MacLeod and Colors
I came across this McLeod quote tonight, and thought it was so suited for these vibrant chairs (that I took too many pictures of!) Trying my hand at this for the first time – combining my art with another’s wisdom. Enjoy!
EDTA: I still need practice, as the quote is difficult to read. Here is it, if you’re not familiar with it already:
“Everyone is born creative; everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten. Then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry, uninspiring books on algebra, history, etc. Being suddenly hit years later with the ‘creative bug’ is just a wee voice telling you, ‘I’d like my crayons back, please.”
― Hugh MacLeod, Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity
Thanks to Jessica over at Jessica Simm BLOG for introducing me to the quote!
~SE
My Digital Eye Queue 
You are very welcome! Loving those chairs as well. Great use of such vivid colors!!
Thank you! It was an amazing find, eye-catching to say the least.
The photo is fantastic! Well done for capturing the ordinary and elevating it into art. I love the quote as well and it goes perfectly with the colorful picture. But perhaps it would have been better served if you hadn’t superimposed the quote over the picture but rather included it beneath. That way you would be doing justice to both the photo and the quote and they wouldn’t be fighting with one another.
Yes, I was/am still learning how to do overlays and such. That was my first attempt 🙂
Well, you’re ahead of me. I have no idea how to do overlays. But I stand by my statement about the picture itself – absolutely gorgeous. The color, composition and design are amazing. Who knew a photo of a bunch of chairs could be so cool?
I like this picture so much I sent a link via email to a few people I think will appreciate it. Any chance you can post a version of the picture without the quote? I’d love to download it to use for desktop wallpaper.
Thanks! I will see what I can do to rework over the next week (gotta dig out some photography software).
Hm, still rummaging. It must be on my antique laptop that is still packed. Can you use this one that is in the header? http://theimpetuarian.com/ It is different, but same subject matter. Please just leave the copyright intact 🙂
If that’s no good, I’ll keep looking!