When I wandered by this friendly employee at Thrifty Foods today, I told her she was an artist at work.
She said, “Come back when I’ve put on my finishing touches (the green peppers).
Here are her works of art,
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The Artful Element of Texture
Texture is one of the seven elements of art. As a key member of the artful elements,
Texture asks, ‘How does it feel?’
‘Rough ‘n’ gritty,’ answers Lava Rock Wall.
‘Lava Rock Wall’
Show rough …
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FORM is one of the seven elements of art. Building it draws upon shapes, and spaces between and within, lines encapsulated, to give depth to FORM. FORM is a part of us: not in a 2D-shape-of-us photograph or video. It’s …
Continue reading “I’m Not an Artist, BUT… (means I really am)” Post #4 Form in Yoga & Dance
Last month’s post #2 in the series ‘I’m Not an Artist, BUT…’, was about line and space as performance art in nordic skiing. Now it’s music’s turn.
I come from a tradition of choral singing.
Having watched the …
Continue reading “I’m Not an Artist, BUT… (means I really am)” Post #3 Line and space in music
LINE & SPACE in Nordic Skiing
Sporty LINES, and the SPACES they carve out, are artful expressions or gestures. These two elements of Art, LINE & SPACE are expressive and freeing especially when carved by our own bodies. In this …
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How many times have I heard that disclaimer, “I’m not an artist, BUT…”?
The ‘BUT’ is key to redemption.
It wants to change your mind. ‘BUT’ is as central as the Principal’s Office at the ‘FANBOYS School of …
It’s the annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count. We meet at sunrise at Shipwreck’s Beach parking lot with Adrian Burke, an ARC Seabird Technician (Archipelago Research & Conservation). He’s from the Big Apple with a BS in biology …
Continue reading Audubon Christmas Bird Count (CBC) on Kauai’s South Shore
We’re an hour’s drive from our North Vancouver home. We’ve brought bicycles to ride a portion of the Trans Canada Trail (TCT). It’s a ‘Two for Tulip’ day. ‘Tu’ and ‘Two’ are the syllable sound-surround of this flower of the …
I’m in a desert of sorts.
Deserts are lands of sparsity where evaporation exceeds rainfall. Harsh habitats for a writer.
Coming from a temperate rainforest, I feel it from day one in my skin, my eyes, and my not-naturally-straight hair. …
Heh Leaf!
Inspired by Johnny Mercer’s lyrics/song ‘Autumn Leaves’ © 1947
Heh Leaf! Fall out with me
in one fell swoop—
let this be your downfall.
Fall in line
Fall apart, f(or) all I care.
Fall into, fall off of, …
