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The Home and Garden show was a wonderful experience. I met so many great people! Thought you'd like to see pictures of my booth... Lots of requests for classes, so stay tuned...I'll be putting classes together soon!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Back from the show
The Home and Garden show was a wonderful experience. I met so many great people! Thought you'd like to see pictures of my booth... Lots of requests for classes, so stay tuned...I'll be putting classes together soon!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Affirmations Quilt
Monday, February 23, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Its Here: Dogwood Arts Home and Garden show
Tomorrow is the Dogwood Arts House & Garden show. Wish me luck!!! I will have live demonstrations during the show. I will also be selling my works. Please come by. I'd appreciate your support! Dates: Feb. 20-22, 2009 Knoxville Convention CenterMonday, February 16, 2009
Class Schedule: Intentional Art
I am happy to announce an opportunity for you to work like I work. I love to take an idea and expand on it through variations over a period of time. I find this process to be very fulfilling and highly creative, freeing and pleasurable. I want my students to experience this for themselves. Support your soul and enrich your spirit by expanding your vision over time. I am offering a unique series of art classes that are designed to enable you to maximize your creative experience by building on your skills from week to week. Add a new skill set each week as you grow in an upbeat, supportive environment. If you are unable to commit for all 4 weeks, please join us anyways, as each class can also stand alone for a more condensed art experience.
Where: All classes are held at Migun-TN (in Farragut by Fresh Market) on Wednesdays from 11-1.
Classes:
Journal making 3/4, 3/11, 3/18, 3/25
Dream Catchers 4/1, 4/8, 4/15, 4/22, 4/29
Mandalas 5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27
Price: $35 per class
Special: $25 per class when you register with a friend or when you register and prepay for 4 sessions.
E-mail me at Bailey@BaileyFiberArt.com to register.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Guest Blogger: Mel Edwards
For me, art is not an optional choice, it is essential to my personal truth. To deny my creativity is to state that who and what I am is not valued in the world. When I uphold my art, I am validating myself, even when others do not see or hear my creations.
I've had the honor of interviewing nearly 100 artist in the last seven months and my statements above resonate with the stories each of them has shared with me. I believe we're all creators and all have something to share with the world. Oh sure, you'll meet someone who says, "I don't have a creative bone in my body," but they're parents, or whip of dinner every night, or design new projects for their jobs. Just because it isn't art doesn't mean it is a "less than" creation.
I find that art, performance, literary, fine or crafts, supports expression of your deepest values and emotional states. The textures, colors, terminology and verve that shows in your work all are miniature pictures of your soul, much like the mosaic murals and puzzles that are popular in the art world today. Do yourself a favor, let you spirit show, and even if you feel you're not ready to share it with the world, you'll be all the better for it because today you've proven to yourself you're valuable and so are the expressions of your soul
Mel. Edwards
Creative Truth Teller
Founder Votre Vray, Your Truth is Your Way. Always.
Votre Vray Blog
Follow me on Twitter
I've had the honor of interviewing nearly 100 artist in the last seven months and my statements above resonate with the stories each of them has shared with me. I believe we're all creators and all have something to share with the world. Oh sure, you'll meet someone who says, "I don't have a creative bone in my body," but they're parents, or whip of dinner every night, or design new projects for their jobs. Just because it isn't art doesn't mean it is a "less than" creation.
I find that art, performance, literary, fine or crafts, supports expression of your deepest values and emotional states. The textures, colors, terminology and verve that shows in your work all are miniature pictures of your soul, much like the mosaic murals and puzzles that are popular in the art world today. Do yourself a favor, let you spirit show, and even if you feel you're not ready to share it with the world, you'll be all the better for it because today you've proven to yourself you're valuable and so are the expressions of your soul
Mel. Edwards
Creative Truth Teller
Founder Votre Vray, Your Truth is Your Way. Always.
Votre Vray Blog
Follow me on Twitter
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Attended Lecture by Arun Gandhi
I had the extreme pleasure of attanding a lecture given by Arun Gandhi at Pellissippi State Community College on Tuesday. Arun is the grandson of Mahatma Gandi. He discussed methods of obtaining solutions through non-violence. It was very interesting to hear concrete exapmles of how to put non-violence into practice. Especially how one must carry the burden of change on one's self to serve as an example. I feel I was lead to attend this lecture and I trust you were lead to this site/posting. I will be posting videos of A. Gandhi over the next few weeks. Peace to you!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Countdown: Dogwood Arts Show!!!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Guest Blog by Linda Pucci, PhD.
Use Art to Find Solutions and Get Unstuck
By Linda Pucci, Ph.D.
Feeling stuck? Try grabbing your kid's crayons and draw your way to a solution!
As a psychologist and life coach, I often work with people who are feeling stuck. Their usual right-brained, verbally-based approach to problem solving hasn't worked. They go back and forth between alternatives, and around and around in circles trying to figure out how to fix their problem.
That's when I often encourage them to turn to art to find the solution. Although consciously they are stuck, unconsciously they have the resources to solve their challenge. But because our unconscious mind is highly symbolic, to access it we have to speak that language.
