A spot of art,
Glebe Tram Mural
joy and
Glebe Tram Mural
social history.
Glebe Tram Mural
The mural artist is called
Kelly Wallwork
Kelly Wallwork. How apt.
Glebe Tram Mural
It’s a
How about this?
Category Archives: Valuing Creativity
A Trace
What is left behind?
A Trace
Red Flower of Life
Sally Swain’s Paper Towel Art
Hey folks, be warned:
This post has a high *NVUF rating.
I’ve invented something. It’s called the Art Therapy in Residential Aged Care Evaluation, or ATRACE. Pronounced ‘a trace’. I am doing the complex, detailed, organised, dynamic, reflective work of implementing this investigative tool.
I hope one day that other art therapists will be able to make use of it, in the service of ever strengthening the work we do.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, I play with painted traces in a small experiential way. I guess you could think of this process as art-based inquiry.
A Trace
a bit Rorschach
Sally Swain Paper Towel Art
You might have come across
Sneezing, Signage and
the Nature of Nurture
When your Signs are Organically Overgrown
Water droplets.
Can you see them?
Nature responding to signage about Nature
More watery signage:
Graffitti plus reflections of the storm-water canal
My Muse-in-Chief is my dear departed Dad, David Swain. He would have loved the ease of using a smartphone to photograph quirky
Art of Wonder
Seven women signed up to ‘connect with calm in troubled times’.
Art of Wonder playshop
I rarely talk about Art and Soul happenings here in this blog, but am inspired to convey
Art of Wonder playshop
Looking backwards, floating forwards
Beyond our control, whether we like it or not,
2016 slurps, skids, stutters and slides into 2017.
How is this time of year for you?
The Dream
Sally Swain
© original art
Are you adrift in the sea-sky
of the supposed festive season?
Are you firmly grounded in the daily laundry of life?
Are you lonely or surrounded by love?
Or both?
Your Creative Wellspring
Do not panic.
Do not fear.
Your artistry
is always here.
Creative Wellspring
Sally Swain
© original artNo need to struggle,
strain or strive.
It’s fresh,
spontaneous,
Are you a Bird Nerd?
BirdWoman O’Clock
Sally Swain © original art
Let’s look at Bird O’Clock Two
and continue to Celebrate Creative Community
as we mark One-Year-of-Blogging in the Month-of-May
Are you a Bird Nerd?
Am I?
Could
Bringing Creativity to Everything. Even the Sticky Stuff.
Especially the Sticky Stuff.
Is it wise to incorporate a copyright statement on your blog?
I was badly bitten during the success of my first book, ‘Great Housewives of Art’. Oh. I will have to share a couple of the images so you know what I’m talking about. How about three then?
Mrs Renoir cleans the oven
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Mrs Gauguin has a tupperware party
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Mrs Picasson dusts the mantelpiece
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Rather large success led to rather large rip-offs. But even thinking about this topic makes my stomach squirm with grey nausea.
Breathe, Sally, breathe.
I would love to live in a
Bird O’Clock
Celebrating Community and Mystery
(Art and Soul Space blog’s first birthday continues through the month of May.
Why not?)
Blue Bird O’Clock
Sally Swain © original art
What I remember:
One Year of Blogging
One year of blogging every week.
Could this be reason to celebrate?
*Not Drowning, Dancing –
Not Drowning, Dancing
Sally Swain © original art
the Middle-aged Crazy Art Lady and
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