From Wikopedia:
An oubliette (from the French oubliettes (noun plural)) was a form of dungeonwhich was accessible only from a hatch in a high ceiling.
There’s an image of a painting in my head that matches that definition of “oubliette”, and I’ve been looking for it all morning. If anyone knows what it is, please email me, [...]
Filed under: Hope series, change, creative process, gathering, growth, layers, mosaic, thoughts on October 27th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Stephen and I went up to Fredericksburg on Thursday for the opening reception of ‘INSPIRED BY… Contemporary Mosaics and the Historical Tradition”. The show is at the Dupont Gallery at the University of Mary Washington. Jean Ann Dabb, artist and art historian, is an associate professor and a department chair of the University’s Art and Art [...]
Filed under: Soothing the Embers of My Soul, creative process, exhibition, growth, mosaic on October 19th, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I could have titled this post “There’s no place like home.” I’ve felt so in touch with Dorothy only once before.
I’ve just returned from Mexico, once again scarred and a bit worse for wear. My experiences in Mexico over the past years have landed more marks in the good column than in the bad, but [...]
Filed under: change, collage, color, creative process, growth, journaling on August 10th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Sunday morning with coffee, following a brisk, hot and sticky walk with the boys at 8:30. Aside from one 15 minute break to water the deck garden (which is looking fab, I might add), I’m now beyond two hours of slowly savoring the caffeine and cruising through the blogosphere. I read an entry on Art Vent about storage and what an [...]
Filed under: creative process, gathering, growth, layers, secrets on July 20th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
You can’t control how other people perceive you. You can control how you present yourself. These are two very different things. People assess things based on their own prejudices and preconceptions, so if they don’t respond to your presentation or speech the way you had hoped, you can’t take it personally! You did your best [...]
Filed under: growth, layers, thoughts on July 19th, 2008 | No Comments »