Communication Of Emotion

”Nothing seems to express my emotion, but emotion.”

Egyptian Hieroglyphics “Two Ways” to the afterlife.

I often vacillate between many creative arenas, feeling that each has its own significance in expressing the human condition and inspiration. Increasingly I’ve gravitated to the written word as it seems more innately universal, but now I find even this is failing, falling short in my need to inspire, communicate and share the commonality of emotion. All I seem to have is emotion itself, with nowhere to place it, no vehicle that can now honestly speak. Nothing seems to express my emotion, but emotion. So here I place it, between the lines.

To Inspire. To Be Inspired.

“It is here, within the creative cocoon that we are nourished and inspired, brought to a higher level of strength to uplift ourselves and others, to be the light through this winding path we call life.”

Painting Untiled (Purpose and Meaning) | Carl Barnett Design/Studio

In an era of continual challenge, to surround oneself with beauty is to fortify one’s body and mind: will and hope. This is the strength of the creative mind, what art, design, architecture and language can bring to our everyday lives. It is here, within the creative cocoon that we are nourished and inspired, brought to a higher level of strength to uplift ourselves and others, to be the light through this winding path we call life. Beauty is found within and thus reflected outward, creating who we are, our instinct of being. This is what we know, and what we strive to expand upon, though not easy, necessary as we find our way through and back to who we are, back to the stars, the wonder and magic, the beauty and inspiration of being human.

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Learning Our lessons

“This is a time much like others, but now a calumniation of lessons not seen nor learned.”

In this era life asks of us differently, or perhaps demands. Demanding that we slow down or even, stop. To not just look, but see profoundly, ask questions and make changes to shift the future forward, from where it seems to be headed. This is a time much like others, but now a calumniation of lessons not seen nor learned.

“This is both beyond each of us, and of each of us, as we build the future for those we have yet to meet, or will never.”

We have decisions to make, questions to answer and actions with which to move forward. This is both beyond each of us, and of each of us, as we build the future for those we have yet to meet, or will never. This involves our voting, our neighborhoods and jobs, beyond states and nations into the world and future we share: an intimate portrait as it is a panoramic view.

Untitled Painting | Carl Barnett Design/Studio

“It is a time to see, to act and create, building the future from what we already know, and what is now being built.”

It is now a time of learning our lessons. Of growing up, growing wiser and deciding who we are: the why before the what. It is a time to see, to act and create, building the future from what we know, and what is now being built. To move from stuck, to push and pull: from isolation and self learning, to action and giving. 

Artist James Turrell | Nowness

Trend Forecaster Li Edelkoort | Dezeen

Seeing Life Unfolding

“But how do you know unless you look, unless you see, nudging away noise, expectations and ego.”

To live a life of calm and to create change is to simplify down to what fulfills, what truly resonates and brings joy, living within a space that bridges body, mind, emotion and thought. But how do you know unless you look, unless you see, nudging away noise, expectations and ego. This is a matter of reduction, of what is in the moments of time passing, and lessoning the drive of social doctrine and dogma: of unbecoming, seeing and being. 

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The Essence Of Intentions And Markings Of Our Making

“It is this, the inspirational that defines our humanity, prods the will, romances desire.”

The act of doing and sincere poetic word, speak volumes to that of the human spirit: digging deep the trenches that document the forward trail. We are not simply the shell of our bodies, nor the structure of our bones, but the essence of intentions, and markings of our making. It is this, the inspirational that defines our humanity, prods the will, romances desire.

Untitled (Over/Under) | Carl Barnett Design/Studio