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Does our Imagination Inspire Us to Act?

by Barbara Hartsook on February 16, 2009 · 13 comments

“We all live best in our own imaginations.” I read that this morning in a novel.
I wondered how often I live there — in my imagination. While I’m driving, or in the shower, or out on the exercise trail. And is it a good thing?

I imagine brilliant conversations with others — in my mind, by [...]

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Inspiration Is In the Story… Art of All Kinds Tell Those Stories

by Barbara Hartsook on February 5, 2009 · 18 comments

Stories have always inspired me. Perhaps because I was raised with them, in one art form or another…
When I was a young girl, our family often took Sunday drives through the country-side, with the hoped-for goal of buying ice cream cones. A favorite trip was to a small college town twenty miles due west of [...]

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Painted for Story… People Photo Inspires an Oil Painting on Canvas

by Barbara Hartsook on October 5, 2008 · 11 comments

My best people paintings come from photos that suggest a story to me. Nothing spectacular. Usually not posed, and with no special lighting. Even photos taken on a grey day with little color can tell a story so poignant it begs to be painted.
I found such a photo two years ago among my daughter’s snap [...]

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