Digital imaging allows both groups to rise above the limitations of mess and clutter and mechanics, and apply our talents to creating images limited only by our imaginations. Buffy Sainte-Marie More Quotes by Buffy Sainte-Marie More Quotes From Buffy Sainte-Marie The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings. Buffy Sainte-Marie painting digital art That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days. Buffy Sainte-Marie artist The paintings are transferred from my computer to a disk, and I can hand it to the printer this way; or I can modem the painting to the printer over the phone lines from my house in Hawaii. Buffy Sainte-Marie phones house hands We also have the option of scanning in an image from outside the computer... a photo, or a sketch done with traditional tools; and we can then paint, manipulate, process, change, and further develop the image within the computer, watching our progress on the monitor. Buffy Sainte-Marie manipulation progress tools The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. Buffy Sainte-Marie output cleaning balance But in the old days, visual artists used to fall into two distinct categories: those of us who created images with cameras and those of us who applied stuff onto other stuff, with brushes or other tools. Buffy Sainte-Marie artist two fall I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs. Buffy Sainte-Marie professional say work way We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about. Buffy Sainte-Marie about me enjoyment tolerance I see myself as having three families: my birth family, the family that raised me, and my Cree family, who I was reunited with in my late teens, so I consider myself to be lucky. Buffy Sainte-Marie myself me late family I'm so happy to be a song-writer - I'm even surprised when I get to record anything. I consider it a considerable privilege and a blessing to have a medium of expression that has a place in the world. Buffy Sainte-Marie place blessing happy world I was very unhappy when I used to record and things wouldn't turn out the way I would want to, because I was being such a nice girl. I wouldn't complain when things were going wrong. Buffy Sainte-Marie nice girl unhappy way Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked. Buffy Sainte-Marie once great tools artist When somebody says, 'Oh, Buffy, you're such a warrior for peace', I stop them and say, 'No, I'm not really a warrior for peace. What I promote is alternative conflict resolution'. Buffy Sainte-Marie stop you conflict peace The art of the three-minute song is more like journalism than writing a big 400-page book. You want to be brief, you want to make sense right yen and there. And sometimes that takes a bit of work. Buffy Sainte-Marie you work song art
