Life...The Vivere

PAST AND PRESENT

November 20, 2013

 

Wishing my dear family and friends a heartfelt Thanksgiving. I hope you take the time to think about how blessed you are. And, by the way, I'm thankful to have YOU in my life!

 

My art this week is, as usual, a very mixed bag. Concerning themselves with "olden times" are two art challenge blogs... INSPIRATION AVENUE's interest is "myths..." I chose to illustrate the myth of Icarus, son of Daedalus, who dared to fly too close to the sun on wings of feathers and wax. Daedalus had been imprisoned by King Minos of Crete within the walls of his own invention, the Labyrinth. But the great craftsman's genius would not tolerate captivity. He made two pairs of wings out of wood, feathers and wax, giving one pair to his son, Icarus. He cautioned him not to fly too close to the sun as the extreme heat would melt the wax. But Icarus was so excited with his newfound ability to fly that he forgot his father's warning and plunged to his death in the sea.  

SUNDAY POSTCARD ART, whose theme is "Renaissance," pulled me back to the time of the wenches... those country lasses or working girls during the Renaissance who wore such colorful,  fun dresses!! 

 

 TAKE A WORD blog is more current with a theme of "birds." I shared part of a field journal to which I added extra several flying critters....

 

 COLLAGE OBSESSION's challenge...a quote by Leonard Cohen: "There's a crack in everything- that's how the light gets in!"

Finally, Flicker's DIGITALMANIA introduced us to artist Maggie Taylor. Interestingly, she's the sister-in-law of my all-time favorite singer and songwriter, James Taylor. Here's the link to her art...and here are my two pieces inspired by her work.

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by. Once again, I hope this Thanksgiving puts extra joy in your heart. See you next posting?

Big Hugs,
abbyj