Tolstoy on the Role of Art
“Art is a microscope which the artist fixes on the secrets of his soul, and shows to people these secrets which are common to all.” – LEO TOLSTOY, Diary
Entries by Alexis Marie Chute
Drawing Hearts for my Son – The Art of Struggle
Artwork: “Wanted, Chosen, Planned” Mixed Media, September 2010 © Alexis Marie Chute I was well over halfway to my due date when doctors discovered that my unborn child had a large tumor around his heart. This news began a month and a half of daily testing to determine if there was anything that could be done. […]
What Carolyn See and the Labyrinth can teach us about responding to Rejection Letters
One of the most challenging aspects of being an artist and writer is getting your work out there. Submitting to galleries or publications, followed by the torturous wait, is certainly more stressful than actually creating the work in the first place. Add to the struggle the subjectivity of creative art fields and the fact that […]
What Carolyn See and the Labyrinth can teach us about responding to Rejection Letters
One of the most challenging aspects of being an artist and writer is getting your work out there. Submitting to galleries or publications, followed by the torturous wait, is certainly more stressful than actually creating the work in the first place. Add to the struggle the subjectivity of creative art fields and the fact that […]
The Power of Creativity
Through art and artful living, I have witnessed first-hand the power of creativity. I experienced a dead zone of creation after my son died, a part of me dying as well or merely lost, I am still not sure. Yet, in the rediscovery of my art in its many forms, if like appendages I would be an […]
