Biography louise fletcher
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Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to Episcopal minister Robert Fletcher and his wife Estelle, both of whom were deaf, Louise Fletcher was introduced to performing at a young age by the aunt who taught her to speak. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, she took a trip out west with her roommates, finding herself in Los Angeles without enough money to return home. She took a temporary job as a receptionist and signed up for acting classes at night. Soon she was working regularly in television and film, but after marrying producer Jerry Bick and having two sons, the actress took a long hiatus to raise her children.
Returning to work in 1974 in Robert Altman's Thieves Like Us (1974), Fletcher came to the attention of director Milos Forman, who was casting the difficult role of the nurse in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). She won the role -- and then the Academy Award -- portraying deadly, inflexible sjuksköterska Ratched, who has since become a cultural icon. Nu
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Using Joy as a North Star: Meet Louise Fletcher
“And at some point, something in the painting will just say, Yes, this is the direction I want to go in. And if I'm lucky, I catch that moment and know to follow it,” says Fletcher, “And when I'm not paying attention, I might bulldoze past that moment, and then I'll have to keep going and going.”
But if and when Fletcher misses the moment, she doesn’t worry. She knows there will be another. And so she keeps working.
“I just pursue it until the point where it shows me what it wants to be. And this sounds a bit woo woo but I really think paintings want to come out of you. And you just have to get out of the way. And that's the constant challenge that I have.”
SYSTEMS FOR INTUITIVE PAINTING
(add in that she honors her way of working)
Fletcher has found a way of working that is incredibly freeing to her. And just like so many other areas of art, it involves solid systems.
If you want to be a daily painter, there are certain system
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Self-expression looks a bit different for those whose sensitivity and depth of feeling allow them to experience more than what’s possible to say with words.
For you, it might look like surrounding yourself with art that opens your heart and touches your soul.
For me, self-expression means allowing my hands to translate emotions into marks on a surface...
building up the layers until the painting becomes a portal where you and I connect on a soulful and intimate level.
but there was a time, inom lost touch with my inner artist.
Growing up in Yorkshire, my time was split between exploring the great outdoors and making art. Early on, I knew I wanted to continue pursuing my passion which led me to study art in college.
In my 20s, I moved from England to North America and I left art behind.
At the time, I thought I’d simply “grown up”. But now I understand that leaving my home somehow disconnected me from myself. As I struggled to adapt and fit into new cultures—fir