tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21244067767497201642024-03-14T05:52:05.437-04:00TADA365<a href="http://www.flickriver.com/groups/1584304@N21/pool/interesting/"><img src="http://www.flickriver.com/badge/group/all/interesting/shuffle/medium-tiny/ffffff/333333/1584304@N21.jpg" border="0" alt="TADA 365 - Art Jewelry - View this group's most interesting photos on Flickriver" title="TADA 365 - Art Jewelry - View this group's most interesting photos on Flickriver"></a>Maria Apostolouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794043989564237544noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-44326775353373789072012-03-22T01:00:00.000-04:002012-03-22T01:00:02.877-04:00Interview As Art<div style="text-align: right;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">In fact it was not a work of art, since I was like 5 years old I
used to draw a lot and made it good for that age, I have a very special
memory of a drawing I made of the human respiratory system, I did from
my book without trace, although the result seems rather an alien
hidroencefalico, my mother was dying of laughter and show it to everyone
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<br />I used to watch t.v. a lot!!, tracking all my favorites singer and
actor, find out the lyrics of English songs and white them on my
scrapbook, I loved to make mix’tapes from radio, used to play
valleyball. In terms of crafts I began to experiment with painting on
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<span style="font-size: small;">My first job was at a ceramics tiles, kitchen and bathroom shop, as I was 21 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I’ve been into so many craft is difficult to say, in everyone of
them I’ve been proud when after so much effort I find myself making some
improvement, like lately, anything that comes out of my
workbench…without melt it down… makes my day :-)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzir4pkszPaRfY9zT4On8R8re-YxCF3CnSatVlls5er9N-zE-VL4LXEHQK_OVpYCi-nwMwNB_NTO18OhLO2CurxEzyPts4k87OIRO3ABi2gUySXAgIVXQ52SPHVs4gqn2N1JR9k22f_7M/s1600/DSC_0422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzir4pkszPaRfY9zT4On8R8re-YxCF3CnSatVlls5er9N-zE-VL4LXEHQK_OVpYCi-nwMwNB_NTO18OhLO2CurxEzyPts4k87OIRO3ABi2gUySXAgIVXQ52SPHVs4gqn2N1JR9k22f_7M/s320/DSC_0422.JPG" width="232" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Localy, finishing my career in Interior Design I met two teachers
(Dominicans) who taught me the most captivating part of the art, they
are the architect Gustavo Ubri and the Interior and plastic artist
Marianela Jimenez. From the first I learned how complex, chaotic,
interesting and rewarding it can be the designing process and from the
second I knew the artistic/aestetic side of artcrafts and the different
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<span style="font-size: small;">I’ve just realized I’m very dual when it comes from designing, I
like to experiment with forms and geometric shapes but also with organic
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yes indeed, we can identify clearly an worldwilde nature
conservansy, recycle movement . In my country I got to say more and
more artist from different areas are using their skills to express
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<span style="font-size: small;">My DRSL camera, tools, silver and stones are my toys now, and the botanic garden and workbench are my playground! :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mmmmmm…. Let me think… walking barefoot maybe but it feels so
good!, or maybe drinking too much coffee… oh well who Am I trying to
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">I used to play Farmville and Cityville, now I don’t have the time, should I feel ashamed? :-p</span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;">A mix of tradicional Dominican dishes and Italian food. I’m a veggie lover.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">18. Do you believe in flying saucers</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Now that you aswer I realize I don’t jajaja, just before going out, that is enough for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</b><br />peut-être un petit pot de terre, monté en colombins avec la glaise du jardin...sinon je me souviens d'un dessin </span><span style="font-size: small;">de terrier de petits animaux sous un arbre...un début de mon intérêt pour les espaces à vivre et à </span><span style="font-size: small;">découvrir...maison et boîte, ma passion...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">----<br />Maybe a small earthenware pot,made with the clay of the garden, otherwise I remember a drawing of den of small </span><span style="font-size: small;">animals under a tree ...one beginning of my interest for living areas and to discover... house and box, my </span><span style="font-size: small;">passion...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</b><br />écouter et chanter sur les Beatles... plutôt retro...déjà sérieuse...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">----<br />Listen to and sing on Beatles rather retro already serious...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">----<br />When I was 17 years old, I did the conducted tours of the Museum and the Medieval City of Pérouges...<br /><a href="http://www.perouges.org/" target="_blank">http://www.perouges.org/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>4. What was your first work that really pleased you as an artist?</b><br />le premier croquis de modèle vivant que j'ai réussi...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">----<br />The first sketch of model living that I made a success...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>5. Who was the first artist to influence you?</b><br />Léonard de Vinci</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>6. Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?</b><br />John Wayne and then Harrison Ford and then Tommy Lee Jones...what does it mean?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>7. What were your favorite TV shows growing up?</b><br />Cosmos 1999, Invaders, Logan's Run, The Twilight Zone, Magnum ...Born Free and BBC animals shows and french one called "Caméra au poing", etc... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">----<br />Yes, the past on a piece cannot be forgotten always... at the moment one cannot say to himself more that he </span><span style="font-size: small;">wasted time, it is necessary to admit that it is the quality which needs it, and it has a price. At the same </span><span style="font-size: small;">time I look for quality materials besides the polymer clay...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I "eat" all the images which I find before in books, now I continue books+internet<br />All the forms of visual artistic expressions interest me, with a préference for the drawing, the COMICS, the </span><span style="font-size: small;">photo and the design of objects. The architecture stopped interesting me except when it is about Big projects. </span><span style="font-size: small;">All this create a vocabulary in my head, I know what I like and why. On the other hand the color is always a </span><span style="font-size: small;">brought back, thoughtful part, later with regard to the sense, I believe that I do not think in colors but I </span><span style="font-size: small;">like the color! It is just that it is not what what is the most important for me. Later, it is the envy to make </span><span style="font-size: small;">something well defined which guides me... </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For example for the necklace "Whirlwind" I had just read a book on </span><span style="font-size: small;">BOUCHERON, and what returned non-stop was the transformation of jewels, radically or by mechanism.... As the </span><span style="font-size: small;">theme was " the future " and as I am very "Organic" with numerous discussions in head about the subject, all </span><span style="font-size: small;">this ends in the biodynamie, in the whirlwind and in the convertible necklace... <br />Here is how I find my ideas...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">oui, il permet d'avoir une échelle des choses ainsi qu'un poids, ça peut permettre de se rendre compte de comment sont les objets à l'autre bout du monde!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Trop réfléchir et pas assez faire... trop parler pendant le service à l'auberge...trop sérieuse...même si je ris beaucoup!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">oui je regarde trop la TV, mais ça m'aide à faire le vide! et donc à dormir après!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">;-))) les séries policières, science fiction... rien de voyeur, pas de musique, les cd ont pris la place...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Essentiellement les produits bio de notre ferme ou d'autres producteurs amis. J'ai un mari cuisinier qui me gâte et me régale même avec une salade de l'huile du vinaigre du sel et du poivre... l'assaisonnement, un bon produit et c'est toujours excellent!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>29. Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>31. Do you think the world can be saved?</b></span><br />
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1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, I've to think! Since my childhood, I loved
to keep my hands busy, doing something creative. Drawing, knitting … things
like that. My first serious work, which I was really proud of, was my
colleague’s portrait, drawn on our art class, shown on a school exhibition. I
was 13 or 14. It was a drawing with <a href="http://www.eudict.com/?lang=engcro&word=drawing%20charcoal"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">drawing
charcoal</span></a> on paper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Oooooh, a lot of “wonderful” stuff. The most
innocent thing was collecting ants in glass pots filled with soil, to “study”
how they are building there tunnels. Looking back to that, my parents had a
really big understanding for my “hobbies” </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a job as an accounting officer, some 20
years ago. Still, I’m in the same branch, working in an office. Numbers,
tables, reports … a boring accounting job. It had to be spiced with a little
bit of creative expression.</span></div>
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when you first started?</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes it has. Not much, but there is a slight
difference. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A lot of things can give me the needed “click”.
A movie, something I’ve read … a conversation … curiosity to try something new.
I think Pinterest is a strong inspiration source.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Donna Kato, for instance. An artist who
developed a significant business in the world of polymer clay.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">No, never. Simple because, thinking about
politics won’t give me anything. Maybe just some bad headache. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Definitive purple. Although, I love to look at,
to use or wear something turquoise. You can see me more often in dark colors
than light one. I avoid very strong colors. I don’t know. It’s maybe a mistake.
But, I simple don’t like to be in spotlight, that’s the reason. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Everything I do, I do it myself. For now, I
don’t have a problem with finishing everything on time. Having in mind what
kind of products I produce and what techniques I use, I don’t have the need to
shift something. My younger daughter seems to have an interest in art. So, who
knows … in some near future, she could maybe help me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">After last year’s experience, yes. I’ve created
jewelry, mostly in chainmail technique, for a British medieval movie with
colorful and rich costumes. It was an honor to see my work in a project like
that. Yes, I would like to do something like that again in the future. It was an
interesting and new experience.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My pliers. And in near future, a lot of metal
smith tools. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gardening. Can’t wait for spring to come when a
new gardening season begins, and I love it. Or, treasure hunting on the nearest
flee market. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Mostly I’m getting up at 6. Some hour or two
more on weekends. Although I’m trying, I never go to bed before 23 or 24. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Too much! I can’t remember how many times I
said: you have to change it. But, probably it’s a normal phase in everyone’s
live. Starting with a lot of new, fabulous sites but after some time, it’s not
possible anymore to follow everything. At the end of a day, when I look at how
much time I spent working on the computer I’m a little bit concerned.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes. Even when I’m working on a new piece of
jewelry, my TV has to be turned on. Thrillers, crime movies, SF. But, also,
good historical documentaries. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Almost everything. I can’t resist Haribo
candies, ice-cream and pasta with every kind of sauces.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s put it this way: I don’t believe in aliens
like those from “Star wars” or “Alien”. But, I do believe in live somewhere in
the deep of the universe. I can’t believe that live exist only on our planet.
