Process of a Painting: "Apotheosis of Psyche"
“When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of your soul for years,...
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jderoulet
- Jan 20, 2021
- 10 min
Value Profile: Humility
An exploration of the value of humility as told through the lens of characters we can imagine.
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jderoulet
- Jan 6, 2021
- 17 min
A Practical Approach to Exploring Values
It is wishful thinking or naïve simplicity to believe the field of ethics and morality is as black and white as we would wish it to be....
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jderoulet
- Dec 22, 2020
- 6 min
The Erosion of Empire
Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of...
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jderoulet
- Dec 14, 2020
- 4 min
"Creative People" Are Not a Thing
“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking” ― Albert Einstein If you don’t think you are a “creative...
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jderoulet
- Dec 3, 2020
- 7 min
On Faith and Justice
“Justice is the end of government. It is the end of civil society. It ever has been and ever will be pursued until it be obtained, or...
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jderoulet
- Nov 22, 2020
- 1 min
A Conversation about Art
Jennifer LaRue and I have a conversation about art, meaning in art, what I am doing in my work and my show witness. This hour long radio...
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jderoulet
- Nov 16, 2020
- 7 min
Loyalty and Orthodoxy
People throughout history worried that unless we put all our faith in some set of absolute answers, human society will crumble. In fact,...
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jderoulet
- Nov 7, 2020
- 9 min
There is No Such Thing as "Common Sense"
"Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down in the mind before you reach eighteen." -Albert Einstein Common...
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jderoulet
- Sep 17, 2020
- 8 min
What is Information that "Resonates"?
“is there not some point of wisdom beyond the conflicts of illusion and truth by which lives can be put back together again? ― Joseph...
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jderoulet
- Jun 1, 2020
- 5 min
The Case for Local Civic Participation
It is easy to empathize with the idea that “your vote doesn't matter” in the era of the 24 hour news cycle. Focused exclusively on...
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jderoulet
- Sep 10, 2014
- 1 min
The Grounds
The process of constructing and preparing a canvas can take nearly as long as painting the painting itself. First the building, cutting,...
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jderoulet
- Aug 26, 2014
- 2 min
Meditation on Materials
When my friends visit my house, I always make a point to have them run a hand across the surface of a painting. Everyone secretly wants...
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jderoulet
- Aug 19, 2014
- 3 min
Sprague Diary (Inspiration for "Witness")
"Santana" 7/8/14 John deRoulet "Butter tinted sunlight dripping thickly through dusty air. 100 degrees and dry except for the cellophane...
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jderoulet
- Aug 5, 2014
- 3 min
Crafting a Response
“Part of the problem is that artists of my generation were not educated. We were not given the equipment because it was generally...
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jderoulet
- Jul 29, 2014
- 3 min
Subject Matters
“After all, the error rests in the mistaken idea that the subject of a painting is the object painted.” – Robert Henri My current...
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jderoulet
- Jul 22, 2014
- 3 min
Vision Quest
Cover: Parnassus by Mark Tobey There is a show at the Seattle art museum on a group of artists coined the North West Mystics by a 1953...
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jderoulet
- Jul 8, 2014
- 3 min
Cool Thoughts
**Image: Jim Beam - J.B. Turner Train by artist Jeff Koons. "The sculpture was created in 1986 as part of a Jeff Koons exhibition called...
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jderoulet
- Jul 1, 2014
- 2 min
Short Meditation on Color
“Oh yes! He loved yellow, did good Vincent…When the two of us were together in Arles, both of us insane, and constantly at war over...
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