Le Coeur Dramtique

The Dramatic Heart

Upcomming Events!
So I have two more events coming up this holiday season. One is in Tooelle (sp?) it's a craft fair with about 60+ booths. Dec. 7th. The other is at the Union Station here in Ogden. It runs Dec. 7th and the two weekends after that. I spoke with the organizer today and I'm going to try and get the second weekend of the 15th of Dec! I am so excited! I can't believe how quickly things are moving. If this season goes well then I'm going to try to get into the Wine Festival in Park City as well as the Balloon Festival in Eden.


Also, I just have to say how much I love that a mistake can turn out to a wonderful piece of jewelry! I wanted this piece to be called Indra's Net (regarding the interconnectedness of the universe) but it didn't come out how I envisioned. But then I saw it...an abstract anatomical heart. I paired it with a beautiful carnelian gemstone and it suddenly became "Le Coeur Dramatique" or "The Dramatic Heart." It reminds me of all things Concrete Blond, French, and New Orleans. Oooh la la say no more!

An idea for Indra

I love myth's of all cultures and faiths. Recently I've been drawn to the myth of Indra's Net. It's really a quite beautiful myth about the interconnectedness of the universe.

Francis Harold Cook, in the book Hua-Yen Buddhism: The Jewel Net of Indra describes the metaphor of Indra's net from the perspective of the Huayan school:

“Far away in the heavenly abode of the great god Indra, there is a wonderful net which has been hung by some cunning artificer in such a manner that it stretches out infintely in all directions. In accordance with the extravagant tastes of deities, the artificer has hung a single glittering jewel in each "eye" of the net, and since the net itself is infinite in dimension, the jewels are infinite in number. There hang the jewels, glittering like stars in the first magnitude, a wonderful sight to behold. If we now arbitrarily select one of these jewels for inspection and look closely at it, we will discover that in its polished surface there are reflected all the other jewels in the net, infinite in number. Not only that, but each of the jewels reflected in this one jewel is also reflecting all the other jewels, so that there is an infinite reflecting process occurring."

You'll have to visit back tomorrow to see the piece of jewelry this little myth inspired.

Wonderful Wonderwoman!

So growing up I loved WonderWoman. I watched WonderWoman on TV, pretended to be WonderWoman and even had a WonderWoman birthday cake! I was obsessed. So I just have to share with you an item I was tickled to see. Well first let me explain that there is this trend in fashion of wearing wrist cuffs. I personally don't wear them, but I love the trend. So I stumbled upon a lovely little etsy shop filled with handmade items and you can imagine my delight when I found this!
Here's a link to KreativeMindz etsy shop and blog:


http://kreativemindz.etsy.com/
http://kreativemindzthreadz.blogspot.com/

Happy Childhood Anonymous Meeting! Visit your local chapter.

Standing in a room, people sitting in chairs that have been be set up in a semi circle fashion, "Hi my name is Tanya, and I had a wonderful childhood," she says nervously scuffing her foot across the floor.
She blushes, looks up hesitantly, "I admit it was filled with magical thinking, imaginary play, and I enjoy reflecting on my childhood. Thank you." She sits down and the next speaker begins.

There I said it...and its such a relief to get that off my chest. Whew.



I recently stumbled across an artist that captures so much of what childhood was like for me. His paintings have a beautiful, magical, and reflective sense about them. Here let me show you what I'm talking about.




Joseph Blake's Bio
"My friends always tell me that I walk, looking down at my feet, as if I've lost something or I'm waiting for my legs to grow..."
... my parents gambled two decades ago and adopted a boy from Korea without ever seeing a picture. My mom had plenty of pretty names that she wanted to give her new son, but my father saved the boy by giving me his.
I started pushing paint around in high school, and later graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2005. At first, painting was my way to stand out from my peers and avoid gym. But in college, where everybody was new, I made pictures to connect.
When I returned home, my childhood friends' stories were more colorful, my parent's familiar rituals were funnier, and my room never felt smaller. I saw potential characters and stories in every waking moment. This was also the first time that I really felt like I was observing and using a sketchbook. I wanted to entertain others with the little things I experienced.
And in those moments I found another purpose for making pictures... storytelling. I'm currently making my way as an illustrator in Philadelphia, while learning storyboarding and traditional animation. I don't get the chance to meet everyone who views my work now, but I love that people get to know me first through my pictures."



*Please note that all image copyrights belong to Joseph Blake. Thanks Joseph.