Dear painters, art aficionados, and art explorers everywhere. I would never have guessed this journal would keep my interest for so long! Join me as I learn about the processes of painting, drawing and at times, the history of art.
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5.01.2015

Scenius vs Genius


Austin Kleon has titled the first chapter in his book, Show Your Work! 1. "You don't have to be a genius." Then he says "find a scenius" - the word, to me, sounds really dorky. But it makes sense when you read this, from Quora:
 
Scenius is like genius, only embedded in a scene rather than in genes. Brian Eno suggested the word to convey the extreme creativity that groups, places or "scenes"  can occasionally generate. His actual definition is:  "Scenius stands for the intelligence and the intuition of a whole cultural scene. It is the communal form of the concept of the genius."

Being part of a scene, you are contributing to the whole creative endeavor, that one big giant organism. There are SO many artists in the world today that being unique is much harder than it used to be. Sharing what you learn can help others and as Kleon says, "the world is changing at such a rapid rate that it's turning us all into amateurs."

Slough at Amalga (study)        triptych mid-panel ~5 x 5 in     oil on Arches Oil Paper


This wonderful quote by H.W. Longfellow is also in the book -
"Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think."

I believe I have found my scenius (still think it is a dorky word) and hopefully this blog will continue to contribute to art and artists around the world in its small way.

Happy painting!


2 comments:

Chris Lally said...

My new favorite blog post, Teri. Thank you. And your triptych is fabulous!

Teri said...

Well, you are so sweet! Yes, I like the teeny triptych ... hope the big one will come out as nice. I have two more small studies still to post.
I loved your post about all your pots and gardening stuff you found for such great prices ... and such a handy husband to fix them for you :)