Feb. 7, 2011

Monday:

A day that is painfully hard at times to get yourself going that is.  I created paper beads for a necklace that I'm working on and I wrote this:   
The sound the scissors
made cutting the fabric
reminded me 
of my childhood.

inspired by Abby from church. 

Feb. 6, 2011

Superbowl Sunday.  I tried to create some paper chains that turned out alright.  I then created my own touchdown dance which I was too embarrassed to share... is it creating if nobody experiences it but you??

Feb. 5, 2011

Saturday!  Wonderful wonderful Saturday!

I created two meals for my wonderful husband...that doesn't always happen.  I also tried my had at flash writing which is something a dear friend introduced me too.  It's where you try and tell a story with only one sentence.  very hard.  My best effort became this:  She left him in the night.  Not a happy story.  There's always hope for reconciliation so never fear.    

Feb. 4, 2011

sorry this post is so delayed.  No excuses to be made only creations, so I'll catch you up to speed on what we've been creating.

Friday was kite making day with Mario and it was fun!  My kite was more decorative than functional, but I did test it out in the parking lot and it awoke in me childhood days of chasing fireflies and dancing in the yard for the sake of dancing.  Pure bliss.

Feb. 3, 2011

Crochet day that became Scratching Day!
so, we were supposed to learn how to crochet but that didn't happen as planned so instead we learned about scratching.  Scratching is where you take a light colored crayon and fill in the paper with color then you keep doing getting darker each time until the top layer is black (or dark blue).  Then, you scratch an image onto your paper.  and voila!  it's pretty cool and very simple.  I had never done this before so what a fun creating experience.  It made me think of monotypes (which is something I'd like to do for one of the days...I'll let you know when).

Feb. 2, 2011

Poetry Day!

I love poetry.  I took a poetry class in college and in high school and needless to say...was greatly looking forward to this day!  Turnout was a small, but it was beautiful to create.

Here are some of the poems I wrote:

Craft Time Lady
the woman wears a sweater
with a patchwork heart
in the middle
she laughs loud and long
her head thrown back
and she is joyful


Untitled
slowly pushing the squeaky cart
down the aisle
of the grocery store
examining the produce
onions, potatoes, apples, carrots
an old man
dressed in a green knit sweater
with patches on the elbows
and a black felt hat
is picking up a grapefruit
next to me
perhaps he'll eat it for breakfast

Shirley, she said
"When I was a young girl
we wore feedsack dresses
cut from a pattern passed down
and around
the neighborhood"

and a haiku.... entitled
The Dog
the dog ran outside
he saw a red fire hydrant
he lifted his leg

February 2, 2011

Create a thing a Day Day 1!

So, yesterday (sorry if you came at 3pm and were disappointed... like many things in my life I got a little behind schedule), a few of us created a poster to get everyone excited about creating potential and to share ideas of what we could create.  It's a fun, colorful and bright poster...hopefully it sparks some excitement.  On my own personally, I drew a picture in a cubist style and attempted to draw my self portrait (it turned out pretty miserable I must say).  Today at 3pm we will be writing poetry with Rahni!  I love poetry and am very excited.  I spent all morning brainstorming writing topics while making sandwiches at Bowl of Good, I think my writing juices are flowing...  Tomorrow Mario is going to teach us how to crochet and then on Friday, Mario is going to teach us how to make kites...I know it's a little cold still for kite flying, but it sure sounds like a spirit lifter (get it??). 

Keep creating even if you can't join us at the OCP, but if you can I hope to see you there!

Your friend, Rachel