Author Archives: Iza

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Franz Kafka ‘Meditation’ and Osho ‘Yoga’

Jul
23
2010
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It is like swimming in open ocean, the feeling of expansion is so intense. It brings to the surface repressed fears, ignored fears, even unknown fears as the fear of freedom. Fear of freedom is the most striking one. Beyond the constrains of language, be…

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Two Paintings, One Drawing, and a Blank Canvas

Jul
21
2010
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The plan was to start my day by giving my three pieces their finishing touches and prepare for a new one, by applying the gesso on the last raw canvas I have brought from Toronto.

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Maintaining the Rhythm

Jul
20
2010
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The real challenge is not to achieve something rather it is to maintain it. And, this has been the case. I am rotating between the three projects by working a few hours on each of them.

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Textures and Multitasking

Jul
18
2010
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The concentrated attention provided by this time in residence opens the self to wonder. The impulse to look for something and experiment can be pursued as the means to feed artistic investigation. This time and this space are especially reserved for that…

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Getting into the Zone

Jul
17
2010
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I am entering into the second week of my residence and I can feel that my soul is only now arriving here to meet my body. It is an Brazilian indian idea that if someone travels too fast, the soul will be able to catch up only later on. There are these st…

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“…cultivate language based on our emotions that help to amplify our felt experience”

Jul
16
2010
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Reflecting over weight versus content, I see how much all the care on packing my paintings materials to bring them to Krumlov has paid off. Particularly, the raw canvas and the Golden Paint’s gesso made it worth to deal with backpain for more than three…

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My first ‘Krumlov’ painting

Jul
13
2010
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The internal discipline I was anxious about turned out to be something much more practical. To build a routine by defining a daily schedule seems to be working. As it is too hot to work in the morning at my open air studio I embraced the limitation and turned it into liberation.

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Dobrý Den (Good Morning)

Jul
12
2010
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Dobry Den (Good Morning) Advancing from “Thinking” to “Doing”, including getting my recycled plastic containers for mixing paints, took not only intention and time but also lots of organization and learning. I have not started painting yet, though I have been working with ideas and making drafts with my pastels.

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Pilgrimage

Jul
05
2010
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I am leaving to Czech Republic today to start my Artist in Residence Program at Milkwood

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Intaglio in Black. Plate interaction with Ink

Jun
27
2010
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How to fully document the process became a priority for the success of my Color Investigation in Intaglio. Even when I thought I was being diligent I ended up neglecting some data that I missed to reconstruct the etching stages. When working with multipl…

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After Graduation: Krumlov!

Jun
22
2010
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After Graduation: Krumlov!I am looking forward for my Artist in Residence program in Krumlov, Czech Republic. It is so exciting to the point that my heartbeat rate doubles every time I imagine myself at that old town, dedicating my time totally to pa…

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At the End of a Life Cycle the Feeling is of Gratitude

Jun
10
2010
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I just learned today that I am getting my undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto with High Distinction. I cannot deny that the recognition of my efforts made me feel quite good. At the same time, I want to…