Think, this would be some kind of selfish. </span></div>
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-24984119261220486612012-02-16T06:38:00.000-05:002012-02-16T06:38:14.785-05:00The Interview As Art<strong></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Marian Hertzog</span></td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My first work of art was painting a ceramic Christmas ball. My mom taught ceramic classes in our basement. She had four balls with scenes on them. I came up with painting one with blue paint that resembled a staining effect. I was probably 8 or 10 years old. My mom and aunt loved it and made several like the one I did. Made me feel pretty special! The first drawing I did that I felt good about was when I was in my early twenties with some colored pencils.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><strong>2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</strong><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I can't tell you what I did for fun as a teenager... we were bad.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My first job was as a sales clerk in a ladies clothing store when I turned 16.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div> I get my ideas from surrounding myself with my stuff and letting my muse travel. I also get inspired by looking at others work.<br />
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<strong>5. What is your favorite color?</strong><br />
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My favorite color is teal or blue green like Crayola crayon.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55204576@N05/5845290291/" title="Turquoise Drops 2 by Ms Place, on Flickr"><img alt="Turquoise Drops 2" height="486px" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2627/5845290291_885f5b7667.jpg" width="406px" /></a><br />
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<strong>6. What kind of toys do you have?</strong><br />
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My art tools are my toys. The biggest toy we have is our camper. We love to camp in the woods or by the water. My Havanese babies are my alive toys.<br />
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<strong>7. What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up (most of the time)?</strong><br />
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My perfect sleep hours would be from 11pm to 7am. But I work as an accountant three days a week so I have to get up at 6 to start my day so I am tired earlier.<br />
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I spend way too much time on the computer but I love looking at all the wonderful creations and ideas on Pinterest and in Blogland.<br />
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<strong>9. Do you believe in flying saucers?</strong><br />
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I believe that we never know what else is out there beyond our current means of weights and measures. Remember that at one time the greatest minds in the world were sure that it was flat.<br />
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<strong>10. Do you believe in magic?</strong><br />
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I believe that we only see part of what exists so that things can appear like magic.<br />
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Our first intention was to drive ourselves mad by posting every day something about our creative ventures in jewelry making. Through the year it has been proven to us that it wasn't important. <br />
Main goal is to keep the creative energy flowing between us and within us, thus making it glow through all our work and communication. We have shown to love our differences, enjoy in them and grow through them. My vision for this group is to keep that bond we have between artists and keep growing in that spirit. Support is of critical importance for every human being to grow in healthy spirit, so is for an artist. I thank each and every member for being understanding, compassionate and kind.<br />
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I asked our members two questions :<br />
1. What does joining TADA365 mean to you now when you look over your shoulder and remind yourself of the year 2011?<br />
2. Do you have any expectations, ideas or visions for TADA365 in the future?<br />
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Lets take a glance into some of their thoughts.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/"><span style="font-size: large;">Evelyn Markasky</span></a>:<br />
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Well, looking over my shoulder has been a very interesting experience! I found my journal from January 2011 with the writing and sketches I did for TADA. My observations that I made at the beginning of 2011 were almost exactly the same things I said to myself 2 weeks ago beginning 2012. (Including losing 10 pounds and not always being on the computer!) Seems like I ended up doing what I usually do... start off strong and excited and then get worn down and lost. Of course, all was not lost. I may not have completely seen through the original ideas from 2011, but by the end I had completed a lot of work and evolved in a way a had actually hoped I would. I may not have ended up posting something everyday, but I don't think that was necessary. I wanted to do that to keep going in my studio and working and staying inspired, but now that is no longer a problem. What TADA had evolved into for me, was a group of close friends (that I still can't believe we really don't know each other face-to-face!) where we could think out loud and get feedback and advice and inspiration. I think the most exiting part was figuring out having online exhibitions (thank you Mary Lu!) I haven't been on Flickr as much as I used to, but I think part of the inspiration from TADA was to work more, surf less, and that has definitely happened.<br />
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I think TADA can evolve into a really cool online thing, more than just flickr, (which we've already seen happen.) It's something we started because we love what we do and it's still going and it is being allowed to evolve. We don't have to keep doing something we don't need to be doing anymore, we are always assessing what our needs are and the needs of the group. It also allows everyone to work at what ever level they are on. In addition to the online exhibits, I think it would be very cool to do some physical exhibits where we send our pieces to different parts of the world and create shows. Members who are able to can try to get together a local show and we can all have a piece in it... <br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/maria_apostolou/"><span style="font-size: large;">Maria Apostolou:</span></a><br />
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After completing Ring-a-Day, I joined TADA365 because I wanted to continue being part of a supportive online community and stay in touch with my friends. Also, expanding on previous ideas and creating collections, which was the main goal of our group, seemed like the next logical step to take. As I look back, I'm so grateful for deciding to join TADA. The making process can be so lonely and there's nothing more important that having a safe place to exchange ideas, share feedback and support one another.<br />
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The goals of TADA365 for 2012 reflect exactly what I would like this group to be in the future. I would say that they even surpass my own expectations!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillpalumbo/">Jill Palumbo:</a></span><br />
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I've thoroughly enjoyed TADA365. I was so encouraged by this group of creative and caring people. I learned so much from the others involved; how ideas are generated, how different artists tackle the challenges involved in creating jewelry, and that each of us faces setbacks and lulls. Being in this group really motivated me to keep working, to keep creating. Even though I broke my kneecap and was too busy to plan any shows, I had a few surprise shows, last-minute invitations, before and after the holidays. I sold many of my TADA creations! I was prepared with products and display pieces, and I have TADA365 for the successful shows. <br />
<div align="center"> </div>About TADA 365 in the future? I would love to try this again. A weekly project sounds tempting to suggest, but I know I would not produce as much. I would not have learned so much on the planning details of producing artwork for a show if this had been a "product-a-week" type of group. <br />
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Click on the link bellow the photo and you will be taken to our latest online show on TADA site.<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_763795464">by</a><br />
<a href="http://www.trueaddictsofdailyart.com/january-2012-exhibit.html" target="_blank">Ponsawan Sila</a></td></tr>
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This project is the "fruit" of a challenge with a Frenchwoman artist of Polymer Clay,<br />
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<a href="http://www.lafilleduconsul.book.fr/galeries/">Delphine de la Fille du Consul</a>...</div>
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With her I share the taste of the "trompe l'œil" and the "faux", inspired by the nature this Parisian is also gastronome, and there also I join her...</div>
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Thus the end of 2011, further to an article on one of its exhibitions of the end of year we exchanged some words on " figs in polymer clay", and as I am crazy about fresh figs texture, taste, the seeds which crack between teeth I dashed.</div>
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Regards fruits and fleshy vegetables, as wife of Cook I always considered these as having two aspects: inside and the outside. Outside which we remove or not, outside that we cut to see / eat the inside... The box is a permanent obsession for me and thus having hesitated on the project fig ring which deprived me almost of the vision of the inside (unless removing the ring... Contemporary rings have this idea/concept...) I returned towards my passion of boxes and their construction.<br />
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I chose one i've made in 2008, whose hinge is almost invisible, which is interesting for a fruit cut in halves...<br />
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3 days working on and this is the result...</div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffffd3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><i>Did you know that fig doesn't undergo the gravity on the tree... i mean "not like an apple"</i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #ffffd3; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"><i>The link between tree and fruit is special, so i did it... but of course i didn't change the usual pendant of the purse...</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I am a girl from 70ies, My childhood was marked by movies " as "La Belle et la Bête" of Jean Cocteau, "Peau d'Ane" of Jacques Demy, but also all the Cape and sword Movies where the women wore dresses covered with precious stones which made them sparkle... </span><br />
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I love these vague pictures of sparkling women in great and poetic dresses... It is the global feeling that I looked for as finish of the jewel with some glitter sealed in the material beside Swarovski crystals .</div>
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I hope you enjoyed the story. Happy New year with TADA!!!</div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04384519386285391581noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-81895739345288995282011-09-19T19:30:00.001-04:002011-09-19T19:38:38.653-04:00TADA's First Online Exhibit!!<h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;">The Show is Open!!!</h2><h2 style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"></span></div><div class="paragraph editable-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Using the English language to communicate, an international group of jewelry artists share their work each day. They upload pictures in their Flickr group, TADA365, of their inspirations, works in progress, celebrations and also frustrations. They support each other with comments, challenge each other when one learns a new technique, teach each other with works in progress and inspire each other with their completed pieces.<br />
<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></span></div><div class="paragraph editable-text" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Here, within the same parameters of A through Z, they share their work with you. Each artist has been given one or more letters of the English alphabet. The interpretation of the letter and what it stands for is their individual vision.</div>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-71885012140555583652011-08-30T12:35:00.000-04:002011-08-30T12:35:43.864-04:00The Interview as Art - Thomasin Durgin - aka MetalRiot - aka Tomi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px;"><b>1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</b></span><br />
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I imagine it was something made out of play-doh but I can't remember. I started sketching a lot in second grade and in third grade I made this wood burning of my grandmother's siamese in shop class. My mom treasures it and I think it looks like a hot pepper.<br />
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<b>2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</b><br />
Mainly inappropriate things, and I was very involved in art.<br />
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<b>3. What and when was your first job?</b><br />
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My first job was babysitting when I was 13, I got my work permit at 15 and got a job at a local Dry Cleaner.<br />
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I sketched all the time as a kid, I lived on a college campus with my mom and when I was in in 5th grade she showed one of the art professors my sketchbook. He thought I had talent and gave me a few instructional books. I was so proud of my sketchbook after that, I carried it everwhere - I wish I knew what happened to it.<br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span><b>5. Who was the first artist to influence you?</b><br />
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Picasso<br />
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</a><b>6. Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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The "brat pack" - Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. Yes, really. I loved Matt Dillon, too.<br />
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<b>7. What were your favorite TV shows growing up?</b><br />
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Super Friends, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Mighty Mouse, Tom and Jerry, the Cosby Show, anything on MTV (we didn't have cable so I watched with friends), Saturday Night Live<br />
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<b>8. Has your work gone up in price compared to when you first started?</b><br />
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Yes, if for no other reason that the cost of living has gone up in the last 20 years.<br />
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<b>9. Where do you get your ideas?</b><br />
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I keep sketchbooks all over the house and jot things down, I have far more ideas that I can execute in one lifetime.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalriot/5983070895/in/photostream">Rings A Week</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><b>10. Who do you think is the best business artist in the world?</b><br />
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Thomas Kinkade. He's America's most collected living artist and that scares the hell out of me.<br />
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<b>11. Do you think that there are any art movements now?</b><br />
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Absolutely. Guerilla art is still quite strong, extreme performance art is alive and well, and what folks are doing with CAD design and 3d printing these days is just amazing and incredibly innovative.<br />
