Idea No. 189: A Happy Lunch
the idea: make lunch a little happier It’s the little things in life you remember, like say when you go see your roommate at the coffeehouse where she works and she makes it specially for you.
Idea No. 188: Give ‘Em Paint and See What Happens
the idea: give a kid paint and see what happens This is an older photo from a painting class I taught based on impressionism and texture. As you can see, the kid went a little bit outside the assignment, but he was enjoying himself so much and made such a cool piece that he might as …
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Idea No. 187: Across the Bridge
the idea: facilitate a mural designed, drawn, and implemented by the 6 and 7 year olds of the Chelsea Boys and Girls Club “Across the Bridge is a mural designed, drawn, and painted over the course of five weeks by a group of twenty-five six- and seven-year-old’s from the Chelsea Boys and Girls Club. It …
Idea No. 186: No-Regret Tattoos
the idea: To Temporary Tattoo or not to Temporary Tattoo? That is the question. the ideator: M- Scarlett “When confronted with a difficult day, as happens upon occasion in the middle of July, one must come to some very interesting conclusions that can only result in fearless application of no-regret tattoos. At this point, there …
Idea No. 185: Take the Painting out of the Studio
the idea: when a painting is close to done, take it out of the studio and put it in another environment to see if it can stand on its own I haven’t had nearly as much time as I would have liked to be in the studio during the first half of this year. But, I …
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Idea No. 184: Miranda Writes
the idea: title an article about me and my book “Miranda Writes” the ideator: Nick Cox My name is one of those names that came about through a long story, not all of which I’ll type up here. But the kist of it is that my dad loved the name Miranda and my mom was …
Idea No. 183: Stop and Watch the Fireworks
the idea: if after 10 hours in the car, with 2 hours to go, you happen to see fireworks, stop to watch them For the past two years I’ve gone to the Boston Pops Fireworks in the fourth of July. It was an adventure each time, in 2011 I went with my first ever boyfriend who …
Idea No. 182: An Artist’s Refrigerator
the idea: put artist themed word magnets on the fridge under my Monet puppet The first time I saw a box of art-themed magnetic word poetry, I was being frugal and didn’t buy them. Once I was feeling less frugal I went back to the store to get them but they weren’t there! That was over …
Idea No. 181: Why Don’t We Just Drive?
the idea: relive family memories by driving from CT to MI instead spending more money to fly All in all, this was actually a great idea. Having only just gotten home after twelve and a half hours in the car at one in the morning, I am slightly less enthusiastic than I might be, say, in …
Idea No. 180: Community Knitted Canvasses
the idea: ask other people to knit canvasses which I can then paint on collaborator: Susan Frank My knitted canvasses, and my visual art in general, have taken a back seat during the first part of this year. Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something saw to that, rather appropriately now that I think about it. But at …