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Autumn 2009
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- Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity...and to build your life as if it were a work of art - heschel
Art is Literacy of the heart
- Elliot Eisher
Me with the amazing folks at Shir Ram Ashram in India
Summer 2009
| Autumn - 2009 Boston, MA |
Dear Worldly Friends,
As the colors of the trees change and the light shifts on this side of the world; I stop for a moment to smell the crispness of the day.
So much has happened since I last wrote. I've finished a year teaching Art at the Gifford School in Weston, MA. along with living a year in Somerville, MA. I've traveled to the Pacific Northwest and down to Florida. I've been to Canada and around lake Erie, along the Hudson river and all the way to India. I've got so many stories to share and have found love along the way for sure.
What I have to reflect on the most is how it felt to be. To be in the moment of a great walk or sitting by a hospital bed. To giggle while eating bad food, to talk to kids that could not walk and being surrounded by amazing colors.
All of those little bits are amazing moments. That are so important to step back and remember, to reflect upon as life seems sometimes to just take over me, us.
At this season of Autumn of slowing down; the earth begins falls a sleep slowly and shows us some amazing color and beauty as it does that. It also is a time of letting go, which is truly hard for some of us. A time to remember that we must exit one thing, one moment, one season to enter into another. And so, with this season, perhaps you would like to let go of some moments that are only moments now that you would like to leave behind, to exit that place, and enter, or at least plant new thoughts, ideas that will bring amazing moments for the future.
This could be done in a piece of visual art , or a song, or maybe a letter to yourself or even planting bulbs outside your home.
Whatever it is you might do, do it and leave it to rest this season and come back in the spring and see the wonder that has become.
May this season of reflection bring you peace in your heart and mind and joy and may we all be sprinkled with community and love.
shalom, shanti, salaam,
Laura
Happy Autumn!
As the colors of the trees change and the light shifts on this side of the world; I stop for a moment to smell the crispness of the day.
So much has happened since I last wrote. I've finished a year teaching Art at the Gifford School in Weston, MA. along with living a year in Somerville, MA. I've traveled to the Pacific Northwest and down to Florida. I've been to Canada and around lake Erie, along the Hudson river and all the way to India. I've got so many stories to share and have found love along the way for sure.
What I have to reflect on the most is how it felt to be. To be in the moment of a great walk or sitting by a hospital bed. To giggle while eating bad food, to talk to kids that could not walk and being surrounded by amazing colors.
All of those little bits are amazing moments. That are so important to step back and remember, to reflect upon as life seems sometimes to just take over me, us.
At this season of Autumn of slowing down; the earth begins falls a sleep slowly and shows us some amazing color and beauty as it does that. It also is a time of letting go, which is truly hard for some of us. A time to remember that we must exit one thing, one moment, one season to enter into another. And so, with this season, perhaps you would like to let go of some moments that are only moments now that you would like to leave behind, to exit that place, and enter, or at least plant new thoughts, ideas that will bring amazing moments for the future.
This could be done in a piece of visual art , or a song, or maybe a letter to yourself or even planting bulbs outside your home.
Whatever it is you might do, do it and leave it to rest this season and come back in the spring and see the wonder that has become.
May this season of reflection bring you peace in your heart and mind and joy and may we all be sprinkled with community and love.
shalom, shanti, salaam,
Laura
| Volunteering in Boston |
"She's (Krówka's) as soft as a cotton
ball"
Match-up Interfaith Pet Pals Volunteers
Match-up Interfaith Pet Pals Volunteers
I've
been volunteering with Krowka in Cambridge for almost a year now, this
coming winter. It's been amazing for me, krowka and the folks we visit.
Some say it's the hightlight of their week and Iwould have to say it
might be mine as well. Check out the program if you have a pet or know
or one that might like to bring amazing joy to folks lives.
Beloved Quilts for
the Homeless
Sewing Quilts with the word "Beloved" on them for the homeless.
Come to a "Sew-in". 2nd Saturday of the month from12-6pm. Location: Greater Boston Wineyard Church, 170 Rindge Ave Cambridge, MA
Contact: Pascha Marlin Griffiths pascha@pfactory.org
Friday Night Supper Program
Flighting hunger in Boston since 1984
Sewing Quilts with the word "Beloved" on them for the homeless.
Come to a "Sew-in". 2nd Saturday of the month from12-6pm. Location: Greater Boston Wineyard Church, 170 Rindge Ave Cambridge, MA
Contact: Pascha Marlin Griffiths pascha@pfactory.org
Friday Night Supper Program
Flighting hunger in Boston since 1984
| hand
in hand arts - 'Art'shops & Colorful Matters - Sales |
Cambridge
Center for Adult Ed.
Cambridge, MA
Fall 2009
Fabric
Collage
In this course, we will play with techniques using patterns, colors, and materials as a springboard to create abstract and pictorial scenes that we may then turn into wall hangings, pillowcases, table-runners, and more. You'll be coached in design, composition, application, and assemblage while working with special fabrics, text, images, lace, ribbon, and other fun items. We'll do a mix of hand sewing and machine sewing. No prior experience sewing or drawing is necessary, just bring your great imagination. Limited to 12.
examples: http://picasaweb.google.com/handinhandarts/FabricCollageClass?authkey=te5r9BX5id4#
Cambridge, MA
Fall 2009
Fabric
Collage In this course, we will play with techniques using patterns, colors, and materials as a springboard to create abstract and pictorial scenes that we may then turn into wall hangings, pillowcases, table-runners, and more. You'll be coached in design, composition, application, and assemblage while working with special fabrics, text, images, lace, ribbon, and other fun items. We'll do a mix of hand sewing and machine sewing. No prior experience sewing or drawing is necessary, just bring your great imagination. Limited to 12.
examples: http://picasaweb.google.com/handinhandarts/FabricCollageClass?authkey=te5r9BX5id4#
Colorful Matters
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Check out: in Boston
and around the globe! |
World Community Arts Day
The Global Art Project: www.theglobalartproject.org
The TreasurePostcards'08 Project
presents artworks created
by female artists from around the world. The project aims to emphasize the importance of arts in empowering and bringing women together, and creating awareness on vital issues related to girls and women. The artworks are only 4 x 6 inch in size and donated by over eighty artists. The sales proceeds will raise funds for shelters supporting homeless women and women who are
victims of abuse.
by female artists from around the world. The project aims to emphasize the importance of arts in empowering and bringing women together, and creating awareness on vital issues related to girls and women. The artworks are only 4 x 6 inch in size and donated by over eighty artists. The sales proceeds will raise funds for shelters supporting homeless women and women who are
victims of abuse.
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A few other places, things to support, and/or know
about: |
 United Nations Cyberschoolbus global teaching & learning project |
 Progressive News from around the globe |
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PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) art: 21 Art in the twenty- first century |
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