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<b>12. Do you think kids should get grants to decorate subways?</b><br />
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Yes, I'm a big proponent of public art.<br />
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<b>13. Have you or anyone you know been involved in street art?</b><br />
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Yes, several of my friends work that way, as did some of my instructors in graduate school. I'm very drawn to Dadaism and the concept of "happenings". Lat month I met a recent MFA graduate student who walked up and down the steps of the Memphis College of Art to the distance of the top of Mt. Everest in a 24 hour period. Wow.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalriot/4838608540/in/set-72157623155660742">Ring A Day #209</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span><b>14. Do you ever think about politics?</b><br />
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Yes, much of my work is political in nature.<br />
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<b>15. What is your favorite color?</b><br />
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That depends entirely on my mood, I love them all.<br />
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<b>16. Do you do all your own work, or do you have people working for you?</b><br />
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I make my work myself.<br />
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<b>17. Do you have an interest in films or video?</b><br />
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I like to watch films, and I make fun little videos from time to time. I made a few vids as rigs for Ring a Day last year and I've been working with some teens doing stop-motion video this summer.<br />
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<b>18. What kind of toys do you have?</b><br />
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silly putty, yo-yo's, and this <a href="http://www.guggenheimstore.org/nueveblocks.html">great block set from the Guggenheim</a>:<br />
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<b>19. Do you have any habits you’d like to kick?</b><br />
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Carbs and cussing.<br />
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<b>20. What do you do when you’re not working?</b><br />
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Juggle, play guitar, avoid cleaning the house, internet, reading, and a little tv.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/metalriot/5915774654/" title="juggling vid on YouTube by MetalRiot, on Flickr"><img alt="juggling vid on YouTube" height="176" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6055/5915774654_90c468c4e7_m.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="240" /></a></span><br />
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<b>21. Do you play any games?</b><br />
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I like playing cards and dominoes and I hope to get back to playing tennis this year.<br />
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<b>22. How old were you when you got your driver’s license and is there a story attached to it?</b><br />
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I was 19. I took driver's ed in high school and my mom said if I got my license I'd have to pay for the increase in her car insurance myself. She went on to say that if I ever used her car I would have to have it home by 11pm, and my curfew at the time was 1am. Needless to say I didn't go for that deal. Basically I was a hellion and she figured I'd be a worse hellion behind the wheel. She may have been right but I still hold a small grudge over all of it.<br />
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</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span>23. What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up (most of the time.)</b><br />
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I have a very inconsistent sleep schedule, I often get into what I call "vampire mode" and find myself falling asleep around 4-5am and getting up at between 11am and noon.<br />
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<b>24. How much time do you spend on the computer?</b><br />
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Far, far too much.<br />
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2<b>5. Do you watch TV, (if so, what are your favorites?)</b><br />
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Only late at night and I don't have cable so it's generally Two and a Half Men (sorry), Family Guy (sorry), King of the Hill, and The Office.<br />
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<b>26. What do you eat?</b><br />
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I'm a vegetarian who loves carbs and cheese.<br />
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27. Do you believe in flying saucers?</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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In an Ed Wood sort of way.<br />
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<b>28. Do you believe in magic?</b><br />
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Sure.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>29. Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span><br />
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No, I'm not sure he acted at all.<br />
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<b>30. Do you look in the mirror when you get up?</b><br />
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Good grief, no.<br />
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<b>31. Do you think the world can be saved?</b><br />
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Saved from what? War? No. Poverty? No. Violent Crime? No. This is depressing.<br />
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<b>32. Do you think there should be censorship?</b><br />
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Hell to the Mother Fucking no.<br />
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<span id="goog_2111340577"></span><span id="goog_2111340578"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The first letter is "R" for Ribbon. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had an order for a red bracelet. The inspiration for this customer is a leather cuff with a big knot. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">I had several experiments on bangles in polymerclay and I know I must take time to find a new way to "make" it. First I've tried to "see" the "pattern" I prefer with paper strips.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finding inspiration is exciting...but... <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What I learned of my experience of selling... it is that the customers wait for more solidity of my part than the jewelry which they're used to buying "cheap" even if it is metallic and if I work only polymerclay...</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So solidity is the most important challenge, and building is important in the work of design.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thickness pairs with solidity in polymerclay, so "R" for Ribbon is a challenge!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">The first drawing was made to list meanings for me about ribbon and knots...I'm very interested in the "link" and "couture" inspiration...the ribbon around the wrist, tightened enough... I do not like the soft forms and always look for tense lines, rest of my time in Architecture Studio, but I like the forms in live models!!! ;-)))</div><div style="text-align: left;">As I was sure to keep the idea of "tightened " I drew some ideas of how to make it so...Bangles are to be forgotten and hinged bracelets are too expensive in time and then to be sold...</div><div style="text-align: left;">My order was to not be too expensive...</div><div style="text-align: left;">Second drawing is listing of some ribbon signs, sure there are others, and at the end was the result of the interview I made at home...;-)))</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">After I made all this work I refused the order...;-)) but I will make it for The ABC Challenge.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nevertheless I think that the solution for a cheap way may be in the mosquito technique by Iris, maybe someone would like to try it , but this is not my idea of the ribbon...tightened around wrist.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Iris's picture, I think, is the nearest idea of the ribbon, I'm not promoting advertising for the tutorial, only showing inspirational pictures... </div><div><div><br />
</div><div>Beside, some googled inspiration...Splendors of Court, portrait of Marie Antoinette and close-up of another lady, Chanel model with ribbon around the neck, and High jewelry by Chanel... I love the watch with long bracelet, it is very <b>trendy</b> since some seasons...</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Second letter is "C" for Camélia</b><br />
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This time I would like to make a Lace flower like Chanel's fabric flowers in her time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">And Camélia was her flower.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Not sure I will be successful!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Some more thoughts if you like:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Of course I would like to work more with metal, and I think my way to design is really biased for some of you... that's polymerclay...</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>It is a point of view that can easily be discussed and deformed as people are working this material with an experimental sight for most of them.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I used the word "experiment" several times but in fact I'm <b>making</b> things, and I hate when it doesn't work as I thought it was going to work and don't take any education from these failures except sadness and feeling of wasting, so I don't begin if I'm not sure of what is going to happen and how strong it will be when finished. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>I'm learning before making, and I do love that. ;-))</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To be continued...<a href="http://www.trueaddictsofdailyart.com/exhibit.html">http://www.trueaddictsofdailyart.com/exhibit.html</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div></div></div>.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04384519386285391581noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-73383144786369499742011-08-01T02:23:00.001-04:002011-08-01T02:33:59.862-04:00the ABC progress: L and M<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div closure_uid_mzgkf6="145">When I got the letter <strong>M</strong> (alongwith <strong>L</strong>), it didnt take me long to figure out what I wanted to do with it. The days were hot and humid, and like every Indian, my heart desired just one thing...for the onset of the <strong>M</strong>onsoons.</div><div closure_uid_mzgkf6="145"><br />
</div><div closure_uid_mzgkf6="145">I have already posted some of my explorations in this series. Here they are again:</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIv5uC9HCHRXSUwlc8KUBda4S09kHU39buQf0oxk7K5nYC_vtAHIouiQ-l8VfPhHpXZwX0ggBr8yZyyPz40-eAK-xv4Ax7oo2i9D7kP-qqzEruNxtrOOQGBd7YOZukuty1S10xvF1xEsa/s1600/P1010034.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNIv5uC9HCHRXSUwlc8KUBda4S09kHU39buQf0oxk7K5nYC_vtAHIouiQ-l8VfPhHpXZwX0ggBr8yZyyPz40-eAK-xv4Ax7oo2i9D7kP-qqzEruNxtrOOQGBd7YOZukuty1S10xvF1xEsa/s320/P1010034.JPG" t$="true" width="263px" /></a></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="messageBody" closure_uid_mzgkf6="260" data-ft="{"type":3}">Monsoon is a time of revival..of seeds, pods and flowers...and I love wearing these rings together...its almost as though the story comes together</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="messageBody" closure_uid_mzgkf6="200" data-ft="{"type":3}">Monsoon/सावन is also the season of <strong closure_uid_mzgkf6="204">L</strong>overs..ah yes the other letter...maybe I'll combine the two ; )</span></div><div align="left" class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="messageBody" closure_uid_mzgkf6="200" data-ft="{"type":3}">Here's a favorite miniature painting..the protagonist is Abhisaarikaa, one of the eight kinds of women in Indian mythology..who braves the stormy night to go out in search of her lover. It is the story of a soul's complete devotion to find God(Krishna), that it leaves all its fears and inhibitions behind</span></div><div class="separator" closure_uid_mzgkf6="196" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div></div>pallavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03059517426086149041noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-29043024300622004212011-07-27T12:43:00.001-04:002011-07-27T12:51:02.900-04:00Progress!!Alphabet progress from 'A Blackbird!!'<br />
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</tbody></table>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-76393462991256277492011-07-17T17:47:00.000-04:002011-07-17T17:47:19.813-04:00Twigs & Strings<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Sitting in the backyard of my new dwelling place near the top of a not so high a mountain, thinking of all the possible inspirations I could find in words beginning with an "R" or an "S", a sound coming from the top of a tree aroused my dormant attention to the surrounding beauty of nature. Bird song echoed through my heart, breaking rusty chains of my previous city life, opening a forgotten door created only a year ago through RAD (Ring a Day flickr challenge)... FREEDOM in ARTISTIC EXPRESSION.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">As soon as my mind got tickled with all the uplifting memories from RAD, eyes wondered in all possible directions trying to capture a form, lost object or an abstract inspiration that could be used for this new collection for TADA. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNSjeV0Qhv0NAc5bdKJMfOJKfqYZEDuVsnYKb3B0flWbNgwaN2IYF3bsMirX9sdvoB2Q6Rld_VuVKKNr8UhJ6RnnYU0PqxrpJLMXB-QMYlQU3-6MOjkssLr8b5cHTdqG_WoQqKIIa5VY/s1600/de+Vine+ring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlNSjeV0Qhv0NAc5bdKJMfOJKfqYZEDuVsnYKb3B0flWbNgwaN2IYF3bsMirX9sdvoB2Q6Rld_VuVKKNr8UhJ6RnnYU0PqxrpJLMXB-QMYlQU3-6MOjkssLr8b5cHTdqG_WoQqKIIa5VY/s320/de+Vine+ring.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">And there it was right in front of me! That one lonely vine in the backyard, still giving shade during these hot summer days, had something to tell me. I approached slowly looking around that old lady, feeling a hurricane of emotions accumulating inside me for some unknown but still predictable reason.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">"Cut some twigs", a thought passed through my mind. I did. One here, one there, one swirly, one crooked... I stopped and took a glance at the shapes and realised there was a ring, a pin, brooch and pendants... I might add some colored strings...</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I shall call it with an S.... <strong>S</strong>impli de Vine!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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First thoughts on what my letters might be for the TADA ABC Jewelry challenge.<br />
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Very elementary stage!<br />
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But in my quest for words that begin with my letters... I came upon this website called <a href="http://phrontistery.info/q.html">'List of unusual words beginning with the letter...'</a><br />
If you are looking for inspiration... this is the place to go!! Ok, a lot of the words I listed here, are really unlikely candidates, but they were such great words, I just couldn't resist!!<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">From a site of unusual words:</span></b><br />
The letter <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">N</span>:</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></b></span></b><br />
