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I’m an artist . . . but that’s not saying much, because I believe, and it is something that I have devoted my time heavily to convey, that art expression is an inherent property of human nature. The media may vary, but not the innate disposition.

Those that know me have heard my “talent-as-myth” diatribe all too often, and if you end up tuning in to my posts, you will encounter it soon enough. It is my goal to change the notion, which a great number of people resign to, that one needs to have “talent” to pursue the art they feel or want and am doing this on a daily basis through my program in the G+ Mentorship Program for Photographers.

With that as preface, I will probably devote a portion of my posts to inspiring artists, but I also plan to impart other conceptions that I have about life in general, with the goal of elevating, encouraging, enlivening or energizing those who read them.

Let me begin with this:

I wish for you the ability to create for yourself all that your heart desires.

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"The Myth of Talent" by Robin Griggs Wood

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"Message In A Bottle" fantasy composite by Robin Griggs Wood


"Message In A Bottle" fantasy composite by Robin Griggs Wood

Not the exact idea of this particular image, but I thought it would be fun to challenge you with the same challenge I gave my Arcanum apprentices ... to add something in the comments based on the following scenario:

You're walking along a beach. There, in near distance, sits the ubiquitous washed-ashore bottle. You're not close enough to it yet to see it clearly, but as you walk closer, your mind meanders over to the classical story of someone on a long distant island or sinking ship tossing it into the water with a message inside; a last, desperate plea for help or a note of enduring love to a faithful companion.

At last you arrive …
and find that there is, indeed, a curled piece of paper tucked inside the sealed bottle. It's a love letter, with the full name of the person to whom it's addressed and last known location.

How will you react: with action or indifference?

Don't read anyone else's until you've added your comment … ;o7

(I've got Sting singing in my head now ... ;o7)


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If you're so inclined ... ;o7 ... image available for print here ––> http://www.robingriggswood.com/buy/38075446_CPsjbP/3463366245_ZMSwjwZ/

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45 comments:

  1. Action...no question.

    Amazing artwork!

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  2. Robin Griggs Wood Superb image, Robin! I would immediately contact the person for whom the letter is intended! No doubt about that whatsoever! :-)

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  3. We are still working on it....Will let you know at the end of the year.  ;)

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  4. Lauri Novak -- high fives and thanks, dear!

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  5. Jasbir S. Randhawa -- high fives to you, too! ... thank you, my friend!

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  6. Action, definetly would track down the person whom it belongs to;) awsome piece

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  7. Jake Johnson -- heheh ... true that! ... ;o7

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  8. The picture tells its story very powerfully.

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  9. If I were able, I'd take a trip and try to deliver the bottle and message. Otherwise, I'd have to try to contact them.

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  10. A beautiful work Robin Griggs Wood 

    Fantastic & Surreal Photos

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  11. I'd try to find them and send it to them.

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  12. Wow. This is wonderful Robin Griggs Wood

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  13. I would try to find the person. I love adventures and I love stories. :D

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  14. Action! I would bring it to its destined recipient. :-)

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  15. I would do my best to contact the person the message was for.
    Gorgeous picture.

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  16. If I were one of these children I would immediately take it to my father. He has enough romance and imagination to want to find the person whose name is in the bottle. We would find it a great adventure.  Maybe he would get a detective or the police to help. I get butterflies in my stomach just thinking of the excitement these children feel at this discovery! Thanks Robin Griggs Wood for creating and sharing this wonderful photo!

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  17. I would seek, out the recipient.  I would try to continue it's passage.

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  18. I would send it to that address , awesome image!

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  19. I would have to find the person it was intended for ... Hopefully I could deliver it person, but at least get it to them somehow.

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  20. A genuine message in a bottle is something too unique. I would keep it un a safe place and let the person it was intented for kown I have it by any possible mean : last known address, social networks, etc.

    By the way, great work ! And now I have Sting singing in my head too ;-)

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  21. Well action if I could, but you do not tell us in what time- period the last known address is. If in the past wouldn't it be amazing to time travel and deliver in person. Still it would be an amazing adventure to trace  the family and still deliver the message in person to the ancestors of the love letter. My mind is off and running in many different avenues, thanks Robin Griggs Wood

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  22. Action. Seeing how it is Saturday I would hire one of those seagulls that works for the Express Seagull Saturday Post :)

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  23. I would like to think that I would take action to get the letter to the person that it is intended for.
    Great idea for a post, can I read the other posts now?

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  24. I would want the person to whom it was sent to receive it. I would send it to the last known location with an explanation of how I found it.

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  25. I would try to find the person named and send the letter to her/him.

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  26. I would try to find the person and deliver it.  What a great adventure!  Love the image!!!!

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  27. Oh, I love this, Robin Griggs Wood!

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  28. Wow!!! What was the question again? Oh, WOW! What was the question ......

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  29. Wonderful image Robin. I wonder what the message is?

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  30. Hi Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Najera!! Always nice to see you, my ol' friend ...  ;o)). The boys were indeed holding a message, but I never got to find out what it was, darn it!

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  31. I would try to deliver the message to him or her and tell him or her that I'd give anything to find a such an amazing lover.

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  32. George Fletcher -- thanks, my friend!

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  33. Ok I am so impressed with the arts and wow amazing how much time to make some thing so amazing I liked this tour and hope you have a beautiful day and thanks again

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