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If Art relates itself to an Object, it becomes descriptive, divisionist, literary. 

Robert Delaunay 

A few more Vermont pictures~

The Calvin Coolidge homestead.  Who woulda thought I'd find this so interesting?  We bought the tee shirt and did the tour, fed TY's history addiction, and my textile obsession.  Calvin himself made a hexagon quilt displayed on a bed and replicated as a kit in the giffte shoppe.  In said shoppe, I found a gorgeous pot made by a potter about a mile down the road and it has a rabbit on it-  how could I leave that without giving it a good home?  We went past the ceramic studio on our way out and probably could have found a bunch more of similar pieces but it was late and this Mad Hatter needed to get back to our temporary mountain.

 Looking out from the rental house across the valley morning fog. Within an hour we could see a wee farm o the opposite side release their sheep and watch them go up the hill as tiny dots.  One damn beautiful site after another, I loved seeing this view change over short periods of time.

Back at Coolidge's house, in a small bedroom and taken through layers of murky plexi, a REDWORK SPLASHER!  Just like I talk about in my YouTube videos, courtesy of the camera-totin' squirrel:

smile purty...

Marc Chagall's Studio, and Marc himself.  

A tribute to a color- Jerry's occasionally sends out great ads with little bits of information.  Orange is my current fave, possibly because I was stopped and complimented daily wearing my orange raincoat in the Netherlands.  (Sorta like wearing a RedSox hat in Boston!)  Orange was the Syracuse mascot-  yeah a color, go figure.  Loved it then, still love it though I tend more to modified orange by wearing rust a lot.

Arthound post by Kate Singleton discussing 'Imitation, Inspiration, or Coincidence?'

Please, take a minute and read this blogpost-  it does a wonderful job of talking about the differences in the three words and gives you some guidelines for which is OK and which is not, of course, on a slideing scale!

Also found on Art Hound,these beautiful takes on botanicals by Judith Sinnamon’s  at her show at Edwina Corlette Gallery   Such lovely work.

Since 2003 Judith Ann Braun has been experimenting with a new artistic medium and a set of rules: Symmetry, abstraction, and a carbon medium (usually charcoal or graphite). Braun’s work, Fingerings, entails the use of her fingers in lieu of more traditional tools in order to create intricate and bilaterally symmetrical designs, sometimes covering an entire wall. The details of her sweeping landscapes are also all perfectly symmetrical. For some of these works, Braun will use both hands simultaneously to help create the symmetrical effect she wishes to execute. Braun lives in New York City and was a contestant on Bravo TV’s “Work of Art” in 2010.

Bear Video-  stick around to the end and watch him problem solve!

Looks like things are getting back to normal in this Muse-Waiting again.  (In other words, there ain't no muse available!)  Today I'm meeting my friend for brunch, hanging more pictures, and swabbing more decks.  Then of course I must start assembling my various crapola to haul back home.  Think I'll take a few of the dormant neglected dog bones for my joyous homecoming!  And maybe the Yogi dog ball that talks when it hits the floor...ooommmmmmmm...  Molly hates it but maybe Pepper will like it- he's a dog of some damn odd tastes.