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<tr><td><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nanism</span> - the condition of being dwarfed or being a dwarf<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">narcolepsy</span> - patholgical drowsiness<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nascent</span> - immature; in process of birth<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">naturalism</span> - belief that the world can be explained in terms of natural forces<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nemorous</span> - wooded<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">neophobia</span> - fear of novelty<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nepheligenous</span> - discharging smoke in clouds<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nepionic</span> - of, like or pertaining to the embryonic period of development<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nervure</span> - vein of a leaf<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nidamental</span> - nest-forming<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nieve</span> - hand or fist<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">numquid</span> - an inquisitive person<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">nychtemeron</span> - a full night and a day<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The letter <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Q</span>:<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: separate; font-size: x-small; line-height: 14px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal;"><table class="words" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 14px; margin-left: 25px; margin-right: 25px; width: 953px;"><tbody>
<tr><td><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quacksalver</span> - one who false pretends to knowledge of medicine<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quadragintesimal</span> - forty fold, having 40 parts<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quadral</span> - in four parts<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quadrifoliate</span> - having four leaves<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quadrivium</span> - four branches of mathematics in medieval education<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quahog</span> - type of edible clam<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quarion</span> - candle<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quaternitarian</span> - one who believes god consists of 4 parts<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quatrayle</span> - great-great-great grandfather<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quatrefoil</span>- 4 petaled flower; design or ornament with 4 flowers or leaves<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">querl</span> - to twist; to curl<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quinary</span> - based on the number 5<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">quoz</span> - absurd person or thing<br />
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</tbody></table></span></b></span></b></div>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-76908490756622961202011-07-04T16:41:00.000-04:002011-07-04T16:41:17.626-04:00Well, I finally got to the place in the Twyla Tharp book where I stopped reading it the last time.I used to teach childbirth classes. I sometimes worked with a hypnotherapist doing the relaxation exercises in class and have taken a workshop on hypnotherapy to see how it works. One of the techniques was that you start off with something the person already believes, like in childbirth-class-relaxations it would be to pay attention to your breathing. With every breath in you bring oxygen to your baby and with every breath out you release toxins like carbon dioxide.' This is a fact that they can't deny. Next you add 'along with the toxins you are also releasing anything else you don't need, tension, negativity, etc.' Not a fact, but because you gave them a fact first, they are more likely to believe these other suggestions. Another really good example of this technique is the book 'Coyote Medicine' by Lewis Mehl-Madrona (who incidentally is the ex-husband of the person that I took the hypnotherapy workshop from.) He starts off the book as an intern in medical school that becomes a doctor. Gives a lot of interesting factual info and stories, but by the end of the book you are in sweat lodges, experiencing stories of alternative healing, native medicine, etc. and you are believing every single word of it. This technique is a skill.<br />
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I think that Twyla Tharp tries using this technique, but isn't quite as successful in her book.<br />
She takes a huge leap in believability in the chapter called 'your creative DNA.' She gives some examples of how Jerome Robbins grew up wanting to be a puppeteer and how this relates to how he sees things, from a distance. Then she talks about Raymond Chandler and how he sees things 'close up' with lots and lots of detail.<br />
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Ok, so I'm still listening, waiting to see where she's going.<br />
<br />
She bases art on how people see the world and that we don't consciously make that choice, it is decided by our DNA. She begins to talk about how she is pulled between involvement and detachment. She needs detachment in order to understand her work. How she lived in one end of her house growing up so she could maintain her rigorous schedule and the rest of her family lived at the other end of the house.<br />
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Then I get to the place where I stopped reading the book the last time.<br />
... my mother told me that at birth I was a noisy, ill-mannered baby in the hospital. The only way the<br />
nurses could shut me up was to put me out in the hallway by myself where I could see everything<br />
going on around me. I quieted down instantly. Even then, I didn't want to be on the inside, crowded<br />
with other people. I wanted to be on the outside, watching (p. 41).<br />
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For me this is a huge leap. Maybe it was all those years of teaching childbirth and parenting classes. I just don't believe that a newborn baby's DNA wants them to be detached. If anything their DNA wants them to be <b><u>AT</u></b>tached in order to survive. It pains me to see the language she uses regarding a newborn... "noisy, ill-mannered baby" "put me out in the hallway by myself" "shut me up" and to relate this as being 'DNA.' This is more of a rationalization than anything really useful and it's where I stopped believing in what she was saying. She lost credibility for me here.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/5886543720/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="TADA #164 6/19/11 by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA #164 6/19/11" height="240" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6019/5886543720_d74b08a7a4_m.jpg" width="224" /></a>But had I gone on to read the rest of the chapter (Because I am going to finish reading the book this time. There are things in it that are good.) I would have found out about zoe and bios, which is something I totally can relate to. "<i>Zoe</i> and <i>bios</i> both mean life in Greek, but they are not synonyous" (p.42). Zoe is more about life in general, without being specific, bios distinguishes one living thing from another. The way that I think and do art is totally zoe, more "...the essence of life, not the details of living" (p. 43). This was really huge for me to understand. I have always admired people who tell a story with their art, but whenever I've tried to do it, the piece always seemed contrived. Understanding this distinction helps me see more of the story that I am personally trying to tell, that I'm in the right place and going in the right direction.<br />
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"Robert Benchley wrote that there are two kinds of people in the world: those who divide the world into two kinds of people, and those who don't... I have issues with ambiguity, preferring my distinctions to be black or white" (p. 40). I guess out of those 2 classifications I find that I am also one of those people who sees things in black and white. I found something I didn't like in the book, so I quit reading it. (I won't bore you with all the other times in my life I have done this!!) DNA or not, I don't think that we always have to be locked into a certain way of thinking, it might be hard for us to adjust, but it is possible and I am going to finish reading this book. I will keep you updated on the good parts.<br />
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Work cited:<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Tharp, Twyla.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;"><i style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">The Creative Habit Learn It and Use It for Life.</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 32px;">Simon & Schuster, 2003. Print.</span>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-31871695521671353162011-06-23T14:42:00.000-04:002011-06-23T14:42:46.165-04:00Ritual<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEbdK9lCMGhhQRWe3tycEu_vW6OSALva3s4jPLtRBUpkVzW0db60BLboQ855JTxSxLGsV1BXrwbzZnpcyjiXafYun2Cw0K_YI28-3tXpy88qgOMbCRrameATh1Qvxi3BeGEs0yrI9Wxc/s1600/twla.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEbdK9lCMGhhQRWe3tycEu_vW6OSALva3s4jPLtRBUpkVzW0db60BLboQ855JTxSxLGsV1BXrwbzZnpcyjiXafYun2Cw0K_YI28-3tXpy88qgOMbCRrameATh1Qvxi3BeGEs0yrI9Wxc/s320/twla.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ok, I'm just going to quote here, because maybe I'll remember it more if I write it:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"In order to be creative you have to know how to prepare to be creative... ...there's a process that generates creativity--and you can learn it. And you can make it habitual. There's a paradox in the notion that creativity should be a habit. We think of creativity as a way of keeping everything fresh and new, while habit implies routine and repetition. That paradox intrigues me because it occupies the place where creativity and skill rub up against each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Turning something into a ritual eliminates the question, Why am I doing this?... The ritual erases the question of whether or not I like it. It's also a friendly reminder that I'm doing the right thing, (I've done it before. It was good. I'll do it again.)"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just started reading this book again, well, actually I never finished reading it before, hmmm guess I didn't get into the ritual of reading it!! It seems pretty good though. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know it's easy to make a habit of anything. I could easily get in the habit of eating potato chips every night, but it's just as easy to get into the habit of doing something healthy or beneficial. I used to go to bed and read. One night, I had an apple while I was reading, and started having an apple each night I would read. After about a week, I couldn't start reading unless I had an apple with me. I started to crave apples in bed while reading. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I guess the idea is to create some ritual that becomes a habit and keeps you moving and working. Sometimes I freeze up... I don't know what I want to work on, I can't decide which is more important, I can't think of anything... So if I can create that ritual which leads to habit, I will go in and work on anything, it doesn't matter what it is, as long as I'm working on something. It doesn't have to be the most creative thing I've ever done. It doesn't have to be the Nobel prize winning piece. Actually, most of the nice pieces that I've done, came from an ordinary idea that I just kept working on and developed. It's hard for me to remember that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">TADA is a ritual as is RAW</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Do you have any rituals that get you into the studio to work?</b></div>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-46991942015259959652011-06-19T15:52:00.006-04:002011-06-19T16:09:41.476-04:00Letters of Adornment: a progress report<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiZAPJhGGsPgGVRBhSeqvmFapgD0qP1XwuW5Zr9hAuJZVeKCKcaTF_kslkBb1At7uY6rJ3Nb2aMjdE2iIrtTBSautLev_KSHVuPBYa_SWpnKlGxbllI43_M1zJqttbO8XvNTkSOJfDWQ/s1600/IMG_7001.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiZAPJhGGsPgGVRBhSeqvmFapgD0qP1XwuW5Zr9hAuJZVeKCKcaTF_kslkBb1At7uY6rJ3Nb2aMjdE2iIrtTBSautLev_KSHVuPBYa_SWpnKlGxbllI43_M1zJqttbO8XvNTkSOJfDWQ/s400/IMG_7001.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620022256884780130" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Hello everyone! This is Maria Apostolou and today I thought I'd share what I've done so far with my letters.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10px;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As soon as Evelyn assigned the letters, I got very excited and started researching various words starting with J and K. Then I decided to narrow it down and search for plants starting with these letters. I thought that this way, I could also incorporate the finished pieces in my botanical series.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">As it turns out there are not many plants starting with J and there 're even fewer options starting with K. In the end, I decided to go with Jasmine for J and Kalanchoe for K.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I like jasmine because it's so delicate and fragrant. I also have so many childhood memories of summer nights, where the smell of the jasmine vine was an integral part of the scene.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Kalanchoe is a whole other story. It's a sturdy flowering succulent plant, it doesn't need much care or attention and it does very well on its own. The leaves are thick, shiny and they have these nice scalloped edges.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">First, I made a few drawings for a neckpiece, reminiscent of the jasmine vine. I also plan to make a ring, inspired by the kalanchoe. For the actual flower, I will try a form that I haven't done before and hope that it will work out.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The jasmine neckpiece came together fast and it's almost finished. I have a bit more sanding to do and I'm also making a hook clasp and end tubes to secure the red silk cord.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border- line-height: 1.7em; color:initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR3HLYwU6aHiFAt3lsSbZ479gEvOa8EC9kdga_6wsUSWz8Ys2bReS-VKQWSyj6yyO_GUU_tPj11lZeVO-oCUaGvxO1-uZMaLa6CHUyQ9IGor3HINqQ_Hw-Mccg221NnpYYzI-YzOqqqrc/s400/jasmine.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024380839648226" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px; " /></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWB3ZSgLc_s9I9J7cdGYxBDNs857siuD5GYHY3UHQ8LeTLfR53q0fGz2krKGULq4uErf0Jlzz8sn3hW5292mtJ0mA-rOHnfLJUfd7PO_nT5LRS3Gp2PTmtMuyIJ8nNZNqPR8SbuIPacII/s400/IMG_7075.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620024748400517138" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 400px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 15px; "><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; line-height: 1.7em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For the kalanchoe ring, I will experiment with polymer clay and make a few samples, before I fabricate it in silver.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.7em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; font-size: -webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 25px;"></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I'd love to hear what you think so far and also read how you plan to work with your letters! So exciting!</span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"></span></span><p></p></span></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.7em; "><br /></p></span></div>Maria Apostolouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02794043989564237544noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-1938632652453690712011-06-17T03:35:00.034-04:002011-06-17T11:47:41.288-04:00A is for...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">Letters of Adornment : </span></span></b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">An Online Exhibit of Artful Adornments </span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b></b></span><br />
