Children

Abstract Art with Heart

Finding of the week:

A claymation movie by Madison Blinn
Based on the book Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni
Song is Goodnight Moon by Said the Whale

About the book
Little Blue and Little Yellow are best friends, but one day they can’t find each other. When they finally do, they give each other such [...]

posted August 16, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: abstract, abstraction, active, art, awareness, blue, books, change, children, color, color wheel, creativity, dialogue, family, film, finding of the week, friends, green, leo lionni, life, love, moment, random house, said the whale, world, yellow

For those who have a book problem (I do!), tomorrow, Saturday, June 18th, the illustrator and author Nikki McClure will be at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket signing her new book, To Market, to Market. This magical book has the perfect balance between the love of art, community and real food.
Known for art that celebrates the virtues [...]

posted June 17, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: art, books, brooklyn, children, community, earth, food, grand army plaza greenmarket, health, illustration, kids, life, nature, nikki macclure, parents, to market to market, wellness, women, world

Blast Off

As an artist, I feel so lucky my parents always encouraged me to follow my dreams. As a mama of a 2-year old boy with a huge imagination, I want to let him explore, learn, and reach high to whatever he wants to be. One of the things I love most about being a parent [...]

posted June 15, 2011 | Comments (0)| Tags: ancestors, art, bilingual, brain, caleb gardner, children, claudia dreifus, creativity, dreams, eleanor roosevelt, english, etsy, exercise, finding of the week, freedom, heritage, imagination, individual, kids, life, love, new york times, parents, Spanish, strong, success, values, women, world

Taste of Summer

The taste of summer is…
fresh
I’ve been giving life to those whispery notes/sketches I often add to my Resource: Where Abstract Art is (From) with a great group of artists: Glen Cunningham, Laura Fayer, Lori Kirkbride, Rachael Wren. All artists were part of Susan Ross and PowerHouse Projects. Source was on view at The Halls at [...]

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Sea of Change

Here I am, thinking of tomorrow’s NYRR New York Mini 10K. My first “big” race after baby. Feeling excited. I ran this race in 2008 and the experience was awesome. This is a women only race and it is truly amazing to see a sea of women running in

posted June 11, 2010 | Comments (0)| Tags: active, art, awareness, central park, change, children, community, core, creativity, dialogue, dogen zenji, environment, experiences, family, fitness, friends, fun, goal, gratefulness, health, kids, life, love, miles, motherhood, nature, New York, nyrr, nyrr new york mini 10k, present, purpose, quote, race, running, women, world, yoga

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