The woodcarver "turns away from these externals toward inner truth -- not to escape the world but to return to it in a way that will allow him to cocreate womething of worth and beauty" (Parker J. Palmer, 2004, in Hidden Wholeness, p. 98).
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The Game of Work
Somewhere in the stew that is my mind, Inner Game of Work
Shadow Play/Light Work
Left to right: Front cover of the book is a Hearty Clay mask over collage, inside front cover -- more collage, some tags and envelopes. Inside the book, a niche with a mini-book nestled inside.
A very artful weekend. I visited (okay, I spent lots of money at) The Rubberstamp and Scrap Expo Saturday. Don't let the name fool you. I bought some of the most beautiful papers for covering books along with two book kits from Inkogneato. I also bought tons of punches, unmounted rubberstamps, and mounting supplies, the latter from my favorite mounting supplies company. As if all that weren't enough, on Sunday, Judy Ross did a five-hour class at Las Vegas Art Stamps, in which I made this book. Just when I said I wasn't taking up another medium, here comes air dry clay and the fabulous new molds from Art a la Cart, another of my local favorites! And yes, I know the pictures aren't great. Scanners weren't made for three-dimensional art and my camera-phone and I are not yet on speaking terms!
Choose Wisely
Found poetry in my journal I had no idea teachers are using found poetry to teach kids an appreciation of poetry. Karen Hatzigeorgiou's Dreams and Delights is a beautiful exemplar of an entire book altered around found poetry.
Gluebook Spread: Free to Be
Quotation from Anais Nin reads: "And the day came when the risk to
remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom".
Interesting Reads
Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Gift from the Sea: 50th Anniversary Edition
Source of the Simplify APC quotation for 4/21/09.Susan Pickering Rothamel: The Encyclopedia of Greeting Card Tools & Techniques
An exhaustive resource, including interviews with career cardmakers, a list of world holidays, quotations and sentiments for priming the creative pumpJulia Cameron: The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity [10th Anniversary Edition]
Summer is the time for getting back to basics such as writing morning pages and taking artist dates as popularized in this now classic creativity guide.Julie Morgenstern: When Organizing Isn't Enough: SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life
I'm only on the third chapter and I've cleared BOXES of books from the floor of my office, making space for what's next. Very informative and inspiring with great exercises and examples from her clients. Purchase price includes an online assessment.Cathy A. Malchiodi: The Soul's Palette: Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers
Graham Rawle: Woman's World: A Novel
A funky gluebook-style novel that almost didn't make it past the 50 page mark, but then there was an interesting twist that's got me reading to the end. I bought it for the style, I'm reading it because the story gets interesting after those first few pages.Eric Maisel: The Van Gogh Blues: The Creative Person's Path Through Depression
I avoided this book for so long UNTIL I saw Eric Maisel at Artella as part of his virtual book tour. The book accomplished its goal and I'm working on a new research project. Something I haven't done in way too long.