One of the many delightful adventures involved in finding a new life passion, is researching its history. Since I’ve been steeped and schooled in literature and the English language from little on, I’m no stranger to the craft of writing. But art history provides a whole new world for me to explore. Especially fascinating to me are the various [...]
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Art and the raging “isms” . . .
Posted in Art Therapy, Battling Closed Minds and Limited Imaginations, Collections, Creative Living in a Condo, Don't forget to play!, Fauvism, Funk and Funky, Impressionism, Movements in Art, Southwestern Art, The Beauty of "Hand Made", The Fun of Being Unconventional!, The joy of experimenting with art, The joy of making a mess!, The joy of making art, Way out Creativity, YUPO paper, tagged Art Therapy, Battling Unimaginative Minds, Creative Living in a Condo, Digitally enhanced art, Fauvism, Fun and Funky, Georgia O'Keeffe, Hand Made, Matisse, Monet, New Mexico, Paul Durand-Ruel, Santa Fe, Southwestern Art, Taos, The French Impressionists, The joy of art making, The Louvre, Van Gogh on August 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Junk, Junk, Wonderful Junk!
Posted in "English Garden", Battling Closed Minds and Limited Imaginations, Collections, Condo Gardens, Creative Living in a Condo, Don't be conventional in decorating!, Don't forget to play!, Funk and Funky, Funky Patio, Garage Sale Treasure, Good times with grandchildren, JUNK GARDENS, JUNK!, Old treasures, Rummage Sales!, The Fun of Being Unconventional!, The joys of antiquing, Vintage Treasures, Way out Creativity, Wonderful Hoarding, Wonderful places to shop!, tagged "English Garden", Battling Unimaginative Minds, Condo Gardening, Creative Living in a Condo, Fun and Funky, Gardern Art from Junk, Rummage Sale Joy, The joys of junking and antiquing, Vintage Treasures, Whirligigs, Wonderful Junk! on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Our daughter, Laura, made this whiligig at a workshop near her home in Washington State. The beauty is a composite of treasures culled from rummage and estate sales in her area. ——————————————————————————– Those of us who enjoy junking are NEVER BORED—and we’ll probably never be tempted to go off the deep end financially with our passion for collecting, because the stuff [...]
“Art” Therapy . . .
Posted in Art Therapy, Collections, Creative Living in a Condo, Don't be conventional in decorating!, Funk and Funky, Junking and antiquing are wonderful therapy, Memories, Music Therapy, The joy of music, The Wild Things, Vintage Treasures, tagged Art Therapy, Collections, Creative Living in a Condo, Fun and Funky, George Winston, Mixed-Media Art, Music Therapy, The beauty of crafts, The joys of junking and antiquing, Vintage Treasures on March 8, 2011 |
Last evening I had a BDN. That’s “Bad Disc Night”—not “disc” as in computers, boom boxes, or DVD players, but discs in the lumbar region of my body. Joe and I like to go to bed early with our books and George Winston. George is not actually present in person in our home, but we have [...]
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