“this is my mom.”
—
“art is the elimination of the unnecessary.”
-pablo picasso
Sep11
Tag Archives: creativity
Aug30
flying, fans, and forts.
on a
quick stop
to say hi
to the grandies and friends
I was lucky enough to enjoy
their indoor flying and blow-up forts created with fans.
life is good at the end of summer. 
“the end-of-summer winds make people restless.”
-sebastian faulks
Jun29
sword.
a sword at rest found among the garden
—
“i believe in everything until it’s disproved.
so i believe in fairies, the myths, dragons.
it all exists, even if it’s in your mind.
who’s to say that dreams and nightmares
aren’t as real as the here and now?”
― john lennon
Apr8
parts.
the theory of loose parts and the right to be creative.
(kinders live this every day)
—
“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.
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
—
“youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.”
-stanislaw jerzy lec
—
credits: soul alchemy, word porn
Jan23
with wings.
“the man who has no imagination has no wings.”
-muhammad ali
Dec15
great things.
tiny kinder spent nearly an hour
focused
working alone
not asking for any help
very carefully snipping tiny pieces
from the roll of sticky green tape
placing them on her fringed orange paper.
when she was happy with what she had created
her beautiful piece of art was done.
“great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
-vincent van gogh
Nov29
gator.
“i see an alligator down there.”
and who would doubt that on a freezing day in michigan
on the cusp of winter, with a hint of autumn still remaining
and you are wearing your unicorn hat and sparkly skirt?
not me.
—
Nov13
living room.
Sep21
transforming.
kinders transform with hands, finger paint, foil, and joy.
—
“the goal of life is rapture. art is the way we experience it.
art is the transforming experience.”
— joseph campbell
I didn't have my glasses on.... 