tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79437696416889266622024-03-06T02:20:29.995-05:00{phabrik}blog of Mistie K. Jordan, artist, designer, creative production director.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-74916432255692313082015-12-05T17:06:00.001-05:002015-12-05T17:06:54.270-05:00One Hundred Heartbeats. . .I am reading an <span style="font-size: large;">{epic} </span><span style="font-size: medium;">book<span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>series by Steven Erikson. <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/series/43493-the-malazan-book-of-the-fallen" target="_blank">Malazan Book of the Fallen Series</a>. Think a combination of Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones. No elves. No dwarves. City life with rules based on commerce and Emperors versus plains people with shamanistic ties to the place they live. Magic with consequences, to an entire known existance, not just here and now, but over hundreds of thousands of years. This series of books is about war and conflict on personal as well as cultural levels. Selfish people. Talented people. <span style="font-size: large;">{People}</span> invested with magic from old Gods to save a world.<br />
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I mention it here not for a reveiw (although it is an amazing series) but because I like how time is measured when people are experiencing the stress of decision making.<br />
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In <span style="font-size: large;">{heartbeats}</span>.<br />
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20 seconds of <span style="font-size: large;">{insane} </span>courage.<br />
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How many heartbeats is that?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-20161182063867446792014-07-01T12:10:00.002-04:002014-07-01T12:15:47.735-04:00for my heartMany creative coaches recommend choosing a <span style="font-size: x-large;">{word}</span> to represent your work during a certain time frame. This could create a series, or be used when regaining your confidence about your <span style="font-size: x-large;">{path}</span>. You chose a word as a goal/guide/reminder of what you have deemed important. Life offers us so much and this allows us to focus when decisions are piled on and <span style="font-size: x-large;">{choices}</span> need to be made.<br />
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i have chosen this : <span style="font-size: x-large;">{Kintsukuroi}</span><br />
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for my heart<br />
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for my family as we return to life and appreciate all the beautiful imperfections<br />
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to<span style="font-size: x-large;"> {forgive} </span>and accept<br />
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to continue where we left off<br />
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to appreciate all the <span style="font-size: x-large;">{pieces}</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-374590231548151442013-03-26T12:59:00.002-04:002013-03-26T13:01:21.056-04:00The Stuff I Might Use: Artifacts and Alchemy #4To Catch Up...<br />
Son ( 14.5) having weird allergy-like reactions every other day. Hives. Puffy hands. Puffy lips. <br />
Son to doctor. Hmmm.???? Epipen available.<br />
Son to Allergist to figure out what is going on. <br />
Autoimmune Urticaria. Okay. Not life threatening like some werid food allergy.<br />
Son to New York City for 4 day visit.<br />
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Diving into my piles of artifacts at school - ArtWorx.<br />
People are very kind and donate a lot of left over paints.<br />
Some useful. Some we practice with.<br />
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Going through the piles and getting rid of dried out, old smelly paint.<br />
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Painting a mural is very similar to painting a huge backdrop for the theater. <br />
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Details and photos posted regularly beginning this week as we start our adventure into mural painting!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-27044155373503534302013-03-03T14:00:00.000-05:002013-03-03T15:11:27.369-05:00The Art of Assemblage and Sharing the Love of It! plus Artifacts and Alchemy #2My friend <a href="http://martel-designs.com/" target="_blank">Marti Lameti</a> asked me to step into her class and share my <span style="font-size: large;">{love}</span> of Assemblage sculpture work. This is dangerous, as I can talk about it for hours and show 10 ways to put any two pieces of seemingly unrelated junk together with the amazing products and processes that are available.<br />
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I only had 2.5 hours and most of that time needed to be spent letting the students build a self portrait sculpture out of a pile of stuff I brought augmented by scraps from the OHS art room, so I elected to be short and sweet with the information, giving plenty of time for the students to work on their own while strolling around the tables giving suggestions on how to get the pile of <span style="font-size: large;">{precious}</span> stuff to stay together. Also, Marti asked me to talk about how I got here to assemblage, how I work, and the importance of the "story" and personal connection to the self-portrait.<br />
