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Inspiration: Collage by Mike McQuade @mikemcquade
Mike McQuade is an American graphic artist living in Richmond, VA, creating inventive and thought-provoking compositions. His work has graced the pages of The New Yorker, and the covers of major publications such as WIRED & The New York Times Magazine. Mike also runs a small design studio.

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“Don’t be the best. Be the only.” — Jerry Garcia

Jerome John "Jerry" Garcia was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, best known for his work as the lead guitarist and as a vocalist with the Grateful Dead, an eclectic rock band which came to prominence during the counterculture era in the 1960s. Grateful Dead fused elements of rock, folk, country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams.

#inspiration #creativity #music #wordstoliveby #jerrygarcia #gratefuldead #music #levelup #quoteoftheday #believeinyourself #creativevoyage

Inspiration: Photograph by Ida Kar, vintage bromide print (1961), depicting Barbara Hepworth with her cat Nicholas, and her sculpture 'Reclining Form (Rosewall)'. Ida Kar (1908—1974) was a photographer active mainly in London after 1945. She took many black-and-white portraits of artists and writers. Her solo show of photographs at the Whitechapel Gallery in 1960 was the first of its kind to be held in a major public gallery in London. Kar made a significant contribution to the recognition of photography as a form of fine art.
Barbara Hepworth was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. She was one of the few female artists of her generation to achieve international prominence.

#inspiration #photography #sculpture #art #modernism #blackandwhite #idakar #barbarahepworth #femalephotographer #femalesculptor #girlpower #fineart #creativevoyage

Inspiration: WIP Typography by @hansjevanhalem

Graphic designer Hansje van Halem gathered recognition with her distinctive typography and geometric, almost psychedelic illustrations built on complex patterns. Van Halem digitally scratches, draws or weaves her letters and designs stamps, posters and illustrations. Passionate about typography, book design and print in all its forms, she has run her own studio in Amsterdam since 2003. She works digitally, creating intricate typographic experiments that explore the tension between a systematic approach, legibility and irregularity.

#inspiration #typography #type #letterform #sketch #graphicdesign #creativevoyage

Inspiration: Ghost Ranch in New Mexico, home and studio of Georgia O’Keeffe “I wish you could see what I see out the windows—the earth pink and yellow cliffs to the north—the full pale moon about to go down in an early morning lavender sky behind a very long beautiful tree-covered mesa to the west—pink and purple hills in front and the scrubby fine dull green cedars—and a feeling of much space—It is a very beautiful world.” — Georgia O’Keeffe

#inspiration #georgiaokeeffe #mexico #mexico #interiorinspiration #home #architecture #creativevoyage

“Keep some ease within your work and try not to be too stressed about things. Just take a breath in between and ask yourself how big is this dilemma. Is it really that bad? Isn't there a solution for it?” — Nadine Goepfert
Listen to @nadinegoepfert, a Berlin-based textile designer, on the Creative Voyage Podcast. In Episode 11 we talk about the importance of listening to our artistic intuition, Nadine’s work routines, her approach to personal and research-based projects, how to deal with obstacles, and much more.

#inspiration #quoteoftheday #textiledesign #fashion #podcast #newpodcast #levelup #creativeprofessional #creativevoyage

Inspiration: Art by Davide Balliano @doommood

Italian-born artist Davide Balliano utilises an austere, minimal language of abstract geometries in strong dialogue with architecture. His work investigates existential themes such as the identity of man in the age of technology and his relationship with the sublime. Balliano’s meticulous paintings appear clean and precise but by closer inspection scrapes and scratches uncover the organic wooden surface underneath the layers of paint, as a decaying façade of abandoned modernistic intentions.

#inspiration #DavideBalliano #art #painting #geometry #abstractart #minimalart #monochrome #visualpoetry #artistoftheday #creativevoyage

“Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do; strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” — Savielly Tartakower

A leading Austrian, then Polish, and finally French chess grandmaster, a chess journalist and author whose books have remained popular until today, Tartakower is remembered for his sharp wit and aphorisms. Harry Golombek wrote that “His talk and thought are rather like a modernized blend of Spinoza and Voltaire; and with it all a dash of paradoxical originality that is essential Tartakower.” #inspiration #quoteoftheday #quotestagram #tactics #strategy #chess #creativevoyage

Inspiration: Censure by @benjamin.ewing (2018)

The upcoming edition of the Creative Voyage Monthly Edit newsletter is curated by Benjamin Ewing, and it's going out tomorrow! If you haven't already signed up, now's a great time to subscribe—link in bio.

#inspiration #benjaminewing #contemporaryart #contemporary #art #painting #cvmonthlyedit #creativevoyage

Inspiration: Morari (acrylic on canvas) by @benjamin.ewing at his studio in Portland, Oregon (2019)

Benjamin Ewing is a multidisciplinary artist. With a background in editorial photography & print design, he aims to combine visual principles within the context of contemporary art. Benjamin is curating the upcoming edition of the Creative Voyage Monthly Edit newsletter that goes out this Thursday!

#inspiration #benjaminewing #contemporaryart #contemporary #art #cvmonthlyedit #creativevoyage