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<b><div style="display: inline !important; text-align: center;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;">from the Flickr TADA365 Art Jewelry Group</span></span></b></span></div></div></b></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #20124d;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">From Wikipedia: An abecedarium (or abecedary) is an inscription</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; line-height: 24px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> consisting of the letters of the an alphabet, almost always listed in order. Typically, abecdaria (or abecedaries) are practice exercises. </span></b></span><b><b></b></b><br />
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<b><b><div style="display: inline !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><div style="display: inline !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some abecedaria found in the </span></span><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenian_Agora" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial;" title="Athenian Agora"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Athenian Agora</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> appear to be deliberately incomplete, consisting of only the first three to six letters of the Greek alphabet, and these may have had a magical or ritual significance. A deliberately incomplete abecedarium found at </span></span><a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hymettos&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial;" title="Hymettos (page does not exist)"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Hymettos</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attica" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial;" title="Attica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Attica</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> may have been a </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votive_offering" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial;" title="Votive offering"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">votive offering</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></span></div></div></b></b></div></div><b><b></b></b><br />
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</span> </span></div></b><b><b><div style="display: inline !important; line-height: 1.5em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We have divided up the alphabet and we are ready to see where the letters will take us. </span></span></div></b></b></b><br />
<div><b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">They will be done by September 5 and Mary Lu is creating a website for the show.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span></span></b></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mluwason/5787147989/" title="What a Ship Is...Pendant 123/365 by Mary Lu Wason, on Flickr"><img alt="What a Ship Is...Pendant 123/365" height="75" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/5787147989_740fc0349d_t.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="100" /></a> </span>3.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mluwason/"> Mary Lu</a> (Mary Lu Wason) </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">X W</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/micic/5567561587/" title="RAW52 kinetic "Draw-a-Face" &TADA365 by micicart, on Flickr"><img alt="RAW52 kinetic "Draw-a-Face" &TADA365" height="75" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5261/5567561587_114e04a8b3_t.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="100" /></a> </span>7. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/micic/">Sandra</a> (micicart) </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">R S</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25951260@N06/5645179842/" title="Strata veneer on hollow bead by mustardseedcreations (Lee Ann), on Flickr"><img alt="Strata veneer on hollow bead" height="75" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5027/5645179842_0416c01857_t.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="100" /></a> </span>9. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/25951260@N06/">Lee Ann</a> {(mustardseedcreations (Lee Ann)} </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Z E Y</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; color: black; font-family: Times;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleytinnaro/5292520578/" title="RAD 356/365 by lesleytinnaro, on Flickr"><img alt="RAD 356/365" height="75" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5292520578_f1637f3435_t.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="100" /></a> </span>12. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesleytinnaro/with/5292520578/">Lesley Tinnaro</a> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I O D</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></b></span><br />
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</span></span></b></span></span></span></span></div>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-22142015290007938582011-06-09T18:33:00.000-04:002011-06-09T18:33:51.636-04:00Almost Halfway Through the Year!Ok, I'm exaggerating slightly, but we are close to being half-way through the year.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/5816026655/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Recent Photos from the TADA group by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="Recent Photos from the TADA group" height="258" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/5816026655_57ee021132_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See where everyone is at. These are some photos from the last few pages in the TADA group. 1 from each person that is still participating (except me - I could only get 11 on the Big Huge Lab mosaic maker - you know where you can find me) Looks like we are down to 11 regular contributers. (Please let me know if I missed anyone.)</td></tr>
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So how is everyone feeling?!!!<br />
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I'm feeling tired and burned out.<br />
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But what I love about these year long challenges is that it keeps me going, even when I'm burned out.<br />
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I probably have about 10-20 REALLY good ideas every day. I get really excited thinking about them. I may even attempt to do a few of them. Then a lot of the time they don't seem like REALLY good ideas anymore and I move on to the next new one! The ideas are fun, bringing them into reality is usually work and a lot of the time - tedious, boring work, not fun like the ideas.<br />
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But when you can get through the tedious part, you usually have something very interesting from it. It makes you feel good. It makes you feel like you've accomplished something. It takes you on a journey. Sometimes you deviate from the original idea and it takes you someplace you may never have thought about. In retrospect, I love where the tedious boring work takes me!<br />
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How do I get through the tedious boring work?<br />
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I check in with my Flickr groups everyday. Even when I haven't done anything. Even when I can't take or post or describe another picture, I come and see what everyone else is doing. It usually makes me smile. Everyday I get to know the group a little better. I hear your struggles too. I feel less crazy, because I find that I'm not the only one who feels 'that way.' I have learned tons from everyone here and my thinking has grown so much in my art. I can't wait to see what the 2nd half of the year will bring!!<br />
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Leave a comment and let us know how you are feeling.Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-21761072932543103892011-06-03T04:14:00.000-04:002011-06-03T04:14:46.716-04:00The Interview as Art<div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKAAhVfq2BJWtkcVdUdx9JhTL7jRyDS-Scf91snx4fksz-CSTE2qeKBnl2nZEFqncW4CIQKbK7t0KThEZBF_cNpDRSlMPUQkKB4BVWj57u9zza_wf0J06KTx7NogEWJ5ZaMlnCxVpst8/s1600/mail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhKAAhVfq2BJWtkcVdUdx9JhTL7jRyDS-Scf91snx4fksz-CSTE2qeKBnl2nZEFqncW4CIQKbK7t0KThEZBF_cNpDRSlMPUQkKB4BVWj57u9zza_wf0J06KTx7NogEWJ5ZaMlnCxVpst8/s1600/mail.jpeg" /></a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/micic/">Aleksandra Micic </a></strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><br />
</strong></div>1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> As far as I can remember I always had something in my hand to draw with.... I clearly remember being aware of my drawings being just scribblings until one day those lines accidentally seemed to resemble a granny profile and oh was I ecstatic for finally "learning" to draw "properly"... I was small.... probably 3 yrs old. </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Being silly and rebellious... trying this and that... skipping classes with friends if the sun was smiling...</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>3. What and when was your first job?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In Toronto during my 10th grade... during weekends in "Cultures" in a mall.... selling salads and so....</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>4. What was your first work that really pleased you as an artist?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I can't really remember because I am still very pleased with some of my work when I was only 7. I wrote poems and designed fashion garments on a regular basis.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjdbmkK8UDz_3iNWaY-yN7z_PdA_Xrt9n8oEwUL83z0mxJ_2ew2VxE-R5Yqsv8D9lLIbabbsuKRdecCR9cNprp2gi6sj6ACnBWi3kOqRnlD3yAFxRUrXpdelBi8PhJqVlS2v1HpdSdYs/s1600/mail-1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjdbmkK8UDz_3iNWaY-yN7z_PdA_Xrt9n8oEwUL83z0mxJ_2ew2VxE-R5Yqsv8D9lLIbabbsuKRdecCR9cNprp2gi6sj6ACnBWi3kOqRnlD3yAFxRUrXpdelBi8PhJqVlS2v1HpdSdYs/s200/mail-1.jpeg" width="155" /></a><br />
<strong>5. Who was the first artist to influence you?</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> My mom. I used to sit in her office and watch her draw with rapidographs harbours and many other plans for construction sites and I would imitate her drawings. I was mostly fascinated by little circles of different sizes representing stones. Later I continued using rapidographs in my graphic drawings.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>6. Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Oh I grew up on western movies and my favorite was Clint Eastwood :)) Later it was Jerry Lewis, Fred Astair with Ginger, Charlie Chaplin.... mostly comedians and dancers</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>7. What were your favorite TV shows growing up?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Muppet show</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>8. Has your work gone up in price compared to when you first started?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Definitely, considering that my first sales 20 years ago were almost giveaways... my friends were either laughing or criticizing me for devaluing my own work with such low prices. </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</a><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span>9. Where do you get your ideas?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Mostly from my love for life</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>10. Who do you think is the best business artist in the world?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Anyone who is satisfied and happy with his/her own work of art and lives from it</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>11. Do you think that there are any art movements now?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I don't think that society can be surprised any more as it had been in the past while many new techniques were being developed, discovered and introduced... I think now-days many are trying to RE-develop, RE-discover, RE-introduce old and forgotten techniques and combine with new.... In that context there are many movements...</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>12. Do you think kids should get grants to decorate subways?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Yes, if it is coordinated</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>13. Have you or anyone you know been involved in street art?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> No</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>14. Do you ever think about politics?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> One can think about politics in many ways. I do not get involved, for me it is all a big fat global lie to hold "the sheep" under control, only in such manner do I think about it. Do not like to wear pink glasses.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_DSGapf7UgRja59Lr0LpXLaMB88eBep-cItLCxDcVWtMGt76BG9VyGLBwPA6qg7zxTjwJzi6wXInEMUnzHzLO71K59avG9CssdkzWvt8hk-dWTh5X5Cz6vGHnvkeaZIt4OIsqvJ0Fcc/s1600/mail-4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_DSGapf7UgRja59Lr0LpXLaMB88eBep-cItLCxDcVWtMGt76BG9VyGLBwPA6qg7zxTjwJzi6wXInEMUnzHzLO71K59avG9CssdkzWvt8hk-dWTh5X5Cz6vGHnvkeaZIt4OIsqvJ0Fcc/s1600/mail-4.jpeg" /></a><strong>15. What is your favorite color?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Turquoise blues and greens, but I actually love ALL colors!</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>16. Do you do all your own work, or do you have people working for you?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I do my own work but sometimes I dream of having someone by my side to work with.... would love that someone to be any or both of my kids</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>17. Do you have an interest in films or video?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Only animated.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>18. What kind of toys do you have?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> None, but I used to have lots of teddies of different sorts and sizes until my kids got hold of them :)</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>19. Do you have any habits you’d like to kick?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Procrastination and wanting to do everything by myself (call it <em>mission impossible</em>).... I should probably stop wanting for a day to have 48h and start organizing my time accordingly</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span>20. What do you do when you’re not working?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Spending time with my kids, exploring the truth, from now-on I'll also be in my new garden planting</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>21. Do you play any games?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Used to love to play cards, mostly Remi, also love Yamb, now my kids love to play among other games Mikado. Any decent game works for me as long as the players don't take it too seriously.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>22. How old were you when you got your driver’s license and is there a story attached to it?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Don't have one yet, and probably won't have it at all.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUeY2N6C58vdaYOw2FwxB0oa9oCWl07FDRMg-nYjXEU1g6gYwErIcsYdhdDmn5ZQEPxf_kdJxzxtwDKbEvDU6T3d9XOtHhQnQNbHR79gZrJF239OYLc0tyEajnyS0DVT0OwzFJtbWHYI/s1600/mail-2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYUeY2N6C58vdaYOw2FwxB0oa9oCWl07FDRMg-nYjXEU1g6gYwErIcsYdhdDmn5ZQEPxf_kdJxzxtwDKbEvDU6T3d9XOtHhQnQNbHR79gZrJF239OYLc0tyEajnyS0DVT0OwzFJtbWHYI/s200/mail-2.jpeg" width="200" /></a><br />
