Doing Art takes us to the Immense fertility of the Dream World Doing this latest assignment for my online painting class, is like a seeing a Journey to the Other Side. The layers of reality we actually live in, but don’t usually pay attention to, are brought together in a real hands on way. Echoes…… Continue Reading
I Will Stop saying “I don’t Know!” My cousin, who is like my older brother, always would tell his buddy, ‘Even if you don’t know the answer, SAY Something!” So when the car broke down, and these two non-mechanics looked under the hood, the buddy said, “At least the battery is here!”. To which…… Continue Reading
Painting made Without Sketching First!! Art for Everybody just Won’t Work Who’s my tribe? In creating any online classes, or information, one must narrow down their audience….all the ‘experts’ say! It must be focused, for a particular type of person or group like ex-teachers or young people, at a certain place in their life like…… Continue Reading
Moons connect you to the Cycles of Life I see so many ‘groups’ evaluating 2014, and setting feelings for 2015. It doesn’t excite me. It seems more like ‘work’, doesn’t come easy, and certainly isn’t in the flow of ‘play’. I don’t know what I feel for next July, but I do know what I…… Continue Reading
Arts and Crafts People are Great Problem Solvers! “Research shows that the most accomplished scientists are likely to be craftspeople.” American Craft Magazine, Oct/Nov 2014. Many chose hobbies, and after work activities to recharge their energy far from their working think tanks. Some played musical instruments, others painted, sculpted, did woodworking, hands on ceramics or…… Continue Reading
Deep Patterns of Connection I amble into the kitchen for my flavored coffee, with the aroma drawing me in, on a frosty winter day. I clean the glass on the fireplace door, move the still hot ashes from the night before around a bit, and add a fresh, splintery log that looks like it’s ready…… Continue Reading
I’ve Always Searched for the Other Side Many loved ones have crossed over in Jan. & Feb. of various years. My brother Jim found Saber their Wolf Dog curled up on his favorite place on the rug, having passed away in his sleep. Saber loved our entire family for many years. Cinnamon the Rabbit, part…… Continue Reading
So I decided to Play Again! I brought out the polymer and shaped horses, then made molds of them. I drew out horses and patterns, turned them into transparencies, and made solar plates. I wrote my own language, made another transparency and another solar plate. Then I started shaping, rolling, pressing, forming the magical PMC…… Continue Reading
Words to Unite Us, Words to Shatter Us. In my 22yr career of high school teaching, I often taught Art and English. English was my minor at U of I. I’d focus in on the Power of words and how they affected us. We’d find examples of “propaganda” words as they were called back then.…… Continue Reading
Be aware of New Ideas Flowing In! As you comb your hair, brew your coffee, make your breakfast, have a notebook handy to write down any inspired thoughts that flow in from the ‘Other Side’. Just creating this attitude of Expecting inspiration, gets it flowing. You see, the mundane things we do, take showers, wash…… Continue Reading