the idea: dye an easter egg with the Human Rights Campaign’s equality sign ideator: Aldon Hynes Although Aldon is the ideator of this Equality Easter (which was based on something he saw on the internet), it is still me writing. I think this is allowed, for the most part, because he’s my Dad. Dyeing Easter eggs …
the idea: start asking other people to write about their ideas on the Idea Blog You may have seen it, or maybe not since nothing really happened with it, but a few weeks ago I tried to start a new project: the Boston Idea Project. Why I decided that now, in the middle of writing my …
the idea: create an opportunity for local artists to share their work, ideas, and innovation in order to foster a healthy arts community. the ideator: Katherine Vetne As a recent Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate, I found myself longing for the kind of artistic community that had created the backbone of my degree program. As a student …
the idea: change the design of mirandaaisling.com so it is focused on the Idea Blog This site has, once again, undergone a renovation. Currently, I am experimenting with having the Idea Blog (what I’m writing on right now) as the center point of my website and various social media sources. Before now the header had my …
the idea: attempt to design a cover for Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something I’m plowing along in my attempt to make this crazy idea of mine actually happen. I’ve officially started up the website, dmajms.com, and am now pretending I’m a graphic designer. I’m not, if you couldn’t tell. This absolute masterpiece of a cover …
the idea: when you’re so excited you literally can’t sit still, capture it on film On Sunday I finished the rough draft of my book, Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something, and sent it out to over 50 people. Since then I have been completely on edge. This is worse than any art critique, than …
the idea: create puppets with my students and then have them put on a quick play Today, as I continued my class inspired by Asian art in the museum, I made animal puppets with my kids inspired by Chinese shadow puppet shows. Not only did this group make some great puppets, we also all made a …
the idea: change your profile to the red equals sign to show support for gay marriage This idea was started by the Human Right’s Campaign in response to he two huge marriage equality cases that are being argued in the Supreme Court right now. “Red is a symbol for love, and that’s what marriage is all about,” Human …
the idea: turn a pile of snow into a secret system of tunnels As the (hopefully) last piles of snow continue to melt, I thought I would get in a few quick wintery ideas. This one came to mind thanks to the countless mounds of snow I saw piled at the edge of parking lots …
the idea: journal every night I have journaled every night since March 22, 2008. which means that as of two nights ago I struck five years. Five years of my life documented, at least in some form. My first ever journal entry was on February 3rd, 2001 in a Lisa Frank diary with purple penguins hugging …