Doodle Competition
Hooray! I found a doodling/squiggling competition to celebrate two books by Taro Gomi, “Squiggles” and “Doodle All Year”.
It doesn’t end until May2008.
Go here: http://www.chroniclebooks.com/doodles/
You download one of the four sample pages shown on the page linked above, add your own doodling to complete the picture and mail it in.
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Homemade for Christmas
My husband suggested we go Christmas shopping this weekend. I was non-committal.
I’m wondering if we could take on the “No-Buy Christmas” challenge this year.
I bet I could easily make homemade gifts for all the adults, at least.
Kids on the list are a little more of a challenge. Still, if I really gave it some thought, I might be able to make some bracelets for our nieces, or perhaps put together some beading kits so they could make their own. (I’ve got beautiful beads in bulk! Gee, but it would be great to send them to new homes …)
I could whip up some shorts for my little nephew using leftover camouflage fabric I have on hand.
My own kids will be expecting some gifts from real stores. Plus, they need new socks and underwear. Okay, so I won’t be making those from scratch!
The idea of making as many gifts as possible, though, has generated some cool ideas. It is a noble challenge.
If you have a blog, I invite you to take the web graphic I made above and share your own thoughts on the subject with your blog readers.
What is transformative art?
I was trying to explain “transformative art” to a friend the other day and getting lost for words.
“It’s like art therapy for anyone and everyone,” I said.
“It means making art can transform your life into something better.”
And I gave my friend the link to my Squidoo Lens on transformative art . I developed this months ago, and I probably need to add some more stuff to it.
Does anyone have some suggestions for tizzying up my Squidoo Lens? Please leave a comment on the lens or back here beneath this post. Thanks!
Pretend you’re Jackson Pollock
I found another great online doodle program
at http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
And the best part? No mess to clean-up afterwards.
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The adventure is the journey - not the destination
It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.
— Ursula Le Guin
Stop and smell the roses. Relax and enjoy the scenery. Savor the experience along the way.
Life is good. All of it.
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Life is a daring adventure
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.
– Helen Keller
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Involve your heart
A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.
– Laurence Sterne
When you are heartily interested in a matter, it is exciting. It becomes an adventure. You can cultivate ‘hearty interest’ by practicing it in the company of others.
We hear people describe something they are excited about and we get caught up in their enthusiasm - the teenagers talking about a roller coaster, the man at the party excitedly describing the Hubble telescope, the young woman happily sharing about her approaching wedding.
Life is not just about our thoughts relevant to experiences; it is about emotions. How we feel is an important part of the mix. Strive for happy feelings. Strive to be happy for others. Get caught up in their joy. Then you share in their adventure. It becomes an adventure for you, too.
