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Community: #30DaysOfArtChallenge

I’m always up to fight for home education. While “schooling” a local on the learning lifestyle, I opened my big mouth (via keyboard) and declared that I was organizing a homeschool group to go see Medea at University of Delaware.

I didn’t want to do that. I’m swamped with tectonic changes in our life and was hoping to pass this one off. I also hate passing things off and have a habit of committing in a flash.

I’m excited to work with UD again to expose children to great drama. We saw Twelfth Night before Lockdown and I’m glad the nonsensical restrictions have lifted for visitors.

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Inspiration and Play: #30DaysOfArtChallenge 

While hosting our weekly Lego Unschool Group, the kids needed little direction, so I opened a book on logo design with the idea of playing with three-dimensional branding.

These squids caught my attention, but I wanted more than a collection of creatures.

Three elements came together, almost on their own, and this alien eye cried out for a body and a story.

The eye became a curious and confused scientist. It was observing a world with which it could hardly interact.

Somewhat cruelly, I constructed a scene and story where none of the elements seem to belong. It is an alien world inhabited by beings that do not fit.

The Scientist seems to be asking me for arms or tentacles. I thought about an additional critter or droid to assist.

Something tells me this isn’t the Scientist’s laboratory, but the workplace of another unusual creature.

Perhaps this story requires further exploration.

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By Her Hand: #30DaysOfArtChallenge

Kristen Steele will give me my first tattoo.

That’s a sentence I never thought I would type. I was anti-tattoo for a long time. I’ve always had changing attitudes and interests, I didn’t want to be marked with something permanent.

Then I learned that nothing is permanent.

Even tattoos change. Their meaning can change. Their color and shape changes. They grow with you.

This tattoo will mark a new chapter in my life. After five years managing my household alone, Kristen will be joining me to expand our lives in innumerable ways. This one work of art will symbolize the many creations we are to bring into being.

That’s a lot to fit into one design. Focusing on beauty and art this month is part of that journey.