Wednesday 14 January 2015

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ: The Positivity on Cold Winter DaysA while back...

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ:


The Positivity on Cold Winter Days
A while back...
: The Positivity on Cold Winter Days A while back I painted this watercolour. As I am looking at it today, I felt it could have bee...



The Positivity on Cold Winter Days

A while back I painted this watercolour. As I am looking at it today, I felt it could have been painted during this cold spell this January. Even though, I used fall like colours. Is it that easy to change perception? A beautiful fall day or a bitter cold January day - just the colour dots will make me feel differently about this moment. 
What is positivity, I ask? Is it an external action? How big or how small does it have to be? Or is it the feeling I am taking away with me? The other day, I was sitting down with Mary http://Marypurdyevolutionary.blogspot.ca/  to ask her, what positivity is? I was to journal according to my therapist about positive moments during my day. I could not think of any, till I started to explore the question, what is positivity? Wow, positive moments are small moments that make me feel good inside. To feel positive moments, I need to slow down to feel them, to make them big, to let this moment grow. It seems like it is like learning how to draw, the eye has to be trained to see. The observer has to be trained to see the positive moments and cherish them. Take time to smell the roses!

Sunday 4 January 2015

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ: ...and all this Jazz!The hours are counting down ...

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ: ...and all this Jazz!
The hours are counting down ...
: ...and all this Jazz! The hours are counting down to the first work day in the new year. Wanting to stretch the hours longer but time ...
...and all this Jazz!

The hours are counting down to the first work day in the new year. Wanting to stretch the hours longer but time as its own way of moving. Nevertheless, I go back not just a bid more relaxed but also with a plan of spreading compassion. 
Yesterday, we had a wonderful meeting at our house. Like minded people got together and we talked about what a compassionate circle could look like for us. Like Mary said, we are in Nova Scotia, therefore, we needed something to eat and to drink, all was provided for, the fire in the wood-stove was warming us, as we allowed us to be vulnerable, honest, and filled with hope. Brave people we are!
Nevertheless, I feel irritated and have the Sunday blues, therefore, the lino-cut ...and all this Jazz. The ink is still wet as I took the photo, struggling with the background, however, I started to explore, I moved a step ahead.

Friday 2 January 2015

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ:  Let it Flow!Happy New Year to all of you! May ...

STREETS RIDGE ARCHAN KNOTZ:  Let it Flow!

Happy New Year to all of you! 
May ...
:  Let it Flow! Happy New Year to all of you!  May 2015 bring you happiness, bring less suffering, and lets you live with joy and ease! I ...
 Let it Flow!

Happy New Year to all of you! 
May 2015 bring you happiness, bring less suffering, and lets you live with joy and ease!
I have been busy creating woodcuts over the holidays. However, I am feeling stuck. I am stuck on developing the backgrounds. Woodcuts can be somewhat flat. Mary, my partner, says that they are flat. So, I am looking for backgrounds which are adding depth to my woodcuts.
This has evoked an internal conversation in me about my artwork or how my artwork reflects my life. I always thought of myself as an emotional painter, but have currently chosen a medium that expresses itself very flat. What is happening with me? I have been looking at my anxiety, anxiety I have never felt before in my life. Like a frog sitting on the rim of a boiling pot. Will I jump off? In which direction? Is there a need for being flat at this moment? I have not yet brought the courage up to experiment with different backgrounds. Fear, what kind of fear is holding me back. Mary has giving my for 2015 the word- flow-. Staying in the flow, letting it flow, letting myself flow.


 I  have been using my left hand to cut the woodcuts which has been rather interesting. I have hurt my right should and are not able to cut woodcuts for a while with my right hand. The left hand makes the process slower, more intense. I wonder what kind of affect it will have on my brain? So, you see the holiday session has been a bid of a struggle for me. Let it flow!!

Archan Knotz creates : February

Archan Knotz creates : February :  Every year it happens, February arrives and I have this strong urge ...