An audioblog entry that begins with my starting my day in the studio, a clip from yesterday (memories of travel) including Louise Bourgeois and Benar Venet. And finishing with a clip of Louise talking about her work.A few shots of Benar Venet sculpture from Le Muy, France 2014:
Making lunch I listened to @larrygmaguire and it brought these thoughts. #creative #process #artists #writers #create #author #painter
I know it sounds weird, but I couldn't bear to be involved in July 4 this year, so I got through it. Today is a new day. A bit about what's happening in the studio.
Detail: Skagen Work in Progress
Artist Ai Weiwei's focus on the refugee crisis that is currently taking place across Europe, stands up for artist intellectual property rights and the hypocrisy of VW in Denmark's conceptual installation.
Audioblog: May 27, 2019
Links:
Art21 page on Artist Ai Weiwei
Images of the Installation in Copenhagen
One of my older paintings in 2015 when I began the refugee series.
We Are Safe
18"x20" acrylic on canvas
2015
Audiocast May 23, 2019
Audiocast May 14, 2019
This painting is underconstruction. It appeared in this orientation during discussion of the work.
Audio cast: May 3, 2019
My series is progressing. AUDIO musing:
I talk about three things primarily: My interest in the Yellow Vest movement, A review of A Passage of Yellow Red Birds by Robin Peace and Larry G. Maguire's poem, Hello Tree.
More about Robin Peace: (from Worldcat.org) Robin Peace writes of the world through the eye of a swallow and from the window of a plane sweeping over the earth. She writes as water making its way from mountain to sea, and of time as a passage of yellow red birds that declares a harvest singing from the cut earth. When her mother faces death by starvation, the natural world is called on to give relief – a blackbird to swallow her, silverfish to consume her as a book.This is a debut collection that shimmers even in sight of devastation.
Robin Peace is a geographer, teacher and academic. A rich sensibility of the natural world informs a life bound up with stories of displacement, difference and belonging. She works at Massey University and lives with her partner on the wetland margin of O te Pua on the Kapiti coast.
More about Larry G. Maguire:
Writer, Artist, Podcaster. Author of "The Artist's Manifesto" He lives in Dublin, Ireland.
My phone died and I was unable to do any audio within the Museum, but I'm not sure I would have anyway. The exhibit of Vija Celmins, A 25 Year Retrospective was one that was meditative and like a silent retreat.
So my trio of short stories is the ambient noise into the Museum, my commentary about what I saw after the museum and the classical music I listened to during the drive home. An inspirational day for me.
Afterword: (taken from artnet)
I went to my Mountain this week and was struck with all the old trees barren and coming down after our recent storms. I love this place, it reminds me of the cycle of life and refreshes my inspiration.
The strength here reminds me to press on.
A tree down on the hillside shows beautiful growth in it's decay.
A trunk with beautiful markings.
Branches "veiled" with backlighting.
California Buckeye seeds
Cobweb of branches
I walk and share my thoughts, lastly reading a poem from Mary Oliver.
I share the sound of the creek.
#poet #MaryOliver 
I had an extremely fun time in conversation with Larry G. Maguire, author and artist from Dublin, Ireland. We spoke for about 45 minutes on the subjects of Creativity, Work and Process. Here is the video of our discussion from today.
The Larb Live: Robbin Milne On Creativity
I've been reading this book aloud for about a month now. The Introduction is written by Robin Laurence, and is a bit lengthy, the Forward is written by Ira Dilworth, includes a poem he and Emily shared together. The first chapter begins and puts you smack in the middle of her rebellious nature at once.
My readings include my "asides" comments and thoughts about what I'm reading, including my purring cats, my laughter at places and even a bit of commentary from other listeners.
I'm enjoying reading it aloud and learning how to present the short chapters in 25-35 minute segments. It is usually about 10-12 pages read at a clip. I hope you enjoy and if feel so inclined leave me a voice message at the anchor app or here or at my facebook page. Would love to hear what you think about Emily Carr.
In adding the beginning chapters, I decided to add all up to where I am now, and will continue to add them here after posting them in the audio platform. :)
A walk out on my mountain after our first rain of the season. Images and audio, today November 22, 2018.
A bit of musing about what's next in my creative process.
The image above was taken July 25, 2018, during a night photo shoot. Today, after walking I sat in the studio and listened to Katie Paterson's Interview from Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark. You can hear more about this here:
Today is October 8 and for #Octaver2018 I am posting three women that influenced my life.
Listen to my news about an article coming out, my new small work, the Refugee series and some new music I just discovered.
I have a bird's nest in my yard, it's on top of the electrical recepticle. Today I took my 35mm to the window to document the new baby(ies). I saw the little fledgling, and the mama and papa. The image of the mama and papa didn't come out to great. I didn't want to stay too long and disrupt or create concern. Nature at it's best, right in my own backyard. Then I meander into the studio to look at last nights work.
New Baby
Proud Papa.
Mama and Papa intently looking down at me from high above. Making sure baby is safe.
Proud Mama. Notice the difference in the nest and how they built up the sides for when the baby was born.
Two updated photos from works in progress. 
Yes, I know it's stupid to show my in progress uglies, but it is all in the process of making a painting. Rutenberg even says that about himself showing us his unfinished work. So warts and all, here's where I am. I realized the history of the work is what's important to me. Why it comes into being, where it goes, the journey to a completed piece.
I woke this morning to a question from a friend on an audio site, Limor, about what I hoped people would get from my series. I speak about my intentions in my work and attempt an answer. The question I received on my audiocast last night. “@robbinmilne What do you hope people feel or experience when they look at the series?”
#artist#intention #wip #insight #serieswork #refugees #NoMoreWar
Below is the video that shows my process, photographs and paintings
I am doing daily work for at least the month of June. Along with that, I am participating in a daily audio blog #audiomo with the focus on my paint/drawing process. Today's post covers the first of three works, with a 30 minute narration as I create these. Please tune in either at itunes, anchor dot fm, soundcloud to hear the full commentary on my process.
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Per Kirkeby, Danish Painter passed yesterday. It's hit me hard. Not sure that I thought he'd be here forever or that I'd ever meet him myself, but it feels like a family member left the universe.
He has given so much to me in just viewing his work. I was lucky enough to view a huge retrospective of his work while I was in Denmark for my artist residency in 2015. At the time, I had just learned that he had publicly announced his end to painting, he had suffered a stroke. That made me sad at the time, and anxious. I did a few drawings while in Denmark around my thoughts of Kirkeby and painting, or giving it up.
Now he's gone, leaving quite a legacy. One of the most prolific living artists I've discovered.
I will still look to his work to discover more and more about painting. Reading his writings has been quite an eye opener for me, I have just the one book translated from Danish, and will look for more.