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And a little music to add a dash of rhythm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ8xqyoZXCc

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Feb 22, 2023Liked by 3musesmerge

“Red-green color deficiency

Struggles with this dog

Life lived with this condition

Imbues it with a fog”

Sometimes my color guesses rely on context for a clue. This morning as I walked Izzie, a new neighbor with bright purple tresses (about the length and curliness of Tal’s) was jogging with her dog. A breeze swiped the air with purple hair!

Does the man with the cane dye his dog’s hair? 😯

Cal’s observation about dresses, fabric, and thread choices reminded me of my mother’s comments about “flour sack” dresses during the Great Depression. While both my parents’ families were better off than many, for some the choice to clothe a daughter had been to slightly alter large flour sacks by creating head and arm openings. My sense suggests that a search of that practice might yield examples of how the flour sacks were decorated?!

I can still see the Singer Treadle Sewing Machine that sat in the dining room of my maternal grandparent’s home. Looking back I can guess the dining table provided a large work area for working with bolts of fabric. Like a studio table?

Today our creative efforts rely less on buying patterns for that special dress than developing our imaginations and creative skills. I’d rather go that route than buy a sewing machine! 🙃

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Feb 22, 2023Liked by 3musesmerge

George Carlin: “If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?” 😁

I would say that dog portrait is seriously unrealistic, except I know that breed, and if anything, Gail, you’ve toned down the visual disconnect between forequarters and hindquarters that happen so often when they “sit” (should be a better term for posture that has a hind leg reaching above the ear, apparently at random 😳).

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“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.”

~ Manuela Leonhard

The great news is, a camera is not required. You can take a simple piece of paper, cut a square in the center of it and use it as your “finder.” I learned this lesson from page 102 of Austin Kleon‘s book, Keep Going. It was a lesson taught to the students of Sister Mary Corita Kent, who was an art teacher at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles in the 60’s.

Using this method helps us make common things uncommon, like a trip to the dog Park that results in a beautiful piece of Art and an inspirational article for the world to ponder...

What are your muses trying to tell YOU, us, the world?

Hmmm? 🤔

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Nice job with the dog.

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