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Recently a kinda weird thing has been happening. I’ve noticed that there are a few words that follow me around like little puppy dogs. They’ve been tagging along for a few months now. They just keep on popping up in my thoughts, my conversations, even dreams sometimes. One of the words is possibility. I’m [...] 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 [...] 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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I conducted a little experiment yesterday. But first, some background: This week has mainly been about taking care of a number of things I had been putting off, and a few, more recent (and urgent) things. Since I live in Italy, most of these things involved getting certificates with official-looking stamps on them. That, [...] Categories: Drawings, Play, Showing Up, Silly sketches, The Cheering Section, Time and Space
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This fine Sunday, my wish for you is that you’ll discover something brilliant. Up in this hemisphere, the weather has been stubbornly uncooperative over the past few weeks. Depending on your country, you may have experienced any combination of torrential rain, icy winds, below-freezing temperatures or ginormous piles of snow. With any luck, you’ll [...] Have you been hiding from your blog recently? I have. Yeah, I know. Sometimes it just happens. The Internets are full of articles telling you when and how often you should publish something on your blog. Some say every day. Some say no more than three times a week. Some say you should [...] Folks, it’s time for an update! Remember my mama-to-be friend who came to my house for an art exercise to explore the imminent experience of giving birth? She ended up creating a pastel drawing which she took home, and then later brought with her to the maternity ward when The Time came. She was [...] I’m calling this post “Sketchy Saturday” almost as if it’s a new series and I will sketch something every Saturday. When we all know that by next week it’s going to be Sketchy Sunday at earliest, and then maybe Tuesday, at which point the alliteration won’t work and I’ll have to go back and [...] When I was growing up, I used to frequent a little shop not too far from my neighborhood. It sold educational supplies for teachers: workbooks, posters, flash cards for learning multiplication and the like. And it had a sticker section. At the time, I thought it might be fun to be a teacher when [...] |
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