tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55081477946661585102024-03-05T04:25:35.028-08:00Elaine Weiner-Reed's Creative License - Every Painting Is A Song/Story Collaboration Initiative Artist Elaine Weiner-Reed - Creative License Studio and Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995102203458924751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508147794666158510.post-18594019081523216872018-04-27T04:35:00.000-07:002018-06-12T13:36:12.986-07:00Elaine Weiner-Reed - "Every Painting is a Song"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Elaine asks: "If my
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"> On 6 June 2018, at the artist's solo exhibition at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, the talented trio Rogue Collective interpreted several of Elaine Weiner-Reed's paintings and sculptures in Musical improvisational creations. </span></i></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Original Art | Original Music</span></span></i></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> An improvisational piece by the Rogue Collective </span></span></i></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Cellist Natalie Spehar</span></span></i></h3>
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</span> "</span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: large;">M</span><span style="font-size: large;">y art focuses on unraveling the complexity and
mystery of human emotions, behavior, and relationships, featuring the
individual within or outside of a group dynamic. Layers of color, shape, and
line etched with calm or charged energy coalesce to convey a mood: intimacy,
loneliness, alienation, joy, solidarity, sensuality, conflict, harmony, or mystery. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> "Depending on the story, I zoom in on an individual, defining their character in
layers, or I depict them only as silhouettes or after-thoughts. Are they center
stage or out of focus? Do they wear a mask?..." </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <i> "If my
paintings were</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "uictfonttextstylebody" , serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">songs, how
would they sound to you…?" </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></h3>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">T</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">hat very question a</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #783f04;">nd
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thinking behind it dating back some three or more years, became the
genesis for Elaine Weiner-Reed's first "<i>Every Painting is
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Cross-Discipline Creative Collaboration open to writers, poets,
songwriters, screenwriters, dancers, and musicians. </span></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Become part of the Adventure! </i></span></span><br />
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Artist Elaine Weiner-Reed - Creative License Studio and Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995102203458924751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5508147794666158510.post-61540741683437579022016-07-02T04:27:00.002-07:002017-11-08T12:34:30.471-08:00Lauch: EWR's "Every Painting is a Song" Creative Cross-Discipline Collaboration Challenge<br />
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<b><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">Hello from Creative License Studio </span></span></i></b><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">& </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">thank you for visiting. </span></span></i></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> <span style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">Today's post focuses on my cross-discipline Creative Collaboration.</span></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">What</span>: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; line-height: 125%;">EWR's</span></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> "Every Painting is a Song" Creative Collaboration Challenge</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">When</span>: Launches 14 May 2016 </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Deadline</span>: All Competition Entries must be received <u>before 30 August 2016</u></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Then what? Please be patient. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> <span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Decision notification will begin on 1 November 2016</span></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> But ...BEFORE THEN, I will post updates and information on this blog, so please stay connected. </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> You may also email me at <u>any time</u> via the </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">Every Painting is a Song" email address: <span style="background-color: #f4cccc;">everypaintingisasong@gmail.com.</span></span></i></b></div>
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You will send me your musical compositions via email AND/or via
YouTube sharing - to me ONLY and/or small select group - not public
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> The Registration form will be available on14 May 2016 if not before...via Blog post.</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "papyrus"; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;">Elaine Weiner-Reed </span></span></b></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "papyrus"; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><i><br /></i></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "papyrus"; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><i>Solo Exhibition</i></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "papyrus"; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><i> "Honoring the Journey...Revealing Layers" </i></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">Every Painting is a Song</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 125%;">…</span></i></b></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Following are the </span></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">FIRST </span></i></b> three original abstract expressive paintings</u> that will be in Elaine Weiner-Reed's Solo Exhibition </span></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "papyrus"; font-style: normal;"><span style="color: windowtext;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">"Revealing Layers" </span></i></b></span> </i></span></span></b></span></span>and her</span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Creative Collaboration " Every Painting is a Song " Challenge... </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Use these paintings as <u>food for thought,</u> Creatives!</span></i></b></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">You <u>may </u>enter more than once... </span></i></b> </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Many of you have asked or been wondering </span>"<span style="font-size: x-large;">What's in it for ME</span>?" </span> </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> With how busy we are, we have probably all had that passing thought whether we want to or not.... It is human nature. </span></i></b><br />
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So after a lot of consideration, here is my multi-part response to
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> <u>Answer</u>: </span></i></b><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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1) Not only will all of us have fun and stretch our individual creative
wings and open our minds as we virtually meet and collaborate with
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2) We will cross-promote each other's work, Websites, and Social Media
sites to expand our networks and open doors to new opportunities and
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> FIRST
PRIZE Winners for Each Painting will win a signed micro-batch limited
edition print (on paper or canvas) of my Painting that inspired their
winning Creative Entry ! </span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"> <b><u>How this works is</u></b>: If your poems, songs, stories, screenplays, and/or musical pieces were inspired by "Ancestral Whispers III" (for instance) </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;">& you incorporated the titled into your entry,</span> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;">and you are selected as a Winner, your prize will be a signed limited edition print of </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;">"Ancestral Whispers III."</span></span></span></span><br />
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Runners-Up will be published in my Blog posts & we can together
brainstorm other co-publication/co-promotion opportunities. </span></i></b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Now, I hope that you will tell and show me in your creative and unique way.</span></i></b><br />
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barely contain her enthusiasm. She said she just could not wait another
month to enter! Plus, she did not want me to cancel if no one spoke up
and told me that they were really, actively interested in participating
in my initiative. <span style="color: #b45f06;">[<i><b>She had me there! </b></i></span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><i>To
be honest, I admit that thought has crossed my mind, that I should
cancel, that I must be crazy to do this.... I asked myself why was I
doing this...and the answer is always the same: I just know that I must
do it. I had the idea for a long time. Plus, I thought "it's my idea,
so why not me?" and "why not right now?" So, here I am...doing it -
whether I am ready or not! So, to Meredith and to all the others: I
promise that I will not cancel! But I do request that you <u>please, please enter </u>and do not let me down with an empty email inbox at the end of August. Okay?</i></b></span> <b><span style="color: #b45f06;">Enter (often) and spread the word WIDELY!</span></b>] So, back to </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>M</b>eredith. She said "c</span>all it 'shaking out the cobwebs'..." or "practice," but </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">she said she</span> simply had to dig in <i>now</i>... </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b>M</b>eredith told me she </span>was
inspired by my piece and wrote the following poem in one sitting. She
also told me she doesn't think she is finished with this painting yet...
