Comments on: INTEGRITY AND ART http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/ Where creativity unites with success Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:44:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lana Grow http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 Lana Grow Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:22:16 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-4022 Love your art work and the blog is full of great wisdom with experience as your teacher. Thanks for sharing. Lana Love your art work and the blog is full of great wisdom with experience as your teacher. Thanks for sharing.
Lana

]]> By: Gail Shelton http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3172 Gail Shelton Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:05:13 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3172 Gwen, I love your work and your words of wisdom. Thanks for being an inspiration to all of us. Gwen, I love your work and your words of wisdom. Thanks for being an inspiration to all of us.

]]> By: Kathleen Gage http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Kathleen Gage Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:35:22 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3171 Great topic Gwen. Integrity to me means to be whole. To be whole I must live in my truth. To live in my truth I must be willing to risk. To risk I must be willing to walk through fear. To walk through fear I must be willing to learn courage. To learn courage I must be open to continually deepening my awareness. Great topic Gwen. Integrity to me means to be whole. To be whole I must live in my truth. To live in my truth I must be willing to risk. To risk I must be willing to walk through fear. To walk through fear I must be willing to learn courage. To learn courage I must be open to continually deepening my awareness.

]]> By: gwen http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3164 gwen Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:42:05 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3164 Joe....Oh, so true. Thanks for your input. Joe….Oh, so true. Thanks for your input.

]]> By: Joe DeLong http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3119 Joe DeLong Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:39:11 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3119 Integrity is the integration of------Truth, Action, Result and Effect. This based on the the Honor you have for yourself. Integrity is the integration of——Truth, Action, Result and Effect. This based on the the Honor you have for yourself.

]]> By: Catherine Gauldin http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3096 Catherine Gauldin Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:38:27 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3096 I like this quote about integrity: "Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. ~Author Unknown" How many times have I forgotten that the objective is to strive for excellence in tasks that might seem to others (and sometimes even to myself) as unimportant or unlikely to produce recognition, and try to understand that every honest approach to the completion of the myriad details that make up life is necessary to the completion of the whole. I believe that any expectation of recognition in the life of an artist is an illusion; it may never come, but a personal dedication to integrity as we approach each challenge in our work is essential and will therefore be its own reward. If recognition comes it will be as the result of work done consistently with integrity. The beauty is in the way we handle with honesty the details of work and life in the same way that a painting is made up of a thousand small yet colorful brushstrokes. I like this quote about integrity: “Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. ~Author Unknown”

How many times have I forgotten that the objective is to strive for excellence in tasks that might seem to others (and sometimes even to myself) as unimportant or unlikely to produce recognition, and try to understand that every honest approach to the completion of the myriad details that make up life is necessary to the completion of the whole. I believe that any expectation of recognition in the life of an artist is an illusion; it may never come, but a personal dedication to integrity as we approach each challenge in our work is essential and will therefore be its own reward. If recognition comes it will be as the result of work done consistently with integrity. The beauty is in the way we handle with honesty the details of work and life in the same way that a painting is made up of a thousand small yet colorful brushstrokes.

]]> By: Steven Van Cleave http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3088 Steven Van Cleave Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:21:09 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3088 Integrity does not mean very much when you don't have to pay a price for it at some level. Everybody has it then. You know it is durable when you choose to sustain it or forge it in face of real personal challenges. Integrity does not mean very much when you don’t have to pay a price for it at some level. Everybody has it then. You know it is durable when you choose to sustain it or forge it in face of real personal challenges.

]]> By: Debora Stewart http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3084 Debora Stewart Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:43:33 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3084 For me artistic integrity means there are no shortcuts and you must learn to rely on your intuition for your own individual and unique path. My artistic journey is reflective of my spiritual journey and they are one in the same. I have had to learn to be true to myself, listen to my discontents, follow internal leadings. I have wanted to discover my own path and not repeat someone elses. We only have one life to live why try to mimmick someone elses? To thine own self be true. For me artistic integrity means there are no shortcuts and you must learn to rely on your intuition for your own individual and unique path. My artistic journey is reflective of my spiritual journey and they are one in the same. I have had to learn to be true to myself, listen to my discontents, follow internal leadings. I have wanted to discover my own path and not repeat someone elses. We only have one life to live why try to mimmick someone elses? To thine own self be true.

]]> By: Ken http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3080 Ken Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:17:43 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3080 Perhaps because of my life in advertising I find developing the personal integrity to create what I like and to say what I want to say, a very difficult transition. I am programmed to do what other will approve of and what others will buy. My personal battle is to develop an integrity in my own work. Perhaps because of my life in advertising I find developing the personal integrity to create what I like and to say what I want to say, a very difficult transition. I am programmed to do what other will approve of and what others will buy.
My personal battle is to develop an integrity in my own work.

]]> By: Kim http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/2010/03/08/integrity-and-art/comment-page-1/#comment-3079 Kim Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:54:48 +0000 http://www.gwenfox.com/blog/?p=336#comment-3079 Gwen, this post is fabulous! I will be keeping a running list of what integrity means to me in my journal. Your list is exceptional, but let me add this one: ...keeping the dialogue going and focused for the good of the whole even when it doesn't always resonate with you. (again, another one which takes amazing courage) I think you do a tremendous job keeping the dialogue going here! Thank you! Gwen, this post is fabulous! I will be keeping a running list of what integrity means to me in my journal. Your list is exceptional, but let me add this one:

…keeping the dialogue going and focused for the good of the whole even when it doesn’t always resonate with you. (again, another one which takes amazing courage) I think you do a tremendous job keeping the dialogue going here!

Thank you!

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