To think creatively we must look afresh at what we usually take for granted. - George Knoeller ---------------------------------------------------------- Solar Art is the artform of focused sunlight. The glass lens is known as a magnifier within the narrow confines of classrooms throughout the world. It has another seldom emphasized yet well documented ability to bend sunlight into a single point. This pinpoint of solar energy is hot enough to burn amazing designs into wood. This I call Solar Art. There is a glaring discrepancy between the ideas we had thought of it and the actual creative, functional approach we are here to celebrate. It is like most things- a matter of interpretation. What the lens is depends entirely on your intention. Do what you can with what you have where you are. - Teddy Roosevelt ---------------------------------------------------------- The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. - Kevin Toffler ---------------------------------------------------------- Art is a skill and that is the first meaning of the word. - Eric Gill ---------------------------------------------------------- As much as I enjoy the artform, one of my great pleasures is when other people discover it. Over the years I have taken many opportunities to share it with thousands at festivals, celebrations and programs with people of all ages, backgrounds and skill levels. Through these travels an enormous amount of interest has been generated among a very wide range of people from all different fields, specialties and backgrounds. These random conversations have completely changed the way I think about the artform and life and have moved me to share Solar Art on a larger scale. Be still like a mountain. Move like a river. - Wu Yu-hsian ----------------------------------------------------------
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