creating decorative verse in community

Singular Verse contains decorative verses in singular forms that I create. Typically, my books are made from found objects of which there is just one copy. Some of these books will be released into community in a hand to hand reading project, that recognizes the importance of face to face, tangible relationships. From person to person, book to person, person to book, then book to other, Singular Verse projects support relationships in a full circle that begins again with person to person connections. Some singular books will make their way to just one reader, maintaining the importance of the book as an art form.

Please check in from time to time to see what the next Single Offering might be.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Marching Out Another Singular Offering

Marching out an offering, I have been contemplating creativity.  Here is a short version of my creative process:
If you immerse yourself in something outside the self that you truly enjoy and take that whole experience in, then the creative force flows, fast and furious. Immersion can be either external observation (bringing in by sensing out) or internal relinquishment (bringing in by sensing in).  For example, sometimes, when I am writing, I calmly open my sensory awareness to bring in. I sense in to bring in.  Other times, when I am starting to create visually, I look outside the self for inspiration. I sense out to bring in.  For me, creativity becomes a process of both outside and inside observation, which could be a process of inspiration and respiration. In short, a process of experiencing the senses and breathing. Most people might call this LIFE.

So here is my singular offering for March posted in April...Foolish me. The singular offering is two collages from a series I call Iconic Animals, honoring important animals in our lives. These two images reflect the beloved dog of a healer and the beloved cat of an artist. The icons are dedicated to Heidi and Mezzo, who are still loved by their owners,
beyond the beyond.

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