Art—whether it is drawing, painting, doodling, sculpting, collages or fabric art—provides a way to unleash your unconscious mind and find solutions.
Sometimes I'll ask someone to depict their problem through artwork. I'll ask them to capture their problem's shape or color. Usually after some initial hesitation, and getting beyond concerns about "artistic ability," they are able to easily do it. Even without their realizing it, they are symbolically capturing all the things that problem represents to them.
I may then ask them to depict what things will be like when the problem is solved, and again, they capture their understanding of the solution through their artistic representation. We can then begin to look at the symbols and figure out what resources to use to shift it.
Sometimes I'll ask them to find a resource symbol and create it artistically. The symbol created is multi-leveled and always has intense personal meaning. Their artistic rendering often becomes a powerful ongoing symbol for them in their lives, and many times people will frame their drawing, or display this highly meaningful artwork as an ongoing reminder of this resource.
The symbolic nature of artwork means that it is a visual (and sometimes kinesthetic) image that captures all the nuances that often can't be captured in words. The artwork and the process of creating it allow them to design solutions, and to see their challenge differently. They can now begin to change their approach and get unstuck.
Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist and life coach at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She has 30 years of experience helping people get unstuck and find solutions they had not thought possible using her solution focused approach. For more information and free resources for your personal growth go to http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com
By Linda Pucci, Ph.D.
Feeling stuck? Try grabbing your kid's crayons and draw your way to a solution!
As a psychologist and life coach, I often work with people who are feeling stuck. Their usual right-brained, verbally-based approach to problem solving hasn't worked. They go back and forth between alternatives, and around and around in circles trying to figure out how to fix their problem.
That's when I often encourage them to turn to art to find the solution. Although consciously they are stuck, unconsciously they have the resources to solve their challenge. But because our unconscious mind is highly symbolic, to access it we have to speak that language.
Art—whether it is drawing, painting, doodling, sculpting, collages or fabric art—provides a way to unleash your unconscious mind and find solutions.
Sometimes I'll ask someone to depict their problem through artwork. I'll ask them to capture their problem's shape or color. Usually after some initial hesitation, and getting beyond concerns about "artistic ability," they are able to easily do it. Even without their realizing it, they are symbolically capturing all the things that problem represents to them.
I may then ask them to depict what things will be like when the problem is solved, and again, they capture their understanding of the solution through their artistic representation. We can then begin to look at the symbols and figure out what resources to use to shift it.
Sometimes I'll ask them to find a resource symbol and create it artistically. The symbol created is multi-leveled and always has intense personal meaning. Their artistic rendering often becomes a powerful ongoing symbol for them in their lives, and many times people will frame their drawing, or display this highly meaningful artwork as an ongoing reminder of this resource.
The symbolic nature of artwork means that it is a visual (and sometimes kinesthetic) image that captures all the nuances that often can't be captured in words. The artwork and the process of creating it allow them to design solutions, and to see their challenge differently. They can now begin to change their approach and get unstuck.
Linda Pucci, Ph.D. is a psychologist and life coach at Inner Resource Center, LLC in Maryville, TN. She has 30 years of experience helping people get unstuck and find solutions they had not thought possible using her solution focused approach. For more information and free resources for your personal growth go to http://www.InnerResourceCenter.com
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thanks Mel!!!
Winners of Shout: Kiss My Art! Contest Chosen
Last Tuesday I asked,
What Makes You Take Action?
Apparently, a "Shout: Kiss My Art!" T-shirt only appeals to a select few. That's okay, the entries were honest, true-life work of real women artists, and the winners are:
Aimee of Creative Flutter.
Kimberly of Painting a Dog a Day
Bailey of BaileyFiberArt.
Mimi of Mimi Artz
Congratulations, Ladies! The shirts will be mailed to you at the end of the week.
Until next time,
keep creating.
-Mel.
http://votrevray.blogspot.com/2009/01/winners-of-shout-kiss-my-art-contest.html
Last Tuesday I asked,
What Makes You Take Action?
Apparently, a "Shout: Kiss My Art!" T-shirt only appeals to a select few. That's okay, the entries were honest, true-life work of real women artists, and the winners are:
Aimee of Creative Flutter.
Kimberly of Painting a Dog a Day
Bailey of BaileyFiberArt.
Mimi of Mimi Artz
Congratulations, Ladies! The shirts will be mailed to you at the end of the week.
Until next time,
keep creating.
-Mel.
http://votrevray.blogspot.com/2009/01/winners-of-shout-kiss-my-art-contest.html
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Countdown: Dogwood arts show
Monday, February 2, 2009
Gift: Free Inspiration from Dunkin' Donuts
Just came back from Dunkin Donuts. They have 4 really neat bumper stickers available for free.
"You kin' do it"
"I know I kin'"
"I kin', kin' you?"
"Kin' do attitude"
Pick yours up today and leave a comment here about the creative way you used yours.
I'm giving one to the special ed classroom at A.L.Lotts.
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