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DeliWrite's avatar

You rock, Madam! Reading this piece gave me genuine pleasure thank you :)

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Shari Schreiber MA's avatar

Incidentally... my Indian icon image is a painting I did one angst-filled day, somewhere in my early 30's. It started out as an abstract~ just vehemently smearing pigment on a horizontally posed black poster-board with a pallet knife to discharge my uncomfortable feelings at that time. And then, when my emotional intensity had spent itself, I noticed at the very bottom of the piece (in orange and yellow), the suggestion of a profile!

I always approach artistic endeavors with the attitude of, if I hate it I can throw it in the trash, so that I feel unbridled to create (letting the art lead Me, as opposed to the other way around) free of self-expectations or agenda. I was moved to risk tweaking the "profile" to see if I could I could turn the piece (vertically) into the image of an Indian with an elaborate headdress.

My initial effort worked out well, but he looked too Jewish. I tried again, remembering the emotion that had launched this effort, and my Indian took on a life of his own. The image as it turns out, came about sheerly by accident... and I was happy with the outcome.

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