Our Ways Of Living

October 3, 2022 Carl Barnett

“Our ways of living are intuitive, brought from the gut and our traditions of history.”

Our ways of living are intuitive, brought from the gut and our traditions of history. When we are mindful, we know what brings us joy and expand upon it, smoothing our passing forward. Life is difficult, our time here finite, to create change and beauty as life allows builds lasting results for generations to come.

How we live is both reflection and projection of who we are and our desires for the future. This is why we create and collect, to tell our stories and weave a nest of comfort, security, and love.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Revered Design**

NOURISH Pantry | Gimme The Goods

A Little Press

September 21, 2022 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Peter Valcarcel “Short Line” - Acrylic On Paper**

“NOURISH was founded on the intent to support the creative endeavor of others, and to speak to why we create and collect, to bridge the gap between person and object. The why before the what. Through material and the intimacy of making, we express and excavate our experiences of being human. Resolving and uplifting by way of beauty and the creative mind. This is why we create and collect. Our universal language, without words. And this, is why NOURISH exists.”

“As always, my inspiration brings me back to my birthplace. I will always be inspired by the 17 years I spent in Peru and that make me happy, to know that I have not forgotten those mental pictures, to know that I can built on those experience and add to it what I know and what I am now, brings me joy. We must not forget the places where we were happy for happiness for me depends tremendously on our surroundings.”

Peter Valcarcel

Queer Forty Magazine

https://queerforty.com/bring-autumn-into-your-home-with-these-gorgeous-original-prints

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Peter Valcarcel - ORGANICS edition**

How We Live, Create And Collect

September 11, 2022 Carl Barnett

“It is through the creative mind and conscious empathy we build a better way, one moment at a time.”

How we live, create, and collect is a reflection of mindset, emotion, and desires toward the future. Our need for security and beauty, in a world full of challenges. Through the efforts of will and the creative mind, we build better lives for ourselves, those within our circles, and those we support in their creative endeavors. It is through the creative mind and conscious empathy we build a better way, one moment at a time.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kathryn Robinson-Millen, Benjamin Provo, Laura Kastin**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Peter Valcarcel**

“Through beauty and the creative mind, we thrive.”

See What You Are Seeing

September 7, 2022 Carl Barnett

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Liadain Warwick Smith**

It is through the poetics of making we see ourselves, a mirror of life and living. Beauty and the perfectly imperfect. Humans atop a turning planet. We are, despite our best intentions, pulled by distractions, and overwhelmed by our minds of concern. The world has become smaller, the macro to micro. It is time that we stopped, not to look, but to see. To surround ourselves with beauty, to pause and reflect. See, what we are seeing. Feel, what we are feeling. Build, a new dream.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Gabriel J. Shuldiner**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kathryn Robinson-Millen**

“No one sees a flower, really, because to see takes time. Like to have a friend takes time.”

—Georgia O’Keefe

The Artisan And The Artisanal

September 2, 2022 Carl Barnett

“Living fully through the creative mind.”

**NOURISH Gallery** **| SENTIENT - Symphony Chair In Solid Black Walnut, Custom Live Edge Table in Maple - Ceramic Vessels - Benjamin Provo, Liadain Warwick Smith.**

The creative endeavor can be viewed as a map, it informs, resolves, eases, and inspires, as we navigate our lives forward. Living fully through the creative mind. Seeing what you are seeing. Experiencing, appreciating, contributing, and consuming. Being present, outside the body and mind, and within. This is what the hand created brings, presence to beauty, time, and living life.

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kershaw Studio - Olio Table In Oak**

**NOURISH Gallery** **| Kershaw Studio - Olio Chair In** Oak

**NOURISH Gallery** **| VULPE - Siggi Chair In Ash**

What we create and collect tells a story of who we are: beauty, faith, and desire. Our collections bring us joy and a sense of security. They tie us to others, going beyond our four walls and mindful concerns. We consume them, much like we consume our food, giving nourishment to our minds and bodies. The hand created brings a sense of community as we navigate the uncertainties of living, supporting ourselves as we support the endeavors of others. The artisan, and the artisanal. Living with the beauty of the hand created inspires, eases, and connects us to a deeper sense of living.