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Posts 3 and 4

While I initially started to draw this for post 2 (the german one about standing in a wood) time passed and this Micron landscape easily morphed into the water theme. Hope you all like it!

Because I'm a total dork I really enjoyed reading about Elizabeth I when I was younger, so while this isn't exactly a classic "children's book" it's something that makes me recall my childhood.  I still think Elizabeth is a total BAMF and could easily read many more books about her. Of course I could have done lots of others drawings from Tolkien or Lewis or MacDonald, but I just felt like drawing Old Bess. This is watercolour with micron....It's only a coloured sketch though, I didn't spend a huge amount of time with her. Her left arm is completely unnatural so forgive me.

Number Four by Aly

The Road Goes Ever On And On

The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings have been books I've loved ever since Kindergarten.

Haters gon' hate.

N°4

pick a childhood book
+ get inspired
+ make something.


[examples include:
through the looking glass.
+ the lion, the witch & the wardrobe.
+ the merry adventures of robin hood.
+ the secret garden.]


goodluck&havefun&beRomantic.
keep posting!

3 // mel

i had the greatest pleasure of traveling to lake winnipesauke during the weeks of this assignment. so of course, water was all around me. i hope you dont mind i'm posting more than one photo.











i've been reading this novel where water is considered holy - the stuff of life. may you never thirst & drink deep, fellow creators!

second week // sarah

pena ajena

A wince.

That involuntary twitch of the eye.

The

"I don't want to see this"

movement.

flutter.

Because I don't want to see this.

I don't want to see you

bow your head at the

cursing.

I don't want to see you

accept the hand that bruises your cheecks.

I want to whisper

I want to say

I want to scream

stop it.

pick up your head.

flick the hand away.

Humiliation does not become

either of us.

N°3

although water is common, it is one of the most diverse substances on this planet, seeing as we can witness it in all three states of matter. because both we and the earth are mainly composed of water, it is also most vital. without it, existence would be impossible.

for this week, the topic can be of your choosing as long as you incorporate the element of water into your work.

**just on a side note, new topics will  be posted every other week starting this week so that people will be given more time to create pieces and to use the inspiration to its greatest potential. late-posts are also okay so feel free to take your time.

week 2 || emily's post

Apparently I'm partial to collages. I'll try to change it up next week. This is my interpretation of SGRIOBN: the itchiness that overcomes the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky. I thought it was different. And I found it hilarious that the Irish decided they needed to have a word for it. Gaelic is a cool language. If you look up how certain words are pronounced some of them make you laugh, but others really capture the meaning behind the word. I feel like the English language doesn't have a lot of that. How sad for us. Anyway, I tried to look past the amusing side of sgriobn into the darker side. Someone who takes the itch as an invitation to an all-night party. The damaging effects of being too familiar with alcohol. My original writing was different, but didn't aesthetically please me when placed over the image. So I wrote a quick little something over the image instead of covering the entire thing in order to fit the original text. 

saudade

this song, 2nd movement of pathetique song by beethoven, came to mind when i read the definition of saudade

2 || mel

saudade:
can be translated as "longing, yearning", which describes a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one loves and which is apart. It often carries a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return.




my piece wasn't as literal as the last.
both photos were taken by me;
emily being the one who yearns & the flowers representing ephemeral beauty

Week 1 - Luke's (late) post

Forgive me for posting this slightly late! 
This is my dear Winged Victory of Samothrace (here's the real thing  in the Louvre: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkg2jpxgig1qh1e4vo1_500.jpg) who in my opinion embodies much of our muse Clio. 


I mean just look at this poor girl. She's beat up -- head, feet, arms all missing -- but she strides forward, still fluid and beautiful. She also has a fascinating story. After spending a few thousand years in a temple as a monument to a battle that happened nearby, she wound up at the Louvre. Here's where it gets really interesting. As the Nazis advanced on Paris, the curators and workers all snuck the most precious of the pieces to the countryside of France, where every single one survived and was recovered after the War. Our dear Victory here was one of them. 


Hopefully I'll be a little more prompt next time. Cheers, friends -


LSM 

N°2

pick a word & use it as inspiration
(thank you, whoever suggested it!)

first week // sarah

                                                                                                         Making History







So I have been re-reading Inkheart.  If you haven't read it, I suggest it.

especially if you have a love for books.
Especially. 
if you're not a fan of books, I suppose...well you should read it anyway. But not on your Kindle.
In it, the father is a book-binder.

The long and short of it is that it inspired me to make my own book. Not a clue what I will write in it, but I sure hope its romantic.

Week I -- Dan

Melpomene - Muse of Tragedy


My work explores the relationship between postmodern discourse and midlife subcultures.

With influences as diverse as Wittgenstein and John Lennon, new combinations are generated from both explicit and implicit textures.

Ever since I was a teenager I have been fascinated by the theoretical limits of the human condition. What starts out as vision soon becomes corrupted into a dialectic of power, leaving only a sense of what could have been and the inevitability of a new understanding.

As spatial phenomena become clarified through emergent and critical practice, the viewer is left with an insight into the edges of our condition. 


--Courtesy of Artsy Bullocks Generator 

week 1 || emily's post

The muse Erato represents love and erotic poetry. I was immediately drawn to her, being in love myself. When I asked my boyfriend to pose for me, I knew instantly what I wanted to share with you. Sleeping apart from your lover is a difficult experience, especially after sharing multiple nights together. It must be Erato who is with me when I wake up in the middle of the night, memories of being with him flashing through my mind. She stays with me until I can fall asleep, leading me into the assurance that wherever he is, he's dreaming of me too, and I can drift off with a smile on my face. Erato is a muse who understands lovers, and does her best to help them survive the hours apart. 

week one - vivien

i chose urania mainly because i wanted to do something involving the stars/night sky.
so this is actually two 30 second exposures layered over each other, one of the sky alone and one of me holding a "globe" while standing on a bucket in the middle of my backyard and strongly resembling the girl from the grudge :x
i had my sister keep me company and it was kind of like an asian buffet for the mosquitoes, but i guess it was worth it even though i pretty much have to go take a bath in cortizone 10 now.

1 || mel

i chose the muse urania. which is the muse of astronomy.
i knew at once i was going to pick urania, just because i am fascinated with the stars & universe.
this figure, with her face representing the moon, reflects several different constellations of all seasons and hemispheres.

Week One. Aly's post.

The muse I picked was Clio, because I thought she stood out from the others. Their schools were all things like 'poetry' and 'song' or 'tragedy' but Clio represents history.

The more I thought about this, Clio came to life in my head. She doesn't deal with abstract ideals or things that have multiple interpretations. Clio believes in the facts. She is full of knowledge and precise dates and never second guesses herself. Clio is the living record of the rise of mankind, and she is proud.

I tried to make this ideal of her in my head real though this photograph. It's very simple and extremely literal. This is Clio.

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yikes, so this is the first entry in this blog. That's kind of nerve-wracking. I hope I'm doing this right.

If you like the photo the full size can be found here.Welp that's all folks.

-Aly

N°1

pick a muse:
"The Muses preside over the arts and sciences, inspire all artists, especially poets, philosophers, and musicians."

Calliope ................ of epic song
Clio ...................... of history
Euterpe ................ of lyric poetry
Melpomene ......... of tragedy
Terpsichore ......... of choral songs and the dance
Erato .................... of love poetry
Polyhymnia ......... of sacred poetry
Urania ................. of astronomy
Thalia .................. of comedy


pick on & go for it! there is no wrong or right answer. any media is fine. just make sure you can post it on here!