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INSPIRATION vs PERSPIRATION

Greg Ruth

As artists we always in making our work, dance with two partners, and we are often held to the same regard as most pop cultural ideas of art making, the artist pondering some vital landscape... the artist receiving like a ball of light the revelation of some new piece... When in fact more than 80% of the total experience of making art is sweat and grit and work. It speaks well of the distilled and…

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The Calling

Kristine Poole

November 20, 2025 - There is a series of sculptures that has captivated me for some time based on archetypal experiences. One day, during a model session, I asked our model to interact with an open-weave shawl. I was giving her cues such as, "what if this was the most precious thing in the world to you?" "what if this was your worst nightmare?" "what if this was something that fully consumed you?" "what if this was something you couldn't escape?" to help keep her moving spontaneously. Several poses came from these sessions, including this one. I sat with this pose for many months, thinking about it, sketching it, considering why it resonated so much with me. She felt so poignant and introspective, listening to something I couldn't quite hear, caught in the net but pushing outwards to escape…

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