the wizard house
the purple house with the sun
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so many stories here
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“every spirit makes its house,
and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.”
-ralph waldo emerson
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images: Ann Arbor, Michigan – Traverse City, Michigan
neighborhood totem created from perfectly balanced pieces of a cut-down tree
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“art doesn’t transform. it just plain forms.”
-roy lichtenstein
In the municipal center of Newport Beach, California, sits a local oddity that is equal parts controversial, cuddly, adorable, and absurd.
The sculpture, dubbed “Bunnyhenge,” consists of 14 large white bunnies arranged in a circle, with two even larger 8-foot-tall bunnies found nearby. While these oversized stone bunnies sit stoically staring at each other with their colorful beady eyes, the town around them has become divided over their existence.
When it was first installed in 2013, the sculpture was initially very popular, especially with children (creepy as some others may find a circle of giant bunnies to be). But the public artwork also cost the city $221,000, or nearly $14,000 per bunny, which outraged many residents. One candidate for city council—who was later elected—even declared that “we need to blow up the bunnies!”
Despite the threats, the bunnies have made it nearly five years, and can still be found strangely and stoically gathered in the park by City Hall.
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“read to your bunny often and your bunny will read to you.”
-rosemary wells, american author and illustrator of childrens’ books,
including the ‘max and ruby series’
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credits: leira, atlas obscura
all i see is a heart
and i know
that i have crossed paths
with a sweet and amazing
canine artist.
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“to fashion stars out of dog dung,
that is the great work.
to take a negative experience and,
by comparing it to something worse,
make it feel good, is a great skill. “
-alexandra david- neel
Dante Gabriel Rossetti – Washing Hands
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today the detroit institute of arts
did their part to keep people safe and to aid in their healing.
art helps people in so many unexpected ways
and seems to naturally have that power.
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‘Just as surgeons need to keep a sterile environment for the health of their patients, the DIA’s conservation, collections management, and curatorial teams often use protective equipment to preserve the health of the museum’s artworks. Today, we gathered up those materials — including Tyvek suits, swabs, masks, P95 mask cartridges, wiping cloths and 3,000 nitrile gloves — and delivered them to local hospitals.’ – dia
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“at the deepest level.
the creative process and the healing process arise from a single source.
when you are an artist,
you are a healer;
a wordless trust of the same mystery
is the foundation of your work and your integrity.”
– dr. rachel naomi remen
using
cocktail umbrellas
chop sticks
mini pumpkins
and
pancake mix playdough
kinder create something new.
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“a child’s attitude toward everything is an artist’s attitude.”
-willa cather
“what we write should surprise us, the way life surprises us.”
-marty rubin
kinder always find a way to make their own rainbows.
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“a rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty.”
-kyle hill
“peace is the only battle worth waging.”
-albert camus
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art credit: laurachjones art – ‘peaceful’
kinder create
then it’s all dark
turn on the black light
their art comes alive
like magic.
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“every moment of light and dark is a miracle.”
-walt whitman
I didn't have my glasses on.... 