and why not turn around and create your shaving cream art while backwards?
all it takes is a fresh idea and a willingness to try a new approach.
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“i think backwards. ‘this was beautiful,’ instead of forward.”
-alice herz-sommer
Nov12
Tag Archives: artist
Oct29
art and nature.
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
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.
—
“always make sure your heart is bigger than your head.”
-tony oiler
May18
form.
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
Mar24
a single source.
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
Mar3
attitude.
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
Sep11
art is.
“this is my mom.”
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“art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
-pablo picasso
Aug29
a special kind.
a little girl
who was once my student
and still a friend of mine
opened up a treasure chest
to show me
one piece of clothing after another
that she created all on her own
after teaching herself to sew
and I couldn’t be more proud.
I didn't have my glasses on.... 