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Artifacts and Alchemy was <span style="font-size: large;">{satisfied}</span> this week by donating artifacts to the cause and the alchemy of interaction with students and sharing of information on what I've <span style="font-size: large;">{learned}.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oa6NNEFFICdU0FBfqWMhZ9Pbi_6TECD7uF2XJgBPY9TTYY-ewBiqN4B7CraE0XWv3d8C9ZuHHaIkcATRHqKwh9c8Vgd9t0QkKUmheJH0Gj8o2eGrBZK9TSvRiw5VhyphenhyphenVKY__ca3TTuCiG/s1600/book2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0oa6NNEFFICdU0FBfqWMhZ9Pbi_6TECD7uF2XJgBPY9TTYY-ewBiqN4B7CraE0XWv3d8C9ZuHHaIkcATRHqKwh9c8Vgd9t0QkKUmheJH0Gj8o2eGrBZK9TSvRiw5VhyphenhyphenVKY__ca3TTuCiG/s320/book2.jpg" width="282" /></a>The very first "official" museum recognition of assemblage as an art form in the USA was in 1961. Before that, even as early as 1913 people who were considered artists were taking everyday materials around them and incorporating them into their art. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">{I believe}, </span>honestly, that people grow in emotional attachments to things and so, I believe that assemblage is part of our human nature, our history, our "way" as humans. Assemblage has always been an art form. We "assemble" our living spaces and the clothes we prefer wearing and the little display in the bathroom for our guests to <span style="font-size: large;">{admire}</span> while they wash their hands. We serve dinner to guests on the special dishes for guests and they (the dishes) match the tablecloth and include our grandmother's silverware. We love presentation and delight in textures and recall memories of childhood from the smell of bread, or paint, or lilacs.<br />
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We take <span style="font-size: large;">{comfort}</span> in everyday things and we have always made art out of them. We have buried loved ones with them or passed them on as heirlooms. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-53761627010345004432013-02-27T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-27T07:00:01.456-05:00Artifacts and Alchemy #1 . . . It's official!Beginnings.<br />
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Rid the art room of ceramics, old business files, and stacks of children's books (these were taken downstairs and placed on the book shelf. Imagine!) Organize items into piles for redistribution, new storage solutions or to give away. Organize plastic drawer towers for sewing supplies.<br />
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Bags of cloth, clothing items and extra sewing notions (shoulder pads????) taken to the Theater costume area for future use in a fabulous production of Cabaret.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-1918435662330415882013-02-25T07:00:00.000-05:002013-02-25T07:00:13.601-05:00Bring on Spring ArtWorx ProjectEveryone is tired of <span style="font-size: x-large;">snow</span> and being <span style="font-size: x-large;">cold.</span> <br />
No big suprise as it is the <span style="font-size: x-large;">end </span>of February and we've had below freezing temperatures.<br />
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One of our teachers picked the theme of<span style="font-size: x-large;"> "Pink"</span> for this week and this project I originally found on Pinterest and found the easy directions at <a href="http://alphamom.com/family-fun/holidays/cherry-blossom-art-from-a-recycled-soda-bottle/" target="_blank">Alphamom </a>seemed to be just what we all needed to Think Pink - and Spring! Everyone could do this project with simple one-step directions.<br />
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The bottoms of the green ones made the <span style="font-size: x-large;">best </span>flowers, so the students waited and shared them.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-23533627665683866632013-02-24T17:06:00.001-05:002013-02-24T17:06:19.297-05:00beaux espirit assemblage<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phabrik/2607865636/in/set-72157605788871418/" title="spirit deatil02" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3131/2607865636_f54eff7869_s.jpg" alt="spirit deatil02" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phabrik/2607037081/in/set-72157605788871418/" title="mother genesis" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3262/2607037081_9d531cae02_s.jpg" alt="mother genesis" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; 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No matter what I do with my art, it seems to revolve around the human figure in some way.<br /><br />I am currently working on several assemblage pieces and going back to my sewing roots with embroidery and surface texture.<br /><br /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-6317633298612615662013-02-16T15:16:00.000-05:002013-02-16T15:16:04.995-05:00Pantone app<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is for websites but could really help in beginning stages of design.<br />
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Wonderful fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-66332730457665623122013-02-03T09:50:00.000-05:002013-02-03T09:50:34.680-05:00Sorry. No. Thank you...and I've just discovered the wisdom of Kris Carr...<br />
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<strong>"I don’t know about you, but I suspect that sometimes my mouth moves before my brain has time to think.</strong> And as we all know, words are powerful. So as part of my peace-of-mind plan, I’ve decided to examine my language. Especially the use of the following words: <span style="color: #cc0052;"><strong>Sorry. No. Thank you.</strong> </span>Harmless, helpful words, right? Yet their overuse/misuse can slowly drain our self-worth and damage our relationships, while at the same time watering down their meanings. Consciousness takes practice, so let’s dive in."<br />
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...continue this post <a href="http://kriscarr.com/blog/sorry-no-thank-you/">here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-18307703005822118312013-02-02T20:44:00.000-05:002013-02-02T20:44:23.285-05:00Upon the return to the blog...and the soul searching stuff<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It would be difficult to recount all the things that have happened over the last year or so. <br />
