Tag: creativity
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Red Hot & Other Art
Red Hot, paper collage, 2023 I’ve been working with new materials lately, including some 1960’s McCall’s magazines, some antique Italian architecture magazines, and Taschen’s 1000 Pin-up Girls. That’s where most of these collages come from…at least in part. The pin-ups, especially, are a lot of fun to work with; so, you can expect to see…
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Beach Babe & Other Art
Beach Babe, paper collage, 2023 For the past few weeks, I’ve been going through something of a low creativity phase. I’ve still been creating…just not as much as I normally do. The hardest part of low creativity phases for me is giving myself the freedom not to create, choosing to respect the natural “ebbs and…
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The Wanderer & Other Art
The Wanderer, paper collage, 2023 Here are some new experiments in collage art. As always, I’ve included music to pair with this collection. I hope you enjoy.
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Play State
Run Free, paper collage, 2023 After I published my last post, On Play, there were some lingering questions I wanted to answer about the ways in which my thoughts and subjective experiences regarding play relate to current concepts in the psychology of creativity. Chief among those questions was, “What about flow state?” Specifically, how is…
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On Play
Daydreamer, paper collage, 2022 The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. C. G. Jung It is my opinion that play is one of the most undervalued and underestimated aspects of creativity, especially in adults, and in particular with regard to its role…
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Little Reminders
Little Reminders No. 1, paper collage, 2023 poetry is a walking meditation in a word: mayhem being: a laundromat of syllables nonbeing: the unspeakable tragedy of a misplaced sock to laugh, or not to laugh to close my eyes and seek the proofs of living a full moon, obscene as an overripe fruit a metaphor…
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Sailing & Other Art
Sailing, paper collage, 2023 Here are some fresh experiments in collage art. I am very much back in my “happy place” now that I’ve gotten new materials. Although, I have to say there’s something enjoyable about the challenge of working with scraps, found postcards, and other odd bits of vintage paper that I wouldn’t normally…
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Anna & Other Art
Anna, paper collage, 2023 Here are some new experiments in collage art. For the past week, I’ve been feeling rather frustrated with my collage practice. I’ve been uninspired. I’ve been forcing things. I found myself unable to play as freely as usual. All of which are strong indicators to me that I need new materials.…
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What Are You Waiting For?
Orange Fields Are Forever, paper collage, 2023 there’s a time to be earthysensual, like a bellto beat hammers on the moon and grab at a crust of lightning with both handsthat, someone whispers, isthe essence of poetrya never-ending springtime of unanswerable questionsthe premise of our selvesdrifting through unopened windowsand marching home to scrub the dishes…
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Greatest Hits: A Collection of Art and Music
If the Sky Was Made of Oranges, paper collage, 2021 If you’ve been reading this blog for awhile, you probably know how much I enjoy pairing my collage art with music. I typically share one song per post, or 8-10 collages. But, I’ve been thinking for some time now that I’d like to create a…
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