From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Why Does an Artist Paint? Or a Writer Write?

by Barbara Hartsook on April 28, 2009 · 17 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

Other than as a way of earning a living, what drives an artist, writer, musician — any creative person — to do what they love doing? Why does an artist paint? Or a writer write? I know there are many reasons — all as unique as the person(s) behind the art — but here are [...]

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Do We Really Get What We See?

by Barbara Hartsook on April 15, 2009 · 8 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

Do we really get what we see? Or must we learn to see past what we see? In the The Art Spirit, artist/author/philosopher/teacher Robert Henri, wrote : We have strange ways of seeing. If only we knew — then we could tell. If we knew what we saw, then we could paint it. It’s true [...]

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Do Personality, Clothing Style, Color Tests Really Measure Who We Are?

by Barbara Hartsook on April 9, 2009 · 9 comments

in Personal Growth

I love to take tests… personality, color, clothing-style tests — whatever is offered. What I don’t like is that the questions asked often require more than scaled-answer responses offered. You know, the on-a-scale-of kind of answers with no provision for actually answering. Or multiple choice answers — and none of the choices fits you exactly. [...]

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Snowy Track Meets Take Me Back to the Old Days

by Barbara Hartsook on April 6, 2009 · 16 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

We’re in the second week of local high school tack meets in Northern Ohio, and it’s snowing on the violets. If I go to my grandkids’ meet tomorrow, I’ll put on a down vest and gloves. I’ll have my BlackBerry to take snapshots, jot notes to myself, maybe voice-record a thought or two. Oh, and [...]

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How Do You Play (Work) Life?

by Barbara Hartsook on April 3, 2009 · 12 comments

in Conversation Over Coffee

I’ve found a new blog, Sources of Insight, written by J.D. Meier. This morning he asked what our metaphors for life are. How do we approach it, work with it? Within what context? How do I play life? You think that’s easy to answer? It wasn’t for me… …Not until I poured a fresh cup [...]

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