{"id":17,"date":"2009-07-30T12:11:42","date_gmt":"2009-07-30T19:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frees.com\/peg\/?p=17"},"modified":"2009-10-12T07:23:24","modified_gmt":"2009-10-12T14:23:24","slug":"the-artist-in-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frees.com\/peg\/?p=17","title":{"rendered":"The Artist in Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember  when you were a kid and your art teacher (if you had one) told everyone  that they all could do the art project and not to worry, everyone has  talent? Or some words to that effect? I knew from an early age that I  had absolutely no artistic talent\/skill whatever and was continually  mortified at the results of my efforts. I knew they were lying \u2013 it was  never\u00a0<em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">my  artwork <\/span><\/em>placed  on the bulletin board for all to admire.<\/p>\n<p>And  even today when I sigh wistfully when enjoying a piece of art,  painting, sculpture or whatever and wish aloud that I had artistic  talent and invariably whomever I am with says something like \u201cI\u2019m sure  you\u2019re artistic! Just give it a try.\u201d I KNOW I have no talent where  drawing, painting, sculpting is concerned; I\u2019VE TRIED!<\/p>\n<p>The  truth of the matter is that not everyone is artistic; if we were we  wouldn\u2019t pay so much for the work of those who really are.<\/p>\n<p>But  having said that I must confess that I have in recent years found my  talent and that is in the garden. And more, I am convinced that all  gardeners are artists in their own right. Oh maybe we can\u2019t all sell  our work or skill but I really think anyone who has the zeal (and once  you\u2019ve gotten your hands in the dirt you will likely be infected by  the &#8216;gardening bug&#8217;) it will show in ways only nature and the  elements can limit.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-18\" title=\"GardenClub\" src=\"http:\/\/frees.com\/peg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/GardenClub-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"GardenClub\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" align=\"left\" srcset=\"http:\/\/frees.com\/peg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/GardenClub-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/frees.com\/peg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/GardenClub-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I recently went with my  garden club\u00a0 friends to visit the Maine Botanical gardens and  everyone of us  were in awe of the beauty put together by the artist gardeners there.<span> <\/span>We couldn\u2019t stop  commenting (as one non garden  club member of the group observed) at the wonderful arrangements of the  many plants  we knew and others new to us. We spent hours soaking in the tapestry of  colors  and textures and fragrances that filled our senses and sparked our  creative  juices. We rode home a-bubble with ideas and visions of future gardens  on our  own palettes.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe  I don&#8217;t know what a true artist is, but then again maybe now I do. I  know passion has a lot to do with the creation of a work of art and  acceptance of the result is in the eye of the beholder. I don&#8217;t think  I&#8217;ve ever seen a garden I didn&#8217;t really enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember when you were a kid and your art teacher (if you had one) told everyone that they all could do the art project and not to worry, everyone has talent? Or some words to that effect? 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