Recycling and trash bins can not only be functional, but they can also be works of art!
Recycling and trash bins can not only be functional, but they can also be works of art!
THE PROMISE OF THE MORNING STAR
By Amy Lowell
Thou father of the children of my brain
By thee engendered in my willing heart,
How can I thank thee for this gift of art
Poured out so lavishly, and not in vain.
What thou created never more can die,
Thy fructifying power lives in me
And I conceive, knowing it is by thee,
Dear other parent of my poetry!
For I was but a shadow with a name,
Perhaps by now the very name’s forgot;
So strange is Fate that it has been my lot
To learn through thee the presence of that aim
Which evermore must guide me. All unknown,
By me unguessed, by thee not even dreamed,
A tree has blossomed in a night that seemed
Of stubborn, barren wood. For thou hast sown
This seed of beauty in a ground of truth.
Humbly I dedicate myself, and yet
I tremble with a sudden fear to set
New music ringing through my fading youth.
My best friend has a daughter that is in the second grade and the school is having a fundraiser this weekend. I made and donated two quilts for the fundraiser, and both quilts are cat themed. The first quilt is a child’s quilt and the second quilt is a doll quilt. It is always fun to work on a quilt for children, the colors are so bright and cheerful, and I enjoyed creating these two quilts. For you fabric aficionados that would like to know, most of the fabric is from the Laurel Burch line.
“Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art.” Ansel Adams
The Ansel Adams Gallery has a number of his photographs online.
ART
By Herman Melville
In placid hours well-pleased we dream
Of many a brave unbodied scheme.
But form to lend, pulsed life create,
What unlike things must meet and mate:
A flame to melt–a wind to freeze;
Sad patience–joyous energies;
Humility–yet pride and scorn;
Instinct and study; love and hate;
Audacity–reverence. These must mate,
And fuse with Jacob’s mystic heart,
To wrestle with the angel–Art.
Image from http://www.mymodernmet.com
Pumpkin carving is a traditional activity during the Halloween season, and some folks have taken their inspiration for pumpkin carving from famous art — Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night and Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, to name a few. View the full listing of creative pumpkin carving compiled by Alice Yoo on My Modern Met at: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/creative-pumpkin-carvings-inspired-by-art