<strong>23. What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up (most of the time.)</strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"></span></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> I am an early bird and no matter how late I go to bed I get up before 9.... mostly between 7 and 8.... sometimes even earlier.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>24. How much time do you spend on the computer?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> More then I want to, which I am efficiently changing these days.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>25. Do you watch TV, (if so, what are your favorites?)</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Yes I do, and mostly cooking shows. Love Kitchen Nightmares, Bizarre Food, Ultimate Survival with Bear Grylls, NCIS, anything on nature and discoveries.... Not too keen on soaps.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>26. What do you eat?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Oh in my case the question should go like this : What should you eat and what would you like to eat? I have an issue with my health and need to be on a strict diet which I have to admit am not really following these days, but I was and will again. Favorite I love and can eat are SPAGHETTIIIIII!!! or any pasta, grapefruit, cabbage, carrots..... Favorite I love and shouldn't eat are CHOCOLATE and pizza.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>27. Do you believe in flying saucers?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> In ones that are made by US military, yes. In aliens' - NO.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>28. Do you believe in magic?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Magic is present, but do I believe if it is good - NO.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZIX2AdwCEbzwlRSNRkaoikpwXx_DcaeTNNAtLN4-NEuacj1DkiJz2M6uVdXVYawwT0wOrRAwyf1kK71tJgbaJWimItwqvRf9xiw7g0YgYorZQQy0JNe8-lvWEiwoSF5_Ia8yAcJn7Fs/s1600/mail-6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZIX2AdwCEbzwlRSNRkaoikpwXx_DcaeTNNAtLN4-NEuacj1DkiJz2M6uVdXVYawwT0wOrRAwyf1kK71tJgbaJWimItwqvRf9xiw7g0YgYorZQQy0JNe8-lvWEiwoSF5_Ia8yAcJn7Fs/s200/mail-6.jpeg" width="200" /></a> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrkU_F9ieaHyRYH11Z_pMP5QfNAaOg1UwA0jkEw5btMqSkBhFNUyKpwKhYnpoUQo6pF5fxlx_njnQQBB3tep2xf5MU34W6I3Z0g34zHuyoCArwbEUKC6_CycQn6qLF3lNQQo7clIW94A/s1600/mail-8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBrkU_F9ieaHyRYH11Z_pMP5QfNAaOg1UwA0jkEw5btMqSkBhFNUyKpwKhYnpoUQo6pF5fxlx_njnQQBB3tep2xf5MU34W6I3Z0g34zHuyoCArwbEUKC6_CycQn6qLF3lNQQo7clIW94A/s200/mail-8.jpeg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
<strong>29. Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Lee Harvey Oswald is a name for those who need a name to put a blame upon. Those who wish to find the reason why Kennedy was shot will find another answer.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span>30. Do you look in the mirror when you get up?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> My real mirror when I wake up is my heart and I seriously wake up every morning with thoughts of how not to repeat the same mistakes from previous days....</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I find myself not being able to follow that each day, but I do try.... The other mirror has its practical purpose.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong>31. Do you think the world can be saved?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2CcxfeQd6-kl9Zf19lqgQvbNk6UQA1798S4cIlmTPtdktg__tK18D1kvwpX6w31bELXloW2SZX6JQkkGTyGkl_1Qp4WGWf1Oigytoyrwcu5gm6T03UGbxkRo8N71DJCn6EDlyBMtIAs/s1600/mail-9.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2CcxfeQd6-kl9Zf19lqgQvbNk6UQA1798S4cIlmTPtdktg__tK18D1kvwpX6w31bELXloW2SZX6JQkkGTyGkl_1Qp4WGWf1Oigytoyrwcu5gm6T03UGbxkRo8N71DJCn6EDlyBMtIAs/s1600/mail-9.jpeg" /></a> If by "world" you mean planet Earth then I think there is nothing humans can do to destroy it in order to have to save it. It has been around much longer than any being and gone through plenty. I believe in God as its creator and protector of all the beauty we see. We all can only reap what we sow.</div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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</a><strong>32. Do you think there should be censorship?</strong></div><div style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">If everyone would grow conscience then there would be no need for censorship. Conscience is the best censorship. Do those who put censorship on others have conscience??</span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I love films and movies. I must watch at least one film every day. That must sound a lot but I am often unable to sleep at night so I lie down here on my 'day-bed', probably sanding, filing, drawing or messing around on my laptop and watching whatever movie happens to be on.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43798936@N02/5744798579/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="9/5/11 The T-Fold Opened - the back TADA365 No:239 by Helen Derici, on Flickr"><img alt="9/5/11 The T-Fold Opened - the back TADA365 No:239" height="150" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/5744798579_5a05cfa002_z.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>We have a really good film channel in the UK. It's called Film4 and it shows good movies - no dross!!! I like decent films - no chick flicks for me :-) I like British cinema, a more gritty type of film, films that haven't had millions and millions of pounds spent on them - by contemporary directors such as Mike Leigh, Danny Boyle, Shane Meadows and Ken Loach as well as the older British directors like Alfred Hitchcock and David Lean.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>One of the many definitions of the word 'toy' is '...a thing for amusement...' so, bearing this in mind, I consider my laptop one of my toys. I use it to amuse and to entertain myself - social networking - keeping in touch with my friends and chatting on Facebook and The Mod Generation site; learning -researching, finding out information and facts and just generally using it to amuse myself.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I am the world's worst procrastinator - I'll do it tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow and the day after that :-) And I have another very bad habit that I really should kick and that's all I shall say about that one!!! I love chocolate too but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to kick that habit yet as I'm just tucking into a bag of Cadbury's Dairy Milk Giant Buttons at this very moment - yummy!!! :-)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I don't work in the conventional sense. I don't have a job that I have to work at every day. I used to be a Primary School teacher with a specialism in Early Years (hence my love of toys!) however I have retired early because of ill-health. I am a 'pensioner' at my age - how ridiculous is that? :-) At first, I hated not going out to work every day. It made me very sad. It has taken me two years to feel happy about not working in the usual way.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>My work is now my jewellery and I think about it ALL the time - ideas for jewellery, designs for jewellery, patterns for jewellery, textures for jewellery, the construction of jewellery, the fabrication of jewellery, photographs of jewellery and so on - it's never-ending!!! But I can do it pretty much in my own time, I am my own boss - I don't have dead-lines as such any longer. I am rid of planning, preparation and assessment, lesson observations and personal targets forever - yippee!!!</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I was quite old when I got my Driver's License. I lived in Manchester, a city in the North of England. Cities have buses, trams, trains, taxis - you don't have to drive. When my son was 5 years old, we moved back down to Cornwall. Cornwall is a very rural area and you really need a car to get yourself around. I had to rely on lifts everywhere and I hated it. So learning to drive became an absolute necessity so learn to drive was what I did. Let's put it this way, I wasn't a natural driver :-) Three driving instructors later and I was ready to take my test and I passed my test the very first time and I was extremely pleased with myself. Independence at last!!! :-) Oh by the way, I was 32 when I got my Driver's License.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>This is a difficult question for me to answer. I don't often get to go to bed. I suffer from insomnia yet also chronic fatigue, all because I suffer from a condition called Fibromyalgia. I kind of pass out with tiredness rather than make a conscious decision to go to bed to sleep. When I have my awful bouts of chronic fatigue, I can sleep almost ALL day and through absolutely anything. Nothing can wake me up whatsoever. Gary knocked down the entire kitchen with a lump hammer and a big drill, ready to renovate the room and put our new kitchen in. I was asleep on the other side of the wall in this room. Gary absolutely couldn't believe that I had slept through it all!!!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>For example, this week I have slept through most of Monday and Wednesday. Yet often when I can't sleep, I can be awake all night. This is when I go into my workshop and get on with things whilst everybody else is asleep. I seem to get a lot done whilst everybody else is snoring away in their beds :-) As for getting up, I take a lot of medication so it can take me a while to 'come to', as it were. I am always up before midday.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I am frequently on my lap-top - on Facebook, on The Mod Generation site, checking my mail, loading photos onto TADA365 and RAW52. I'm on-and-off my lap-top all day really. I absolutely know that I would find it really difficult to be without my lap-top.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> I enjoy watching TV - as I said earlier, I love watching films on TV. I'm trying to think what I actually like to watch on TV - comedy shows, both British and American, stand-up comedy, lots of documentaries on a whole range of topics, all the CSI programmes (they're so formulaic - you know what's going to happen but I still like watching them) and I love watching football (soccer to you!) I'm looking forward to watching the final of The Champion's League on Saturday - Barcelona v. Manchester United. I reckon it's going to be a tough game. My son Isana and I support Manchester United so I am hoping for a good game with the right result!!!</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Again, this is another tough one for me to answer. I have no appetite whatsoever because of all the medication I have to take. If I didn't live with Chef Villa who cooks me delicious nutrional food which he places in front of me, I would live on breakfast cereal, yoghurt, fruit, cake and chocolate, hardly a balanced diet :-) Gary is an amazing cook - he can whip up a veritable feast out of seemingly nothing. I am a very lucky lady :-)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I have an open mind on that one - I have never seen a flying saucer but that is not to say that they don't exist.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Of course I believe in magic - what a boring place the world would be without a little bit of magic everywhere ;-)</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Yes - I like to look after my skin - wash my face and moisturise, moisturise moisturise as my grandma told me and I will never leave the house without my make-up on either.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>I don't know - who can ever really be sure of anything? We do our bit but who knows if it will ever be enough? Perhaps we have already done too much damage already?</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>It depends what form the censorship comes in and what is being censored. I want to know everything about everything to make informed choices.</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b> </b></span><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I would like to dedicate this interview to my fiancee Gary Villa. Without him, I would never have started making jewellery. He has encouraged me every step of the way. But most of all, I would like to thank Gary for the way he looks after me. He is thoughtful, kind and caring without ever making me feel that I am losing my independence. All my love, Helenxxx</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/43798936@N02/">Helen Derici -- Part 1</a></span></b></span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxSCHXojWYUwRz9fGHeQgl7JpXDtDW3o2sBwgteL-_mj5EhWU17lmeQlMd0M9Mef5fnNBclyiIOVOsbmO9otbA35XDmbu5saTeFgHchQkGb48xPZP6J265nxHEEyDVRhRIiNhpw7XGTw/s1600/mail.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">My name is Helen Derici and I live in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.</span></span></b></div><b></b><br />
<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Cornwall is the most beautiful county - it is at the bottom of England and surrounded by the most beautiful coast-line and countryside. It is a place that cannot fail to inspire. It is also a place that has a very rich historical connection with the arts. </span></span></b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Here is a picture of St.Ives where I grew up, the home<br />
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</tbody></table></span>silversmithing for the last couple of years. I am enjoying so much being part of the TADA365 group - it really does give me a kick up the butt to work on some aspect of what I am working on at the moment every day. I am the world's worst procrastinator. It has also made me plan out my year loosely - to experiment and 'play' with materials for the first 6 months of 2011 and then to work on building a couple of 'collections' for the end of the year. Being part of TADA365 has also given me the chance to explore new materials -- one being wood. Using wood has opened my eyes to what I can do with it -- the possibilities are endless. Anyway, thank you to all who are taking part in TADA365 alongside me </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">-- you are all an inspiration to me.</span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b><br />
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medium that I have seen how much<br />
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</div></span></span></b><div style="text-align: justify;">1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I had to think quite hard about this and two very vivid memories came to mind - one of painting on an easel with lovely bright red paint on white paper outside my grandparent's house on a beautiful sunny Summer's day - I would have been about two years old. My second memory was when I would have been three years old, I went to a Nursery School (Kindergarten) that was run by nuns from a local convent. I remember being given a piece of white paper and a pencil. I drew on it a stick man - a very fat belly, a big round head with eyes and a mouth and sticks for arms and legs. I was just so proud of this drawing and I couldn't wait to show it to the nun who had given me the pencil and paper. She didn't say'...Oh, what a lovely drawing...' or seem in any way pleased with the drawing that I was so very proud of and even remembering this as I write, I can recall the enormous disappointment that I had felt, aged three, that my drawing had not been appreciated. Having spent 15 years working as a Primary School teacher over here in the UK, I can honestly say that I have always, always taken the time to talk about every single picture presented to me with pride by a child, even just a series of marks on paper drawn by a three year old or the more detailed artwork of an older child.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</div><b>Hmmm - what did I do for fun when I was a teenager? I spent most of my teenage years practicing the violin and piano or, at least, looking back at it now, it certainly feels like it!!! Don't get me wrong - I loved practicing - I practiced, practiced, and practiced violin and piano for four, five, or six hours a day from about eleven years of age until I was twenty years old. I started playing in orchestras and string quartets at age twelve and my love of orchestral playing has never gone away. If my health was better, I would still be playing in orchestras today. I am making myself sound a very serious teenager and I wasn't really :-)</b><br />
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<b><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Apart from all that practice and my love of classical music, I also loved drawing and painting, pop music - punk and the mod-revival scene music (The Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, The Clash, The Jam, The Specials) clothes, make-up, boys, going to discos and clubs, drinking and smoking behind my parents' backs and I found out last year that they knew all the time and that made us all laugh - all of those in no particular order!!!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>*I must point out that the British attitude towards alcohol is very different than the American attitude towards it. Drinking over here is seen as very much a teenage 'rite of passage'.*</b></span></div></b><br />
