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Comment on Studying from Masters by gittens7

gittens7 — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:20:22 +0000

wow very great post, im gonna try and think this way more, to help me grow as an artist, and the Hokusai quote is very deep,
its funny when you say about waiting for a mentor, or searching for one, i think sometimes that can stunt your growth as an artist, you learn more from making a million mistakes, and some times i find myself worrying about making mistakes instead of just focusing what i am trying to communicate or create, thanks for the inspiring words, and i have to thank Christian Brierley for showing me this post i will come again

Comment on Studying from Masters by eddie

eddie — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:37:03 +0000

Thanks, Jamal and Christian !

Jamal, the only thing I’ve mastered is lethargy and procrastination I think of myself as an eternal student. The great Japanese master, Hokusai had a great quote regarding this. He said,

“From the age of six I had a mania for drawing the shapes of things. When I was fifty I had published a universe of designs. but all I have done before the the age of seventy is not worth bothering with. At seventy five I’ll have learned something of the pattern of nature, of animals, of plants, of trees, birds, fish and insects. When I am eighty you will see real progress. At ninety I shall have cut my way deeply into the mystery of life itself. At a hundred I shall be a marvelous artist. At a hundred and ten everything I create; a dot, a line, will jump to life as never before. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age. I used to call myself Hokosai, but today I sign my self ‘The Old Man Mad About Drawing.”

I aspire to be like that one day!

Comment on Studying from Masters by Christian Brierley

Christian Brierley — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:34:48 +0000

Hey Eddie,

Great post!! Very inspiring to a young wannabe artist as myself.

Christian

Comment on Studying from Masters by Jamal O

Jamal O — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:52:31 +0000

Very excellent website and blog.

Your work is very inspiring. I’m sure you will continue to inspire as the next generation looks to you as a master.

Comment on Merry Christmas by Richard Gaines

Richard Gaines — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:52:02 +0000

Eddie, nice kid-vid! Really cute. It’s good to see you on the blogroll.

Richard

Comment on Merry Christmas by Rune

Rune — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:45:38 +0000

Thanks Eddie!

Hope you guys are doing well.

Hugs and kisses

Rune

Comment on Happy Birthday! by DN

DN — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:42:12 +0000

I saw very few (well none, actually) other blog posts noting this date . Thanks for the reminder .

Comment on Transitions by David Nethery

David Nethery — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 20:13:24 +0000

Great new look to your site and the WordPress blog looks good , too.

Interface is similar to Typepad , which is what I use,
so I think you’re going to find it’s a big improvement over Blogger.