I could write for ages and never, ever give a full account of the craziness, wonderfulness, cry-till-you-throw-up-ness of the whole thing.<br />
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So. The gallery supports itself. I teach art during the week. I adore my family.<br />
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I will be 46 years old this month. I've begun for the first time to write in a journal on a regular, but not daily, basis. This works very well to get rid of the stress and also I seem to remember that I have actually written a to-do list in there. For a time in my life, I felt for some reason that keeping everything in separate journals was the <span style="font-size: large;">"pure"</span> way to do things. A journal for quotes and a journal for sketches and a journal for the daily stuff. The reality is that does not work and I can't remember to keep everything divided up, so it all goes into one and I separate it out every couple of weeks as the mood strikes me.<br />
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When I say separateI mean I highlight and scribble and pick out the good stuff to use for the gallery, or an art lesson, or a sculpture. The rest is rubbish, but it's good to know there are usable ideas roaming around in my head.<br />
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The journal mentioned returning to the blog. That is a usable idea. I warn you that while I am equipped with a camera phone and the need to do good in the world, both remain a little blurry and undefined.<br />
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Here is what I know:<br />
I can post knowledgeable information about art tools and techniques, stories about running a gallery, instructions for messy school art projects and TMI about my personal art path. <br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-56481692335464922562010-08-28T15:17:00.004-04:002010-08-28T15:19:31.008-04:00felt dolls. yum.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8dQLi9HHF2Wx3OljJWmHAxx884aNwIhK4wN_KPGwT1AP3ClGkM84XgP5jKuFJZMXXjkwocMbpCjfOuRikEZxCndpk83on4-4WdmhamLcpaH3KAryV3L5gHZQehu0hmhN7NESbmZ50rjx/s1600/mimi+doll.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510542153033524450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8dQLi9HHF2Wx3OljJWmHAxx884aNwIhK4wN_KPGwT1AP3ClGkM84XgP5jKuFJZMXXjkwocMbpCjfOuRikEZxCndpk83on4-4WdmhamLcpaH3KAryV3L5gHZQehu0hmhN7NESbmZ50rjx/s400/mimi+doll.bmp" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;"> How to make them <a href="http://www.purlbee.com/hand-sewn-felt-dolls/2009/4/8/mimi-kirchners-hand-sewn-felt-doll.html">here</a>.</span><br /><div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-57648119885591640962010-05-29T16:52:00.000-04:002010-05-29T16:53:17.724-04:00Do More...<span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">“Do more than belong: participate.<br /><br />Do more than care: help.<br /><br />Do more than believe: practice.<br /><br />Do more than be fair: be kind.<br /><br />Do more than forgive: forget.<br /><br />Do more than dream: work.”<br /><br />—William Arthur Ward<br /> (1921-1994)</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-42986891892935621052010-05-09T09:30:00.000-04:002010-05-09T09:31:12.846-04:00animated short...<object width="400" height="175"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10019015&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=10019015&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="175"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/10019015">Second Wind</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user407933">Ian Worrel</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-61758086819437748412010-04-06T12:04:00.002-04:002010-04-06T12:06:11.101-04:00Consent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFH-yeVdAUg1hzZipKX-DSOa06zUGjzfhdkuBQVk_W1nLx2KzVKSxANrrKzxadeHe3c8mdpnSSDzlz7-BugkG_tCsR3pz3MU9OINvL32kZpHhHm9FfisadQaCTn-mjzS8a8e3lkzKxt4zJ/s1600/sceptical.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFH-yeVdAUg1hzZipKX-DSOa06zUGjzfhdkuBQVk_W1nLx2KzVKSxANrrKzxadeHe3c8mdpnSSDzlz7-BugkG_tCsR3pz3MU9OINvL32kZpHhHm9FfisadQaCTn-mjzS8a8e3lkzKxt4zJ/s400/sceptical.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457056235638855314" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Eleanor Roosevelt is oft-quoted as saying,</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> "No one can make you feel</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> inferior without your consent." </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Are you giving consent?</span></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-67290795976114650722010-04-05T15:24:00.002-04:002010-04-05T15:27:20.821-04:00Art is a VERB<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOvszSB9MoAL9zWmKDE_uU-tUELjhjFTRmr4yDJOqJ0fiBlX48OzV-IAXj-VMKV3c6H7kbtBug-QcLxYHW8J-ls7rLSoVUMtpcYtp17rK5DHGd4k4fqbN-x5jyszZ8dhqVSrbP7AghrBz/s1600/phoca_thumb_l_frog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBOvszSB9MoAL9zWmKDE_uU-tUELjhjFTRmr4yDJOqJ0fiBlX48OzV-IAXj-VMKV3c6H7kbtBug-QcLxYHW8J-ls7rLSoVUMtpcYtp17rK5DHGd4k4fqbN-x5jyszZ8dhqVSrbP7AghrBz/s400/phoca_thumb_l_frog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456737142053385714" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Get </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">moving</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Start</span> in the middle if necessary.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Do the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">work</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">.</span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Art is a VERB.