of ideas. Some of which concern learning a thing or two from … <\/p>\n

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