Looking for some creative inspiration?

Try googling some of the following terms and click the "images" link for your search:

• amazing creative
• creative art pictures
• weird architecture
• paper engineering
• layered acrylic painting
• sculptures lit from within
• accidental art
• spontaneous art
• contemporary dance
• reused art
• unexpected art

Make up your own search terms and see what happens... Ask your friends. Google about things you feel. Google random adjectives. Try using something besides google...

The point is to immerse yourself in a world that inspires you. I saw a meme the other day that said something along the lines of "If you don't feed it, the fire will go out." Make sure to delight yourself and keep your sense of wonder alive.

I found this video by switching from "images" to "videos" when searching for "paper engineering..."

https://vimeo.com/98760774

What might you be able to find? What's better, what might you be able to create?

Interesting altered book and other paper art ideas...

All of these resources were found at http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ - enjoy! And remember, you are only limited by what you can dream up, and you can only dream if you let yourself wonder and wander...


http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/03/cut-books-wildenboer/?mc_cid=943edfc37e&mc_eid=d0d1b33255

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/04/transfixing-3d-paper-patterns-by-maud-vantours/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/04/text-drawings-created-by-cutting-thousands-of-letters-from-books-and-religious-texts/

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/03/flora-and-fauna-escape-the-confines-of-over-1000-books/

Synchronicity, baby!

I just came across this on my Facebook feed and it is too perfect for our section on "Who are you, and why are you here?" not to share with you all! Enjoy!

Post by Shi.

My thoughts on visiting New Mexico

new mexico

my mind 

has wandered

off to the hills 

again

back to the place

where jack rabbits pray

and memories stay

among dusty 

old ridges

that form spiky 

green bridges

as sage brushes sigh

from one hill 

to the next

a shimmering army

of huddled 

lone clumps

that pool and gather

the magical light

forming and reforming

in tan green and blue

a kaleidoscope so bright

a mandala

of sight that gels into

stones of imagination

hidden deep

within the pockets 

of my mind

where my hand 

constantly slips

to finger these bright

gems of memory

longing to return

and find my space

in the gentle folds

and majestic holds

of this old place

under skies 

of unimaginable blue

that tint everything 

a golden hue

and my heart

lives under 

a shady old rock 

by the side 

of the road

peering out

as travelers glide by

their eyes 

walking across

distant peaks

their souls 

joining me

as we collect

in this valley of

memory

awaiting the day

and dreaming a way

to get back home

no longer to roam

but to lay down 

and rest

in this palace 

of the west

and to finally know

we have found

the way home