Category Archives: creativity

Aug19

sheepish.

Posted on August 19, 2020 by beth

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art from discarded loose parts – recycled phones and cords

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“it’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.”

-jean-luc godard

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image credit: *telephone sheep by jean luc cornec, artists without borders

*ArtistJean Luc has put old landline telephones to good use with his sculptures titled “Telephone Sheep”. The series explores how fast technology is moving and how we can put old things to good use. The sculptures use the hand dialing base as the head, the cords as their wool and the earpiece as their feet. The “Telephone Sheep” exhibit was displayed at the Museum of Telecommunication in Frankfurt.

Jun12

greater than.

Posted on June 12, 2020 by beth

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that moment

when you go to the grocery

to get some ice

for your food

after a wild and windy rainstorm

knocked your power out

you pull out your bags of ice

only to find

a secret ice cream stash

placed there by a brilliant grocery worker

hidden for later

and your day is made.

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“greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.”

-victor hugo

Mar3

attitude.

Posted on March 3, 2020 by beth

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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

Oct24

baked with a dash of whimsy.

Posted on October 24, 2019 by beth

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Bigfoot revealed when bundt cake sliced!

(and I just love anything to do with Bigfoot)

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Sep11

art is.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by beth

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“this is my mom.”

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“art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
-pablo picasso

Apr8

parts.

Posted on April 8, 2019 by beth

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the theory of loose parts and the right to be creative.

(kinders live this every day)

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“in any environment,

both the degree of inventiveness and creativity,

and the

possibility of discovery,

are directly proportional

to the number

and kind of

variables in it.”

-theory credit: Simon Nicholson – The Theory of Loose Parts, 1971

Feb11

a story in every line.

Posted on February 11, 2019 by beth

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A pencil drawing by a 16 year old Irish girl has won a National Art Competition. Shania McDonagh is tipped as a future top artist. The man she drew is a Fisherman and Seaweed Harvester named Coleman Coyne. There’s a story in every line.

“His name is Coleman Coyne, and he’s from Connemara in County Galway. He passed away earlier this year. The portrait is done using graphite pencil, and it took around 100 hours of drawing to complete the portrait.” – Shania McDonagh

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“youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.”

-stanislaw jerzy lec