I love new words because often they reveal something that you are not aware of. The knowledge of a new word will widen you horizon and give you a better understanding of the world. Maybe you’ll notice something that you haven’t noticed as clearly before. Or it might be a concept that you know about […]
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Kawaii means cute in Japanese
I’ve finished today’s Daily Art Card and scanned the cards from the last four days into the computer. Before that I was sitting on the stairs outside sewing together a crocheted duckling and listening to podcasts that I’d downloaded to my pink iPod! Life feels good. Now I’m off to upload these kawaii teddy bear […]
Windfalls
I made a (one) pear. He was happy to join the family meeting. My pear can be used to stick needles in, or just as plain decoration. A pear among apples. I’m in love with my pear. I also love the word windfalls that I just learned today. I looked up fallfrukt which means “fruit […]
Words about me
I’m: everything pink, lace, white, romantic, bold colours, roses, vintage, wabi-sabi, stained, cute, cats and kittens, b/w photos, striped tops, red shoes, black fingernails, quilts, granny squares, notebooks, black ink pens, messy collages, gesso, jeans, buttons, wool, rainbow colours, runny watercolours, hello kitty, green frogs, owls, browns, 1970ish patterns, golden ornamental frames, incense candles, brown […]
The Wabi-sabi people
I just read the description of what the Japanese words wabi sabi means, and it sounds like a description of what I call beauty in the world… Wabi-sabi (侘寂) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. […] The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is […]
Adulthood | a try at assemblage
ASSEMBLAGE An artistic process in which a three-dimensional artistic composition is made from putting together found objects. Assemblage is the three-dimensional cousin of collage. [quote from here] I’ve been wanting to work with assemblage for a long time, and since I am drawn to dolls of all kinds I went with that. I love my […]