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Author: Tim Chambers
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I AM UNIQUE, RIGHT?
A friend showed up at a party with a t-shirt that read, “You are unique!” Bravo, right? Then, one line below, it read, “Just like everyone else.” Suddenly, I went from feeling kind of special to feeling very ordinary. For the rest of the party, I couldn’t get the t-shirt off my mind. I am…
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ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION
It’s a gorgeous June day. Cotton floats in the blue sky. A gentle breeze wafts the sun’s warmth among the dozen artists painting the park scene before us. I am the teacher, the artists are my students. Walking amongst the plein air easels scattered across the park lawn, eyeing my students leaning into their canvases,…
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Changes
I have an addiction. Well, yes, to chocolate, but that’s mostly under control. I am addicted to drawing. I have to draw. My parents fed me a healthy diet of vegetables, fruits, protein, paper, and crayons. Mom said I drew on the walls one afternoon; I never ran out of paper again. Perhaps that explains…
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A Statement
Many professional artists have a statement of purpose. I.e., why we do what we do. Having a statement of purpose is a good idea. I’d say it is critical to the creation of art, be it a painting, a novel, a screenplay, or music. The first question I ask my painting students is, What is your purpose for…
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Cracked Shell
My father gifted me Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet in my early teens, on the cusp of adulthood. Gibran’s words today echo a lifetime of experiences, but then, as a young man reading them for the first time, I sensed a truth that answered an as-yet-unasked question. Gibran’s words were profound yet simple enough to break…
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The Seven-Degree Artist
The Seven-Degree Artist My disease is measured in degrees: 180… 170… 150… 125… 100… 70… 40… 20… 17… 15… 12… 10… 9… 7… I’m hoping that I never get to zero. I started with the normal 180 degrees of peripheral vision, the vision used to the left and right, above and below what our central…
