Magical Monday! Art in Life!

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to Magical Monday!

I hope your summer weekend was beautiful and not too taxing!

I'm going to dive right into sharing the nifties I've found for you today!

I love everything about this beautiful bridge!! I love the green space, and the little spaces that seem to spiral off as a person travels over the roads and the graceful, organic lines of the entire design! YAY! I'd love to see more bridges like this!

 

This next photo is of an incredible paper castle!!! Take a look!  

Isn't that just breath-taking?! 

And finally... a Chemistry Class that I wish I had been in.. with an Instructor who really knows his stuff! Clicky! 

How is that Art in Life, you might ask? Any teacher who teaches with such knowledge, certainty and with a knack for keeping their students attention certainly demonstrates the Art of Teaching (and Chemistry!)! 

And to wrap-up this post, let me send out a quick reminder of my rescheduled BlogTalk Radio Interview with Cheryl Patton TOMORROW!!

July 24th from 3pm to 4pm (CST, USA)! 
We'll be chatting about  Messages From the Faeries #9!

Coming up this weekend.....

July 28th and 29th
Saturday 10am to 7pm
Sunday 10am to 5pm

Bean Factory Artist Market

J and S Bean Factory

1518 Randolph Avenue, St. Paul, MN (USA)

It would be grand to see you there!

See you soon!

Ciao!

Magical Monday! Conquering Your Fear!

Hello Everyone!
I hope your weekend was wonderful!
I've three bits of inspiration for you today, centering around conquering your fears!
Let's start with the photos first!
The image below is courtesy of Your Soulful Nature. This scene reminds me of where we all start with goals we want to achieve. We often sit and contemplate them from a safe, sometimes beautiful, quiet place. From that vantage point, all looks to be possible, or at least more secure that what we see we are about to risk in hopes of achieving our goals and conquering our fears.


I can't seem to find the photographer to credit for this spectacular photo, but I do know it is of a bridge in Budapest.


We see where we are clearly enough, in this photograph, but our fears can cloud our resolve and vision what is on the other side or what we want to achieve. The bridge is our hope, courage and determination... and the action that we must take that proves our fears wrong.

The young lady in the video below takes us through all of these steps and the elation that follows when we realize we can break through our limitations!
Click here for video!

Magical Monday! Building and Bridges!

Hello!!!
Welcome to Magical Monday!! I hope your weekend was fabulous!
As I was gathering inspiration for this post, I noticed a theme. Much of what caught my attention are mechanical things, things involving building and so forth (hence the title of the post!). This is probably only natural as I continue to refine and reorganize my own studio and a bit of the environment around me! Perhaps it is also makes sense in that, for many cultures, Winter has been or is a time of restricted outdoor activity, so thoughts naturally turn to how to improve those things close to heart or home. With that said, let's take a look at the first goodie I have for you today!
This photo has been titled Making A Bridge, though I can't seem to find whom to credit for the photo nor any information about which bridge is being built and etc. The original link to it is
here. There is not much that I don't love about this photo...including the working man standing casually on two cables very very high above a big bunch of water!

The second goodie I have for you is a video! It is a bit long at just under 17 minutes, but is smartly made and clips right along. Of course, I LOVE the subject of the video and am so impressed by the lady who is featured in it!
Here it is then, for your viewing pleasure:
One Woman's Quest to Build Her Own Tardis!

So delightful! YAY! Perhaps *I'll* attempt to build my own Tardis now!!!
Hmmm.. where did I leave those tools?.....
Ciao!