by Dawn Patel | Nov 18, 2015 | abstract art, art, artists process, Brilliant Stranger, conflict, contemporary art, dawn patel art, meaning, painting
I finished this painting today, stopping at a point that I would have not been able to leave alone in the past.I’ve been thinking about getting back into the habit of writing about art lately. I’ve probably been thinking about it for more than two...
by Dawn Patel | Jan 9, 2015 | art and nature, art for sale, artists process, dawn patel, dawn patel art, ecology, mind, nature and technology, never-ending story, Positive Psychology, sentience, sentient beings, Sentient Potential, technology
Sentience is the ability to feel, perceive or experience subjectively. Eighteenth-century philosophers used the concept to distinguish the ability to think (reason) from the ability to feel (sentience). In modern Western philosophy, sentience is the...
by Dawn Patel | Dec 11, 2014 | animals, creative process, creativity, dawn patel art, fables, fox, jackal, lessons, life is stranger than fiction, moon, mystery, myth, nature, never-ending story, sentient beings, stories, storytelling, wolf
More Jackal… she is Dancing Jackal, after a long journey via magic arrow. During the long and reckless journey she is pierced by the arrow and has to land in a canyon where there is no escape. Dancing Jackal does not have the patience...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 29, 2014 | animals, art business, art for sale, creativity, dawn patel art, dreams, etsy, fairy tales, fantasy, fox, healing through art, jackal, laughter, painting, paintings, stories, wolf
Before there was Dancing Jackal there was Dreaming Jackal. He is a playful soul who has lived many lives and taken many forms. He most remembers his human self, and uses those lessons he learned in his new life as Jackal. Unlike his human self he...
by Dawn Patel | Nov 6, 2014 | Brilliant Stranger, children, creative process, dawn patel art, fairy tales, introvert, never-ending story, painted stones, paintings, sentient beings, sketches, stories, watercolor
The Sentient Beings SketchbookAt the side of my bed I have a little sketchbook I have titled “Sentient Beings.” The characters that come to me are from another world. Some might call it the imagination, and some might call it another dimension....
by Dawn Patel | Nov 4, 2014 | acceptance, art process, artist, blogging, boundaries, dawn patel art, elections, idealism, life lessons, love, patience, values
With an election looming it’s hard not to think about values. We are bombarded by ads which presume an emotional connection to our values that will override our commonsense and analytical processes. Reading the news, scrolling through the Facebook...
