Idea No. 45: How long for a ponytail?
I can be a fairly stubborn person. Particularly when it comes to decisions I’ve made specifically for myself. Back in May of 2011, I cut my hair yet again. For …
Idea No. 44: A Lace Canvas
Okay, awful pun, but I couldn’t resist. And it harkens back to the seventh Harry Potter book. You know what I’m talking about. Anyway. At the Ignite Craft conference I …
Idea No. 43: The 20th Century Captured in a Face
Recently, the internet served up to me another interesting idea: Photograph centenarians, a.k.a. people in their 100’s. This idea was undertaken by the German photographer Karsten Thormaehlen in 2008. He …
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Idea No. 42: Paintings from Ketchup Bottles
Applying paint in new ways is one of my favorite things. In college, I was having lunch in the cafeteria with a group of friends when I accidentally squirted ketchup …
Vik Muniz’s Wasteland
Whenever I tell people what I want to do with my life, what I’m studying, they always end up asking, “what is community art?” This is a hard question to …
Idea No. 41: Sing about Fairytales
Recently I’ve been working on making my songs less… obvious. I love metaphors and always have. I’ve used them since I was a young girl comparing my feelings to pudding …
Idea No. 42: Making the Time to Practice
Make time to practice Many people have the misconception that you either have creativity and talent or you don’t. This is particularly true when it comes to visual art. However …
Idea No. 41: A Phone Call for Aaron Swartz
The internet this evening informed me of the suicide of one of it’s greatest leaders: Aaron Swartz. I was first alerted by Upworty.com, who I follow on Facebook and on …
The Piano Guys
I’ve been playing classical music since first grade and for the first eight years I hated it. My mother, who was usually not a particularly strict parent, put her foot …
Idea No. 40: Napkin Resolutions
Last year it took me months to come up with a new years resolution. So much had just changed, I had only been in Boston for three months at the …