kinder understand that it’s all about the cut
and leaving only the most important part remaining.
—
“i believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”
-truman capote
Feb8
Tag Archives: art
Jan30
art imitating life.
“what we write should surprise us, the way life surprises us.”
-marty rubin
Jan16
making rainbows.
kinder always find a way to make their own rainbows.
—
“a rainbow is the product of physics working for your appreciation of beauty.”
-kyle hill
Dec13
soul-stirring.
this is not me
but we both
always have green eyes
usually wear glasses
sometimes like to get fancy
and never fail to enjoy ice cream
—
what better time to celebrate national ice cream day than a week before winter begins?
—
“i doubt whether the world holds for anyone a more soul-stirring surprise
than the first adventure with ice cream.”
-heywood broun
—
image credit: christine de carvalho, darling lola designs ‘ice cream bae’ in watercolor
Dec12
light and dark.
kinder create
then it’s all dark
turn on the black light
their art comes alive
like magic.
—
“every moment of light and dark is a miracle.”
-walt whitman
Nov10
a little kindness.
in our after-school art club
the children painted kindness stones
and hid them in the garden
for other children to find
knowing it would make them smile
when they discovered these secret stones
hoping they would do the same for others
passing on their surprise and joy
upon finding a bit of kindness
left just to make them happy
and then hiding them again
for others to discover.
—
“a little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.”
-john ruskin
Nov1
the edges.
no photos. please.
—
‘I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation,
I don’t find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.
-william albert allard
Oct3
‘life is a collage of events, really.’ – mohanlal
for those of you who’ve followed, read, or commented on my posts over the years
I’ve finally put my finger on my ‘writing style’
it’s collage
and no surprise to anyone who knows me outside of the blogging world
it goes along with the creative outlets I’ve always enjoyed
making cards, books, and art
using pieces of things I’ve found, read, and collected in the world
it’s simply a matter of combining
images, thoughts, prose, quotes, poetry, music, and ideas
that generally don’t begin together
but once gathered
looked at in new ways
rearranged mixed and shuffled
like a puzzle with no absolute solution
suddenly seeming to belong together
to bring new meaning
when combined into a whole
my blog is the same
but the difference is
rather than being made of anything concrete
it’s abstract
it’s a mix of electronic media
it can vanish into the ethernet at any time.
like all of life
it’s about making connections.
and having lived a while
I suppose I am a bit of a collage myself.
—
“every art I do is a collage.”
-santigold
Sep16
glass.
a neighbor’s lovely collection
—
“always have something beautiful in sight, even if it’s just a daisy in a jelly glass.”
-h. jackson brown, jr.
Sep11
art is.
“this is my mom.”
—
“art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
-pablo picasso
I didn't have my glasses on.... 