</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-14705256518264343152010-04-04T11:14:00.005-04:002010-04-04T11:21:17.729-04:00Happy Spring<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJ8jTii2t-o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EJ8jTii2t-o&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-73277835629734186402010-04-03T17:42:00.003-04:002010-04-03T17:48:31.729-04:00Reading March 2010<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(99, 67, 32); line-height: 16px; font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><div><ol><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Princess Bride</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Scarlet Pimpernel</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Heretic's Daughter</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Help</span></b></li><li><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Kabul Beauty School</span></b></li></ol><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Still, at 34 for the year so far. Pretty darn good!</span></b></div></div></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-86816950191538532592010-03-26T16:30:00.006-04:002010-03-26T16:49:56.134-04:00Thinking Outside the Box to support our program<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfNinOJYoUU_GdpdV8zqFLupngHt5m8wzKCwRlC6zbDwxEmrv6-tvf_ZH_-OzHBZ7dtalH-plcN3vKz3anTbLUWlZQIN26JBj2aN03PyN4HQApoTFCudd03nSHPAAyr4epXophTqVuPr8/s1600/black+jewel+pot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyfNinOJYoUU_GdpdV8zqFLupngHt5m8wzKCwRlC6zbDwxEmrv6-tvf_ZH_-OzHBZ7dtalH-plcN3vKz3anTbLUWlZQIN26JBj2aN03PyN4HQApoTFCudd03nSHPAAyr4epXophTqVuPr8/s400/black+jewel+pot.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453043819465538402" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thinking Outside the Box: Advocating for Kids and Families</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Silent Art Auction Art Show, March 19 2010</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Building on our relationship and experience of the previous year, we approached the artwork dor this auction as a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">team of artists</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> working together to create veautiful, professional container pieces that could generate a fair amount of monies for the groups involved.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This project included </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">38 students</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> working for a total of 10 days in March. The students produced 63 pieces of fired ceramic work. We chose 41 pieces to be exhibited in the auction art show. Each piece was sold. The total raised was $625.00</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We worked in teams of students to learn about production as a group. One student would paint the interior and another would paint the exterior. One student would draw a scene with a pencil and another student would paint the scene. Then, another student would over-glaze the enire piece. This created a great environment of mutual support, mentoring between students, and allowed us to create more work in a shorter period of time.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We also produced a set of marketing tags, using computer design software to label and explain our artwork. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The response to our items was tremendous!! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">proud</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">!!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-30925706998223619762010-02-27T13:19:00.000-05:002010-02-27T13:20:26.277-05:00"Nothing is Original"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxE5ZaQSG00UIN2KxXhZOhDW7tnex6bA0TSifKi0pcSdnAKQVKwFOXRb6K6VqAxv1vM0vdsbokUvgpkgpXbk8oOHdjCQKj0csBMkC5IPzDFycT38iQ-XB2FpDKJJJHLCzUF5DbCoBYozt/s1600-h/manifesto.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxE5ZaQSG00UIN2KxXhZOhDW7tnex6bA0TSifKi0pcSdnAKQVKwFOXRb6K6VqAxv1vM0vdsbokUvgpkgpXbk8oOHdjCQKj0csBMkC5IPzDFycT38iQ-XB2FpDKJJJHLCzUF5DbCoBYozt/s400/manifesto.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5442989748634530082" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-90981902537239424272010-02-26T20:24:00.003-05:002010-02-28T08:19:25.221-05:00February 16 Book Read<div style="text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">February 16 Books</span></b></div><div><div>Life of Pi</div><div>The Last Apprentice Book 5</div><div>Homeless Bird</div><div>The Key to Rondo</div><div>Around the World in 80 Days</div><div>The Goose Girl</div><div>Savvy</div><div>The Red Tent</div><div>The Coral Thief</div><div>Push</div><div>Olive Kitteridge</div><div>The Lute Player</div><div>Breakfast At Tiffany's</div><div>Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</div><div>The Dragon's of Babel</div><div>The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie</div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-44202641160744136882010-02-22T11:14:00.005-05:002010-02-22T11:27:22.945-05:008.333 books per month = 100 books per year<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsODilR1uSi3nf0pQRRm7xnM19G79VYAxA9ut5xDSVgSUXf3P62k59Jv6BTtu_yUynrRh7UPJoq5BnXT1G849kfF0J1AKEwKyqHUDwD5zvEM_2veEuKLf1x9EwkykNnHEhnc3CwkSlI5F/s1600-h/book+purse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtsODilR1uSi3nf0pQRRm7xnM19G79VYAxA9ut5xDSVgSUXf3P62k59Jv6BTtu_yUynrRh7UPJoq5BnXT1G849kfF0J1AKEwKyqHUDwD5zvEM_2veEuKLf1x9EwkykNnHEhnc3CwkSlI5F/s400/book+purse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441105052862902322" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Ok. Yes I did do the math. I can't help it. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"> 8.333 books per month = 100 books in a year.</span></b></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I am going at a good pace, and for the most part I am enjoying the books I read. