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“The Dog Just Bit My Leg”
It’s been a “my wife has burnt the scrambled eggs, the dog just bit my leg” kind of weekend. Saturday’s painting class takes everything out of me for some reason and I ended up crying myself to sleep last night, convinced I was a hopeless cau...
Quote of the Day
“We cannot prevent ourselves from getting older,but we can prevent ourselves from becoming old.”~ Henri Matisse« On ne peut s’empêcher de vieillir, mais on peuts’empêcher de devenir vieux. »~ MatisseAbove: Henri Matisse, Odalisque in Red ...
Painting Noises
Vicky Tansey, a fascinating woman probably in her sixties and in much better shape than I am, is considered to be one of Canada’s leading pioneers in the art of improvisation as a dancer, singer and visual artist, and is also an accredited Tai Chi ...
Aimless, Designless & Desultory
Arts & Crafts really is my favourite session each week. I’m discovering that I’m not all that resistant to creating art after all, it’s just that I seem to do better in a space that is devoted to such occupations, decently equipped, kept as saf...
Steps One and Two
This is my current arts & crafts project at the Day Hospital. I wish I had had my proper camera on hand, because these pictures don’t do the colours any justice. Wednesday mornings are dedicated to both a kitchen session and ceramics. The people in...
Gorgeousness
Most of the above images were taken from the following article. If you can’t be bothered to read it, no worries, the images alone speak for themselves. But how will you ever know for sure what they are? Are they galaxies? Are they jellyfish? Are th...
Quote of the Day
With the most primitive means the artist creates something which the most ingenious and efficient technology will never be able to create. ~Kasimir MalevichEpitaphios (The Shroud of Christ)1908 Gouache on cartonTretiakov Gallery, Moscow...
How I Feel
We had another Art Therapy session today and I finally got around to taking pics or my works of art. I’m joking with the ‘works of art’ label. We all get a piece of newsprint paper and a box of pastels and essentially have 10-15 minutes to sket...
On Creativity and Things That Hinder It
Went and visited a few blogs tonight and am amazed at how creative some people can be. I hate to admit it, but it makes me feel envious. I’m supposedly creative myself, but it seems like I spend more time coming up with excuses as to why I’m not ...
Telling Not Showing
We had an art therapy session today. They handed us each a sheet of newsprint paper and a box of dry pastels, we selected a theme for our drawing—which is actually referred to as a sketch—the idea being we’re trying to communicate our feelings ...
Resistance is Futile
I try, then flounderDreams pull at my consciousnessDragging me underArtwork by Stacey Ann Borg...
The Venetian’s Wife
The Venetian’s Wife by Nick BantockFunny that I ended up reading two Nick Bantock books back to back, since I’d had both of them for so long and usually like to break things up. But I listed them on BookMooch and they were both taken within minut...
