may this dress remind us of our inner light and our ability to create change . . .

'this comes from within . . .' 2009, Boston, MA.
room installation surrounding
an 8 foot tall dress made from eggshells

'this comes from within . . . ' (detail)
from wall painting

“But when you’re stuck, 

the major task is deciding if you’re going to change at all. 

The challenge is finding the ability,

in the face of an overwhelming amount of resistance, 

to create a small change in your life and build on it.” 

― Mel Robbins, Stop Saying You're Fine: Discover a More Powerful You

'this comes from within . . . ' (detail)

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Today, and everyday, let us embrace LOVE!!!! in honor of the wonderful MLK!!!

“Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. 

Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. 

Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.” 

 Martin Luther King, Jr. 

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Happy Independence Day!!

 “For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, 

but to live in a way that respects and

 enhances the freedom of others."

~ Nelson Mandela

Creative Every Day Challenge #???

it has been QUITE awhile since I was able to post a creative every day project.  in the past weeks I have been sick, traveled and moved.  I have done a few daily dresses and other creative endeavors which may or may not get posted. but for now ~ here is what I did over the weekend.

pen and ink on wax paper

then made into a dress :)

Started while sitting with my daughter @ au bon pain, this line drawing is done on one half of the tissue that you get with a pastry.  I then folded it in two and made the dress, so there is a fullness to the skirt.

Now, I am wondering what to put the dress on - sew it on a blank canvas?, on to a nice piece of Arches? I thought about putting it on top of another line drawing, maybe drawn with gray?, but that may be too much!?!?  

 I would like to do something more with this dress because it is a very pretty dress, with its fullness and the sheen of the wax paper.   any thoughts? 

peace

riding the rapids

dress #29

 The next few daily dress pages come from working on my large wall painting that I undertook during my stay at VSC.  this page came from sketching the rapids of the Gihon River that runs thru the VSC.  I was planning to include them in my painting so I sketched them a few times & figured I would sketch them in my Daily Dress journal.  The dress is from a tea bag ( I drank a lot of tea, which u will see more evidence of later) and the frog on the tea wrapper gave me the idea of populating the rapids with wildlife, especially since I had seen some mink scampering along the frozen banks. peace