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remains of the play

On August 9, 2008 · 3 Comments · In kiddo life, making things

There is a benefit to not cleaning everything up right away. The kids do their thing, play their games, and move on to another location, leaving these cool tableaus behind. Usually I know what they are about, but if I’ve been focused on something else, I might come across little scenes that are a complete [...]

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living the tie-dyed life

On July 30, 2008 · 1 Comment · In making things

I am a tie-dye queen. Sometimes I look down and realize  the whole troupe of us (me and the kids, Paul wouldn’t wear tie-die as it would interfere with his olive-on-olive look) is wearing tie-dye. It’s really bad if we all happen to put on stuff from a period of me trying to use up [...]

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re-runs for art

On July 10, 2008 · 3 Comments · In making things, writing

When I was in my twenties, I had this whole thing about ‘life is short, repeat nothing.’ I felt like there was so much to experience, and so little time.  Watching a rerun, or re-reading a book, that was the same as flushing that time down the potty. And since I have always had a [...]

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running the numbers

On June 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In making things

This is about the scariest thing I’ve seen in a while, a way of making the incredibly large numbers of our wasteful society more understandable. Art has the ability to get through to me in a way facts and sound bites can’t.  I think I’ve built up an immunity to the news.  [...]

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seeing the familiar in a new way

On June 10, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In making things

My aunt Carroll Lassiter is a wonderful painter.  She has been working lately on local landscapes that make the usual intersections and fields look new and beautiful–which then make me see those old familiar places in a new way.  In the past she has done series of carpentry tools, gardening tools, fishing tools (like oars [...]

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Sophie’s Puppet Theater Presents….

On May 19, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In kiddo life, making things

Last night, Paul and I were treated to Sophie and Luc’s first play. Sophie made the puppets and titled the show, “The Little Guy.” Mostly she and Luc hid behind a screen and made up little songs while Little Guy and Big Girl kissed. It was a love story. Or maybe soft-core puppet porn. Then [...]

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Luc and the chalk

On May 14, 2008 · 1 Comment · In kiddo life, making things

Luc is two years, seven months old, and the drawing part of his brain has just come on-line. It seems to have started with the Haw River Festival last Saturday, and the chalk drawing. Up to then, when Sophie was drawing, he might make some marks on a piece of paper, but pretty quickly he [...]

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doing crazy things in the name of art

On May 11, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In adventures, kiddo life, making things

Saturday we went to the Haw River Festival, an event set up to raise funds for the Haw River Assembly, which is trying to take care of the river and keep it clean. The whole experience was a great example of when to let go and surrender. For example, walking across the [...]

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