In an age when books are increasingly dematerialized into digital files, 500 Handmade Books offers a compelling reminder that the book itself remains one of humanity's most expressive artistic mediums. Edited by Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot, this remarkable volume is less a survey of bookbinding than a celebration of the book as sculpture, performance, architecture, … Continue reading T.A.E.’s Book Review – 500 Handmade books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – Peony Hawaii
Peony Hawaii Musings of the Artists Mind This peony is an heirloom flower in the truest sense. It comes from my grandfather’s garden and this …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – Peony Hawaii
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #116: Look Around #4
Look Around #4: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces… I …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #116: Look Around #4
Glow-Up Season: Don’t Let Your Beauty Ghost You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen Z)
Then let not winter’s brutal hands eraseThe summer glow you’re clearly meant to keep;Make your hotness pay rent in someone else’s face,Before time starts acting petty and deep. For why leave that fire just sitting there,When your own shine could level up the game?Make more of that slay, make it everywhere,So you do not get … Continue reading Glow-Up Season: Don’t Let Your Beauty Ghost You (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen Z)
Don’t Let Time Eat Your Prime (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen X)
Then, why not let your better self stay bright,Before rude winter snatches all that shine?Make some sweet legacy before the nightTurns your hot summer into useless wine. The beauty in you shouldn’t f***ing fade,Nor leave your face all hollow and used up;For that’s the kind of loss no one can aidWhen time tips over your … Continue reading Don’t Let Time Eat Your Prime (Revisionist Shakespeare – Sonnet 6 for Gen X)
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – The Old Into The New
The Old Into The New Musings of the Artists Mind During the 375th anniversary celebrations for Montreal we found this amazing installation on the Old…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #464 – The Old Into The New
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3
Look Around #3: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Material explorations using my faces… I … 500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #115: Look Around #3
Before Winter Hits: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 and the Art of Leaving a Legacy
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 is one of his most urgent arguments about time, beauty, and legacy. On the surface, it sounds like a persuasive plea: do not let beauty decay unused, because time is always trying to steal what is alive and radiant. But beneath that, the poem is also about value. Beauty is not meant … Continue reading Before Winter Hits: Shakespeare’s Sonnet 6 and the Art of Leaving a Legacy
500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #462 – The Dragon’s Eye
The Dragon’s Eye Musings of the Artists Mind The immense beast is awakening after eons of sleep; eyes junky with time and its skin dry like tree bark…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #462 – The Dragon’s Eye
Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2
Encyclopedic Beauty It feels like those pictures that were in my dad’s 1960’s editions of the World encyclopedia. Sister Light Imagine this … Fun Fotos For Friday – In The Garden v. 2