Almost dusk

Out and about again, watching autumn.

Longlegs

                                         So maybe growth really is still possible.....    

Another shadow

                                                   

Shadow face/hat

 

                                            A not-quite-fall melange.

More shadows

                                                    

On a walk

Bridge building components.  

I like how they mark the sides and edges.

I'm back!

....from bejewelrying.  Today's pool shadow.

I missed blogging and being in touch

with you all.

Elemental Shadow

Such a lot of textures make up the shadow

self!  I realize this morning that to keep 

blogging these days I need to make

 something very easy and quick,

and fun.

Some sort of bridge building apparatus

And Friend

On the table today

Combined doodles & stuff made in Deb's class.

(Satisfying my need to arrange!)

Raw cupcakes

So raw they can't contain themselves, and blow 

bubbles of excitement.

Shape search

Looking for shapes today for new earrings.

This porthole is from the kids playground in the park.

Chatham Sidewalk

This is part of an image that will be stuffed into a 

vinyl "brick" and hung with other bricks over part

of bank in Chatham that sports a pretty awful facade.

The artist that organized and got funding for this project,

Melissa Sarris, turned her dislike for what was into a project

that invited the town to comment, be creative, and alter the facade.

Daily walk, Lilly from the garden

I was surprised when I saw first saw

the saturated colors in this photo.

I spend many hours changing colors

when designing jewelry, making images more

and less intense, different hues, sizes and shapes.

  So it's a thrill to find something so intense all on it's own.

Today

Today I'm tired, cranky, and hot, without

an inclination to lead the way.  So I'll just

post yesterdays inclination.

Another arrangement

keeping myself amused......................

Odd amalgum

I was taking photos in Chatham.

This one turned out to be a little surreal.

Fava Bean Sweetheart. Adding and subtracting.

I just couldn't resist.

Add a little here and there

Stuff on my table. Small additions.

Dark lighting.

Subtracting

So next....I subtracted the original colors by adding lines.  I'm seeing more and more

how subtracting and adding coexist.  This is useful for me to notice in my life.  

When I leave something behind, or subtract it either willingly or reluctantly.

there is a new something that is added, whether I can embrace it or not.

Addition and Subtraction

I took a lot of fan photos a few days ago and experimented with making simple

changes.  I added line, changed color, added a few polka dots and squiggly lines.

All of these turned out to be subtracting part of the last image as well.

Enthusiasm, Experimenting and Channeling

Today I walked into my small art making

/relaxing room and there was beautiful 

bright light shining on the table. Just the 

type for playing with shadows, which I 

find fascinating. Here's one photo. I love 

how the background became bleached, 

and the shadow became saturated.with 

color.

Impulses

This seems to be my process.

Later, I may know why!

Channeling, Day 1

This came out of a project that I enthusiastically

agreed to be part of about a month ago.  The 

idea was to have townspeople transform the facade

(in miniature) of a particularly ugly bank in Chatham.

We were given a photocopy of the facade, and I looked

at it for weeks, with no clue about what to do with it.

Finally, I just sat down and doodled, did the next thing,

 followed the next impulse, folded, cut and pasted. I thought 

about doodling, how for me it means getting out of my own

 way, letting go of self judgment, listening, looking. Channelling.

Repetition

This is a painting I made long ago that I came across

recently, having to do with a flying dream.  I wondered 

what it would look like recolored.  I think mostly I 

find that I like the original impulse best, but 

sometimes changing the color is 

wonderfully surprising.

Repeated/ changed

I find messing around with color combinations so soothing.

And a bit addictive.

                             
                                                                       

Repetition

I like experimenting with repetition.

These images are just barely different,  

and the shadow creates a pattern

that makes it interesting to me. 

Distortion /Repetition

So simple to grow!

2 Distorted folk

Distortion is a word that I have thought

of mainly as if it had a negative connotation.

Playing with the concept this week, I find

 it generative instead.  I can distort images

 intentionally to have a greater range

of possibilities and more fun!

Distortion

This is a distortion of the May 30 post.

Sometimes distortion makes it interesting

in a different way, or more useful, or wilder.

or funnier.  In this case it might become an earring.

Intentional Distortion

This twisty paper thing's purpose is to

invite people to distort it's original shape.

(and the shadows do a nice job of responding too)

I think of all the ways that I enjoy distorting what is, 

and watching it change into something else.  And all

the times I've wanted things to please stay in their 'natural' state.

Parts making whole

These are old earring material trials that 

were not used, or extras.

New materials for something else!

Whole piece and cutout parts

   

This is the first week I'm recycling old

drawings and I really like it!  The parts

take on their own flavor.

Whole & Parts =

I couldn't keep away!

Whole and parts/ rearanged

This is an old drawing, and I re-

arranged the parts, which

cooperated in becoming

this satisfyingly odd 

figure.

Textures I noticed this morning.