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Who could begin anything new if excellence is the only goal? Does every rose on the bush open? Is every song a hit? Does every play make it to Broadway? Is every book we read equal to Anna Karenina? One of my favorite professors once said, “If your sights are too high, lower them!” It’s not just scores or grades or letters that inhibit the stuff of dreams, it’s also the imagined critics hissing at the edge of darkness. No one wants to play the fool. If we allow the weight of all pre-existing success to weigh on our shoulders, don’t we create hopelessness? What we should do is say, I want to do that. Or that. Or that, and begin. Infants have the advantage. Th eirs is a world of nearly total egocentricity. Th ese are the true adventurers, with trial and error their modus operandi. Ah look, an unknown creature. It moves. It has wings. I will try to catch it. Oh no, I can’t catch it. I will watch it do its tricks! It makes me giggle. It buzzes and digs for me. What a show off ! Hmmm. Look, over there. It’s a piece of something I can hold on to. It is hard, it doesn’t fl y away. Maybe it tastes good. No. Maybe it breaks? No. Maybe it wants a name. Nama. I like that name. Mommy says it’s a stone but I say it’s Nama and she’s mine. I will put her in my crib and see if she will talk to me. Th e young have lots of time and room for experimentation on their paths to learning. We know enough to try to stay out of their way. But notice what happens if we don’t, if we should inadvertently laugh at a child’s mistake. Th ey cry or run away or bury their shame in a pillow and we are wont to beg for forgiveness or convince them that our laughter was not aimed at them. Adults are delicate, too. We are tremulous enough without mockery, which unfortunately is the stuff of comedy. It is almost irresistible to keep from laughing at another’s faux pas, burps and blunders. Why else would American Idol be so popular in its early stages? For information call Jan Fox at 520-405-3131 Try Try Again Th e Funniest Home Videos keep running? What would have Lucy and Desi’s destiny been without their pratfalls? From where could we pull our satires, spoofs and cartoons if our goof-ups weren’t so funny? Perhaps what is needed most is the lightness of being that comes from being able to laugh at ourselves while taking our risks seriously. I wish I could fi nd a wand to do that for people. When I teach, I know the vulnerability students feel within a group, their sense of exposure and imaginings of failure. What I love most is when that cloud of doubt and fear lifts, and another unique ray of light is exposed. My semi-retired brother sat down in my gallery a week ago and warmed a hunk of clay, rolling it and punching it and making it fl exible in his hands. Th ree years ago he declared he wanted to sculpt. He fearlessly started with clay in a museum class and then just as fearlessly went to stone. I watched with surprise at those fi rst eff orts, and saw how he celebrated each piece without apology. He embraced his work with the kind of wonder that made him excited to do more. He dove in, drawing upon his teachers and fellow sculptors to answer his questions and give him safe harbor. It has been fascinating to me to see someone who simply went for it after a lifetime of relegating art to the women in his family. But, then again, he was never one to see life as a series of obstacles. He has always just plowed ahead to discover what would come next. If we incorporate errors and frustrations as simply points along the way, we will soon see these points are lessons not failures; they are the proof positive of our journey. One must have patience. Pay attention. Build upon, around, over, and into perceived mistakes, turning them into opportunities. Post-Its were invented because the glue wasn’t strong enough, medical cures because of side eff ects. X-ray because images showed up on fi lm that weren’t supposed to. Most inventions have come out of so-called blunders. Draw, paint, sculpt, build, write, sing and when you hit a snag answer it with your own solution, fi nd your own voice. Give yourself the 10,000 hours that Malcolm Gladwell suggests in his best selling book, Outliers. In it he promises that anyone can be anything if they are willing to put forth the eff ort. Start today.
