Eenie Meenie Miney No Way

I challenge you to pick the BEST picture below.

I've just asked the impossible. It feels like a crime to place Monet, Rivera, Kandinsky, Matisse, Dali, Van Gogh, or Parrish in first place and leave the rest of these masterpieces to be also rans.

There is no such thing as THE BEST in art. 

This week the Academy Awards will choose a best picture. The concept boggles my mind. 

How do you choose between:

Going back in a time machine to watch LINCOLN shape our nation.

A beloved musical combined with the grit of the original novel in LES MISERABLES.

The heart pumping escape wrapped in a Hollywood lie in ARGO.

The triumph of the human spirit over mental illness in SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. 

A shameless reality that exists a breath away from our comfortable lives in BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD.

The transcendental journey in THE LIFE OF PI.

I regret I haven't seen ZERO DARK THIRTY, AMOUR, or DJANGO UNCHAINED, but I have no doubt each would leave its indelible imprint on me.

A masterpiece is a masterpiece. We are all the better for them.

M is for Maxfield Parrish

Twenty-Six Days of Creative Inspiration

Daybreak

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Enchanted. I am enchanted by the art of Maxfield Parrish. He worked as both an illustrator and an artist and has many children's books to his credit. He is known for his fantastical settings and deeply saturated colors. There is a hue named Parrish blue in his honor.

His paintings transport me to magical places and spark my imagination to create new worlds. I am especially taken with the way he represents light in his work. As a lighting designer, I used his paintings as a springboard for my own work, especially when I lit  dance.

The Glen

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Parrish's paintings inform the world building in my writing. The detail in his work has helped me flesh out depth and complexity in the places I create on the page.

Blue Fountain

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You never know where Parrish's art will pop up. The cover for Elton John's album, Caribou, has a Maxfield Parrish background. The poster for the movie, The Princess Bride, is based on a Parrish painting.

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Is there an artist who inspires your writing?

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