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A curiosity prompt heightens the senses and hones compositional ability.

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Robert Genn
Age: 78 †
Born: 1936
Born: May 15
Died: 2014
Died: May 27
Artist
Robert Douglas Genn
Compositional
Heightens
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Prompts
Composition
Curiosity
Senses
Ability

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While this may seem peculiar, the combo of work and distraction leads to levels of innovation not often generated by structured, focused thinking alone.
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Sometimes... we suffer from the tyranny of comparison. Contests, competitions, thrive on it. Who cares?
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Fact is, perfection is boring.
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An abstract title suggests another value to the subject, perhaps an artistic quality that sets the viewers' sensitivities into action.
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Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.
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We are trying to evoke and reinforce meanings from the spaces we cover and the times we're given. Short or long this becomes our purpose. What we artists do is important stuff.
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There is no progress without product.
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Sometimes you have to go through something else to find what you're looking for.
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One compositional element suggests and asks for another. This is what makes the activity interesting.
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It's better to have a small diamond than a large piece of glass.
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No matter what your disciplines, you need your own personal lists.
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Dogs are angels sent from heaven in order to help us to be better people.
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Your easel is the nuclear sun of an uncommon universe.
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As every artist who has used the method knows - photography's a loyal slave and a tyrannical master.
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Pushing yourself to extremes blows out the cobwebs of trusted habit. It shakes up what you know to be reliably safe and substitutes the miracle of insecurity.
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The job of art is to turn time into things.
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I have always found it a testament to the importance of painting that the first thing many people do when their home is on fire is to grab their paintings and then run out.
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