Isn't that exciting?! <i><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">So, I am sending heartfelt thanks to Meredith and including her piece, below. I hope she enters the formal competition!</span></b></i></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><u>Waiting Becomes Them </u></span></i></b></span></i></b></div>
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span></i></b> </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets...secrets... Doors and Secrets,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets and Doors... </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Doors to secrets and more...</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doors to let </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;">someone (something?) </span></span>in...and doors to keep someone (something?) out... Doors and secrets, secret doors....</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Family secrets. Personal secrets. Maybe not all bad... But how bad?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Pain and pathways to memory's doors, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Storm-tossed shores are those memory's doors. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Thresholds beyond which memories lie...<i>dormant </i>no more. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Thresholds perhaps better left uncrossed?...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;">One door could lead to freedom,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> But a kaleidoscope of choices taunts with its promises of resolution, joy, hope, and sought-after "found memories."</span></span></span><br />
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But these people somehow know that if they pick the wrong door at the
wrong time in space, it could open to unspeakable things...secrets best
kept behind those painted, closed doors. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets...secrets... Doors and Secrets,</span></i></b></span></span></span><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets and Doors... </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Doors to Secrets ...and secrets, more.</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Trapped ... </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Frozen in Time...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Prisoners of their indecision (and to be honest, their fears).</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Tied to each other in some way...somehow. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Connections in time. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Secrets. Secret ties that bind.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Players frozen on that fateful stage.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Masks in place. Is it a cage?</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Just waiting...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> <i>evermore </i>hoping for a clue, a script change, <i>something </i>that will point to which door leads to freedom. An eternity of indecision.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets...secrets... doors and secrets,</span></i></b></span></span></span><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets and doors... </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Doors to secrets & secret scores...</span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;">Trapped inside (or outside?) their technicolor doors... Silent secrets bind their tongues. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> They remain choreographed to a space</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> in time </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> beyond reach of the exit door, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> the door to freedom, deliverance...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> And still, they wait... and wait...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> for the scene to play out,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> for the answer to appear,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> for the stage crew to arrive </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> and begin </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> to disassemble the doors</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> ...and unravel the secrets</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> ...and remove the staircases </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> they know are unsafe for their weight...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><br /></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"> Masks in place. Frozen in time. Waiting for THE END. </span></span></span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets...secrets... doors and secrets,</span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Secrets and Doors... </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> Doors to secrets and secret floors...</span></i></b><br />
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- By Meredith</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> (Pseudonym for Elaine Weiner-Reed)</span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> </span></span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> I am very
pleased to share this with you....</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I have permission to cite my viewers by their first name and publish their
entry and questions and they have allowed me to share their words and ideas to
serve as samples for you of WHAT TO DO and WHAT NOT TO DO. </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where needed, I will provide amplifying
information in my replies to these fellow Creatives.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I will be
sharing competition-related information in the future Blog posts<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"> leading up
to the EVERY-PAINTING-IS-A-SONG Competition Launch on 14 May 2016</span>. </span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;">Oh...and one last thing...</span></span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="background-color: #ffd966;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Part 4 -</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><u>Several people have asked me: "What do YOU get out of this?</u></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><u>Answer:</u></span></i></b></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><br /></span></i></b></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><i>
I become a winner with each entry. By doing this, I am becoming part of
something bigger than myself, something beyond
my own borders and dimensions - a global Artistic Creative Movement and a
wave that can expand without end and charge the world with its
powerful, positive,
creative energy. That is my dream, and that is what I want to see and be
a part of! </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><i> With each entry, you will make ME will feel like a winner, because I
will get to see my painting set to YOUR words or music -- to witness how my work has inspired or touched others....</i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><i> It is exciting to imagine my work transformed into a whole other dimension through another person's creativity, life
filters, mind, and heart. <u>That is the type of dialogue that Art can inspire</u> and I want to be a part of that Creative Movement! </i></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 125%;"><i> Do you...?</i></span></span> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>See you next time...when I will share<b> </b></i></span></span><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;">at least three more Paintings from my upcoming Solo Exhibition - </span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 125%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0c343d;"><i>giving you six paintings you will then have to leverage for your creative inspiration! </i></span></span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Email me anytime...and please stay in touch.</span></i></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Yours in Art,</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></i></b><br />
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "papyrus"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> Elaine</span></i></b>Artist Elaine Weiner-Reed - Creative License Studio and Galleryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14995102203458924751noreply@blogger.com0