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“Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction .”- Will Rogers. I’d be happy to straddle the middle. 🥹

#collagework #collageart #vintagebookcover #dirtypalette

Do you count between the lightning strikes?

I see people in the scraps of paper strewn on my work table and hear their thoughts when I listen to music. I need a mess of well cut lyrics!

#collageart #collagestash #eightinchtsunami #itsgonnarain #s

“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”- Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

I was drawn to the big round eyes on this man and then the tiny slit created by narrowing the empty space became more intriguing. I&rsq

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.”- Bernard Meltzer.

#collage #scrappyblahblah #sketchbook #bernardmeltzer #future

“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.”- Alfred Adler.

It’s time to create some new characters as I follow @julie.liger.belair in her mixed-media collage course. Those are my bird legs, with scabby kn

Throwback to the time my mom and I sat down in front of the IRS building in D.C., for no good reason. She passed away twelve days ago and I miss her now, for every reason.

#clarauechi #rip #tbt #mymother #motherdaughter #family

AFTER discovering a few long lost photos and finishing a course by artist @holliechastain called Cradle the Story You Are Given, I’m about ready to frame my dad’s racing story. (23”x30”, mixed media collage).

BEFORE: Fred Uec

“How can we know the dancer from the dance?”- W.B. Yeats.

My first attempt at off loom weaving, before I try it on a more organic shape.

#dancer #yeatspoetry #offloomweaving #weave #mondaymood

This just happened.😍

#sunset #kona

“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.”- Christopher Reeve.

Congratulations, Denny! I remember late nights around my dining table, liste

Looks like a hermit crab chose to live in a coconut shell. Respect.

#choices #coconutsprout #inmyfrontyard #thingsthatmakeyougohmm

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”- Nelson Mandela.

I just read “DO/Interesting/Notice.Collect.Share.” by Russell Davies and am now on the lookout for the beautiful mundane. Those objects that catch my eye an

She’s not here for conversation.

#inmyyard #henpecked #hen #lateafternoon #chickenscratch

“This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.”- Katherine Mansfield.

Making a notecard, or two, using stamps and collages I’ve made. Who doesn’t like an old fashioned text every now and then? #dailymotivati

1. We walked down to the shore.
2. The umbrellas had called it a day.
3. He took a dip, with a smile on his face.😍

#sunset #bigisland #maunakeabeachhotel #pacificocean

Throwback Thursday. Hines Ward @mvp86hinesward, as he crossed the 2013 Ironman Triathlon finish line in Kona.

#throwbackthursday #tbt #hinesward #nflfootball #ironman #iwasthere #10yearsago

An old, creased photo, repaired, reprinted and hung. Thank you to @holliechastain for the photo fix and Riva at @artifactuprising for the service.

#elvis #elvispresley #oldphotos #uponthewall #hawaii #milolii #schoolchildren #movieset

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