What a great expression. I mean to save a face which means to keep someones dignity. Love the deep wisdom on all those small sayings. In portrature it has another layer of meaning in which the true likeness of the persons face is not supposed to look like a photographic replica but more of an [...]
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Here is a short video about the work in progress. Thanks for watching. YouTube Video
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Sitting in my usual café in the north, waiting for my mom to finish the afternoon sleep, meanwhile writing few words about the new exhibition. It is a concept that I have been working on for quite some time. In fact, as long as I have been sitting in cafes, which is really quite long. [...]
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There are currently at least five works that are brewing on my easel. “The touch of the Shechina “, homage to Menachem Mizrachi. I have written about this painting quite extensively so I will not expand on it right now. “Old Synagogue”, a painting that I started two years ago in the corner of Frenkel [...]
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There are times I believe in creative process when everything seems too slow, sluggish and even dreary. This is exactly where I am at this point. It is not exactly a creative block. Things are happening, but in kind of a slow motion that seem to make everything colorless and without much excitement. Somewhere, deep [...]
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Sitting in yet another cafe on my weekly visit to my mom.I have approximately one hour before I wake her up from her afternoon nap and go for a stroll in the mall.There is nothing my mother loves more than window shopping and once in a while buying something just for the sake of feeling [...]
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Yesterday was an amazing busy day full of nice little realizations and insights and even some gentle magic .I think, good magic always works in a gentle way, like a summer breeze, softly caressing your soul and body, lifting the spirit, making you happy and fulfilled at least for a moment. It started with a [...]
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[flowplayer src='http://www.joeralt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/streets.flv' width=520 height=330] I was sitting with my family today in one of the cafes in the city eating breakfast and it was quite natural to check the mail on iPhone but my mother in law got insulted quite justifiably since it is kind of impolite and I must admit, she is quite right. [...]
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Sitting in a lovely cafe called “why not”. Why not, indeed. This place is kind of discovery for me and quite refreshing change from my usual neighborhood of Florentin where I live. Actually, it is a park so no wonder I am so enthusiastic about the calm and quite. Earlier did some sketching of the [...]
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This morning I had an opportunity to play with iPad brushes application.I played with this application on my iPhone before but with the bigger screen of iPad it’s a whole new ball game.At the risk of sounding like a commercial for Steve Jobs , I think that this is a truly remarkable device that will [...]
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My name is Josef Ralt. I am an artist, painter, art teacher and creativity facilitator. My blog is about anything that is connected with art, visual thinking and creativity in all it's forms.It is also where i think aloud about the intriguing relationship between the normal everyday events of my life and how they evolve eventually into shapes, colors and forms on my canvass.