Lemon Imbalance. Acrylic on canvas, 18 x 18 inches, 2015 by Sarah Atlee
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Let's talk about balance.
It's overrated. It sets us up for false expectations, failure, and guilt. "It's as useful a concept as original sin." (That's from Danielle Laporte.) Actually, we don't really need to talk about balance.
Let's talk about letting go of "balance."
I've shared this Bruce Sterling quote on this blog before, and I'm sure I'll do it many more times. It's from a speech he gave at the Computer Game Developers Conference in March 1991 in San Jose, California. (Read the whole text here.) Behold:
"Don't become a well-rounded person. Well rounded people are smooth and dull. Become a thoroughly spiky person. Grow spikes from every angle. Stick in their throats like a pufferfish."
That's really all the advice you need. Now, let's look at some other artists who have embraced both lemons and asymmetry! Click on any image below to view its source.
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Glass and Lemon in a Mirror. Oil and magna on canvas, 1974 by Roy Lichtenstein.
Lemon Peel. Sculpture, 1963 by Sven Lukin.
Half Lemon. Acrylic on canvas, 1969 by Gene Davis.
Lemons. 1972 by Funasaka Yoshisuke.
Lemons, May 16, 1984 by Donald Sultan.
All this imbalance making you feel icky-poo?
Feel like life handed you a couple of lemons? There are options. You can embrace the lemons, or refuse to accept them in the first place.
Lemon Imbalance is available in the Store!
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Lemon Imbalance was shown in February 2015 at Ro2 Art in Dallas.
UPDATE: For Real has been reviewed by Jenny Block for The Huffington Post! Read the full review here: "A Hyperrealism That Questions Reality With James Zamora and Sarah Atlee at RO2 Art"