"When Columbus returned from the New World and proclaimed the earth was round, almost everyone else went right on believing the earth was flat...Then they died- and the next generation grew up believing the world was round. That's how people change their minds."
- From the book "Art and Fear"by David Bayles and Ted Orland
I really like this quote for the challenge it brings to be willing to accept truth. It is difficult to change ones own mind, especially when it has been conditioned for a lifetime to react the same old way. It's difficult but possible. That is why seeking knowledge and expanding our views should be a life long pursuit, because it can take a long time to see things more correctly.
Tons of new and crazy stuff has happened in our families life recently. January 31st I was hired on as a "pattern maker" for a bronze foundry here in Idaho. A week and a half later we had our FOURTH little boy, and during all of that I was a full time art student. My semester ended in April and we decided to move to Idaho Falls to be closer to work (before that I was driving 2 hours a day). Things have changed a lot, but I can see some really awesome stuff taking place in our lives. Though I'm not in any art classes right now I've set up my own studio in our new apartments garage and have been working on being consistent on doing art each day. Here are some pictures of a figure sculpture I've worked on the last few months:
