Three Things: The Open Door Edition, II
This week, let’s revisit some open doors. An inviting (or perhaps ominous?) threshold of some kind is presented to your character. What next?
Hollie Chastain, Awaits. Collage on panel. www.holliechastain.com
Rodney Smith, The Door. Photograph. www.rodneysmith.com
Andrew Wyeth, Cooling Shed, 1953. Tempera on panel. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA.
Three Things: The Rooster Edition, II
Wake Up! Let’s take this Monday on with some wakeful rooster writing.
Hollie Chastain, Falsehearted. Collage. www.holliechastain.com
Amy Judd, Hardy’s Tess, 2011. Oil on canvas. Via flickr.
Romare Bearden, Morning of the Rooster, 1980. Collage.
Three Things: The Elbow Prop Edition
Have you heard that this Wednesday is Words at WAM? It is! It is! That means we’ll see you at the Weisman in two days, starting at 6 pm (full details here).
In preparation for Wednesday, I’ve compiled three images of people thinking very hard. They’re thinking so hard that they are using their elbows to prop up their heads. Thinking about what, exactly? I personally like to think that they’re either composing a new piece to read on Wednesday, or daydreaming about its delivery into the microphone. (But it’s ultimately up to you.)
See you in a few days!
Leonid Osipovich Pasternak, The pains of composition, before 1892. Oil on canvas.
Hollie Chastain, Venture. Collage on panel. www.holliechastain.com
Ramón Casas, Moulin de la Galette Interior, circa 1890-1891. Oil on canvas.
Foxes are a playful lot, and if folk tales are to be believed, crafty, too. I’ve already posted an edition featuring my all-time favorite animal; this week is dedicated to its smaller, slyer cousin. Let’s write a foxy piece, shall we?
mina_milk, jump, 2011. Watercolor. Via flickr.
Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree Oji, No. 118, 1857, from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo. Woodblock print.
Hollie Chastain, Punched Tin Dreaming. Mixed media collage. www.holliechastain.com
And, yes, this is what happens when fox meets wolf. (Apologies for the poor quality. Apparently Fox — as in 20th Century Fox, not Mr. Fox — is a stickler for posting clips online. Crafty bastards.)
