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Lemme see... I have some space to fill, so I'll show you a couple of things from school. I'm working on a site that will have a lot more of the things I am doing at school, in workshops, and on my own. In fact, I got extra credit in one of my classes for putting up my final projects in web site form and I will continue from there. Meanwhile, here's a couple of project from the art workshop in San Diego, Birthing the Crone Aging into Full Creativity. I'm also working on a website for the stuff produced by the people attending at the workshops through the summer. I would like to put up a photo of LimeyV's project but she's not home, so I don't have her permission yet.
This is a kind of mask-looking sculpture or assemblage or something. It's made of a hunk of a palm frond, some dried seaweed stuff, some dried bougainvillea blossoms, a long, skinny fabric scrap from something, a piece of copper foil, and some twine. At the workshops, Helen Redman, the director, has tons of "stuff," all neatly categorized, and you can just choose whatever appeals to you and make something out of it. If you have any "stuff" you would like to donate, let me know because I will need a lot of it to do similar expressive art workshops at the senior centers. If you are interested in these workshops, email Redcrone and tell her I sent you.
This is not a very good photo... it's another collage/assemblage called "Deer Medicine."
Here's a better photo with the detail of that one. It has not been mounted or framed yet. A friend from school, Catherine Matsumura, has done two lovely, tiny Kanji pieces that I will add in the two "blank" green squares..
This one is made of paper from a wallpaper book, handmade paper scraps, scraps from torn up gouache paintings, pieces of canvas torn from scrap from a discarded oil painting, glitter, an old earring, some raffia, and a twig that was on the floor. I was making every effort NOT to plan... and to just pick whatever appealed to me and then put it together to make something.
This is something I don't normally do on these pages, but it is something dear to my Quaker heart... and I'm continuing it this month... just in case anyone missed it last time.
HELP NEEDED! F/friend Tony Baldwin of the New London Friends Meeting in Waterford, Connecticut, has mounted an effort to save and repair a piece of history the New London Friends Meetinghouse. You can see a photo of the Meetinghouse at that link. This is a very small, unprogrammed meeting with limited resources and the Meetinghouse needs over $60,000 worth of repairs. It would be a great loss to Quakers and to history in general to lose this wonderful structure. Tony is an artist and has made some nice things that are being sold to raise funds. For a very reasonable price, starting at $5, you can get something nice for yourself and/or other f/Friends and help the Meeting at the same time. Please click on the banner below to see what nice things are offered there. And please share his site with everyone you know! Peace is important. This building is important. History is important. And so is loving and helping our f/Friends. |
Well, that was the end of the pictures this time. Sure was fun sharing them with you all and we hope to have YOU with us next time!
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This link will take you to the SeniorNet (Web) Newsletter from SeniorNet on the web. Char works really hard on this site and you will find a lot of fun stuff there, including lots of photos of people from all over the world who chat in the ChatterBox.
VistaGal's site is always very nice and very well done. VistaGal's Seniors Photo Gallery
Another great site to visit for pictures of senior gatherings is Warren88's site. Warren is one of the best cheerleaders for gatherings you ever saw. He and his wife, Roberta, winter in Mesa, AZ, and summer in Rockford, IL, and he sure keeps the seniors entertained a lot in both locations, with luncheons, breakfasts, and all sorts of fun. Warren's site includes pictures of chatters from SeniorNet, Sixty Is Something, AARP, and others and he loves meeting new friends.
And still another great site is Marilyn's Place, which has hundreds of pictures of AARP chatters, gatherings, etc. That link is to her alphabetical index of photos.
If you have other great sites for pictures of our senior pals, give me a holler! I'd love to be able to share them here.