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Well, Artful Play has been around for one whole year: today is my blog’s birthday. So that’s why I’ve had this insane craving for cupcakes all week. What I’ve learned from this year of blogging Oh, way more than can be included in one little post. But I do want to share few things [...] The television was on as we were eating dinner last night, which is the normal state of things here at Artful Play HQ (unfortunately). I usually tune out, I admit, unless there’s something good on. Last night, I was distracted. We had been watching a talk show, of the sort where various intellectuals, politicians [...] Categories: Being an Artist
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… Because at the moment I’ve got a a dooming leadline.* On the rocks with a slice of orange and a shot of B12, thanks. With all the talk of B12 Campari cocktails around here, I had to go out and get myself some actual Campari. For the sake of the blog. [...] Categories: Drawings
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(By that I mean, I will use crayons to solve your problem. Nobody has a problem with crayons, right? Ahem.) So. Yesterday I was working with systems. And today, I encountered a perfect example of a system that needed some work. The idea for today’s blog post came to me as I was sitting [...] Categories: Randomness
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Today I spent the day working behind the scenes on things related to Artful Play. I messed around with its organization, systems and structure. All these things sound very boring. Which is why I had to employ a plethora of brightly colored folders, crayons, stamps, and post-its, all of which worked remarkably well. (I [...] This morning I was at Florence city hall, getting the certificate that proves that I do indeed have a right to be here. I happened to be doing this in the same office where, about three years ago, city officials discovered an interesting error in my files. Remembering the episode made me grin in [...] The other day as I was writing the post about drawing the cell phone charm I realized something: drawing and translation have more in common than I had thought. It was a somewhat upsetting realization, because one of these two things is my day job and the other is the thing I wish I [...] For the past week, I’ve been unable to draw. I did try. But even making a big mess with some crayons seemed completely impossible. Now, it appears that I am slowly awakening from my anemic stupor and can finally do something. Hooray! And for some reason this cell phone charm caught my eye. As [...] Friends! Despite my resolve to post every day this month, I didn’t post yesterday. Yes, it is true. And I have a note from my doctor. So I hope you’ll excuse me. Well, rather than a note, I have a series of lab results that say, “Dear madam, do you realize you’re running on [...] If you’ve been reading my blog, you may have noticed that I tend to walk around a lot with my camera and take pictures of things I find on the street. This is something I do sort of automatically, even when I don’t have my camera in hand. I take pictures of the things [...] Categories: Play
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