Comments on: Finding your “voice” http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475 Photo inspired art quilts and painting. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:04:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sharon Mayberry http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-10291 Sharon Mayberry Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:50:12 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-10291 Brilliant work. You have earned a new reader. Please keep up the great posts and I look forward to more of your intriguing updates. Brilliant work. You have earned a new reader. Please keep up the great posts and I look forward to more of your intriguing updates.

]]> By: Eileen Keane http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9778 Eileen Keane Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:21:20 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9778 Leni, Your post is very thought provoking; especially to those people still on a quest for their voice. I've tried most quilting techniques more than once and I find I like something about all of them. So far, that's been my voice. I have started taking photographs more and more; I just need to find the right one. Leni,
Your post is very thought provoking; especially to those people still on a quest for their voice.
I’ve tried most quilting techniques more than once and I find I like something about all of them. So far, that’s been my voice. I have started taking photographs more and more; I just need to find the right one.

]]> By: alison schwabe http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9776 alison schwabe Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:36:17 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9776 An interesting post that will probably be very helpful to many. If you are really thinking about what you are doing, whether you work in abstract or representational styles, this technique or that, certain colours, all/none, voice development becomes less important than what you are saying with it (content)I like that you mentioned time and patience, for I do think a certain amount of process must be undergone before a real, true voice may emerge. And understanding can be enhance by plenty of good picture taking along the way, and seriously setting out these pics to look back and ponder what you were thinking at the time. I's amazing what a periodic survey of your own work can throw up - thinkg you haven;t been conscious of thinking about, developments you didn't notice, and so on. Writing about it in various ways, is very helpful. An interesting post that will probably be very helpful to many. If you are really thinking about what you are doing, whether you work in abstract or representational styles, this technique or that, certain colours, all/none, voice development becomes less important than what you are saying with it (content)I like that you mentioned time and patience, for I do think a certain amount of process must be undergone before a real, true voice may emerge. And understanding can be enhance by plenty of good picture taking along the way, and seriously setting out these pics to look back and ponder what you were thinking at the time. I’s amazing what a periodic survey of your own work can throw up - thinkg you haven;t been conscious of thinking about, developments you didn’t notice, and so on. Writing about it in various ways, is very helpful.

]]> By: Connie Rose http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9774 Connie Rose Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:16:22 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9774 Great post, Leni, and very much appreciated as I, too, am wrestling to find my own voice! Great post, Leni, and very much appreciated as I, too, am wrestling to find my own voice!

]]> By: rayna http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9771 rayna Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:59:45 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9771 I know what you mean about wanting to create non-representational work and somehow having it feel wrong. My voice is the same but I am singing different tunes right now, if that makes sense. I am always stunned when somebody recognizes a piece as being mine -- but then again, we don't always see what others see. Like listening to yourself on the answering machine -- everybody else knows it is your voice but you don't necessarily recognize it as yours. I know what you mean about wanting to create non-representational work and somehow having it feel wrong. My voice is the same but I am singing different tunes right now, if that makes sense.
I am always stunned when somebody recognizes a piece as being mine — but then again, we don’t always see what others see. Like listening to yourself on the answering machine — everybody else knows it is your voice but you don’t necessarily recognize it as yours.

]]> By: Vivika DeNegre http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9770 Vivika DeNegre Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:32:14 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9770 Hi Leni, I lamented to my mother at one point that I loved quilting but that all of my quilts looked like "other people's" designs. She was a wise woman and told me just to keep working at it, and that eventually, it would "happen" for me too. She was right. I loved your post! Hi Leni,

I lamented to my mother at one point that I loved quilting but that all of my quilts looked like “other people’s” designs. She was a wise woman and told me just to keep working at it, and that eventually, it would “happen” for me too. She was right. I loved your post!

]]> By: Cathy Breedyk Law http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9769 Cathy Breedyk Law Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:23:46 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9769 this is a post that has really resonated with me.... i never reply to anything...trusting your process and letting things evolve has been a tough lesson to learn ....but once you get there,the results often surpass my wildest dreams and give me much joy this is a post that has really resonated with me…. i never reply to anything…trusting your process and letting things evolve has been a tough lesson to learn ….but once you get there,the results often surpass my wildest dreams and give me much joy

]]> By: Lorri Chambers http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9768 Lorri Chambers Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:24:07 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9768 Hi Leni thank you for such a wonderful post... I think this is one of the most difficult things we deal with ...once we start creating a piece it (if we are lucky) will flow from our heart to our fingertips. but getting it started is not easy always. That is why I love to take photos lots pf photos because I see what intrigues me over and over(thanks to the digital camera God). I am fighting this right now being a widow 6 months and trying to support myself . Hi Leni

thank you for such a wonderful post… I think this is one of the most difficult things we deal with …once we start creating a piece it (if we are lucky) will flow from our heart to our fingertips. but getting it started is not easy always. That is why I love to take photos lots pf photos because I see what intrigues me over and over(thanks to the digital camera God). I am fighting this right now being a widow 6 months and trying to support myself .

]]> By: Karen http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9767 Karen Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:08:28 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9767 A thought-provoking post indeed. I'm taking a new look at myself. Thank you! A thought-provoking post indeed. I’m taking a new look at myself. Thank you!

]]> By: Terri Stegmiller http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9766 Terri Stegmiller Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:58:43 +0000 http://blog.leniwiener.com/?p=475#comment-9766 A very interesting post Leni! I, too, seem to struggle with more abstract work, and wish I didn't. A very interesting post Leni! I, too, seem to struggle with more abstract work, and wish I didn’t.

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