This morning I came upon a quote by Albert Einstein which brilliantly illustrates an idea which has been growing in me for a while now. It has to do with my way of perceving things in art as well as in life. In fact, I also find myself wanting to honor the intuitive mind more and more in my way of teaching.
“The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.”
Exhibition: October 5 to 27, 2012
Vernissage: Vernissage: Thursday October 4 at 6 pm
Invited Curator: Léopold L. Foulem
Curator’s Talk: Thursday, October 11 at 7 pm
The McClure Gallery is honoured to present 30, a ceramic exhibition featuring the works of 33 artists and curated by well-known ceramic artist, writer and curator, Léopold L. Foulem. Thirty years have passed since the founding of Interaction, galerie d’expressions céramiques. This exhibition commemorates and celebrates this unique endeavour. The Interaction collective was the only artist-run centre in Canada dedicated to the promotion and dissemination of ceramics, a non-traditional art discipline. This remarkable achievement was to last five years. Artists who were invited to participate all exhibited at Interaction between… Continue reading
I have the pleasure to grow the cotton thistle (onopordon acanthium) in my garden. It is a biennal Eurasian white hairy thistle having purple flowers; naturalized in North America. I appreciate it for its sculptural stature and its very peculiar vert-de-gris colour. It enhances the flowerings of plants around it. It reseeds itself abundantly and birds feed from the seeds and contribute to its propagation.
I also adopted the ornemental garlic. From its flowers to its… Continue reading