littlest hands
with
careful touch
make soft-rolled fluffy snowmen
of whitest peppermint dough.
something’s lost
and
something’s gained
each time someone new arrives
rising from the sparkly snow.
“we build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt.”
-walter scott
a couple of enterprising 5-year olds
create the raised walkway
many 3s, 4s and 5s
try it out
for quality control
offering their suggestions
when
they
or
the boards
fall down
rebuilding as they go.
—
“in most vital organizations, there is a common bond of interdependence,
mutual interest, interlocking contributions, and simple joy.”
—max depree
lots of cups and lots of ideas
—
“building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form.
we should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking,
but all in harmony together.”
-alvar aalto
“i see the trees and the sky in the water
and when we
throw things in the water
it makes circles. “
(-the kinders)
—
“there is no better designer than nature.”
~ alexander mcQueen
kinders’ fairy castle
they all worked on it
‘for days’ = (2 hours)
used
cardboard
tape
paper
sparkles
markers
coffee cup trays
egg crates
ribbons
imaginations
creativity
problem solving skills
engineering
balance
music
tippy stools
teamwork
laughter
flags
noise
to
create a masterpiece.
now they go inside
with
flashlight
and
books
and
magically
can read.
—
a great building must begin with the unmeasurable,
must go through measurable means when it is being designed
and in the end must be unmeasurable.
– louis kahn
what do you get
when you make
art
out of
chocolate?
pure magic.
and young m agrees, with his design.
—
nature is an infinite sphere of which the center is everywhere
and the circumference nowhere
– blaise pascal
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