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</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. What and when was your first job?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>And having said what I have just said, my first job was working in a pub at 19!!! Run by a tyrannical land-lady called Brenda who put the fear of God into me :-)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. What was your first work that really pleased you as an artist?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The first piece of work that really pleased me as an artist was painted when I was 15 years old - a still life of a jug and some fruit, painted in acrylic paints for an exam submittal. I remember adding layer upon layer of paint, I began applying the paint with paintbrushes and then I started using my fingers to apply the paint. It just felt so natural to get the effect that I wanted - and I loved the tactility of daubing the paint onto the canvas with my fingers. My painting was displayed in our school art room and I can remember feeling very proud of myself.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">5. Who was the first artist to influence you?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Barbara Hepworth is the very first artist who inspired me without me knowing at all and her works still inspire me to this day, probably more than I realise. Barbara Hepworth is a world-famous sculptor and a contemporary of Henry Moore. She lived and worked in St. Ives, the small fishing village where I lived as a child. In the 1940s and 1950s, St. Ives had become an artists colony known as 'The St. Ives School of Artists'. Barbara Hepworth's works were displayed in various spots all over St. Ives - in the library, just where you checked out your books was a small sculpture over which I ran my hands every Saturday when I took out my new books for the week. I don't know the name of this piece but I loved it. There is another sculpture placed outside The St. Ives Guildhall called 'Dual Form'. As children, on 'Feast Day' we ran round and round it, chasing each other. It is one of my favourite sculptures. There are various other sculptures positioned around the town. There has always been one of her works that I wanted to see so badly - a piece called 'Four Square Walk Through' - I had only ever seen photos of it. You would expect as I live in Cornwall that I would have actually been to 'The Barbara Hepworth Museum' - created out of her workshop and her garden where she placed many of her pieces amongst the plants in a deliberate fashion. We had Australian friends come to visit last year and we decided to go to St. Ives and just happened to decide to visit the museum. I walked into the garden and guess what was positioned right in front of me - the sculpture that I had always wanted to see and experience 'Four Square Walk Through'. I was absolutely awe-struck and now I feel so priveleged that I can go and see Barbara Hepworth's sculptures any time I feel like it!!!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">6. Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?</div><b>Immediate answers to this question; I didn't have to think at all - Cary Grant, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Elizabeth Taylor, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire, Busby Berkeley movies, John Travolta, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Martin Sheen, Charlie</b><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I am fairly new to silversmithing - I am working with a web-designer to create two web-sites - one for my more serious art jewellery work and one for my 'Dolly Allsorts' jewellery which is big, bold and funky beaded jewellery. I was selling my 'Dolly Allsorts' jewellery in a couple of shops and I felt like the customers were being ripped off, as was I. My work will be competitively priced. I do not agree with under-pricing jewellery as I feel that it then becomes artistically under-valued and that is never going to be any good to the jewellery artisan world.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">'Violin Girl'. <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">9. Where do you get your ideas?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>My ideas come to me all the time wherever I am. I have a one-track mind where jewellery is concerned :-) I carry around a notebook to jot down ideas or materials. I draw on the backs of envelopes, anything I can lay my hands on whenever I have an idea. Everything i faithfully stuck into my journals. I use everything around me as inspiration - I pick up rusty washers off pavements, thinking how I can use them. I always have a camera with me to 'point and shoot' anything. I am having to 'rein' myself in as I plan to build a couple of collections in the second half of the year, the first half of the year has been devoted to 'play' :-)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">10. Who do you think is the best business artist in the world?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Damien Hirst, without a doubt. He is worth 215 million pounds, a phenomenal amount of money earned in any arena, never mind the fickle world of art.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">11. Do you think that there are any art movements now?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I actually don't know - we could be in a post- this or a pre-that - it is difficult to know what we are in the middle of whilst we are in the middle of it - if you understand what I'm trying to explain ;-)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></b>12. Do you think kids should get grants to decorate subways?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Absolutely - Graffiti Art is a recognised genre so why not? It gives kids something positive to do and an asset to their communities. Human beings have decorated their environments since Stone Age times - what's different now? In the UK, there is one very famous Graffiti artist who resides in Bristol where he has created many of his works. His name is Banksy ('google' him) but no-one knows who Banksy actually is. He has been able to remain anonymous, protected by the arts community. He had a sell-out exhibition at The Bristol Art Museum and it was kept under-wraps until its opening. Only the Head Curator knew anything about it - what a great idea!!!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">13. Have you or anyone you know been involved in street art?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The answer is 'No' ;-) </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The first ring that I ever made - <br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">14. Do you ever think about politics? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Very frequently - it's very hard not to follow politics when I listen to or watch the news and political issues headline every programme. I just wish that here in the UK, we had one party not a coalition party. I just wish that politicians could be honest to their electorate.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">15. What is your favorite color?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>I can never decide - white, black, grey or red - yep, those will do.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">16. Do you do all your own work, or do you have people working for you?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>All my work is done by my own fair hand :-)</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-79821178041960516972011-05-13T13:48:00.003-04:002011-05-13T13:53:19.925-04:00The Interview as Art<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8FjeTiIX5XED1JJ96zqGAa9SbOj0a8jUDWkDuBxY-DeTLup0KyFOclgPQCwzxEVXUpV6GSjD9cN8hURaeXvQhMj2zJW-oYjKZhbsSdJDDtWRwRicKGYMgcYasc1cDOYcsNGdNcp7fUY/s1600/Photo+436.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8FjeTiIX5XED1JJ96zqGAa9SbOj0a8jUDWkDuBxY-DeTLup0KyFOclgPQCwzxEVXUpV6GSjD9cN8hURaeXvQhMj2zJW-oYjKZhbsSdJDDtWRwRicKGYMgcYasc1cDOYcsNGdNcp7fUY/s320/Photo+436.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
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</tbody></table><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Evelyn Markasky</span></b><br />
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<ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: ArialMT;"> 1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>The first thing I remember doing was probably when I was about 7? I would tape long pieces of paper together, 2 or 3 pages, and then draw a house on the front sheet. The front sheet would have doors and cabinets that I would cut so that they would open and then I’d draw what was inside the cabinet on the sheet of paper under that one.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Oh, I was a bad teenager. For fun we would go hang out at MacDonald’s with a 6-pack of beer and chain smoke. My friend's grandfather owned a corner store and we would sneak out cigarettes and beer and wine, because of course we weren’t old enough to buy them. Popular favorites were Boones Farm and Ripple, when I was in college we discovered Mad Dog 20/20. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I was 16. My first job was as a telephone solicitor, selling magazines. That lasted about a week, then I got another job with my friend, Dennise, as telephone solicitors selling photo packages for Olan Mills. That lasted about 2 weeks. My best job was selling candy and popcorn at the Newport Theatre. We got to see movies for free.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Other than the paper houses, probably a collage I did when I was in college in the privacy of my basement. I spilled my life onto it. It was very emotional. My mistake was showing it to my art teachers. They didn’t like and weren’t afraid to say so. Of course me and my friend, Nancy, balanced things out a bit when we did independent studies and told them we were going to do a conceptual art piece and lock ourselves in the bathroom in the art department every Wednesday and record our conversations as art. We used to have a comedy act and we did lock ourselves in the bathroom each week so we could write our show. I think we got an 'A.'<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="5" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Who was the first artist to influence you?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ol start="6" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Vincent Price, Cary Grant, Robert Dinero, Jack Nicholson, Ingrid Bergman, Shirley Temple</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b> When I was little I would build forts in the living room with blankets and chairs and watch Queen for a Day and Loretta Young Theater. I also liked The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, The Twilight Zone and of course the westerns; Sugar Foot, Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Bonanza…</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</ol><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><b> Maybe a little. Depends on where it’s located.<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><br />
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</div><ol start="11" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you think that there are any art movements now?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/4814530822/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="RAD #182 & #183 7/19 & 20/10 by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="RAD #182 & #183 7/19 & 20/10" height="184" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4814530822_8f7e2015ac_z.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copper and Ruby... uh I mean Sucret</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"></span>I think that the internet has leveled the playing field for the arts and music. You don’t have to be in a gallery to be seen or successful. We are free to chose what we want to do and art is very diverse now. We can all be artists and be successful no matter where we live or how many children we have. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Also, I love the turn in the last decade to using non-traditional materials for jewelry. I never related that well to precious metals and precious gems. </b><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</div><ol start="12" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you think kids should get grants to decorate subways? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Yes. I think teenagers need more legal creative outlets where they can express themselves and what they are going through without being judged all the time. We need to stop being afraid of teenagers.</b></span></li>
</ol><ol start="13" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Have you or anyone you know been involved in street art?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47468265@N02/4692079112/" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="ucla_live_painting by lannymarkasky, on Flickr"><img alt="ucla_live_painting" height="150" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1303/4692079112_84c5e09578_z.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is one of my son's paintings<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/47468265@%20N02/4692079112/in/set-72157624254649374/">UCLA live painting</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>When I was in high school there was someone (or more than 1 person, we never really found out who did it) that wrote Joe/Val all over town. It was very influential. They were kind of a legend. I never did graffiti myself other than chalk on the sidewalk for hopscotch, but my son became a graffiti artist in high school. Unfortunately, he got caught (twice) and that ended his career (at least that’s what I like to think) He got caught doing graffiti on a wall miles long next to some railroad tracks that was covered (for miles) with graffiti.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="14" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you ever think about politics?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>No, only when it’s thrown in my face.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="15" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">What is your favorite color?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Turquoise</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><ol start="16" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you do all your own work, or do you have people working for you?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I do it all myself, although it would be nice to have some to at least clean my house or do my yard work. Those are not my strong points.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="17" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you have an interest in films or video?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" height="289" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=dd6c87945d&photo_id=5545623915"></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=dd6c87945d&photo_id=5545623915" height="289" width="400"></embed></object></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"></span>Yes. When I was in college me and my friends made many many movies. We used super 8 cameras that would take film that only lasted 3 minutes. Actually 3 minutes was usually enough! I would love to do some video now, I just haven’t had the time to pursue it.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><ol start="18" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">What kind of toys do you have?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Hmmm, pick-up sticks, dominoes, dolls, Pokey, Rubics Cube….</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="19" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you have any habits you’d like to kick?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b> Eating too much.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="20" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">What do you do when you’re not working?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I like to read or watch scary movies. My husband doesn’t like scary movies so I have to watch them when he’s not home. I also really like low budget scary movies. </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="21" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you play any games?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Me and my husband have a standing Parcheesi challenge. We’re playing to see who will win 25 games first. I’m winning so far. We’ve had this going for about 15 years. We don’t play very often. I also play bocce ball sometimes and we have a washer pit in our back yard. Washers is like horse shoes only you use large washers and try to get them in the cup.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="22" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">How old were you when you got your driver’s license and is there a story attached to it?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b> I was 16 and the day before I went to take the test, my parents went on vacation for 2 weeks. Probably wasn’t a good idea to leave a 16 year old with a new driver’s license AND a car, especially one that was a very bad teenager! </b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="23" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up (most of the time.)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I think if I could do it how I wanted, I’d probably stay up till about 3 or 4am and get up around 11am. So my compromise is I usually go to bed around 1 or 1:30am and get up around 9:30am. I am not really a morning person. I hate to go to bed at night.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="24" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">How much time do you spend on the computer? <b>As much as I possibly can.</b><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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</div><ol start="25" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you watch TV, (if so, what are your favorites?)<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/5655661255/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="TADA #113/365 4/25/11 by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA #113/365 4/25/11" height="171" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5142/5655661255_4ce6811529_z.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.artfulvision.com/Earrings-Royal-Crowns-Copper-Enamel.html">http://www.artfulvision.com/Earrings-Royal-Crowns-Copper-Enamel.html</a><br />
