Illustration Friday: Dreams
Posted on | September 1, 2005 | 13 Comments
Like Icarus, the city underwater has dreams of flight.
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35 before 35 (A list of things I am attempting this year):
1.Walk a slack line
2. Shoot a double exposure series with my holga
3. Learn to develop film in a dark room
4. Watch: Darjeeling Limited, and The Artist
5. A successful, joyful, profitable New England book tour.
6. Teach an e-course or workshop.
7. Explore the process of screen printing.
8. Paint with encaustic.
9. Run a 5K in 25 minutes.
10. Watch the sun rise from the top of a mountain.
11. Write 5 short essays or stories.
12. Host a interview series on my blog.
13. Spark curiosity.
14. Read: Contents May Have Shifted, and A Visit from the Goon Squad, and The Lover’s Dictionary.
15. Do one tiny creative act every day + keep a record.
16. Hear Elizabeth Strout read her work.
17. Buy flowers for myself. Especially pink peonies.
18. Do another small art tag sale.
19. Launch my new website.
20. Give unexpected presents.
21. Collect pretty plates.
22. Yoga. Do more of it.
23. Leave the country.
24.Paint a corner of my house aquamarine.
25. Say no to things that don’t ignite joy, spark creative potential, or fill my well.
26. Paint the rooster series.
27. Start trends, make waves, and create opportunities.
28. Teach Clover to heel.
29. Paint the large-scale canvases I’ve had in my studio for 3 years.
30. Make time to just be quiet every day.
31. Call my sisters regularly
32. Attend TEDx.
33. Throw a set of bowls on a potters wheel.
34. Ride the State of VT
35. Rock climb again.
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September 2nd, 2005 @ 12:08 am
what is icarus? its interesting painting
September 2nd, 2005 @ 1:39 am
what an incredible collage…such wonderful elements, it really is a dreamland…and so many of us have had “icarus” elements to our dreams, very relatable
cheers,
kerry
September 2nd, 2005 @ 2:23 am
Incredible work. I love the imagery and the colors you chose.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 3:24 am
wow, I love this work,it is really “dreamy”,see you next week!!
September 2nd, 2005 @ 4:46 am
beautiful painting!
September 2nd, 2005 @ 5:11 am
SO powerful. And it illustrates so perfectly what is going on.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 7:03 am
oh that’s beautiful. beautiful.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 11:35 am
It’s perfect. What a remarkable way to make your feelings tangible.
September 2nd, 2005 @ 2:54 pm
This is your artwork? Wow. That is awesome…
September 2nd, 2005 @ 3:05 pm
You are all so absolutely wonderful! Thanks for all the comments. They inspire me to do more art!
September 2nd, 2005 @ 11:40 pm
Something about this reminds me of a Chagall painting…the colors, the forms. Maybe I should commission you to paint the piece that I’m looking for, to hang above my bed (see my comment on IIOHARV)
September 3rd, 2005 @ 8:53 am
Wow, this is beautiful. And very powerful indeed.
September 30th, 2006 @ 3:05 pm
[...] ove the clouds. Something about it still feels risky to me; I can’t help thinking of Icarus falling in flight away from the heat of the sun. It will always feel brave [...]