Glass Glue Paper Gin

When the season has changed and the lights have gone out, the rain incessantly drenches everything including spirits, there is damage control and clean up to be done...there is not enough gin to make it all seem pleasant...this is what to do...find an old publication that has already been compromised. Ironic- GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, I am the worst- worser than you!! Find tiny pictures in ads, scissor them out and mod podge onto glass bits.
super glue a strong round magnet onto the back.

And there you have it- fridge magnets, something you may never have enough of... This is not at all a new idea by any means just a nice diversion from good housekeeping...

These will take all of about an hour to make- then you can get back to grumbling about the rain, the flood, the mess...the gin....

loosing eye sight

Old glasses , recently purchased from etsy, for a possible art project. the magnification is very close to blindness- see the peach fuzz on cheek magnified -looks like kitten skin...

Old frames , flat glare ,create a professorial stare. As though some intelligence harbours there...
or not.

Autumn sunset

The blind girl reaches

For her dog

A blind girl

sits beneath the cherry tree

enjoying the view

Blindness has always intrigued me. My grandfather was kicked blind by a horse , though I never knew him , I felt a strong kinship. Mom told me stories of how she helped him read braille and get around the house before he died too young from the injury. she was only six.

As a child I was obsessed with Helen Keller- I tried to imagine her world by dampening down my sensory input, but gave up quickly because I was afraid of the dark.

I always loved girls who wore glasses, especially the blue plastic ones made especially for children in the 50's. I wanted a pair but my eyes were 20/20 and very strong.

Until now...every two years gets more magnified - I miss vision - my frames are not blue plastic, and if I truly lost my eyesight I could not felt, paint, draw, glue, all of the stuff I do...I would need to shift to other solids , like sound and words, made more compelling by the lack of distraction from vision....I suppose.

Garden of the Tarot Nikki de St. Phalle

70 miles north west of Rome and close to the town of Capalbio is a magical magnificent outrageous garden, artist- Nikki de St. Phalle.

Be sure to watch the videos on the link. Remarkable vision , and ambition . These photos were taken by my friend, Toni, who spent some time in Tuscany this summer

Nikki actually lived in the sculpture "the Empress" while building this garden. The garden uses movement, colour, sound, light, and fragrance.

what look like steps - actually a fountain with a water fall effect.

Her women, and there are many, are ample, like the real deal...

below is a photo of her toilet in The Empress. I think that after living here for a while I would need to visit Japan and have a quiet white paper house.

HOLE week word FRIDAY

The first thing to come to mind is the very first book my child received, a must for every book shelf...

A hole is also to make, which freaks me out when it comes to my wool...

but also could be very important empty space (?) in the art world and have their very own hole gallery where one must wear holes to attend the opening and hum Courntney Love tunes...

Other holes are: Leenie, Anairam,
ARIS, Juliet,

Sarah,

Buster,

Jasmine,

Fruenswerk,

Veja cecilia...

Frayedattheedge

L'Atelier

Freshly Found

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aimee

Let me know if you would like to choose next weeks word, please.

GREAT! Alexandra Hedberg will choose the next word and will post it on Monday!