Friday, June 25, 2010

Appeasing The Muse Week 1

To Wonder Is Wise (Appeasing The Muse Wk1) Poster by Victoria Lynn Hall
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One painting every week, the muse commanded. This didn't seem so daunting at first. I've completed a painting in a week before...once...maybe twice. After this week, however, I realized that to do it consistently I am going to have to devote a lot more time to the canvas. This may take some time away from other activities, like cleaning the house.

Hmm, maybe my muse does love me after all.

Happy creating everyone!
Victoria

Friday, June 18, 2010

Conversations With My Muse #2

"The Wildest Dreams" By Victoria Lynn Hall


I received the following message from my Muse this morning:

Dear Mortal whom I tolerate for the sake of art,

You are hereby commanded to complete one painting every week. They won't all be good but they will all be good for you.

Yours Truly,
The Muse


Wow, she is such a bitch.

I better get busy. Happy creating everyone!

Victoria

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Fairy Tales And Other True Stories


Looking at my art and designs you might think that I am a card carrying fairy tale fanatic but I actually have sort of a love/hate relationship with fairy tales. I, like so many girls, was raised on them and they did indeed cast a spell on me that will probably never fully be lifted. The older I get, however, the more my perspective on them changes.

For example, when I first saw “Snow White” as a little girl, I was so frightened by the evil queen that I ran screaming out of the theater. Now (thanks in no small part to Disney's expert marketing) I find the “Villains” of these tales more likable or at least more sympathetic than I ever expected to.

It's actually the Princesses that frighten me now. They just have so many issues. Cinderella has low self esteem, there is something not right with Snow White and don't even get me started on that lazy Sleeping Beauty. I mean sure, they are all nice people who deserve their happy fates but they just don't seem that motivated to me. In fact, if it wasn't for their princes or their fairy godmothers, they would have been in real trouble. Truly, I would be surprised if their “happily ever afters” were achieved without at least a few years of therapy.

The bottom line is, these women were poor role models for me. I think I am perfectly justified in blaming them for spending far too many years waiting for a Knight on a shining Harley to show up and rescue me. Eventually, however, I realized I wasn't nor did I want to be a princess in need of saving.

And yet, I still want the fairytale. I just figured out that the ruby slippers work better than the glass ones. I want to be less like Cinderella and more like Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” these days. Dorothy didn't need a prince or a fairy godmother to save her. All she needed was a good role model to remind her of the power she already had within her. I think ultimately, that's all any of us really need to create our own happily ever after.

So yes, I believe in fairy tales but more than that, I believe in me and I believe in you.

Rapunzel's New Plan Art By Victoria Lynn Hall
Rapunzel's New Plan Art By Victoria Lynn Hall by Victoriart
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Fairy Princess of Kindness Tee Shirt
Fairy Princess of Kindness Tee Shirt by Victoreeah
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