{"id":48,"date":"2006-09-08T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2006-09-08T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2006-09-08T12:00:04","slug":"viva-la-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Viva La Revolution!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moving my art making back into a place where I have been productive in the past has had an amazing consequence. The last time I worked in this space, I was drawing\/writing my book and I would not let \u201cguilt\u201d (or any form of it) enter that area. I remember that feeling of perfect freedom from guilt when I\u2019m in this space now and I\u2019m making a pledge to myself to keep this space \u201cMy Guilt Free Art Zone!\u201d I\u2019m seceding from the world! I\u2019m am declaring my independence. Viva La Revolution!<\/p>\n

Carol of the Free Republic of Art<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moving my art making back into a place where I have been productive in the past has had an amazing consequence. The last time I worked in this space, I was drawing\/writing my book and I would not let \u201cguilt\u201d (or any form of it) enter that area. I remember that feeling of perfect freedom … Continue reading “Viva La Revolution!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hi-diddle-dee-dee"],"yoast_head":"\nViva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Viva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Moving my art making back into a place where I have been productive in the past has had an amazing consequence. The last time I worked in this space, I was drawing\/writing my book and I would not let \u201cguilt\u201d (or any form of it) enter that area. I remember that feeling of perfect freedom … Continue reading "Viva La Revolution!"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carol's Drawing Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Carol\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Carol\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"headline\":\"Viva La Revolution!\",\"datePublished\":\"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":107,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Hi-diddle-dee-dee\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/\",\"name\":\"Viva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/2006\\\/09\\\/viva-la-revolution\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Viva La Revolution!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Carol's Drawing Blog\",\"description\":\"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17\",\"name\":\"Carol\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"Carol\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/12\\\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1\"},\"description\":\"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/toadhollowstudio.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\\\/wp_blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Viva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Viva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog","og_description":"Moving my art making back into a place where I have been productive in the past has had an amazing consequence. The last time I worked in this space, I was drawing\/writing my book and I would not let \u201cguilt\u201d (or any form of it) enter that area. I remember that feeling of perfect freedom … Continue reading \"Viva La Revolution!\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/","og_site_name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","article_published_time":"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00","author":"Carol","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Carol","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/"},"author":{"name":"Carol","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"headline":"Viva La Revolution!","datePublished":"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/"},"wordCount":107,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"articleSection":["Hi-diddle-dee-dee"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/","name":"Viva La Revolution! - Carol's Drawing Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2006-09-08T12:00:04+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2006\/09\/viva-la-revolution\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Viva La Revolution!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/","name":"Carol's Drawing Blog","description":"Drawing lessons and art by Carol Rosinski of Toad Hollow Studio.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/#\/schema\/person\/6a4d245062c819bedd53d57134797e17","name":"Carol","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Carol"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cropped-sunflower-atc.jpg?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1"},"description":"I'm an artist, an accidental author, and lover of life. I grew up in Yorktown, Indiana, and I've been writing (and drawing) this website since 1999.","sameAs":["http:\/\/toadhollowstudio.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1r5dp-M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":175,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/04\/the-balancing-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":0},"title":"The Balancing Act","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/04\/11","format":false,"excerpt":"I love to draw, I love making my art, and I even make some money doing that every now and then. For every hour I spend on art, though, I need to spend an equal amount of time doing all the other work which helps support the art. It seems\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":148,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/drawing-slowly\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":1},"title":"Drawing Slowly","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/14","format":false,"excerpt":"I draw slowly, very slowly. The art that wants to speak through me is slow to manifest. It never rushes through door filling the room with excitement, making itself known all at once. Instead, it reveals itself a piece at a time, carefully balancing each new phase against those which\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":292,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2008\/04\/i-don%e2%80%99t-paint-i-draw\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":2},"title":"I Don\u2019t Paint, I Draw","author":"Carol","date":"2008\/04\/26","format":false,"excerpt":"Color is a distraction. It pulls the attention away from the subject and re-focuses it on the surface of the art. Yes, I know that color has lots and lots of emotional impact, but I\u2019d rather bring the viewer deeper into the art. I want your eyes to follow the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":212,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/07\/alls-well-on-the-home-front\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":3},"title":"All's Well on the Home Front","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/07\/03","format":false,"excerpt":"I actually did lose my phone line for a while! Our connection had been awfully bad for months, and it had got a lot worse suddenly. We have a dial-up internet connection, so when I could get online I had to crawl around at a snail's pace. But, our phone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":154,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/03\/some-days-are-harder-than-others\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":4},"title":"Some Days are Harder than Others","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/03\/21","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week it was easy to find time to draw, this week I'm struggling with it! It's starting to get warmer and I want to go outside and putter around. The habit of making art takes a lot of care and attention. It requires a commitment of time and energy,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":232,"url":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/2007\/09\/art-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":5},"title":"Art Day!","author":"Carol","date":"2007\/09\/28","format":false,"excerpt":"I've decided to make each Friday my Art Day. An entire day devoted to art is a luxury I haven't given myself in a long time. And that's pretty silly since I'm an artist. My Muse is slowly coming out and showing herself fully. She seems relaxed and happy to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hi-diddle-dee-dee"","block_context":{"text":"Hi-diddle-dee-dee","link":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/category\/hi-diddle-dee-dee\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.toadhollowstudio.com\/wp_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}