september has just flown by
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“october is a symphony of permanence and change.”
-bonaro w. overstreet
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image credit: pinterest
Sep30
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Sep29
coffee art.
on international coffee day
Meet the Italian Artist who creates Incredible Works of Art From Spilled Coffee
Italians are known for their love of coffee, but while most enjoy espresso for its taste, artist Giulia Bernardell appreciates it for its creative potential. She turns spilled coffee into works of art that look like detailed watercolor paintings.
Many of us start our day with a cup of joe, but Bernardelli indulges in a dose of inspiration, too. Her bio reads, “My future starts when I wake up every morning. Every day I find something creative to do with my life.” Bernardelli’s journey to creating coffee art began by chance. One day, the artist accidentally spilled coffee over her canvas as she was working. But rather than clean it up, Bernardelli grabbed a spoon and used it to guide the brown liquid around the white space.
Today, Bernardelli continues to use spoons in lieu of a paint brush, but she also uses matchsticks to achieve intricate details. From architectural sketches to studies of the human face, Bernardelli takes inspiration from everywhere. She even recreates Italian Renaissance masterpieces in her coffee art style. She’s “painted” the Mona Lisa and The Creation of Adam, using spilled coffee as pigment.
Since making a name for herself as a respected “coffee artist,” Bernardelli has branched out into new, edible mediums. She also creates art from melted ice cream, fruit, vegetables, and much more.
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“coffee is the best thing to douse the sunrise with.”
-terri guillemets
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art credit: spilled coffee art, guilia bernadelli
source credit: mymet, emma taggart
My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Giulia Bernardelli
Sep28
frogger, in real time.
once again, i love the advice/warning/humor posted on my local nextdoor page:
‘As anyone may be traveling east on Ann St. and crossing N. Division… be suuuuper careful! In the morning the sun is blazing right into one’s eyes, and equally, throughout the day, there’s tons of traffic, slower paced pedestrians, fast paced bicyclists in a dedicated bike lane and a jog in the road. I even saw a person on a unicycle in a traffic lane yesterday! It is one hellacious level of “Frogger”! 🐸🚗”
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“if you can’t be a good example, be a terrible warning.”
-jennifer cruise
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art credit: archive arcade
Sep27
chopped.
today we began using scissors
and
some people really got the hang of it.
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“who took my good scissors?”
-mom
Sep26
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
La Liga, of the the Spanish soccerleague has linked up with the biggest name in the sport. Or, more accurately, the longest name: Welsh team Clwb Pêl Droed Llanfairpwllgw”yngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Football Club.
The team, based in North Wales and more commonly known as CPD Llanfairpwll FC, is set to be sponsored by LaLiga throughout the current season.
The league’s “LL” logo will appear on the front of Llanfairpwll’s jerseys, which also bear the town’s full, 58-letter name on the club crest.
“This really is an outstanding partnership for us,” Samantha Jones-Smith, the club’s chairwoman. “Not only is it the most exciting collaboration the club has ever had, but it also allows us to improve both on and off the field.”
“We’ve got a great group here who are really committed to bringing success to the club,” said manager Gwydaf Hughes. “This new partnership with LaLiga brings further professionalism to our side, and I know the lads can’t wait to wear the new kit with pride from this Saturday and throughout the season.”
The coastal village, located on island of Anglesey, is said to have the longest town name in Europe. It’s not the original name, but was devised in the nineteenth century by a local cobbler as a way to attract tourists to the area.
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“i don’t care what they call me as long as they mention my name.”
-george m. cohan
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Sep25
coming back.
after having such a wonderful time celebrating with family
it’s nice to be home
even if
i did have a late night
and an early morning flight to get here
but i’m still standing.
kind of.
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“i regarded home as a place I left behind in order to come back to it afterward.”
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inmage credit: pinterest
Sep24
true compassion.
after all of the wedding fun
finding the very tiny lizard, lizzy
thinking lizzy was gone
but finding she had hitched a ride in the car by hiding on someone’s dress
finding another tiny lizard, johnny boy
who hitched a ride on someone else’s pants
when we were looking in the trees for someone just like him
making houses for each of them
giving them food and water and air, and hiding rocks and grass
then thinking more about them and what would make them feel happy and safe
after talking, reciting poetry to them, interpretive ballet dancing
thanking them for finding us, hitching a ride, and playing with us for a little while
we decided that we loved them
and because we did
it was much kinder and compassionate
to return them to their lizard trees
to let them go home to their families and friends
to be healthy, happy, and safe
rather than try to keep them for ourselves
there were
a few tears
lots of love
and
a much greater understanding.
“true compassion means not only feeling another’s pain but also being moved to help relieve it.”
– daniel goleman
Sep23
all the lives…
walking in sedona in the early morning on the first day of autumn
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“and all the lives we ever lived, and all the lives to be, are full of trees and changing leaves…”
-virginia woolf, to the schoolhouse
Sep22
timeless beauty.
it was a beautiful day for a family wedding in sedona.
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“the beauty in sedona is timeless.”
Sep21
az.
(the ever-elusive arizona road runner)
arriving in arizona
last night, phoenix
today, on to sedona.
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“then the wind blew cool through the pinyons on the rim. there was a sweet tang of cedar and sage on the air and that indefinable fragrance peculiar to the canyon country of arizona.” – zane grey
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image credit: looney tunes, the roadrunner
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