First, some good news: I had a layout I love picked up by Scrapbook Trends! Yay! Always nice to get good news like that! Now, on with the rest…
For Project Fifty-Two, a layout this week. This is a hybrid layout using paper and a template from Nicole Seitler of Sugarplum Paperie. The photos, patterned paper behind them, and the little strip of orange are all digital. The cardstock, blue paper, stitching, title, and journaling are all "real" supplies.
But, my big thought of the day comes from my recent visit to MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) here in NYC. I dropped in on Monday evening because I had some time to kill and stumbled into the new exhibit of Marlene Dumas' work. I was absolutely blown away! I happen to really like German Expressionist painting – she's not a German Expressionist – but her work is somewhat reminiscent of that style: brush strokes filled with energy, dark imagery, a sense of humor mixed with seedy reality, offbeat portraiture, etc.. I really liked it. I want to go back and see it a few more times.
MoMA has this really cool thing where you can listen to audio about some of the work on your cell phone! There was a large collage in the exhibit, called "Don't Talk to Strangers." I listened to the audio, which was Marlene Dumas talking about that phrase, and was struck by what she said. I'm going to paraphrase, but essentially she said that she and a boyfriend were arguing in a cafe when the waiter came by. She started to explain the argument to the waiter and her boyfriend chided her for always talking to strangers about everything. And she countered with the thought that what she does as an artist *is* just that. She takes creates something private and personal (her art) and then shows it to strangers.
Hmmmm….
Isn't that what sharing our scrapbook pages is? What blogging is? What Facebook is?
I'm not quite sure what to do with these thoughts. Or even that I need to do anything with these thoughts. It's all kind of rattling in my brain. Something about the nature of art and the intersection of craft and art and where scrapbooking fits in all that. What do you think?
congrats on the layout!!!!
congrats on the layout!!!!
congrats on the layout!!!!
congrats on the layout!!!!
WOW Congrats!
Love your layout!!
WOW Congrats!
Love your layout!!
WOW Congrats!
Love your layout!!
WOW Congrats!
Love your layout!!
Intriguing 🙂 Everything’s so much easier on the net/not actually looking at the other person face to face/seeing them, but yeah, essentially it’s the same I guess. Imagine if you could walk into a talkbooth on the street separated by walls and just talk…like the Chatolic confession…..hmhm…. okok I get weird ideas now :p Thanks for sharing and yay on ST! 😀
Intriguing 🙂 Everything’s so much easier on the net/not actually looking at the other person face to face/seeing them, but yeah, essentially it’s the same I guess. Imagine if you could walk into a talkbooth on the street separated by walls and just talk…like the Chatolic confession…..hmhm…. okok I get weird ideas now :p Thanks for sharing and yay on ST! 😀
Intriguing 🙂 Everything’s so much easier on the net/not actually looking at the other person face to face/seeing them, but yeah, essentially it’s the same I guess. Imagine if you could walk into a talkbooth on the street separated by walls and just talk…like the Chatolic confession…..hmhm…. okok I get weird ideas now :p Thanks for sharing and yay on ST! 😀
Intriguing 🙂 Everything’s so much easier on the net/not actually looking at the other person face to face/seeing them, but yeah, essentially it’s the same I guess. Imagine if you could walk into a talkbooth on the street separated by walls and just talk…like the Chatolic confession…..hmhm…. okok I get weird ideas now :p Thanks for sharing and yay on ST! 😀
Sharing art is one thing.
Involving a waiter/stranger in a live argument? Not the same.
Sharing art is one thing.
Involving a waiter/stranger in a live argument? Not the same.
Sharing art is one thing.
Involving a waiter/stranger in a live argument? Not the same.
Sharing art is one thing.
Involving a waiter/stranger in a live argument? Not the same.
There’s actually been quite a few good programs on NPR about this very topic as of late…I’m sure they’re available in their archives.
Congrats on the LO too!
Jen
There’s actually been quite a few good programs on NPR about this very topic as of late…I’m sure they’re available in their archives.
Congrats on the LO too!
Jen
There’s actually been quite a few good programs on NPR about this very topic as of late…I’m sure they’re available in their archives.
Congrats on the LO too!
Jen
There’s actually been quite a few good programs on NPR about this very topic as of late…I’m sure they’re available in their archives.
Congrats on the LO too!
Jen
mmmhh – interesting thought – but I guess it is a bit more interesting when talking to a real person – even though a stranger – to see the reactions etc.
Congratulations on the Pub – so cool!
mmmhh – interesting thought – but I guess it is a bit more interesting when talking to a real person – even though a stranger – to see the reactions etc.
Congratulations on the Pub – so cool!
mmmhh – interesting thought – but I guess it is a bit more interesting when talking to a real person – even though a stranger – to see the reactions etc.
Congratulations on the Pub – so cool!
mmmhh – interesting thought – but I guess it is a bit more interesting when talking to a real person – even though a stranger – to see the reactions etc.
Congratulations on the Pub – so cool!
Some of my LO’s are personal and I share them with folks that I’m comfortable with (which of course becomes many scrappers that I’m sitting next to or chatting with online). The quick way that we seem to trust and share with each other is one of the things that I love about this adventure called scrapping. I’m less connected to the “art world” but I find that art talk usually centers around the piece and less around the story (in my limited experience). Involving a stranger into the discussion is not something to be done in a private argument, but something that I would do if the topic was interesting (but not so personal). I’ll have to give this more thought Julie:)
Some of my LO’s are personal and I share them with folks that I’m comfortable with (which of course becomes many scrappers that I’m sitting next to or chatting with online). The quick way that we seem to trust and share with each other is one of the things that I love about this adventure called scrapping. I’m less connected to the “art world” but I find that art talk usually centers around the piece and less around the story (in my limited experience). Involving a stranger into the discussion is not something to be done in a private argument, but something that I would do if the topic was interesting (but not so personal). I’ll have to give this more thought Julie:)
Some of my LO’s are personal and I share them with folks that I’m comfortable with (which of course becomes many scrappers that I’m sitting next to or chatting with online). The quick way that we seem to trust and share with each other is one of the things that I love about this adventure called scrapping. I’m less connected to the “art world” but I find that art talk usually centers around the piece and less around the story (in my limited experience). Involving a stranger into the discussion is not something to be done in a private argument, but something that I would do if the topic was interesting (but not so personal). I’ll have to give this more thought Julie:)
Some of my LO’s are personal and I share them with folks that I’m comfortable with (which of course becomes many scrappers that I’m sitting next to or chatting with online). The quick way that we seem to trust and share with each other is one of the things that I love about this adventure called scrapping. I’m less connected to the “art world” but I find that art talk usually centers around the piece and less around the story (in my limited experience). Involving a stranger into the discussion is not something to be done in a private argument, but something that I would do if the topic was interesting (but not so personal). I’ll have to give this more thought Julie:)