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I heard this on NPR's All Songs Considered...very catchy!

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I'm currently in week 2 of my Coursera course, Introduction to Art, and thought I'd share this week's assignment which was 'Mail Art.' The videos introduced mail artists and their techniques --- Ray Johnson, Eleanor Antin, Ryosuke Cohen --- and the task was to create an envelope and insert focused on the theme of 'Correspondence with Memory.'

My 'memory' was of my dad which fits in nicely considering Sunday is Father's Day. :-)

I utilized my own photos, various ephemera such as book pages, images, fabric, etc, acrylic paint and inks. The envelope is about 5x5 inches and the unfolded insert is about 6x6 inches. The paper airplane is about 5 inches long.

There's several parts...( Pictures!Collapse )

I titled my project, 'Determine the Distance' which was wording that kept cropping up in the ephemera I was using (math book). 'Distance' struck a chord with me since I've always felt separated from my dad due to him getting sick when I was fairly young. He was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease when I was about 8 and died the year I was 19. Because of the illness we didn't have the normal father/daughter relationship. I greatly regret not spending more time with him. On the plus side, it's because of him and how he dealt with what life gave him that made me who I am.

patience, 1. willingness to put up with waiting, pain, trouble, etc;
calm endurance without complaining or losing self-control.
2. long, hard work; steady effort.

I'm hoping to entertain (and challenge) myself with the a free online art course starting this week over on Coursera.



Anyone care to join me in the fun? No real commitment required except setting up a free account on the website...

A few days late...but Happy New Year!

Here's some appropriately hopeful music to start off 2013. (I just typed 2012; oops.)



Hope everyone survived the holiday season. Glad to be back home. What's up with you guys?

Stumbled across this...

You can download their latest album (including this song) for free at their website.

And I think I have train_lindz's country of Canada to thank for this band? ♥