Mona Lisa - Respect what you cook

ML - Welcome to Mona Lisa. A weekly newsletter for artists with timeless quotes, ideas and light bites for curious & wandering minds.

Little thoughts

✍️ One way to force yourself to slow down and think is to write. Good writing requires good thinking.

💓 The Mona Lisa has its own mailbox in the Louvre, where the painting receives mail and flowers from admirers.

🔵 “Blue has no dimensions. It is beyond dimensions”- Yves Klein. The allure of blue.

🍿 A movie that changes every time it is screened…the first generative feature film is here.

💭 If you had to chose between losing all your memories or not being able to make new ones, which would you chose?

Mona’s notes

Consistency is on my mind. I started this newsletter in a bid to commit to just one thing every single week. My plan hinged upon having subscribers - even just one sweet soul reading this every Sunday, would make me accountable to you.

Arriving at issue 3 and so far so good, however I hit my first hurdle this week. I felt that the content was not ready to be released. Now this is a familiar feeling that I encounter with almost everything that I create: that it is not quite perfect has meant that much of my work remains unseen. I don’t regret keeping these darlings to myself, but I have noticed that it blocks the feedback loop that inevitably drives progress. No feedback means slower progress. 🐌 

It’s a tough balance. This year I have been painting in a very ‘open’ studio with a steady flow of onlookers and visitors, sometimes feeling exposed or undercooked. But as the comments rolled in, almost daily, my work evolved and importantly, moved forward.

I could continue to caress and pamper this newsletter, but I am reminded of the law of diminishing returns - where after a certain point, any extra effort doesn’t bring the equivalent degree of improvement. So in honour of consistency, better out than in.

With love -

Mona x

“Some artists seek and others find - Picasso”

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