I still haven’t made it up the ladder to get my magnolia blossom photos. Instead I got to see the powerful movie “La Vie En Rose” about Edith Piaf. Despite a college degree in French language and literature, I really knew very little about Edith Piaf. I knew of her icon status, the bare bones of her “Cinderella” story, and of course I’d heard many recordings of her voice. The movie was astounding: disturbing and enlightening, fascinating and repulsive by turns, and extraordinary overall. The first time young Edith Piaf sings in the movie, she sings “La Marseillaise”. I would pay full price to go see it again for that scene alone.
After supper, Donna and I had an “artists date” (a la Julia Cameron). We went to Michael’s to get black and white paper and x-acto knives (my studio being already packed for the move!) We played around with the “expanded square” exercise suggested by Jane Dunnewold that we found in the current issue of Quilting Arts Magazine. Mine is a simple copy of one of the examples in the book. I needed to figure out how it worked before venturing out into my own design. Donna’s square, though, takes one of our favorite motifs (the sea turtle) and makes a beautiful expanded square. (I’m disappointed in the pictures because they show marks that you cannot see in person! Too bad I didn’t remember to buy a real eraser when we were getting supplies! In real life the contrast is sharp and the pictures look clean. These photos will at least give you the idea.) Also – I used to be have the option of putting a thumbnail picture in that was expandable. This morning I only seem to be able to put the title in. Click the title to see the photo.
Blossoms to follow?
Peace.
Monday, 8:01 am
