Month: May 2010
Found art…
When walking in the West End yesterday evening with my dog and Julian and Tim– I came across this ad… A little work of art! There’s just something about it that sticks with me.
Creativity is so messy!!!
ARTICLE: Study finds messy desks site of creative sparks, Vancouver Sun April 9, 2006 You’ve seen it. You may even be the proud (or not-so-proud) owner of one. With stacks of papers, an explosion of post-it notes, scattered office supplies and a few industry magazines that date back to the early ’90s, a messy desk…
Banksy, my daughter and San Francisco = ART
My daughter, Anna, lives in San Francisco now- surrounded by extraordinary street art! In fact, I highly recommend the book STREET ART SAN FRANCISCO- Mission Muralismo. “Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo captures the essence of San Francisco: community, diversity, color, expression. It’s a city that belongs to its artists, and this book feels that…
Migraine Art
Migraine Art- The Migraine Experience from Within Written by Klaus Podoll and Derek Robinson, Foreword by Oliver Sacks M.D. The following from: http://www.northatlanticbooks.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781556436727 Migraine Art includes more than 300 powerful illustrations and paintings created by migraine sufferers from around the world. It provides a thoroughly unique window into the subjective world of the migraine sufferer. The…
Picasso painting fetches record $106m at auction
Tonight I feel sad and overwhelmed- missing my mom, overwhelmed by my anxiety around money, anxious about our school, staff and students and what lies ahead, struggling against the desire to cocoon and go into a funk. I pull down deep and dig out some tools. Perhaps microsteps around money is in order… and a…