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Artistic, musical, creative, and entertaining topics in Journal's workplace sphere.
Creative ideas to make photo calendars for your workstation
How many times have you found yourself missing important dates or forgetting tasks? In today's hectic schedule, it's hard to keep track of everything. A photo calendar, however, is the best way to stay up-to-date.
By campbelljoef5 years ago in Journal
Writing Through the Bad Spots
I stare at the screen and wish I could conjure something from nothing. The particles would coalesce in the air, swirling and entwining, as they accumulated into a book that dropped into my lap. (Is there a Harry Potter spell for that?)
By Jillian Spiridon5 years ago in Journal
An American Painter
For a long time, Miyoko Ito was essentially obscure outside of Chicago. She painted theoretical works with hints of Surrealism and Cubism during the 1960s and 70s. At that point, New York was accepting Pop Art, and a significant number of Ito's counterparts in Chicago had joined together under the insurance of the Hyde Park Art Center. Ito stood somewhat separated from these different developments, rather making her own visual language with deviation and reminiscent structures.
By Nancy Baker5 years ago in Journal
One Man's Trash is Another Girl's Hobby
The morning glow that shines through my window. The sound that echoes in the room. The alarm that wakes me. Since it doesn't have a shape of its own, one can't just say where inspiration is. I push open the curtains. The color of Mexican plum blossoms engulfs the light from the window, cutting patterns on the room's interior. From my dresser, I grab the same ordinary clothes, and head to the usual place. The kitchen table is filled with evidence of a well-lived home. Half-burned candles and half-finished plates of food sit on a cluttered table. Lunch bags open and close in rapid succession as a day's lunch is chosen and repeatedly reconsidered. Freshly pressed work uniforms are laid on the back of worn wooden chairs. Then, as abruptly as it started, everything is quiet. Mom waves goodbye for work, and siblings depart in a flurry of jammed toast and hastily finished homework. I take a sip of lukewarm coffee and unfurl a crinkled sheet of notebook paper. On it lies a rough sketch of a girl and a list of random objects. I look up at the Roman clock that hangs above the "EAT" sign on the kitchen wall. Exactly 8:02 am, it's time to make a doll.
By Mukena Addict5 years ago in Journal
I love art
Since I was a child I have been a creative individual. I think it all started because my parents traveled the world in a VW bus so my imagination was my best friend in the first couple of years on earth. I found my imagination early by looking into nature and create images in the clouds or rock formations. Then I started to color and doodle what I saw in the world and replicated them on blank paper that lead to creating cars or cities of the future on other planets. As I got older I would create stuff with my hands from sand to clay and then more technically stuff out of wood scraps. My whole life I have just been very creative and I had a need to express myself through making of stuff.
By Theartistjosko5 years ago in Journal
Pour Decisions
‘Inspirational Creations by Jae’ was the name of the craft business I started when I was 10 years old. I usually don’t tell the story because the people that I do tell think I’m joking about a little kid being a business owner. My mom even went and got a DBA started in that name for me. I attempted my go at handmade cards, beaded jewelry, bookmarks, and even purses. I still have a handwritten list of sales from when I attended my first vending event. That day, I made less than $20, and even that felt like pity from the older women who thought it was just a cute idea. I wanted to live up to my name and be inspirational; although my products didn’t feel as beautiful as I had envisioned they would be. I think my greatest obstacle lay in my limited knowledge of entrepreneurship and access to the resources I needed to make that happen. So, I ended up sticking to gifting my family members nicely handmade items on the holidays and taking art classes in school.
By Jae-lin Mitchell5 years ago in Journal
The Creative's Hands
My passion for creating is exciting. I love creating new chords and melodies that speak so beautifully. When I am in my creative space, it overwhelms me and inspires me to create above and beyond. This passion has moved me through the most difficult moments and has propelled me into the most amazing years of my life. Sitting down to play is like a kid indulging in their favorite ice cream shop, or a baker baking the most scrumptious and delicious cake. I take pride in the precision, the accuracy and the development of it all. It sustains me. It moves me to grow even more. My hands on the keys ignites a fire that has not been extinguished. It amazes me to see the next place it will take me to. I am so humbled by this gift of passionate piano playing. I am so grateful for this gift of love and am so excited to share it with the world. Each note awakens my most inner space. Each melody awakens me to a world of beauty, excitement, and melodious pathways that lead me right into a song. A song that touches hearts, minds, and enters the soul. What a beautiful and powerful place of the hands. How could my hands create this? It keeps me in awe. I wonder how do my hands move with these keys that have given myself and others so much life? It moves me to see what is going to be discovered and created next? What will it sound like? This new song is waiting to be composed and looking to be discovered. This passion takes over and makes my fingers move in a way that only the melody residing in a place in my mind can take me. When my mind and fingers are in agreement, the keys and melodies on the piano speak back in agreement. I nurture what these melodies and chords are creating. The music it creates has all the love in the world. It is caressed like a new born baby and nurtured to develop into a mature mode of musicality and creative imagination. What the world hears from these hands moves nations. O, what a joyous moment. When the lyrics and the music form to become one. They make this most beautiful baby. O how I love these creative hands. I only wish to stay in this creative space and make these musical expressions come alive and partner with some of the most amazing vocalists and artists in the world. Continue to teach me hands, continue to guide me hands, continue to make music that guides us into the next moment of joy and peace. O how these hands move through the each stage of creativity, that influences and moves and shakes. O how I love thee. Every thing about you has moved me. Your progressions and how you move makes the melodies come alive. The notes I feel through you are so intense. They are so innovative. I see how the emotions of the chords just take over. Giving me a feeling I have never felt before. It is so beautiful to hear the harmonies and the dynamics. Dynamically speaking, when I move these hands to play, the message comes out so clear. I hear and feel every note. It excites me because I know that I am communicating exactly what I intended. It moves me to know that this is part of a bigger song. My legacy is being created, developed, and shaped, right through these hands. These hands are so valuable. They are precious beyond measure. I am grateful to have them. I am grateful that they know exactly where and how to move. They calm the most disturbed sea. They move like a ballerina and her dance. Softly, effortlessly, with a flow to the rhythm. In a beautiful dance between melody and lyrics. You have given me the keys to life. Thank you creative hands.
By Dreamy Studios LLC5 years ago in Journal
The Secret to Getting Paid for Your Art
What if art was your full-time vocation? What if you had the financial freedom to follow through on the weird art ideas that pop into your head while knowing you had more than enough money to pay your bills and buy whatever deluxe coffee drink that catches your fancy?
By Jason McBride5 years ago in Journal
