CARTER-EAST continued from 13 Carter-East reads widely and keeps journals of favorite phrases that can be added to his cards. The greeting card quotations “match up” with the designs after completion. He is currently building a Quotations section for his website that will allow buyers to match their choice of quotations to their choice of cards. Among the quotes now in use: “Meet me on the equinox” —Death Cab for Cutie “Go forth and set the world on fire” —St. Ignatius “Evermore thanks” —Shakespeare “The sun shines not on us, but in us” —John Muir “In each moment, I am filled with gratitude” —Thich Nhat Hanh
And his personal favorite is from Hugh MacLeod, “Everybody is given a box of crayons in kindergarten,” which appears on the outside of the card, while inside it says, “I’d like to have my crayons back, please.” As long as he can remember, Carter-East has loved art, the natural world, and paper. As a child, after school, “I’d go into the garage to spatter coffee and turpentine on
“…the awareness of space, then gradually becomes… as paper, ink, and botanicals make their contributions.” brown paper, because it needed to be done.” His love of reusing and repurposing led to winning honors in the sixth annual Columbus, Indiana “Déjà Vu” show of objects recycled into art. His entry was purchased and now hangs in the Columbus Recycling Center. He credits his early art classes at Anderson High School with his understanding of space and the discipline. New York artist Mark Brown wound up teaching in Anderson, staying with the same class from their ninth to twelfth grade years. “I have embedded in me artistic techniques that I
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learned at that time.” After college at Anderson University, where he had an art minor, he entered the financial world and has had “a day job” ever since. His art changed form to allow for family and work responsibilities, but art remained central. “I will create. I’m almost channeling. I do my job eight hours a day, but I think about art 24 hours a day. Artists need to know it’s okay to have a job.” He participated in 26 art fairs last summer, working in his booth to the delight of show sponsors, children and buyers. Works went to New York, Chicago, Rocky Top, China, Japan, Ireland, as well as Nashville, Columbus, Indianapolis, and Bloomington. “Art is a way for me to meet myself…one step at a time. My focus is to take a creative step each day. My goal is to be larger today than yesterday…to become is really quite a sensation.” Carter-East’s work can be seen on his website <www. timothycartereast. com>.
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