"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty
but what the instinct and the brain
can conceive beyond any canon.
When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.”
Pablo Picasso
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Dilaw is the fifteenth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs.” Pablo Picasso
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Jaune is the fourteenth yellow doll in a series of intuitive dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason." Ralph Waldo Emerson Gelb is the thirteenth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
Anatole France wrote, "In art, as in love, instinct is enough." I am not sure that instinct or intuition is sufficient to stand alone. Many people have gifted, untutored talents. Should they be left raw and unmoulded, or should they be shaped and manipulated until they conform? How does one follow one's instinct or intuition in art or craft without a skill base? And in acquiring this skill base, how does one stay true to one's heart? Giallo is the twelfth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean." Socrates Bui is the eleventh yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"There is no instinct like that of the heart." Lord Byron Kuning is the tenth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
Does intuition make the world a better place? How? Is intuition a force for good? Flavus is the ninth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
William Cowper wrote, "Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray." Zolty is the eighth yellow doll in a series of intuitive dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"The comfort zone is the great enemy to creativity; moving beyond it necessitates intuition, which in turn configures new perspectives and conquers fears." Dan Stevens Rumena is the seventh yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"Intuition is more than knowledge, and truth comes pure from the heart." Don Bradley in 'Angels in a Harsh World' Amarillo is the sixth yellow doll in a series of spontaneous dolls called 'The Rainbow Connection'.
"A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants." Lao Tzu |
AuthorI am Liz Pearce. I am a passionate doll-maker; a doll interpreter. I believe in the power of dolls to transform lives. Archives
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