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Jamie’s NYC Art Trip

Jamie Shelman, my co-conspirator for the Pikaland Artist Bootcamp will be hosting a 5-week online art course that will be supplemented with a trip to NYC starting 10th April! (Dates for meeting in NYC will be during April 28- May 1, 2011)

Her course is open to artists at any level and any medium – with weekly assignments aimed at developing a sense of place through your art by exploring your own natural surroundings (and using NYC as as a source of inspiration!) If you can’t make it to NYC, it’s okay too — you can pick the whole shebang or just do it wholly online, it’s your pick!

I wish I could go! Visiting NYC is a dream of mine, and what better way to spend it than visiting museums and galleries with fine guides to take you around town!

If you’re going, perhaps you’d consider taking me along?
Pretty please?

Wee Little Stitches

It’s Mr. T’s birthday today, which means I’ll be out celebrating with the family for dinner! And a good celebration usually brings out the geek in me, so I’m leaving you with the work of Wee Little Stitches (I’m unabashedly a big fan of pixels, if you don’t know already!)

There’s not much info on the sellers – except that they seem to be a couple who’s really into cross stitch! They have patterns and finished pieces that’s ready to hang of your favorite characters (Ghostbusters! Justice League of America! Shaun of the Dead!) and if you find that you’re home alone on a Saturday night, bust out those needles and do up your favorites among your coziest cushions.

Creativity and failing

Creative people fail all the time. But what makes those who stand out are the ones who push through the failure; and those who continue to experiment and play.

And if you do fail, at least you’ve tried. Best of all, that will free you to pursue the next big thing, and the next. And then the next.

Here’s a lovely start to the week folks!

{Quote by Edwin Land, typography and image by Marius Roosendaal}