Category Archives: failure as the path

Coming Back to Life…

Posted on October 3, 2018 by Olga Dytyniak

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Relativity Theory…As I Speed Up, My Work Slows Down

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Olga Dytyniak

Einstein was such a brain!  His thought experiments  showed  that time begins to slow down as the one moving increases her speed.  This is called time dilation.  As I work on my icons I have gone into a relativity vortex.  This realization struck as … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Olga Dytyniak

failure as an integral and important part of creating a whole person and a byzantine icon Continue reading →

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I Learn by Going Where I Need To Go

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Olga Dytyniak

An icon writer is born, not made.  Like all great artists, she or he can not not paint.  It is the reason for one’s very existence.  This feeling consumes you and infiltrates most areas of your daily life.   You … Continue reading →

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Medium as Message

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Olga Dytyniak

  Often as I work, in fact, always, at some point I feel I have ruined an icon with some over painting or other. Particularly on skin, a float usually will help to blend out imperfections, the idea being that … Continue reading →

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