<a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/72892122/earrings-royal-crowns-copper-enamel">http://www.etsy.com/listing/72892122/earrings-royal-crowns-copper-enamel</a></td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"></span>I love TV. I tend to watch old situation comedies, like I Love Lucy, My Name is Earl, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond… new stuff – Raising Hope, Bones, and sorry, but I am an American Idol fan! James Durbin is from Santa Cruz! Oh, yea and you probably already know I watched the Royal Wedding! I love pop culture!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
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</div><ol start="26" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">What do you eat?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I like to eat the same things all the time. If I could, I would eat the same thing every day. I like sautéed vegetables, fish, hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, although I am trying to cut back on those last 3. I like to cook, (not every day) and I make soup a lot, beans, rice…</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="27" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you believe in flying saucers?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Of course! You’ll have to hear those stories another time.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="28" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you believe in magic?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/5545659837/" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="TADA #78/365 3/20/11 by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA #78/365 3/20/11" height="200" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5014/5545659837_650e9ceb8b_z.jpg" width="197" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fold Form Ring Colored with heat & Prisma colors</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"></span>Y<b>es! Bending, folding, coloring metal is magic!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="29" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">29. Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>No. I am extremely paranoid and strongly believe in conspiracy theories!!</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="30" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">30. Do you look in the mirror when you get up?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>Yes, and I look pretty good as long as I don’t put my glasses on. It’s like having one of those special fuzzy lenses they use on old movies stars. <o:p></o:p></b></span><br />
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</div><ol start="31" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: list .5in; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you think the world can be saved?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b>I think the world has been around for a long time and gone through many different types of things. I don’t think we have that much power that we can save or destroy something so much bigger than ourselves, we can only continue to do what we think is the right thing, and I guess that may be different for each of us.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"><br />
</div><ol start="32" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1"><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: ArialMT;">Do you think there should be censorship? <o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ol><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/markasky/5711932395/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="RAW #18/52 TADA #125/365 5/7/11 by markasky, on Flickr"><img alt="RAW #18/52 TADA #125/365 5/7/11" height="200" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/5711932395_e0a694d6d2_z.jpg" width="189" /></a><span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"></span>Only if we can trust who is doing the censoring.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica-Bold; font-size: 13pt;"><b>From Wikipedia: Censorship</b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13pt;"><b> is the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><br />
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</a>Evelyn Markaskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868555819515270916noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2124406776749720164.post-50696838097655557882011-05-06T01:58:00.000-04:002011-05-06T01:58:27.789-04:00The Interview as Art<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times;"></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ponsawan Sila</span></b></span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">1. What was your first work of art and how old were you?</span><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Must be when I was in 2nd Grade and attended a new school. We had Art class and I got 10/10 for my first drawing. I was thrilled.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">2. What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Growing up in Boarding school, I spent most of my time with friends, lots of them, from morning till night. We slept in the same room - with 50 girls, so it was like having slumber party every night.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">3. What and when was your first job?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>We are not allowed to have a job while going to school. This is in Thailand. My first job was after graduating from college with a degree in Architecture. So I was an Architect.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4. What was your first work that really pleased you as an artist?</span></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerclaybeads/4883258624/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="RAD 8-11-10, 186/365 by polymerclaybeads, on Flickr"><img alt="RAD 8-11-10, 186/365" height="111" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4114/4883258624_f040fea940_b.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Because I love the drawing board, I love drafting and drawing all those buildings.</b></span><br />
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</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">5. Who was the first artist to influence you?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>My brother. He had a drawing on every page of his text book. I guess he must have gotten bored in class. He went on to get a Fine Art degree.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">6. Who were your favorite movie stars growing up?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>David Cassidy.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">7. What were your favorite TV shows growing up?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Growing up in Thailand, who would have thought I watched the same TV shows as kids in the US. So, I watched everything; Gunsmoke, Leave it to Beaver, I love Lucy, to name a few.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">8. Has your work gone up in price compared to when you first started?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not really. I am not famous yet.</b></span><br />
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</b></span></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerclaybeads/5510428713/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="TADA365-67 by polymerclaybeads, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA365-67" height="112" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/5510428713_cb9661c756_b.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">9. Where do you get your ideas?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Being an Architect, I was trained to be creative, to always come up with ideas and new concepts, and, of course, I borrowed the ideas from famous artist and designers from time to time.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">10. Who do you think is the best business artist in the world?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Those who were dead and their works became desirable.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">11. Do you think that there are any art movements now?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not in the US, but the rest of the world where, unlike our government, their government supports the arts. Our US govenment keeps cutting funding for Arts and some schools had to cut Art programs. The future is not so bright here. With internet, the artist can share their ideas with the rest of the world. Art can be done on the computer, fast and acurate and in volume. The idea of "One of a Kind" is dying.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">12. Do you think kids should get grants to decorate subways?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Of course, that would be wonderful.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">13. Have you or anyone you know been involved in street art?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nope.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">14. Do you ever think about politics?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All the time. I worry about my kids' future. Young people should pay attention to Politics. I make sure my children vote for Democrats. LOL</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">15. What is your favorite color?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Red</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">16. Do you do all your own work, or do you have people working for you?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All on my own two hands and I have finger prints to prove it, too.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">17. Do you have an interest in films or video?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Not really.</b></span></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerclaybeads/5472365482/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="TADA365-54 by polymerclaybeads, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA365-54" height="151" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5472365482_b34ac57c46_b.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">18. What kind of toys do you have?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Give me a paper and pencil, I can play all day.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">19. Do you have any habits you’d like to kick?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Thinking too much. No, I am perfect the way I am.</b></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerclaybeads/5307941073/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title="RAD 12-30-10, 364/365 by polymerclaybeads, on Flickr"><img alt="RAD 12-30-10, 364/365" height="320" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5042/5307941073_7bc96aab83_b.jpg" width="202" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-family: Times; font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">20. What do you do when you’re not working?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I take care of my daughter.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">21. Do you play any games?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Some easy games on iPad.</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b> </b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"></span><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">22. How old were you when you got your driver’s license and is there a story attached to it?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ah-ha. I got my driver's license when I was 30. Again, growing up I had no need to drive, we had a chauffeur. Later on my mom, my brother, my boyfriend drove me everywhere I wanted to go. After I decided to stay and live in the US, it became necessary to learn how to drive, so I did. I slid on Black ice and totaled the car within a week, then drove without license for a few years because I was an Illigal Alien and can't get a driver's license. And I failed the written test 3 times.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">23. What time do you go to bed and what time do you get up (most of the time.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Go to bed before midnight and up at 8. Not my choice, it's Ada's time. I would stay up all night if I could. It is nice and quiet and I can hear me think.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">24. How much time do you spend on the computer?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All the time.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">25. Do you watch TV, (if so, what are your favorites?)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Yes, tv is on all day. I like "Iron chef" but Ada prefers "Sponge Bob Square-pants."</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">26. What do you eat?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I will eat everything that doesn't move on my plate, but just became a vegetarian a few months ago. Love it.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">27. Do you believe in flying saucers?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No, but won't rule that out.</b></span></div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/polymerclaybeads/5626206284/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="TADA365-106 by polymerclaybeads, on Flickr"><img alt="TADA365-106" height="112" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5626206284_2d78f24b48_b.jpg" width="200" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">28. Do you believe in magic?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No, but won't rule that out either.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">29. Do you think Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>No.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">30. Do you look in the mirror when you get up?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Nope. We still haven't put up the mirror in Ada's bathroom. FYI, I sleep in her room. I don't really care much about how I look, it is the inside that shines through.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">31. Do you think the world can be saved?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I think so, I hope so.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b><br />
</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">32. Do you think there should be censorship?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Yes, for the sake of young people who believe in everything they've seen and told and think that everything is real.</b></span><br />
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