an artist’s whimsical sense of humor comes into play after coming upon an unusual tree.
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“to the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.”
-auguste rodin
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gallup park, ann arbor, mi, usa – 2020
Oct29
Tag Archives: art
Sep26
shiny car.
is it for the music, the art, or the shine?
“whither goest thou, america, in thy shiny car at night?
– jack kerouac
Sep11
opportunity.
when hanging outside with a couple of my grandies,
we talked as they worked on creating pictures
taken from online designs
very, very carefully selecting each tiny bead to put into place
i thought it would be a good time to tell them about my cat, olive
who loves to pounce on the jigsaw puzzles on my table
when she finds me in the midst of them
i also thought i would do a mini dramatic recreation of how it all happens
as i pretended to be olive, bouncing my hand on the table
i apparently was a little too into my role
when i hit the table
we all froze for a few seconds
after noticing that all of their hard work
had just been destroyed in the course of my acting.
great recovery though
as i apologized
we all laughed and laughed and laughed at what happened
knowing
that while it would take a long time to rebuild their designs
we also also knew
that life can be so instantly funny sometimes.
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“the more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.”
– bill nye
Sep6
all artists.
love wandering around the town
discovering artists’ work
left in unexpected places
a sudden inspiration
using what they found
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“i don’t think there’s anything in this universe as powerful as the power of an artist to create.
by that logic, we are all artists, aren’t we?”
-malcolm fernandes
Aug19
sheepish.
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.
Aug1
bigger.
when you just can’t make it out to the store to get a card
you use what you have.
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“always make sure your heart is bigger than your head.”
-tony oiler
Jul8
the circus arrives.
to avoid crowds, montreal’s circus festival will pop up in random places
Over the course of this week, some lucky residents in Montreal will be entertained with surprise circus acts that will pop up around the city at undisclosed locations.
The outdoor performances are organized as part of Montreal’s annual circus festival and are taking place from July 6 to 12 at random locations around the city in order to avoid huge crowds from gathering and maintain physical distancing.
As artistic director of Montréal Complètement Cirque, Nadine Marchand explains, a truck called the “Bonheur Mobile” will roll up to alleys, parks, streets, and squares in Saint-Michel, Anjou, St. Henri and the Quartier des Spectacles (to name a few) over the next week.
Ten Quebec circus performers will come rolling out and put on an hour-and-a-half-long show for any unsuspecting Montrealers who happen to be passing by or looking out the window.
Apart from breathing life and joy into the city, the festival has also been organized with the goal of providing work for the artists, as many have been out of work and unable to perform or tour due to the pandemic and it’s not clear when their industry will be back up and running.
Those lucky enough to happen upon one of these surprise performances are asked to stay on their front steps and balconies to avoid getting too close to others.
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“the circus arrives without warning.”
-erin morgenstern, the night circus
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story credits: marilla steuter- martin, cbc news, daily optimist magazine
Jun25
breathing room.
walking in sugarbush woods
i ran across this tree man
just waiting for someone to find him.
“what art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.”
-john updike
Jun16
all around us.
when walking downtown
never forget
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ann arbor, mi, usa
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“art is chaos and harmony infused together.
it is the expression of your emotions.
a form of both activism and rebellion.
it is, as they say, all around us.”
― hamma tahir
Jun11
art houses.
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
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