The Adaptable Educator

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 once-full cup. So, before age gets savage and goes hard,Breed your own gold…

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

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 to be hoarded, admired only for a moment, and then lost. It is meant to be multiplied,…

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

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

The greatest strength of 500 Ceramic Sculptures: Contemporary Practice, Singular Works lies in the paradox embedded within its title: five hundred works, each presented as singular. Rather than attempting to define contemporary ceramic sculpture through a single movement, philosophy, or aesthetic, editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot assembles a visual symposium in which hundreds of artists converse…

Somewhere On Gilligan’s Island Musings of the Artists Mind Do you remember watching Gilligan’s Island? In almost every episode there was a forced …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #461 – Somewhere On Gilligan’s Island

(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Othello by William Shakespeare Othello is basically the story of what happens when one person’s trust gets hacked by someone who is obsessed with chaos. It starts in Venice, where Othello, a respected Black military leader, has secretly married Desdemona, the daughter of a wealthy senator named Brabantio. That alone sets off drama, because their…

Through The Ghost Musings of the Artists Mind! Get in really close… closer. Closer! CLOSER!!! Somehow it just doesn’t feel urgent or ominous when the…500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #460 – Through The Ghost

(T.A.E.’s LitBites) – A modern retelling of Measure by Measure by William Shakespeare In Vienna, everyone is acting like the rules do not apply to them. The city has gotten messy, loud, and way too casual about breaking the law. So when Duke Vincentio suddenly decides to step back from power, people are confused. But he is not really gone. He slips away in disguise, watching everything from the…

The Spotlight Is On You, Luther Musings of the Artists Mind Could this be the final burial place of the progressive monk, Luther? Is this the plot …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #459 – The Spotlight Is On You, Luther

Long Face #2: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… Easter Island images, Tiki iconography, and …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #111: Long Face #2

Few instructional art books successfully bridge the divide between technical manual and philosophical meditation. The Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists accomplishes precisely that. Rather than presenting a single “correct” method for sculpting the human figure, editor Suzanne J. E. Tourtillot assembles nine accomplished ceramic sculptors whose individual…

Meaningful Tribute Musings of the Artists Mind Imagine a corner of the cemetary where you suddenly find yourself and wonder how did you not see this …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #458 – Meaningful Tribute

Lone Face: The History: Here’s my part of the story. Tell me what you see and start the next chapter… There were three of these… each one sang into …500 Works of Art on the Road to Your Creativity #110: Lone Face

There are books that inform, books that persuade, and books that unsettle the very assumptions by which readers understand themselves. The Power of Now belongs decisively to the third category. First published in 1997, Eckhart Tolle’s work has become one of the defining spiritual texts of the twenty-first century, joining a tradition that stretches from the Buddhist sutras and the Christian…

Those hours that cut a savage path through things,And wreck the sweetest blooms with icy grip,Will keep doing their whole cold-weather thing,And shred the beauty off in every trip. For now the leaves are flexing, green and loud,And summer’s got the whole place in a chokehold;But winter’s coming for that glowing crowd,And time gets messy, ruthless, and ice-cold. Then what was bright gets faded,…