 Nerine Shatner Friendly House
This non profit organization is one of the nation's first residential
homes for women recovering from alcohol and substance abuse.
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Hollywood
Charity
Horse Show
For the past several years, William Shatner has spearheaded the HCHS
which features some of the best western reining riders in the country
while simultaneously raising money for charity.
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William
Shatner also
Supports:
 March
of
Dimes Canada
 The Jewish
National Fund
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Posted by: LeopardHead on Friday, May 17, 2002 - 01:10 AM
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When I started here at the website, I thought it would be inspiring and fun to do a section about art and its value to me. Thus, the Art Exchange was born. Now it's time to actually populate with…….you guessed it, art! I'd like to have several different art galleries available to view, one of which will be fan art. |
May 16, 2002
Art Exchange
When I started here at the website, I thought it would be inspiring and fun to do a section about art and its value to me. Thus, the Art Exchange was born. Now it's time to actually populate with…….you guessed it, art! I'd like to have several different art galleries available to view, one of which will be fan art.
So this article is my calling card to all of you. I'd love it if you'd participate in this journey with me by submitting your art to the Art Exchange, but make sure to read the guidelines before sending your submission. Who knows, you may have an artist inside YOU waiting to get out.
Take me, for example. I never thought of myself as an artist growing up. I was always excelling in language and writing, and never really took the time to investigate any talents (hidden ones, that is!) that might be lurking somewhere within myself. In fact, after a ceramics class in high school, I swore off art altogether; my pots were always crooked and my glazes looked more like kitchen accidents than decorations. I just decided that I was one of those unfortunate non-artists, destined to a life of wishing I could create rather than actually doing it.
Imagine my surprise, then, when several years ago a friend urged me to paint pottery with her. I resisted, of course, still insisting I was one of those non-artists, but she was even more determined than I was to get her way. She got me inside the pottery store; she even got me to paint a dish. I chose a bouquet of flowers as the design. Much to my surprise, the image actually turned out to look like the flowers I was trying to copy. I was so proud of the dish that I gave it to my mother as a gift. She still has it. Of course, mothers are SUPPOSED to keep your art, but still it was a surprise to me. Maybe I wasn't as much of an artistic loser as I had thought.
I continued painting at the pottery shop until I gained enough confidence to enter a sculpting class, something I had always dreamed of doing. At first, I really sucked, but I gritted my teeth and dug in for the long haul. Finally, after several years, the sculptures started to take on some expression and form that I could be proud of. As one of my artist friends said, she felt like she was finally controlling the clay instead of the clay controlling her. I, too, developed some measure of control; more importantly, I developed patience and an understanding that not everything turns out exactly the way you want at first. Art takes time, inspiration, and, most of all, devotion. Truly, the lessons I have learned from art have less to do with beauty than they do with character.
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