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June 25, 2007

Episode 54: A Simple Wish


Note: I'm pushing this show out a week early. I'd hoped to push it out from the road... but at the last minute, I've decided to just go ahead and push it so that I don't have to worry about it from "there" - too many variables to contend with. So, if you happen to "notice" it's out here a week early... P A C E Y O U R S E L F. This is next week's show. There won't be another one until the week of July 9th. That's a while. Pace yourself! But, have a great two weeks, too. And, hey, this is really the "first" show of July, and it feels more like a "regular" show than the last have. So, a "happier" show. Enjoy!

In Episode 54:
~ cutting and prepping ATC blanks for the road
~ "hidden" ATCs
~ "walnut eyes," artist dates, and a shamrock wish
~ a stack of books set aside to go with me (Alphabetica: An A-Z Creativity Guide for Collage and Book Artists | Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages | The Complete Guide to Altered Imagery : Mixed-Media Techniques for Collage, Altered Books, Artist Journals, and More)
~ the boys take self-portraits
~ a couple of great biographical kids' books: John Muir: America's First Environmentalist, Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas
~ a thematic creative prompts: "Favorite Expression" (either facial or verbal)
~ handprint sunflowers and cupcake liner flowers
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 6 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ Love Will Rule the World [PMN]
Shelly Niebuhr ~ Moon Child [PMN]
Heavy Mellow ~ So Far [Magnatune]
Jonathan Coulton ~ Code Monkey [PMN]



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June 23, 2007

Episode 53: Rainbow Hair



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~ cargo jacket drawing
~ an afternoon of gulls and bubbles
~ self-portraits
~ story of Elizabeth Layton from Keys to Drawing with Imagination
~ 52 Weeks group at Flickr
~ a new thematic creative prompt: "T-R-E-A-S-U-R-E"
~ ATC theme for July CMP ATC Exchange (#7): A Midsummer Night's Dream (sign-ups accepted until June 30)
~ "vanishing" ATC art
~ re-entering Anne of Green Gables
~ inspirational story of Owen and Mzee (book | online book | NPR story)
~ and more... Plus, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 6 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Amy Dalley ~ Today [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ Born to Shine [PMN]
Rachel Fuller ~ Shine [PMN]
Cassandra Kubinsky ~ How'd I Get So Lucky [PMN]


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June 17, 2007

Episode 52: Yellow Balloon; Blue Sky

~ the end of kindergarten, "100 things" lists, what I learned in kindergarten, and I go through a paper bag of "stuff" from the year and find... his journal
~ a bit more on "comics" and "graphic novels"
~ I struggle with sketching bodies and body positions
~ the remarkable and enchanting and mythical Pockets -- not new, but one those with a love of thread will want to read!
~ Sparks2005's "manikin" illustrations at Flickr
~ a new thematic creative prompt: "Pockets"
~ smeared marker (on purpose)
~ ATC update
~ and more... (including an end-of-show kid out-take)... Plus, as always, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 1 min )


[Oops! I realized after I uploaded that when I recorded the show yesterday, I included a "vanishing art" story in the lineup - and forgot to talk about it. I can't go back and do it now because I've lost my voice.... a good thing I recorded early, in fact. So... another time! And, oops again! I believe I referred to the Flickr artist who does such wonderful illustrations of the little jointed wooden figure as a "he" - which is wrong.]

Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Joshua Kadison ~ I Believe in You [PMN]
Jon Schmidt ~ Prelude [My Little Girl]
David Ippolito ~ This Hill is Filled with Children [PMN]



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June 12, 2007

Episode 51: Of Robots and Trashcans


A "bit" of a "comics" (aka graphic novel) show...

~ a mental soup of "comics"-related ingredients beginning last summer

~ I open up an old sketchbook and meander through the first handful of pages... finding a sad comic, a poppy chair, the view from my car at Twin P, a hand, and a self-portrait
~ I find myself riveted by To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel
~ thematic creative prompt: "In the Margins"
~ other prompts sources: EveryDay Matters | Illustration Friday
~ Holly's Film and Fiber podcast
~ SunnyNole's Halfway There podcast
~ ATC update and reminder to acknowledge cards when they arrive, please
~ and more... (including a few kid out-takes)... Plus, as always, great podsafe music. (Length: 56 min )


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Spaghetti Cake ~ Follow Your Light
Heavy Mellow ~ Blue Mountain Lake [Magnatune]
David Ippolito ~ One Word [PMN]

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June 5, 2007

Art Pen Pouches

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Limited number available. Check them out here.

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June 4, 2007

Episode 50: Light a Candle


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The CMP turns 1, so it's an extended celebration and retrospective look at the first year of the show...

~ I dive into Myriorama cards and find the process of putting this show together very similar
~ ATC Myriorama swap I mention
~ many thoughts on reaching the 1 year mark
~ thoughts on the disappearance of formal essays from the CMP
~ realization that I need to pull on a (rainbow chain mail?) body suit of armor and tackle the "issue of a book" head on
~ thoughts on standing still - or not standing still
~ details of a special CMP scrapbook created by SunnyNole and contributed to by Holli Conger, Linda Woods, Kritty, Heidi, Rosemary (of CraftBorg), Lain (of ScrapHappy), Judy (my Mom), and Julie (aka JuJuArt at Flickr)
~ listener audio comments
~ an audio retrospective from the first year
~ thematic creative prompt: Windows
~ and more... Plus, as always, great podsafe music. (Length: 1 hr, 29 min)


Featured Podsafe Music:

Intro Clip: Jim Fidler ~ All I Really Wanted [PMN]
Matthew Ebel - Every Color [PNM]
Matthew Ebel - Someone's Out There [PNM]
Joshua Kadison ~ One Song [PMN]
David Ippolito ~ Don't Lose Sight of the Dream [PMN]

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