...continued from page 35 singers, Carmen Marsico and Angela Rossi; a Tamorra player (traditional Italian percussion), Fabio Pirozzolo; a percussionist, Mike Daillak; an accordion player, Roberto Cassan; a classical guitarist, Bjorn Wennas; a double bass player, Kendall Eddy; a fl ute player, Geni Skendo; and a violinist, Megumi Sasaki. Newpoli will take the stage at 2pm. From 11am to 2pm there will be performances by three Global Change Music Nonprofi t Record Label. The Starseed Acoustic Ensemble’s all original, high-energy, spirit-fi lled folk rock music artfully entertains the hearts and edifi es the minds of their listeners. The group consists of fi ve musicians from around the U.S. and one from New Zealand. The Change Agents Band trio uses a variety of musical styles and vocal harmonies to express their social concerns and vision for building a brighter future for the generations to come. The Planetary Folk Group beautifully blends indigenous rhythms and melodies. Using a variety of earthy instruments, they take the traditional sounds of ancient cultures from around the world. For more information call (520) 398-9409 or go to www. GlobalChangeMusic.org. Sun, Feb 22nd - Your Camera - The Secrets of the Pros at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm. Wed, Feb 25th - Heart of Art. Enjoy a glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres and a stimulating conversation with Sherri Pasternak at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5 pm. Free for members and $5 for nonmembers. Thurs, Feb 26th - Music - “Cheap Dates” at Cafe Presidio. Sat, Feb 28th - Harp Fusion at 7:30 pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. For tickets ($20) call the Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371 Sun, Mar 1st - Photographic Field Trip to Saguaro National Park West with photographer Skip McDonald. 1pm to sunset. Call Illuminations Gallery at 398-8028. Thurs, Mar 5th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio. Fri, Mar 6th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio. Sun, Mar 8th - The Original Wildcat Jass Band at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. $15 members, $18 nonmembers. Back by popular demand, this committed and energized group of talented jazz stylists off ers traditional New Orleans and Chicago jazz with spirit and style! $20 for non-members. Please call the Art Center at 398-2371 for more information. Sat, Mar 7th - Opening Reception for Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly Sins Exhibit featuring Tubac Artists Virginia Hall and Mike Taylor. What happens when you pair the zen sensibility of master painter Virginia Hall and the raw ferocity of the earthly sculptor Mike Taylor? Magic and mystery. A unique and wonderful combination refl ecting the reality of our humanity - body and spirit - this reception is from 5 to 9pm at 14 Placita de Anza in Old Town Tubac. The sensei is stylish, smooth and calm. The colors are rich, quiet and harmonious. The eff ect produces an exhale as the viewer enters mind space. The counterpoint to the elegant simplicity of Virginia Hall’s images are the sins. Big and greasy. Loud and frightening. Sculptor Mike Taylor’s vision of those deadly antagonists makes the viewer stop, look, listen and inhale. They’re a mesmerizing distraction those deadlies. Horrifying and interesting. Using found objects, metal and wood, Mr. Taylor creates an impressive display of sculptural objects to communicate violence, aggression, another aspect of self. Not to be missed, this collaboration is a fi rst for these two artisits. The lovely ground and residence of Ms. Hall will be open from 11am to 5pm Wednesday thru Sunday from March 8th to 29th and by appointment. For more info www. taylorhalltubac.com or 520-398-9234. � Fine Furnishings - Cantera - Design Services - Tile - Plants - Textiles - Window Coverings - Lighting 520-398-0003 At the Tubac Golf Resort Discover the life, times and art of an Arizona original, Tubac artist Hal Empie. Books available at the Hal Empie Studio Gallery on Tubac Road. Published by the Arizona Historical Foundation with forward by Sandra Day O’Connor. send your free or public event & photo to the Villager at tubacvillager@mac.com or PO Box 4018 Tubac 85646 TUBAC ART CLASSES Adventures in Artistry Presented by Beads of Tubac Beads of Tubac is happy to present art classes and workshops in our studios! We have a diversity of talented and inspired instructors off ering workshops in many diff erent types of exciting art forms. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to make beautiful art, this is a wonderful and unique opportunity to learn from some of the best. Check out the schedule. Or, if you already know when your desired class is scheduled, call 520.398.2070 to sign up. You can also print out a sign up sheet and mail it with a check to: Beads of Tubac LLC, 5 Hesselbarth Lane, Tubac, Arizona 85646. �� 39
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