A Life Lesson
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PAUL CLARK:
From just inside the doorway I was watching my outdoor chipmunk friend stuff the peanuts I left into it's ever-expanding cheeks then scurry off. While waiting for it's return, my eyes wandered sideways to an old 'cross-hatch' drawing of mine, at eye level on our inside wall.
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"How intricate," I thought.
I got lost in the multitude of teeny-tiny lines per square inch that made up the entire picture and realized I needed another creative outlet of some kind. One with more
of a challenge. On noticing my reflection in the glass I thought it might be a good idea to pick up where I left off with the drawing, but to do it ON the glass instead of on the paper.
Now there's a challenge - you can't erase glass.
Once it's there, it's there forever!
Well, one thing led to another and before long I found myself doing a form of 'deep-etching'
on even thicker and thicker glass. I replaced my ink with a diamond and my challenge was soon replaced by an even bigger one, which I hadn't counted on. Sometimes, after a week or two of hand etching one single piece I will hear a sharp - clap
- and the 1/2" glass composition has cracked into several individual pieces - it's gone forever!
Oh what a feeling!
Start again.
It's taught me a lot. Think about it.
- Be WEll.
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Biography
Paul Clark is an internationally acclaimed visual communicator with a breadth of diverse experience. His timeless designs and creative ingenuity are seen everywhere ~ on hundreds of websites, television shows, in movies, in the corporate arena, nationally and internationally, and on stores shelves and homes worldwide.
A long-standing member of the Registered Graphic Designers (RGD) of Ontario, Paul is a founding partner in inspirtainment inc. and WAVE Web & Print Design where he co-creates as Creative Director of website content and design, television programming and communication strategies for the international market.
Champion over a potentially fatal illness at the age of eleven, Paul has been a student of all things Spiritual ever since. Studies under a Native American Shaman, Energy Healers in Sedona, and various Spiritual Teachers, have enhanced his early awakening. Paul recently sidestepped his career as an art director for films and television to focus on co-creating Conscious projects like Feng SHe.
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