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Week 3: The 365 Series

by Jill Austen on 01/29/15

Celebrating week 3 of Works on Paper: The 365 Series. I am amazed at how quickly the days pass. With 21 pieces created, here are my thoughts on the process:

1) Creativity involves constant negotiation
2) Sometimes you have to acknowledge that the piece you're working on has a mind of its own
3) It's when the bright pink bougainvillea you're working on turns into a landscape in bold primary colors
4) At that point… it's best just to get out of the way and let the work speak for itself
5) You'll both be satisfied with the compromise

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Jill Austen Bio

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performances and exhibits throughout the US, Mexico and the Caribbean. Teaching opportunities have taken her to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the College of the Bahamas in Nassau. Her inner vagabond is happy to call New York City home. Jill's poetry was first published in Leaf Garden Press in 2009, and more recently in About Place Journal, Mom Egg Review and Blue Door Quarterly. A Comfort of Hummingbirds, her first poetry chapbook awaits publication.

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Jill Austen lives a multidisciplinary life, embracing creativity through music, art and poetry. To this end she has created Austen Academy, offering a series of integrated arts workshops which explore individuality and the creative process. Jill holds degrees in music from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the University of Minnesota, where she also studied visual arts and art history. She is a juried associate member of the Pastel Society of America. As both flutist and visual artist she has enjoyed residencies,