Ellen Palestrant's Blog, page 5

Thanksgiving is just a few days away and acknowledging gratitude to both yourself and to others, is healthy. Not only is it uplifting for those around you but having high levels of positivity will help you wade through difficult times – and waltz through the happier ones. Life is not static, and you will therefore […]

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul. W. Somerset Maugham I enjoy receiving my creative stimuli and satisfaction from different mediums and modes of creativity – painting, drawing, prose, poetry and now, producing and, also, the narrating of The World of Glimpse audiobook. Each creative project has […]

There is nothing funnier than the human animal. Walt Disney Many of my poems, although humorous, are also social commentary. I have fun examining, exaggerating and satirizing human foibles. Humor drives much of my poetry as does imagery, rhythms, sounds, my own senses – and a love of language of course. All of these are […]

“When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it’s you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself.” Steven Spielberg Most of the time, […]

Color is power which directly influences the soul. Wassily Kandinsky With the ongoing global pandemic, I feel at times, that I have embarked on a voyage into the deep and foreboding unknown. I imagine that many of you share similar emotions. What lies ahead for all of us? We don’t know. Certainly, what I do […]

I never met a color I didn’t like. Dale Chihuly Why do fluorescent colors arrest my attention? I think it is because they are flamboyant, bodacious, conspicuous, vibrant and brilliant. “Look at me, look at me!” they beckon and I do. Yet I use them sparingly in my paintings – just a hint at times […]

A colorful world is always a synonym for paradise. A grey or monocolored world is always a synonym for purgatory or hell…The diversity of color brings paradise. Friedensreich Hundertwasser Are paintings in monochromes created because of a need to explore the subtle variables of one color, a preference for consistency, or because of a desire […]

In reply to Maryanne Kremer-Ames.

Thank you so much for your comments. You, too, as someone who creates, teaches and performs music so magnificently, are aware of the unifying spirit of truly creative individuals as opposed to those people who consider fresh ideas a threat, because they are in opposition to their own absolute ideas. The differences in people’s individual creative approaches to what they do is a wonderful and precious thread of commonality that has wound through through the work of truly creative people through the centuries, that is doing it “their way”. I do it my way. Is it the right way? Well, it’s right for me and perhaps, for some others, too. Thanks again, Maryanne!

In reply to Ellen Palestrant.

Ellen,
This is a wonderful interview!
It’s amazing all the different talents that you have and have explored and actualized, but also your all inclusive philosophy is inspiring!

Wonderful term that you’ve coined, “otherism”, separating ourselves instead of focusing on our commonality. Our world would improve dramatically if we could practice this more!

The second picture in your article is one that I’ve never seen before; it’s both beautiful and proud, displaying a sense of accomplishment, but not in an arrogant way, rather in a positive and glowing way, inviting others too to partake of the joys of creativity.

All in all, a lovely interview displaying a life well and fully lived…..well done, Ellen! 🙂