by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | May 22, 2018 | Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting | plein air
Art making is a “moment” of fleeting eternity Eternity is outside time. Eternity should not be mistaken for the elasticity of time, a time that never ends. Yes! eternity is indeed outside time. It doesn’t have a beginning nor an end. It is something in itself; it has...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Dec 31, 2017 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts
To Repeat or Not! What can I write on New Year’s Eve without repeating too much what has already been said? It is like a work of art; what can I paint without repeating what has already been done? Last year, I wrote on “furtive peace” and the year before on “being a...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jan 3, 2017 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts
Peace in Colombia Not even a year ago, I gave a talk on peace entitled “The Algorithm of Peace”. In a nutshell, I Googled the words “peace” and “war” and reflected on the resulting images. I arrived to a few interesting conclusions, the most important being that in...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Sep 27, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, Inspiration |Thoughts
You the Emitter: knowledge! In Detroit. In a few minutes I will be boarding a plane to Florence to get ready for our upcoming art workshop Studio Italia in Tuscany. I am taking advantage of my quiet waiting spot to review this post. This post follows on ideas,...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Aug 14, 2016 | General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting | plein air
Heather at SALA Australia A Sure Shot Back from Italy, back to our office and before we tackle our fourth segment of “How I see Art”, we would like to share this story, a follow-up of a previous post. We are always very happy to hear about the artistic achievements of...
by Yves M. Larocque (Ph.D.) | Jun 14, 2016 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
Ideas, instruments of knowledge (1) In our previous post, we discussed about the notion of cultural territory, the “art-world”. Now, it is time to talk about the ideas inhabiting this territory. An idea is a thing of the mind, born from many minds, product of...
