"We are all wanderers on this earth...our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams." ~ Gypsy proverb

Monday, October 22, 2012

Weekend hues


do you see a face too?


Fox Games by Sandy Skoglund
I am wooed by color, completely. I am enchanted by the hues that have seeped into memory this weekend via optic sponges. The contrast of blues on greens, the fearlessness of red and its ability to change with just a smidge of light, the yellows and browns, and even the black and whites gripped my visual attention, inspiring. The Van Gogh exhibit opened this weekend at the Denver Art Museum, and I have to say it was mind blowing, truly. A Jedi master of color is what he was...



I've also been playing with the polaroid and Impossible Project's latest film. The surprise of color, the wonder of what will surface makes me feel like Charlie opening a chocolate bar...Yes, I am still addicted. And now something new...bookbinding. To read books, to write on inviting white pages, to  hoard collect them, to be obsessed by love them, yes, it's a lifelong affair that never gets old. But now I have taken the relationship a step further and have learned to make them. The craft of stitching them together lovingly, carefully, intentionally, yes, we have reached a new level, books and me :).


So enough about my weekend...how was yours????

Monday love
xoxo

with Amanda...

p.s. Thanks Petra for introducing me to Alex Winston--LOVE HER! Samples in the sidebar :).

18 comments:

  1. Autumn really is THE time of the year for beautiful colours. Add to that an exhibition of an amazing artist like Van Gogh and I can really see that you must have had a great weekend. Certainly more exciting than mine... ;-) Hope you have a good week ahead xo

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  2. i see a little fairy in the tree...

    beautiful weekend!

    and i did bookbinding years ago, yours is such a beautiful bind! i stopped doing it because i could never use them after all that work! i'm such a dunce.

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    1. Fairies!!! Love!!! Do you see a face too?

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  3. It looks like you had a very full and enjoyable weekend MJ. I am so thrilled that you are learning bookbinding and hope you share more in the future. I bought some lovely paper months ago to try my hand at this craft, but like so many things, it is stil waiting for me to find the time.

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  4. I have always loved your photos, but they're an even more special treat now that they offer glimpses of the state I hold so dear :) Your book binding is gorgeous- it seems a natural extension of your love of the written word, to be sure.

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  5. Ooo, how fun - bookbinding! It is on my long list of things to do. So many wonderful colors and beautiful images. xoxo

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  6. beautiful pictures. I bet the Van Gogh exhibition was great. he was such a fascinating personality. you should read 'the yellow house' about his time with Gauguin (by Martin Gayford). a brilliant book. xxx

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    1. thanks Petra! I added the book to my list!!
      xo

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  7. what a beautiful new thing you've come upon! bookbinding! You do it so very, very well. That looks like something one would buy at a craft fair. And your photos are lovely, too today.
    XO
    C

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  8. i love the cover and binding! you are so talented and so full of surprises - love this about you.

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  9. lovely bookbinding mj. i think you will fill those pages quite nicely. i see a face in the tree if the nose is the stick coming out and it's sort of a side profile - only one eye showing.

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    1. Yay! Glad you saw it too! My husband thought I was nutty...
      xo

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  10. p.s. loved the jedi master analogy. we're deep into star wars here right now.

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  11. I did indeed see the face!
    oh how I love this time of year
    your images make me love it even more

    my weekend was so special
    at a workshop with a friend
    listening to an amazing man and his revolution
    Stephen Jenkinson...GriefWalker

    love and light

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  12. I do love fall!...and your notebook!

    ~Have a lovely day!

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  13. Ah, bookbinding! I have wanted to try it for years! How lovely. Are you finding instruction online?

    xo
    cortnie

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  14. Oh what a lovely journal! I imagine there is such a pleasure of writing in a book that your hands have created!

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