Quote for Today: Rebecca Solnit
That (labyrinth)…became a world whose rules I lived by, and I understood the moral of mazes: sometimes you have to turn your back on your goal to get there, sometimes …
Quote for Today: Brian Froud
In the countryside, the old stories seemed to come alive around me; the faeries were a tangible aspect of the landscape, pulses of spirit, emotion, and light. They “insisted” on …
What’s All This Then: Synkroniciti’s First Open Mic Exceeds Expectations
Last Sunday, synkroniciti held its first public event, an Open Mic featuring works that explored beginnings. What an inspiring experience! As the afternoon darkened into an intense storm, listeners and …
Reacting to Fear: Mary Engelbreit’s In the USA
Creativity can help us through uncomfortable emotions and thoughts. What happens when these personal visions strike a nerve with others? Mary Engelbreit is a children’s book illustrator and author from St. Louis, …
Quote for Today: Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink. —Ida …
A Woman with a Persistent Question: Maria Sibylla Merian and Insect Metamorphosis
The questions asked in youth can lead us on journeys that last a lifetime. Sometimes persistence is rewarded with answers. In the late 17th century there was a common belief that …
From a Bygone Era: The Art of Kissing, 1936
1936 was a memorable year: Hitler’s Germany hosted the Olympics in Berlin and broke the Treaty of Versailles by stationing troops in Rhineland; Italy occupied Ethiopia; Franco rose to power …
For the Kid in You: The Impish and Heartwarming World of An Eye for Annai
Jon Klassen is known as a writer and illustrator of children’s books and as an animator. He has worked on films, such as Coraline and Kung Fu Panda, and directed the video for I’ll Go Crazy …
Mistrusting Creativity: Currents in Orhan Pamuk’s My Name is Red
Why do some people mistrust creativity, while others feel it leads them to deeper faith? Is creativity inseparable from identity? To God belongs the East and the West. –- The Koran …
Beautiful art out of Urdu digests. These are cover illustrations for novels appearing in collections from Pakistan. Reblogged from usmanhashmi.