day 407

 hello number 31

day 406

hello number 30. What power, what light lies within? How can we re-imagine ourselves, our planet, our universe?

day 405

hello 29. As she emerges we build a new way of being.

day 404

hello number 28

day 403

hello number 27. This one seems to enter a whole new mystical space. Nice one, divine mother!

day 402

hello number 26

day 401

hello number 25 and suddenly my little 5x5 format seems too small.

day 400

Like the rest of the universe, she lies within & without, she creates & destroys, she shades & illuminates. hello number 24.

day 399

Her colors are many. Her path leads..right here! hello number 23

day 398

hello number 22

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hello number 21

day 396

hello number 20

day 395

hello number 19

day 394

What if the Earth is a living being that supports each and every one of us in our livelihood, our well-being, and the manifestation of our dreams?...hello number 18.

day 393

hello number 17

day 392

hello number 16. new color, new life, new machinery.

day 391

Hello number 15. I see creating, destroying, illumination, and new emergence. No sense hanging on to that which is being forged into the new.

day 390 : Collage-A-Day Traveling Roadshow collaborates with the Young Stracke All-Stars

Guess who's suddenly an art teacher? 

Much to my delight, I was invited to meet with The Young Stracke All-Stars on Sunday to lead a workshop involving collage. The YSA's are a group of motivated and dedicated 9-13 year old musicians led by motivated and dedicated teacher and musician, Jason McInnes. 

To get the creativity flowing from the get go, I brought along the collaborative collage that has graced the walls of the c-a-d 6 month and 12 month celebrations. The YSA's dove right in a-cuttin' and a-pastin'.

The YSA's alternately engaged in collagery, and, under Jason's gentle and empowering guidance, moved chairs, set up tables, and generally took ownership of the gathering.

We came together around the table. Each participant showed bravery, leadership, and support by rating their day from 1-10, describing why s/he chose that number, choosing the next speaker, and listening. Then I led a brief meditation on "Your Unique Creativity". We each got to make a collage based on the experience. The All-stars' task was to decorate folders for keeping their music and papers organized. Here is the gang at play.

We cleaned up, displayed our work, and took a walk around the table to view each piece. We had a few minutes to share our experience and talk about our work. I forgot to photograph the finished pieces! But here is a scan of "my unique creativity". One word that came up to describe my creativity during my visualization was "dynamic".

And here is the on-going collaborative collage in it's latest incarnation. There is scarcely room to add on to it.

Finally, I like to have participants list adjectives to describe their states of being as they contribute to the collaborative collage. The Young Stracke All-Stars described their states of being thusly: excited, happy, attentive, sugary, thirsty.

day 389

hello number 14. Her power collaborates with our own to create that which is radiant, sparkling, blossoming, emergent, earthy, and enduring.

The one and only felt collage-making kit

Today is my beloved's birthday. For each of my c-a-d parties my darling one installed an interactive sound collage using computer applications designed by Brian Eno. You see a shape, pull it onto the screen and that alters both the visual landscape and the sound loops. Last night I devised a special gift inspired by Eno's interactive sound apps: an oversized interactive collage. There is no sound involved, but there are a variety of pre-cut shapes to put on the blank background in ever-changing combinations.

I choose colors that match his office space because his work area could use a little decor. I see this simple game as an invitation for my betrothed and his workmates to step out of effort and into creative and collaborative play for a moment or two.

Below you see the natal celebrant facing the blank canvas for the first time.

And finally, the first collaborative work of play by T & G.

All in all, it was a nice way to start the day.

day 388

Hello number 13. There is a rebirth that happens. When she emerges, renewed, and the old machinery falls away, a grand new space of life and growth opens up before her, before us all.

Collage-A-Day at Other Brother

Excerpts from Collage-A-Day travel to the Other Brother coffee shop! The Other Brother is on Chicago Ave. in Evanston. The folks there are quite kind and helpful, the coffee is very good, and they have donuts from Bennison's. This show displays two collages from each month of the year-long project and there are prints for sale behind the counter. I like how tidy and organized everything looks. A fair amount of sweat and concern were involved. The show will be up 'til I don't know when...end of February? Beginning of March? Just a short while at any rate, come have a look-see.

day 387

Today's collage is not a hello from the Divine Mother. But it is a little something I whipped up in preparation for hanging a new c-a-d show at The Other Brother coffee shop in Evanston. The show is not up yet, but I'll keep you informed so you can swing on by and take a gander. I do still have a show up at The Grind in Chicago if you are jonesing for some collagery and coffee.

day 386

hello number 12

day 385

hello #11

day 384

hello number ten from the divine feminine is blue and floaty and reflective.

day 383

let's dance. hello number nine from the divine feminine.

day 382

hello number eight from the illuminatrix

day 381

emerging from the surging-hello number 7

day 380

hello number 6

day 379

wood and earth
hands and feet
mother earthy
hello number 5

day 378

hello number four.  what's she saying?