Mar

30

Rupert Kirby - art and words

March 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

[-interview and art-]

an interview with artist Rupert Kirby about his drawings
Rupert Kirby does fantastically detailed drawings and we thought it would be fun and instructive to hear his thoughts about the process of making them.

Mar

30

Garage Sale/Retrospective

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-poetry, photography-]
by Carson A. Metzger

© 2005 - 2007 d. marsh all rights reserved - flickr site
Father made the last sale - a stop
watch bought vacationing off
a South Padre beach, used to time the sprints

Mar

30

Artist Trading Cards

March 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay-]
complied and written by Nancy Waldman

You too can have a huge collection of tiny art cards … but first, you have to make your own

Mar

29

Necessary Things

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-writing fiction-]
by contributor, Russ Kremer
In Elements of Style we’re warned that unnecessary words are as useless as extra parts on a machine. While food processors come with a multitude of dubious attachments and socket sets contain sizes we mostly lose and never miss, remote controls don’t have buttons that don’t work and the handles and […]

Mar

29

MetAphorism: The Costume Box

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-metaphorism, inspiration-]

metAphorism is a word I coined to mean a simple, everyday thing, concept or event that points us in the direction of a deeper lesson.

metaphor - figure of speech giving an implicit comparison: this is that.
aphorism - concise statement of a truth or opinion.

The metAphorism:
The Costume Box
The Lesson:
unplanned, unsorted accumulations are important […]

Mar

29

Collections - condiments

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay-]
Soy, in ad-dressing collections, we mustard somewhere and honey, you are going to relish this! Mayo we introduce you to a tiny taste of Chris Harne’s astounding preserve of close to 700 flexible portion-control Condiment Packets
…sweet, hot and saucy, eh?
The Condiment Packet Gallery

Mar

29

Collections - play

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-crackles!-]
If you’ve tried everything else…you could just PLAY with your collection:

Mar

29

Collecting - organizing collections

March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo-essay-]
Ways to Organize your Chaos Collections

Mar

27

Collections - Teesha Moore

March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-photo essay & interview-]

Some collections happen because we are engaged in creative practices that require materials. The more we create, the more we love our materials, the more we need and want to acquire more. Often we acquire so many that we couldn’t possibly use all that we’ve gathered. The materials themselves becomes a collection.
Here […]

Mar

27

Re-Collections

March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

[-poetry, photography-]

by Teresa

One by one the pile grows,

keep looking »