reading ken robinson’s out of our minds
This past summer I read Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative by Ken Robinson. The cover of the book has been sitting in the “Good Reads” (formerly “Now Reading”) area of this blog for nearly a...
View Articlethink! create! and the wgccm 3000
Today Aidan spent the morning engaged in a Think! activity. Think! is something we were introduced to last year but we kind of forgot about until this morning when Aidan found one of The WGCCM 3000his...
View Articlewoodward’s “thought of you”
Stumbled upon this short animated film by Ryan Woodward recently. It’s a beautiful 3 minutes and 4 seconds if you’ve got the time to spare. In this two-dimensional narrative of movement, Woodward...
View Articlethe magic of totoro
Family and children’s films that deliver more than clichéd and tired good-versus-evil dichotomies laden with gender role stereotypes, gratuitous violence, and the subtle hypersexualization of young...
View Articleroadside americana, local controversy, and free art
During a recent jaunt up to the north woods, Aidan (7) finally convinced us to pull off the road between Munising and Marquette, MI on M-28 to pay a visit to Lakenenland–a one man sculpture park made...
View Articlecolorfully creating
As I mentioned in one of my previous posts, this fall has been a busy one so far with many activities and running around. One of the activities that Aidan has been participating in is a drop-in art...
View Articleglass houses and safe danger
Looking for something to do Sunday morning, we decided to drive west of the city to the sleepy little town of Plano, IL to visit one of the most famous works of modern residential architecture from the...
View Articleaidan’s big break
Aidan debuted in his first big stage production this past December 6, 2011 with the Stage Play Musical Theater Company. He played two roles–the Brave Combat Hero Soldier Prince and the Huntsman. Both...
View Articleaidan the guitar player
This has been a month of performance for Aidan. From theater to musicianship–he loves performing arts and doesn’t mind being in the spotlight too much either, as long as he’s on a stage that is. For...
View Articleartistic imagery android style
Playing with a couple new photo apps, I created these images. The first one Aidan posed with his blanky in natural light. I ran it through Pixlr-o-matic. This is a post-processing app with many filters...
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