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Hollywood star Matt Damon recalls a notice attached to the copy of a screenplay he received. Written by Scott Z. Burns, the note read, “Read this then go wash your hands.” That instruction to ‘wash your hands’ from ten years before the current crisis, foretold a plight that later grew into a crucial truth in… Continue reading Blogging is not writing, it’s graffiti with punctuation — ajhenryblog — FESTIVAL for FAMILY

Drawing in bubble letters can be a lot of fun if you take the time to get creative and have fun while you’re doing it. This activity made me remember fun middle school memories I had when I would draw in class and receive scolding from the teacher because I wasn’t paying attention. Those were […]… Continue reading Graffiti Writing (Isolation Version) — Dasaundra Lui’s

I suppose you think I do this all the time, the rest of the graffiti really isn’t mine. The corona virus has me out of my mind bored, and the best thing I could find on my way out for my daily walk was this stubby piece of chalk. I considered hopscotch but there’s no […]… Continue reading Writing on the Wall — writing in north norfolk

For our prompt of “Art Supplies” I did a quick little sketch of almost everything I’m currently using these days. What I adore about watercolor sketching is that it doesn’t take very many art supplies to DO it! I also use a mechanical pencil to do my initial scribble and then there’s, of course, my […]… Continue reading The Joy Of Art Supplies — Doodlewash®

The aged librarian still keeps the ancient typewriter he bought from his uncle when he had ambitions of becoming an author. “I must study the masters”, he said. But the more he had read the more he was humbled. “My writing will never be art… then let it be fact.” He studied history, science, and […]… Continue reading The art of writing — Björn Rudbergs writings

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day ~ Vincent Van Gogh. Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable ~Bansky You sometimes think you want to disappear, but all you really want is to be found~Unknown For Lens Artistis Photo Challenge via Art in Reflection… —… Continue reading Art in Reflection… — mazeepuran (माझे e-पुराण)

The move’s on. We have a date: one week from today, so you can imagine what I’ll be doing all day, every day. 🙂 It’s good news and sad news: good because we’re doing what we’re supposed to do; sad news because of the people we’re leaving behind. But the adventure begins (or continues.) In […]… Continue reading LA street art — This, that and the other thing

A look at tango. (Una mirada al tango). By Ernesto the Monkey Cabral, 1926. We’ve seen Cabral before. One of the great Mexican illustrators of the 20th century. A master of line and elegance… Think how daring – and codified – Tango was in 1926… Monet’s garden at Giverny during Emil Bührle’s visit in 1951. […]… Continue reading Presentation. Art. World. Beauty — Equinoxio

I will begin by telling you what I think art is not? –Raw emotion is not art. I cannot ever get tired of repeating that phrase which I learned in Theatre School at Florida International University way back in time…so a painting must be contrived, created artistically and it must have a reference. Abstract art […]… Continue reading What is Art? — Omnia Caelum… Poetry, Art, Music

Do you know the aim of your opening line? It’s quite simple. The opening line exists just to get people to read your second line. That’s all. But do you know what that means? You have to keep your first sentence short. Really short. Clear and concise, keep these two words in mind when you […]… Continue reading The Art of Writing a Sensational First Line — The Art of Blogging