Category: artist Emily Carr
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Emily Carr evokes the eery feeling that unexpected utter darkness evokes. The Canadian artist thought a meeting she often went to would be in its usual location in a Victoria BC theater. She liked to sit in the balcony for these meetings. That meeting didn’t happen. Here’s what she noted about the experience. I must…
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Canadian artist Emily Carr, with whom I’m recently smitten, wasn’t necessarily appreciated in her home town, Victoria British Columbia. She was part of a Canadian artistic vanguard in the early 20th century, embracing modernism and moving away from strictly representational art. They loved her work in Toronto. Her neighbors often scratched their heads. She expressed…
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Do not try to do extraordinary things, but do ordinary things with intensity. From Canadian artist and author Emily Carr’s journal, Nov. 16, 1931. I’ve written about her previously: here and here. Excerpts from her extensive journals have been collected and published, the book titled “Hundreds and Thousands.”
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