One of the last classes that I taught before taking my holiday break from Boston was on watercolors. The problem with doing watercolors with kids is that they often finish them really quickly. Then they see you have more paper and want to make more. This problem was compounded by the fact that we were …
I got some beautiful pens for a project I did for my grandparents while in Michigan and tonight, as my family settled down to watched a movie, I decided to put them to use once again. I’ve never been much of a doodler. The “artistic” kids in school could sketch people while they were sitting …
Today’s relationship party celebrated the eighth year of my sister’s relationship. She’s been dating the same person since she was 14, which in and of itself is incredible. Not to mention four years spent on different continents. People from both sides of the family came (which actually means from all four sides when you have …
Last year for Christmas my sister continued her tradition of getting me a page a day calendar. The calendar had a six-word story on every page. As I went through the year, the stories continued to intrigue me and in the end they inspired my first real-world community art project: What’s Your Story? In order …
Habits are hard to build. My strongest habit, apart from brushing my teeth and showering, is that I write in my journal every night. Not an emotion journal, nut just a day by day deal. I’ve written every day for four and a half years. I still haven’t been able to turn blogging into a …
Guest Blogger: Mairead Hynes So you have to feel kinda bad for Renaissance theologians. They really, really wanted to tell people that they shouldn’t have gay sex– but they really, really wanted to do it without actually saying “don’t have gay sex.” So they twisted themselves into all kinds of funky rhetorical shapes– they told …
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Usually I am very careful with my money. The past few weeks, I got an extra cushion from the stipend for my fellowship, started spending money on Christmas presents, and loosened up enough to actually buy myself some things as well. And by things I mean books. In the Spring I plan to design and …
I love birthdays because I love to celebrate the people I love. It’s a little hypocritical because my birthday sometimes makes me feel uncomfortable. I don’t like fake care and high hopes, but true heartfelt comradery is always a wonderful birthday gift. Two days ago was Alicia‘s birthday. As one of my newest close friends …
Although drawing and I have a rocky relationship, I have always loved figure drawing. Particularly gestural figure drawing done with charcoal (what a surprise, I know). When I first moved to Boston I spent some time looking for figure drawing classes that I could take part in. I went to a could drop-in pay $10 …
I’ve come across a problem while writing this blog. Although I love ideas, love coming up with them and sharing them, there’s a missing piece. I also love sharing other people’s ideas. And so The Idea Blog is going to go through a metamorphosis in order to become… the Idea Project. Originally I wanted to …