…isn’t producing.
Creating is something that occurs through and on the other side of a courageous heart in action.
Creating is concocted by soul.
Creating is what happens at the intersection of serenity and self-emptying strength.
Production is a reflection of you..the resume you.
Creating is your reflection into what is and what we never dreamed could be.
Production has a period.
Creating is always followed by a comma.
Beth Winterburn’s work is characterized by bold, gestural brush strokes and minimalist detail. As a nod to her analytical roots in photography and architecture, she approaches each piece with a mathematical mindset – counting evens and odds, balancing lights and darks, visually “slicing” the composition into thirds and fifths. She approaches her work as if it’s a problem to solve: combining and contrasting elements with and against one another to create a cohesive yet dynamic piece. Beth’s work is an exploration of contrast, tension and resolve. Methodical by nature, she challenges her own ideas of control by experimenting with materials, allowing them to behave as they naturally would, with subtle direction. Each canvas, piece of paper or panel is an invitation to engage – to feel, to react, to explore the tension and resolve of each and every element and property used to build it.
Beth joins us in Episode 53 at Let the Music Play Podcast as we discuss her processes, the why behind her work, and the journey of crafting a career through a medium she enjoys and is passionate about.
Below is a glimpse into her work! And click here to view her online store!
You can stream or download this episode and all other episodes of Let The Music Play Podcast in iTunes or at AshtonGustafson.com.
Rebekah Lyons is the author of Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning and You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are (released February 21, 2017.) She is a mother of three, wife of one, and dog walker of two living in Nashville.
She’s an old soul with a contemporary, honest voice who puts a new face on the struggles we all face as we seek to live a life of meaning.
Through emotive writing and speaking, Rebekah reveals her own battles to overcome anxiety, depression, and consumer impulses—challenging people to discover and boldly pursue the calling God has for them. As a self-confessed mess, Rebekah wears her heart on her sleeve, a benefit to friends and readers alike.
You can stream and download this episode and all episodes of Let The Music Play Podcast at www.AshtonGustafson.com or iTunes.
What does compassion have in store for you this month?
What is love asking of you today?
What could empathy be offering you in this hour?
How might joy be given the reins in this minute?
Put your ears to your chest.
Simply put, learning is the space, the practice, the river, and the discipline that happens in between our knowing and unknowing.
It isn’t a journey into more knowing.
It’s the experience through what you know into what you don’t know.
And once you make it though the unknown you exit on the other side with a little more light, insight, and awe. And, hopefully, that new bit of light shines its rays on even more WONDERful questions to journey through.
Learning sounds a lot like faith doesn’t it?
What if we were more discontent with what we knew and more content with the mysterious places in our hearts and heads?
We would get somewhere.
Somewhere beautiful.
Somewhere our knowing would have never taken us.
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