CreativeSprint

Today in history

by D.M. Sessous

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CreativeSprint – Day 26: Take your inspiration from something that happened today in history.

REFLECTION

Did you notice anything unusual or surprising about yourself or your work during Creative Sprint?

My first stop was Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it appeared to be all bad news: wars breaking out, natural disasters, the rise of the Nazi party, blech.

By now, you may have realized that anything having to do with news or history is difficult for me. So, I did a quick web search for “good news on this day in history” and found the Good News Network. Whew, and thank goodness.

So, the top choices for me were: Marcus Aurelius (birthday), John James Audubon (birthday), Carol Burnett (birthday) and the discovery of top quarks.

Since I love fractals and any artistic representations of theoretical math in general, quarks it is.

On reflection, what’s surprised me most about participating in CreativeSprint has been a growing enthusiasm to share my creations no matter how poorly executed or confident I am about them. Normally, and anyone who is Facebook friends with me will know this, I’m terrible about posting. So, thank you CreativeSprint for nudging me out of my shell.

 

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Gnorw, drawkcab, nwod-edispu

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CreativeSprint – Day 21: Do something intentionally wrong today.

Upside-down, backward, wrong…so many choices.

Since my theme for this challenge is butterflies, I couldn’t let this get ugly.

I purchased a masquerade mask base, but instead of decorating the front like you’re supposed to, I decorated the inside. And, instead of wearing on my face, I made it into a hairclip that’s meant to be worn on the back of your head.

I just hope it’s wrong enough, ’cause it feels kinda right…

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Using my left hand…

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CreativeSprint – Day 15: Work with your non-dominant hand. If you are usually right-handed use your left, if you are left-handed use your right. If you are ambidextrous use your nose 😉

Since I knew this would come out looking like my eight-year-old self did it, I chose a pre-printed wooden masquerade mask from the children’s craft section at my favorite destination…Michael’s.

I was actually surprised at how well I did using my left hand. It ended up being a very meditative process for me. Everything in the background faded away like someone turned the volume down on the world as I found myself super focused as I worked.

From a distance it looks pretty good, up close though is another story…

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Butterfly in the water…

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CreativeSprint – Day 10: Use water as your medium or inspiration, today.

Okay, so this one took a while, mostly because I had an idea of what I wanted to do (take paper butterflies to a lake or stream and photograph them on the water) and I just couldn’t get myself to the location I wanted.

So, I decided to take an old piece that I used to try out some a new paints. I cut out butterfly shapes. Instead of a collage, I sprayed the painted paper, flipped the color side down and let the colors run.

The result, pretty cool.

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Newsworthy butterfly

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Day 19: Scan a newspaper or newsite and make something inspired by today’s headlines.

During the daylight hours, I work at a newspaper. Problem is, I’m not a news person. I don’t watch the news and I try not to read the news, it’s just too sad, depressing and infuriating. So, I decided to make some origami butterflies to make the news pretty instead.

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Makes me smile

by D.M. Sessous

Creative Sprint – Day 16

Create something that makes you laugh out loud.

I don’t think I have an extraordinary sense of humor, although people tend to think I’m funny when I’m completely serious.

I can get my boyfriend laughing, but I think he’s biased.

So, I decided to create something that makes me smile instead of laughing out load…I hope you smile too.

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It’s in the bag

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 12

Work with only what you find in your pockets or bag, today.

My purse may look small but it holds a ton of crap. Good news for this challenge!

Despite the urge to use my shoulder bag which has a rainbow assortment of PaperMate Flairs, I challenged myself to use the contents of my purse. So, with the exception of a pair of scissors from my desk, I used: the back of an old shopping list, a black ball point pen, nail polish, lip gloss and dental floss.

I even employed my novice Zentangle skills…woot!

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National Butterfly Appreciation Day!

by D.M. Sessous

CreativeSprint – Day 9

Make up your own new holiday and show us how to celebrate it.

Well…that would be Butterfly Appreciation Day of course!

I had fun looking into all the national celebration days out there, and there are tons!

To celebrate Butterfly Appreciation Day you can plant a butterfly garden, visit a butterfly conservatory and/or take photos of butterflies! You can even dress in butterfly wings and dance around in the sunshine and flowers, clothing optional but recommended depending on the weather.

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Butterfly face

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CreativeSrpint – Day 8

Make something while you are in the bathroom or with materials found in the bathroom, today.

My first thought with this one was, eeeww….

Then I rolled my eyes at myself and chided, “It’s while you’re in the bathroom Denise, not while you’re going to the bathroom.” So, shaking those image out of my mind (yes, sometimes I’m still 12-years-old) wonderful ideas started to fill my mind. I do have art supplies in the bathroom. I use every day to paint on my face…

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