pre-semester brainstorming
Here are a few snapshots of what I am doing on the wall in my studio and in my sketchbook. This wall is ever changing and helps me to work through ideas.
I continue to examine ideas about the garden, home & myself.
They labeled me a Xennial...
I am... a micro generation an American mutt a woman an artist a mother a believer in 2020 the United States Census plans to further categorize my racial identity is this in order to clarify the genealogy? my ancestors hail from all over Continental Europe. on some sides of the family tree, I can't even count what generation American I am. beginning in the 1600's, they emigrated to these fair shores America, the Beautiful. this grand adventure continued on and on beginning in many different countries, but all ending up here in the "New World" but the last time that we did have a 1st generation was my great grandmother. born in 1892 after her Danish parents came over. when I was born, she was 90. so I know that I am one eighth Danish... the rest of the pie chart gets complicated is it so they can decide who makes the cut? how far back must our ancestors had to have immigrated to be considered legitimate? & which proud heritage do I cla...
It's great seeing people's studios. Yours looks like a great place to work.
ReplyDeleteYour work is beautiful. I love the "I Do..." ring!
thank you for the compliments! sorry that I did not respond sooner, but school is keeping me too busy to blog often.
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