A macquette for a public art piece...Shock Art...the city will select artists to paint electrical boxes.
the real boxes are HUGE...an 11 x 11 x 7 box must be painted, in exactly the manner the electrical box will be painted.
I'm finding JOY in this little box...what do you think? Would you vote for this bright and magical garden to transform a big box near you?
Besides the work I put out for sale at the studio tour I know that people are curious about all the 'stuff' I have tucked away here and there. I've also tidied up the shelves....so peek away...
I love sharing all the things that bring me JOY in the Mango Studio. Check HERE for all the goings on associated with the East Boulder County Artists studio tour...
and find more JOY here.
Finding JOY in little projects...stamped and watercolored bees circling the dandelion, covered in beeswax
7 x 7" small works to raise money for Brookline MA Meals on Wheels...a project by Jenn Mason, my work in Haiku for Rebecca;
we depend on them
to provide the world with food
live on little Bee...
JOY and Haiku my heart...has been a while since I have joined in
Rebecca is off once again to San Miguel...she asked that I share with you images of my trip with her a couple of years ago...
this is the story that unfolded from this special place, 'the ghost town school' in Mineral de Pozos...
The silent doorway beckons
a story surely there, if only one listens deeply.
Lives lived, laughter rings out, children running up and down those now lonely steps
looking out upon the rural landscape.
Faces lining the wide windows...tell us your stories.
We care, we will listen
Moonlight now plays off the old stone, patina of time grace the walls.
Graffiti of a new generation leave their mark.
Talk to us, we will listen and hold you near.
stories continue to unfold and unfurl themselves to me from this magical place.
What new stories will come back with Rebecca of recuerda mi corazon?
Many JOYfull thanks to all the beautiful comments I received on my dad's passing. Before the memorial I led a small journal making class and found much JOY in this. I made this one for my sister...
we spent hours cutting up boxes...
collaging images...binding pages.
to create these beautiful journals...
thanks to Paula and Sue for this special little class!
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Seeking warmth in the blood orange
finding JOY in the reflecting light like tiny stained glass windows.
Finding JOY in late afternoon shadows...in sending strength on the wind under the prayer flags
in painting chickens...in these words by Hafiz found on Jeans site
i have been inspired lately by that color, you know,
that winter morning sunrise
somewhere between the flesh of melon
and cassis liqueur? Hafiz
More JOY at Meris's
