Thoughts of Spring

If you've never been thrilled to the very edges of your soul by a flower in spring bloom, maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
~ Audra Foveo

Horizons

You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
~ Ethel Barrymore

Principal's Honor Roll

I'm going to brag a little today. I subbed in B's class on Friday and got to see her get an award for making the Principal's Honor Roll - g.p.a. of 3.5 or better. This is all her motivation to do her best. I'm very proud of her.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
~ Abraham Lincoln

Improv Everywhere

I know this isn't a photo but this is such a great video. I love how this group exists just to bring joy to people's lives.

More of me comes out when I improvise.
~ Edward Hopper

Steel

I took this at the art walk at the Brewery the other day so I thought I would post it. I have also posted some new pieces over on Etsy so go check them out!

The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of time.
~ Henry David Thoreau

Pink

Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone's eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.
~ Gladys Taber

Brewery Art Walk

I took the kids to the Brewery Art Walk yesterday. It was so cool to see how all these artists live and work in downtown LA. Some of the lofts were just unbelievable. My favorite, though, belonged to an artist named Dave Lefner. He uses his own photography to make reduction linocuts (you'll have to look that up yourself) which is a fascinating process. His loft was just wonderful though. This is a shot of his kitchen. I loved how instead of a wall he has old framed windows. So cool.

Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it exist by observing it. I call it "creative observation." Creative viewing.
~ William S. Burroughs: