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Where Do ART IDEAS Start? Attitude of Gratitude

Great Expectations-Behind the Scenes- Cheryl Johnson Abstract Art

I would love it if you would take the time to review my website: cheryljohnsonartist.com I came across this site and I am moved...by images and words https://domaine-chaumont.fr/en/centre-arts-and-nature/archives/2022-art-season/jaume-plensa “In sculpture, it isn’t a question of volumes, it is a question of something deep inside us that sculpture cannot describe”, explains the artist. “We always have one foot in normal life and one foot in the most astonishing abstraction. Life itself stems from this contradiction.” “(…) My work has nothing to do with religion. I think of it more as spirituality. The spirit brings it out and the sculpture has this amazing capacity to reveal objects that were previously hidden away, asleep. The face, for example, is the only part of our bodies that we can’t see for ourselves, except in a mirror. It is an offering to others, but it is also the mirror of the soul. (…) For me, sculpture is like a place where we can go to rest and meditate. In a world whe