Autistic Basketball Player
If you need a reason to feel really good today, watch this video. It’s a bit old, so maybe some of you have seen it make the rounds already. I had not, and let me tell you….made my week!
Amazing Art: Hand crafted dolls
I would like to share with you some inspirational artists and what they are doing with their talents. Yes, it won’t always be dance/performance art. And on that note, I would like to share Enchanted Doll. This woman’s work is … Read More
HELL YEAH!!
Paulette Rees-Denis, my original Dance Momma, shared this thought in her Caravan Trails/Tribal Travels online newsletter today, and it really resonated with me. I wanted to pass it on. If you would like to subscribe to Paulette’s Newsletter by writing … Read More
Making art of our very world…
“It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through … Read More
The Invitation
by Oriah Mountain Dreamer. The Invitation It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.I want to know what you ache forand if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you … Read More
Patience…
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”Henry David Thoreau
Prepare to have your mind blown: THREADCAKES!
Okay, so there is something called “ThreadCakes”, which is cake designs based on Threadless tee shirts. In case you don’t already know and love Threadless:http://www.threadless.com And here is Threadcakes:http://www.threadcakes.com/ So not only did this person make an AMAZING ThreadCake, they … Read More
Carolena can read minds…
…and other wonderful tidbits in Part 1 of 2 interviews with Carolena and Megha by a couple of gals in Florida, Mary and Tammy. I love especially the discussion of preparing students for performance starting at around 25 minutes. http://www.yippodcast.com/2009/07/episode-11a-fatchance-interview-pt-1.html … Read More
“Everything Your Mother Should Have Told You About Being An Artist”
From http://www.artadvice.com/advice/article30.php “No matter how original you think your work is, it has been done before. Originality does not define quality, quality defines quality. Regardless of whether or not your work is original, what makes art exceptional is the context … Read More
Enthusiasm=youth
“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.”Henry David Thoreau