Tag Archives: art

Mar4

 the art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – gustave flaubert

Posted on March 4, 2015 by beth

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on this writers’ retreat

i think you’d most likely find me in one of three places:

magical realist pier

reflecting pool

brainstorm rotunda

where would i find you?

—-

image credit: grantsnider

Mar2

magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide. – ben okri

Posted on March 2, 2015 by beth

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at our annual

fairy tea party

filled with

wonder

and

wishes

and

sparkles

and

sweets

and

magic tea

that

changes colors.

Oct26

if only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. – alan rickman

Posted on October 26, 2014 by beth

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olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.
– juan antonio samaranch

Oct1

so do it.

Posted on October 1, 2014 by beth

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Jul19

love of beauty is taste. the creation of beauty is art. – ralph waldo emerson

Posted on July 19, 2014 by beth

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it is art fair time once again

and we start out strong

babies v and r bouncing along

and hoping all our wishes come true

wandering through the streets

seeing all the colors

and people

and dogs with hats

and statues that move

and twirly

and painty

and beautiful

shiny things

and dancers

swaying and bending

and smelling

the spicy kabobs

and licking

the sugar

off

the elephant ears

and

hearing

drums booming

and

touching

all kinds of everything.

and then

it is time for a break

on the diag

a quiet oasis

right in the middle of it all

with a bottle and a blanket and a weary smile

and with the hug of a tree

much bigger than me

and then

you reach your limit

and you find

your very own

secret and happy place

and

your hopeful wish

to go home

once again.

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timing has a lot to do with art.

– ll cool j

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artist credit- bruce reinfield

Jun13

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon. Jean Ingelow

Posted on June 13, 2014 by beth

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Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World’s Great Illustrators
by Patricia Aldana (Editor), Various contributors (Illustrator), Stan Dragland (Translator), Katherine Patterson (Introduction)

The illustrated picture book is one of the most important genres of children’s literature. Great artists have devoted some or all of their working lives to creating art that accompanies a text written for children. While book illustration has been practiced for thousands of years, picture book illustration is a relatively new phenomena. This beautiful book is a collection of poetry from all around the world, illustrated by some of the finest picture book artists working today including Peter Sis, Anthony Browne and Quentin Blake.

IBBY (the International Board on Books for Children), at the heart of whose mandate lies the promotion of books of the highest quality, has been honoring illustrators through the Hans Christian Andersen Awards for nearly forty years. IBBY has also been helping to support the spread of book illustration for children to countries and cultures where such artistic activity is relatively new. In honor of IBBY’s work and to support its future work, many of the world’s greatest illustrators for children have donated art based on a text of their choice drawn from their childhood and culture. The result is a book that celebrates art created for children from around the world. The texts in the book are in both the original language and in English. Noted author and editor Stan Dragland has translated the texts.Groundwood Books will pay a royalty of 15% of all sales to IBBY.

I’ve never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn’t take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.
Colin Farrell