To Be

June 22, 2019 Carl Barnett

“The future holds what we do in the present, and the creative mind, will and hope are the vehicles forward.”

The future is what we vaguely see it to be, it is within our best interest, and the interest of others to accept the facts of what we know now, and counter with action and inspiration. The future holds what we do in the present, and the creative mind, will and hope are the vehicles forward.

TYIN Tednestue Architects. Norway.“Silence, inspiration and absolute, honest encounters with nature.” — **TYIN Tednestue Architects. Norway.**
**“Silence, inspiration and absolute, honest encounters with nature.”**

**Alice Rawthorn Design as and Attitude**

“Circumventing the government seems to be the clearest and current path, to lighting the way.”

If the future is to be our demise as a species, as some suggest, perhaps we should leave a beautiful legacy: an inspiring example of what we can do, who we are or perhaps were. Rather than relying on others to be our savior, let us be that savior, or smoothing stone: whatever is to be. Circumventing the government seems to be the clearest and current path, to lighting the way. Beyond this crumbling confine, strides are being made.

“The elements of design are the spring boards for the creative mind, fostering beauty, resolve and comfort.”

We have the opportunity to make a better future, to smooth the edges for the generations to come. This is the epitome of inspiration: what design can in fact do. The elements of design are the spring boards for the creative mind, fostering beauty, resolve and comfort.

“Through the creative mind, life moves with inspired motion: manifesting the future possible and easing the everyday.”

It is my belief that good design can be a catalyst for change, as it enhances and questions how we live. Through the creative mind, life moves with inspired motion: manifesting the future possible and easing the everyday.

Voice

June 16, 2019 Carl Barnett

The intention of all that I do is to view life and reflect back possibility: to inspire, resolve or soften, even for a moment. We all have a voice, its knowing that we have one and using it that pulls life forward. This is mine: my words, actions and sincere endeavors.

“There are no guarantees, only actions in the day to day. Hope and determination, desire and will.”

I am inspired by those who create, those who know its inherent value and time sensitive arc. It is the here and now that lights the future: hopefully, someday, maybe. There are no guarantees, only actions in the day to day. Hope and determination, desire and will.

“To live an inspired life through beauty and struggle, is to share one’s truest voice.”

Admittedly I struggle like many with politics and the hurling future, but believe this to be in our own hands, in our words and deeds. It is within life itself that we find resolve, how we live and build forward: pushing and pulling, cause and affect. To live an inspired life through beauty and struggle, is to share one’s truest voice.

Moments

June 8, 2019 Carl Barnett

It’s not that time moves too fast, it’s that we let it slip away unnoticed: distracted from the moments that make up life. We are surrounded by inspiration: people, places and things, and it is how we respond that fuels the moment, spins the mind and sparks the hand into action.

“Our physical world is the manifestation of thought, emotion and physical deeds: building and destroying. Lessons learned, lessons repeated.”

To build a life forward is to take notice and to take stock, gathering the stimuli that fuels desire. What the eye sees the mind repeats, adding language to solidify emotion. Our physical world is the manifestation of thought, emotion and physical deeds: building and destroying. Lessons learned, lessons repeated.

“Beauty then, is genetic code: hard wired for our survival and creative inspiration.”

Building a beautiful life is not a romantic notion, but an inherent instinctual need for pleasure. This is a means of survival, the eye is the window to the self and the centuries of sensations we’ve acquired. Beauty then, is genetic code: hard wired for our survival and creative inspiration.

Moments come as fleeting inspirations, it’s how we notice them that builds our lives: our foundations of hope we call the future. Each moment documents our storied lives, stitching scenes from which to create. This builds momentum, our character, as we savor into memory: champions of the oncoming tomorrow.

Kindred Joy

May 28, 2019 Carl Barnett

“This provides nourishment to the path before us, giving weight to our emotions, solace in our times of doubt, kindred joy to the day to day.”

How we live are mirrors to who we are: documents to our existence, exclamations to our hopes and fears. We surround ourselves with what mimics our belief systems, upholds our standards and uplifts our reverence. This provides nourishment to the path before us, giving weight to our emotions, solace in our times of doubt, kindred joy to the day to day.

**Carl Barnett Design/Studio - Untitled (Thrive)**

Michele Quan

Objects, Space and Memory

May 22, 2019 Carl Barnett

“I am not one for scented candles nor am I a collector of many things, but I do appreciate the emotion of a space: how it feels, its inspiration.”

My memories of my parents home are deep seeded, fond and romantically well edited. The scented candles my father liked and the collections of “pretties” that my mother coveted are for me, genetic code: a constant reminder of who I am and from where I’ve come. I loved the way it always felt and honestly miss it, as it cannot truly be duplicated: memory however is a great facilitator of emotion. I am not one for scented candles nor am I a collector of many things, but I do appreciate the emotion of a space: how it feels, its inspiration.

“Though I have my memories, these pieces act oddly enough as preservers, buoys within the tides of time.”

I am very much a romantic sort, like my mother, I covet the things that speak to me and perhaps for me. Ceramics are a constant, their physicality and hand made quality endears. I have a few that I have managed not to break: markers of time, they are always in tow as I move from place to place. Though I have my memories, these pieces act oddly enough as preservers, buoys within the tides of time. I hold onto them, trust and cherish, these metaphorical bowls that contain.