Ultimate Barbies: From Sassy Call Girl to Elton John
Barbie’s hard to pin down. On the one hand, her figure is an idea, merely a design of an ideal: a pin up girl, a sassy comic book call girl. Modeled after Bild Lilli, a gag gift for men, she has been reinvented but still maintains…
3 Creative Retreats to Wellness during Quarantine
As the school year winds down and we transition into the summer, I feel freed up to pursue 3 things that’s been shelved until now: Binaural beats with visualization The Artist’s Way – the book that launched a thousand+ artists The Science of Well-Being, offered at Yale…
Felt Art: 3 Step Quarantine Craft
My tactile craft this week is felting. I’ve been feeling nostalgic about our last trip to Hawaii and the wonderful Polynesian dancers, musicians, and artists that we saw at our last luau. Inspired by the Maui sunset and the beautiful singer narrating the history of…
Quarantine Art: 3 Daily Rituals that Take a Detour
THE PURPOSE OF ART IS WASHING THE DUST OF DAILY LIFE OFF OUR SOULS. Pablo Picasso By now, one month into our quarantine, our daily shelter-in-place existence has become routine in morning to evening daily rituals. Three artists make the daily rituals we now take…
7 Creative Habits that Get Your Flow On
Needing an outlet? Or an invigorating activity to get you off your screen? Perhaps what you’re craving is sensory input to feel more alive. Here are some creative practices you can sink your teeth into. Creativity doesn’t have to feel like a painful birth. Julia…
Accessible Art with Heart
Elena Camp in front of her mural. Photo by Norka Montenegro for Patch Creativity takes courage. Henri Matisse For me, the best art is accessible art. Immediate, gratifying, and inspiring to us all, it grabs us or at least makes us do a double take….