10 pieces of inspiration
1. Two great documentaries. Exit Through the Gift Shop and Objectified. Banksy is a new artist on my favorite list. I love art that asks questions and his work hits the nail on the head. I am thinking about what my tag should be and dreaming on going out and painting Elkader. Objectified had some similar artists. I am ready to start making my furniture pieces.
2. The deer finding hidden grass in the snow. I took this photo on my way to Postville to see the film based on the raid in 2008. There are so many fields of deer right now I think they are cattle until I see their tiny little legs.
3. The melting snow also means icicles. They have always been one of my favorite parts of winter beauty. They have inspired me to start taking photos again not for professional reasons, but for my own enjoyment.
4. A new outfit. Black Vintage Hat- $6 at Goodwill. Wood Circle Earrings- $8 at Maurices. Vintage Inspired Vest and Rose Shirt and a Golden Rod Skirt from Maurice's Sales Racks- $40.
5. Discovering really good local musicians. Last night we went to a dinner theater that had a pre-show of Chad Elliott. Elliott is a musician and an artist on the side. How is that for a job.Great music, including a song he wrote for the theater production Peace through Corn.
6. Learning about history in a creative way. Peace through Corn was a dinner theater production about Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev's friendship with Iowa farmer Roswell Garst and his trip to Iowa in which they proposed a way to end the Cold War by making sure everyone has food. The play was extraordinary. In the panel discussion Liz Garst (granddaughter to Roswell and there at the event) was there to talk about the actual meeting and answer questions.
7. Clever ideas that poke fun at computers and design. I sometimes think "Apple Z" when I want to undo something I have just done, like spill something. I love these Copy and Paste shirts for twins.
8. The response I am getting on goodblogs.com The site was created by a friend of a friend. I was skeptical about what the site was actually going to be and was heartbroken when I found out that it was almost a competition. Your posts get votes and if you make it to the front page you get $20. I didn't want to subject my writing to votes, but I went through with it anyway. In two weeks I have had 4 posts make it to the front page. I feel great about it.9. The Time Traveler's Wife. It has been a long time since I read a good non-fiction book. I saw this movie and I thought it was stupid. But I got the book anyway and I love it. I'm not looking forward to the ending because that was the worse part of the film, but I am hoping that it will unfold a little better, even if it is the same.
10. The blog that inspired me to do this. www.thesimpledollar.com Despite the fact their inspiration is for saving money and mine is for the joy of life.
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