Simple Pleasures
Ruthie Hochman has a blog Ruthie’s Reason. Recently, she had a post on Simple Pleasures … I quote, “Simple pleasures are the “little” things that accentuate life and make the biggest difference. … Perhaps what I find most pleasurable about the simple things I delight in is their simplicity – the complete ease with which one is able to enjoy them.” I truly agree and I bet you do too. I loved her post! It’s worth reading the rest!
Solitude, Digital © Diane Clancy
Ruthie asked me to consider painting about simple pleasures. I think at the beginning she really meant one painting about simple pleasures. Since Ruthie loves my bubbles, I assumed she meant with the bubblescape series. She liked that idea. I have been hard at creating, working with the bubbles to take my abilities to the next level of creating more conceptual art – at least that is how I see it.
I am taking a concept and representing it with these bubbles ~ that really and truly little meaning past what I endow them with. It is pretty exciting to me! In general I just create, exploring my materials, being guided by my soul and my feelings … and then look at it to see what it is. This is somewhat new territory for me.
So I have 2 questions for you … one are what are your simple pleasures? What simple pleasures would you like to see in bubblescapes? This might be a little similar to Debi Cates questions. She is a talented and fun photographer. I am going to point you to the post where she was very generous in her assessment of me. She has a fantastic experiment going on where she asks people to make choices … I encourage you to check out her other posts too!
Back to the questions … what are your simple pleasures and what simple pleasures would you like to see in bubblescapes? Question 2 … someone asked me if I have any paintings of “lovers.” I have struggled with this a lot with the bubbles … but nothing is gelling very well. I thought someone might have an idea for lovers they would like to see me try in bubbles. I would love your help!!
~ Diane Clancy
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Hi Diane! My simple pleasure is finding time to work in my art journal…doesn’t get any simpler than that for me. In general, I try not to make anything “complicated” at all…things flow much more smoothly. I like the bubblescapes… I am not sure how it would work, but I bet a lot of people like Chocolate as a simple pleasure….how about chocolate bubbles? lol Wait…maybe I am confusing that with a guilty pleasure.. oh well.
Simple pleasures, walking the dogs at an empty beach with fresh air and see them roaming along the whole beach 🙂
Lovers in bubbles? My artistic mind needs more coffee to speed something up.
Right now I only get Bubble hearts intertwined, not very original 😉
Diane, One of my favorite simple pleasure is clouds. The more I do landscape photography the more I love and appreciate the beauty of the sky. I love the way the sun and light moves and changes. I know you have other art with clouds so consider this simple pleasure.
Love your art and creativity. Keep up the good work.
My simple pleasures are coffee and cigarettes as you probably well know. I don’t know how you could work this into a bubble painting.
I daydream a lot. Could you make a bubble painting about daydreaming? Something floaty and blue and wishful?
My simple pleasures are looking at the sky and the earth. Tonight’s sunset was pretty spectacular, and all work stopped at my home to look at it.
As for lovers in bubbles, I immediately pictured putting my ex’s in bubbles and watching them float away!
hmm about simple pleasure, my simple pleasure is wannabe thing’s for some thing’s
😥 i don’t have a pleasure
My simple pleasure would be anything in nature, Diane. Just the act of “looking” at nature restores and renews me. Now, what simple pleasure to see in bubblescapes,,,,,hmmm. Your bubblescapes are so luscious, looking at them would be a simple pleasure too!
Best to you,
Jean
http://www.JeansArtBlog.com
This bubblescape well expresses simple pleasures! My simple pleasures are dog walks and a glass of the red stuff!
Wow! Diane, could you be more incredible :)? I love the painting. I doubt there is any bubblescape you make I that I wouldn’t love. There is just something about them.
A few ideas on simple pleasures – a sunflowers, sunrise, sunset, the moon when it is full… those are immediate ideas that are at the tip of my mind.
As for a man and woman, I am thinking create bubbles that are stacked vertically but connected as if to represent a body… one for the man and one for the woman and have them pressed up against each other… with the man bubble’s head looking down and the woman’s up as in in a kiss or embrace… and the bubbles can be different colors to represent diversity and the closeness of the couple as having the appearance of melding can represent unity… so they can be the cosmic couple, forces of existence, and also represent the perfect union of beauty between a man and a woman… if you make it, let me know, I’ll buy the painting…
Lots of love,
Ruthie
P.S. Finally got it right, bubblescape… kept saying bubblespace 🙂
P.S. Thanks so much for sharing, and for your great gift…
Hey, I like your blog 🙂
I really love your work Diane: WELL DONE it’s truly inspiring!
Take care,
Africafreak