ART

I am finding myself writing short snippets from my past here.

Five Minute Memories are things I wished I’d said, but never did - till now.

I was out with my kids for mother’s day and snapped photos randomly with both my iphone and my digital camera. While posting them to my social blog, I started seeing more in the photos. So I played. I put them into photoshop and cropped and posterized until they FELT like the day we’d shared together.

We’d spend the day playing at the Boardwalk at the beach in Santa Cruz. The beautiful girl in my photos is my 21 year old daughter, Cas.

When I was little - anything could be art.
It was not the materials, it was the process.

In the spirit of discovery I dragged random materials to my courtyard and … played. The paper was old and crinkled. I started with pencils, then oil crayons (note to self: you ‘re going to need a LOT more white), then to acrylic paint. I rubbed and scraped and moved my hands. I focused on how I feel about my courtyard and all the little things in it. Just like a kid I kept playing until the paper was covered. At the end - I was dipping my fingers in paint and smearing it around.

At the bottom right - I even pressed my hand to the paper.

Photos of the elements in my courtyard that inspired me to art today - 4.27.08