Comments on: Falling off beams http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/ Artist & Purveyor Of Mad Obsessive Projects Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:57:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Balance Comments « Kirsty Hall http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5655 Balance Comments « Kirsty Hall Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:22:22 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5655 [...] up lately and while doing so, I was struck by the insightful comments I got on last month’s Falling Off Beams post: it seems that I’m not alone in struggling to find a balance between life and art. [...] [...] up lately and while doing so, I was struck by the insightful comments I got on last month’s Falling Off Beams post: it seems that I’m not alone in struggling to find a balance between life and art. [...]

]]> By: lee http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5616 lee Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:05:33 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5616 thank you for a reminder that balance is not-falling, rather than any simple pose that can be maintained over time. I am flailing my workroom, trying to winnow and weed and return to the pristine space only things I really want to work on. An impossible task, of course, all the old projects and ideas are crowding about looking for a chance to be made (or finished) as well as new ideas... thank you for a reminder that balance is not-falling, rather than any simple pose that can be maintained over time. I am flailing my workroom, trying to winnow and weed and return to the pristine space only things I really want to work on. An impossible task, of course, all the old projects and ideas are crowding about looking for a chance to be made (or finished) as well as new ideas…

]]> By: lee http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 lee Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:05:00 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-7139 thank you for a reminder that balance is not-falling, rather than any simple pose that can be maintained over time. I am flailing my workroom, trying to winnow and weed and return to the pristine space only things I really want to work on. An impossible task, of course, all the old projects and ideas are crowding about looking for a chance to be made (or finished) as well as new ideas... thank you for a reminder that balance is not-falling, rather than any simple pose that can be maintained over time. I am flailing my workroom, trying to winnow and weed and return to the pristine space only things I really want to work on. An impossible task, of course, all the old projects and ideas are crowding about looking for a chance to be made (or finished) as well as new ideas…

]]> By: dryadart http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5612 dryadart Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:23:04 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5612 good to know there are others struggling to make room in a "real" life for the art they must make... some days one feels so alone... balance, peace, space, wisdom, all such elusive and fleeting things, thanks for the post good to know there are others struggling to make room in a “real” life for the art they must make… some days one feels so alone… balance, peace, space, wisdom, all such elusive and fleeting things, thanks for the post

]]> By: dryadart http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-7138 dryadart Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:23:00 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-7138 good to know there are others struggling to make room in a "real" life for the art they must make... some days one feels so alone... balance, peace, space, wisdom, all such elusive and fleeting things, thanks for the post good to know there are others struggling to make room in a “real” life for the art they must make… some days one feels so alone… balance, peace, space, wisdom, all such elusive and fleeting things, thanks for the post

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5611 Daniel Sroka Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:31:41 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5611 I have a partially written post just like this one sitting in my blog's Drafts folder. I believe that you may need the tension between what you have to do and what you want to do in order to move ahead with either. It is the energy created by the two, like a magnetic force, that pushes you forward. I have a partially written post just like this one sitting in my blog’s Drafts folder. I believe that you may need the tension between what you have to do and what you want to do in order to move ahead with either. It is the energy created by the two, like a magnetic force, that pushes you forward.

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-7137 Daniel Sroka Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:31:00 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-7137 I have a partially written post just like this one sitting in my blog's Drafts folder. I believe that you may need the tension between what you have to do and what you want to do in order to move ahead with either. It is the energy created by the two, like a magnetic force, that pushes you forward. I have a partially written post just like this one sitting in my blog’s Drafts folder. I believe that you may need the tension between what you have to do and what you want to do in order to move ahead with either. It is the energy created by the two, like a magnetic force, that pushes you forward.

]]> By: annalisa http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5610 annalisa Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:16:38 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5610 Well said! I feel as though I have been buffeted by conflicting forces for awhile now too, and like you said balance can be hard to find but the struggle for it is what makes life lively... Well said! I feel as though I have been buffeted by conflicting forces for awhile now too, and like you said balance can be hard to find but the struggle for it is what makes life lively…

]]> By: annalisa http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-7136 annalisa Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:16:00 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-7136 Well said! I feel as though I have been buffeted by conflicting forces for awhile now too, and like you said balance can be hard to find but the struggle for it is what makes life lively... Well said! I feel as though I have been buffeted by conflicting forces for awhile now too, and like you said balance can be hard to find but the struggle for it is what makes life lively…

]]> By: iHanna http://kirstyhall.co.uk/2008/09/08/falling-off-beams/comment-page-1/#comment-5609 iHanna Mon, 08 Sep 2008 20:47:13 +0000 http://kirstyhall.co.uk/?p=470#comment-5609 Thanks for writing what I'm feeling too Kristy! All those unwritten blog posts, all those things one plan and never will get to! :-) calmness and chaos! Thanks for writing what I’m feeling too Kristy! All those unwritten blog posts, all those things one plan and never will get to! :-)

calmness and chaos!

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