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What I have learned so far:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Although I can read about 14 books per month I am doing it at the expense of other hobby type things. So, can I read 8 and still fit other things in...? Sewing etc.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">All books should not be read. Seems like a no-brainer, but honestly, I feel like I made the decision to read it and I should read it. I will forgive myself for picking out a book I don't like and stop reading it after the first 2 chapters if, in my humble opinion, it sucks.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I also want to read non-fiction, this is harder. It takes longer. I want to remember what I read. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I can not read in bed for longer than 15 minutes without falling asleep.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I really like historical fiction. A Lot. Some of it is very very bad like (to me dear friends) a romance novel, which I do not like and therefore I will not read after the first 2 chapters.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I could read everyday (at least right now) about the birth of our nation, the colonies and the Revolutionary war. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I would like a fancy silver bookmark with my name on it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I do not think I want a Kindle because I am a tactile person and the very thought of not smelling ink and paper gives me the shakes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I need to go to the library and goodwill and have a set of books ready to read for the month, otherwise I do not pick up a book right away and I will suffer from BSAD (book selection anxiety disorder).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Yes. That is a picture of a book turned into a purse. I need to make time to do that.</span></div></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-64445765437511498412010-02-15T08:55:00.001-05:002010-02-15T08:57:48.075-05:00Start in the Middle...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The biggest challenge in making something - </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">anything</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> - is getting started. It’s typically not that we’re lazy. Rather, it’s that the funnel is so wide open that there are too many options before us. There are </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">too</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> many places we could go. We’re afraid of messing up. We’re editing before we have any content.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It’s easier to sit, and think, and organize, and wait for inspiration to strike. But that’s a loser’s game. If you ask prolific creatives, they will tell you that the reason they create so many things is that they aren’t afraid to start in the middle.</span></p><p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Start in the middle?</span></em></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes. It doesn’t matter if it’s the </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">right</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> way to start or if it feels like a fragment. Just move. Start working on any part of the project. Make it from the inside out. </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get some traction.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> You can always re-direct as you go.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As you create, you can easily morph the parts you’ve already created and sequence and align them properly, but you can’t tweak something that doesn’t exist.</span></p><p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We can’t allow the fear of getting it wrong to keep us from getting it at all.</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The role of any creative, meaning anyone who solves problems and makes things, is to do the work. No one cares how you start the work, and very few people will care about your process as long as you deliver a good product in the end.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Get moving. Start in the middle if necessary. </span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Do the work.</span></em></p><div><em><a href="http://www.accidentalcreative.com/blog/7-creative-process/2079-start-in-the-middle?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+acwritings+(Accidental+Creative:+Productivity+%26+Creativity)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Accidental Creative</span></a></em></div></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7943769641688926662.post-7906684675954922042010-02-10T12:38:00.000-05:002010-02-10T12:40:07.832-05:00Realize<p style="line-height:11.5pt"><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">the great teachings unanimously emphasize that all the peace, wisdom, and joy in the universe are already within us; we don't have to gain, develop, or attain them. </span></span></span></i></p><p style="line-height:11.5pt"><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">We're like a child standing in a beautiful park with his eyes shut tight. We don't need to imagine trees, flowers, deer, birds, and sky; we merely need to open our eyes and realize what is already here, who we really are -- as soon as we quit pretending we're small or unholy.</span></span></span></i><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:11.5pt"><i><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">~author unknown.</span></span></span></i><span style="font-size:7.5pt; font-family:Verdana;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17861627260044155180noreply@blogger.com0