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Apr
Archive for the ‘ Inspiration ’ Category
3
Apr
Quote of the Day #002
When my daughter was about seven years old, she asked me one day what I did at work. I told her I worked at the college – that my job was to teach people how to draw. She stared at me, incredulous, and said, “You mean they forget?” ~ Howard Ikemoto
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22
Oct
Things to do in Fall
I’m not sure if everyone is feeling this way, but as Autumn begins to show its colors I get edgy and emotional. After a few weeks of wondering around my house aimlessly, I’ve begun to be a little more productive, crafty, and upbeat. Keep the days of change moving onward:
Save a pumpkin from the market, carve it, and charish each rotting moment! Get templates here, and ideas here Take a long walk, put a spring it it, hum songs Make devilish eggs Go to the playground to swing and observe the effortless happiness of little ones Cut up a cardboard box, wrap ribbon or string tightly around it, and slip in photos of summer and winter See a movie by yourself Eat breakfast in bed Buy some funky warm socks Crochet your favorite ladies scarves and your favorite gentlemen hats, learn to make berets! Make your own halloween wrappers, and re-rap some Hersheys! Rip random papers from sneaky places, find some inspiration, and start glueing it all together
6
Oct
Childrens Mural on the Apartheid Wall
On Sunday, July 18, 2004, two visiting muralists with the San Francisco’s Break the Silence Mural Project came to the 8 meter-high “apartheid wall” in Mas’ha, Salfit District, Westbank, Palistine. Over 20 children and 5 adults helped to design and paint the wall with the mural which they created in 6 hours to “transform and relaim their space”.
I think it is moving and fantastic. Want to know more? Visit the article at If Americans Knew.
Photos by Dalit Baum
5
Oct
In Bed
by Toulouse-Lautrec (“Dans le Lit”), 1893
A day in Design lecture brought me to this image. I love it. Except that when I look at it I feel like I’m imposing on the lovers’ space.
French Henri Toulouse-Lautrec suffered from a number on congenital health conditions due to inbreeding. He fractured both his left and right thigh bones which didn’t heal properly and for some vague reason his legs quit growing… so he was on a 5’1″ adult, with an adult-sized torso & child-size legs. He supposedly also had hypertrophied genitals! He was an alcoholic & got put in a mental hospital shortly before he died at age 35.
