Idea No. 68: To Paint a Hat
the idea: paint a hat that I crocheted a long time ago I am not a crocheter. I also do not like to use patterns. For these to reasons the …
Idea No. 67: Blue Apple Biscuits
the idea: make biscuits with apple juice instead of milk and dye them blue I’ve been snowed in for three days. Not technically snowed in, we can get out our front …
Idea No. 66: Snow Removal, Tarp-Style
the idea: shovel snow onto a tarp and then drag it Some of the best ideas have been born from attempts to avoid boring chores. This may not have been …
Idea No. 64: Community Windmills
the idea: have a community paint a windmill for their town This is actually the first community art idea I ever had back when I was a junior in college. …
Idea No. 63: Photograph Natural Abstractions
the idea: take photographs of natural abstraction For someone who has never taken a photography class, I love taking photographs. Maybe it’s specifically because I have no artistic training so …
Idea No. 62: Doodles on a Lamp
the idea: paint doodles on a lamp This lamp has actually been acting as an important part of my room for a while now. I made it a little over …
Idea No. 61: A Painted Guitar Case
the idea: paint my guitar case I’ve been doing a lot lately. Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something is underway, the Idea Can is going strong, I’ve been getting myself …
Idea No. 60: Dear Sir Ken Robinson
the idea: write Sir Ken Robinson a letter and blog it Once people become well known, it is much harder to contact them. But my philosophy for this year is to …
Idea No. 59: An Interactive Piano Lesson
the idea: make an interactive piano curriculum I’ve taken classical piano since I was about five years old. I had a wonderful, patient teacher who worked with both me and my …
Scott Belsky’s “Making Ideas Happen”
Artists have built for themselves, or had built for them, this stereotype of absent-minded creative abandon. Whether it’s the writer who forgets to eat, drink, or sleep while coming across …