Inspiring! Jacque Wadsworth's Do Art Make Stuff
September-21-2009
Sharing Ideas on Teaching Art and Making Art
This site makes my creative spirit sing. Kids 'n' creativity are some of the best things ever. Colorful, messy, energetic, uninhibited, expressive, and honest. Of course, we all still have a kid inside of us! On my resume: "I was a child for 9 years, a 'tween for 3, and a teen for 7." Part of the baggage, I carry each of them around with me daily like a Matryoshka doll (Russian nested doll). Life is so dynamically grand! •
Beecoming Wiser September-21-2009
Run, Angry Bees!
My lucky three-decade streak of not getting stung by an insect has come to a painful end. The good news? I'm not allergic to bees. More »
Nit Wits #48: Vumpire Gear September-20-2009
On the Cusp of Halloween
America's favorite pastimes: baseball and vampires. I'm not as batty as you think I am. Includes free printable coloring page. More »
Performance Art & Music: Recycled Percussion Band
September-16-2009
Drumming on Recyclables
By happenstance (channel surfing), I got a glimpse of the band Recycled Percussion (recycledpercussionband.com) as finalistson NBC's America's Got Talent the other night and loved their "junk rock" sound and performance art creativity. As a designer, I also dig their logo (above) with the drum sticks posing as the "y" in recycled. More »
New Web Site for "The Beckoning of Lovely" Project
September-15-2009
Global Community & Connection Creatively
Last week I received an update from the Ambassador of Lovely informing me of a new Web site established for the BOL project (www.thebeckoningoflovely.com) and plans for a feature film this group hopes to produce in the near future.
(If you're unfamiliar, please watch this inspiring 7-minute short film, Beckoning of Lovely.)
In support of this really cool thing, I'm passing along the info:
Today, 9/09/09, marks the next numerically significant moment in the life of The Beckoning of Lovely, the global film project that unexpectedly began on 8/08/08 at Chicago's Millennium Park.
As an early supporter of this project and/or at least as a supporter of earnestness and the arts, we wanted to be sure to let you know where The Beckoning of Lovely is now at:
Here are the links to:
a shiny brand new video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMJt_B-6QlA
a shiny brand new website! http://www.thebeckoningoflovely.com
Today, official Beckoning team (300 strangers from around the world) is huddling together to give this next phase of the project a big (and necessary) outward push.
If you like what you see/view, please pass along the new website and/or new video as you see fit. We're also happy to go into more detail about where the project is at (conceptually) and how this feature film is all coming together.
Thank you so much.
Here's to a red (yellow?) carpet premiere on 11/11/11...
The Ambassador of Lovely
I love what they're doing, and my curious, yet linear-thinking mind is wondering what happens after 12/12/12. •
Chris Dunmire's Creative Sprouts™ Playshops
September-7-2009
Offline Programs for Kids Scheduled for Fall 2009
Eager to break new creative ground, I am in the process of developing a new series of offline, hands-on kid's programs under the "Creative Sprouts" theme to facilitate this fall (Oct, Nov, Dec) at Womanspace New Dimensions Studio in Rockford, Illinois:
These fun, high-energy creativity “playshops” for boys & girls ages 7-12 are designed with optimum
space for creative expression, idea sharing, teamwork & play! Kids will enjoy an engaging morning of hands-on creativity applied through games, activities, and projects that will bust through boredom and inspire imaginations!
If you have kidlings that fit into this age range and live in the surrounding NW Chicago suburb communities, you are more than welcome to have them join me for this creative fun.
Chris's Fall 2009 Kid's Creative Sprouts™ Playshops:
Please contact Womanspace in Rockford or call (815) 877-0118 for more information and to register kids 7-12 in the NW Chicago Suburbs and surrounding communities.
365 Pictures September Collaborators September-5-2009
Shout Outs: Web Sites & Blogs
Creativity Portal's perpetual 365 Pictures keeps going strong! Here's the wealth of creative talent this prompt pool is drawing from during the month of September, alphabetically for your perusement:
Rita Farin on Day Job / Dream Job Transitioning
September-5-2009
Creative Careers Interview
I love this little snippet of an exchange between Molly and Rita in C-P's latest Creative Careers Interview around the topic of how one might successfully transition from a soul-sucking day job to a fulfilling creative dream job. Actually, the contrast between both isn't always that extreme.
Molly: Any advice for our readers who are hoping to make their own transitions from day job to dream job?
Rita: Have patience. It could take months or years. It’s a process. Time is irrelevant. What’s more important is that you incorporate something you love to do into your life on a regular basis, so you can experience the joy that comes from connecting with the deepest core of your being. Give yourself permission to be a beginner, and know that it’s ok to do it badly at first. You’ll get better. Just have fun with it and see where it leads you.
"Gradiential exchanges" off adding and subtracting is one way I believe this transition can comfortably take in our lives. Hobbies can turn into passions into part-time jobs and more if we believe they can and consistently work at it.
Like the popular diet, "Change One" the wisdom is in slowly building up, adding one change at a time where we can, and staying aware of how we're feeling in the process. Those who are most successful long-term at this transition seem to repeat the same pattern, and in particularly, don't quit their day job cold turkey one day without a nice foundation of preparation and previous investment in time and planning to catch them on the other side. •
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