Change is in the air
Change. It’s inevitable. We can feel the world changing dramatically. Change is hard, but it can be hopeful and positive. For the past two years, Cloth in Common members have been making art about the topic of Change. At the end of May, we will reveal our last works based
Dancing with Wind
A long time ago, there was a movie music that sang “Que Sera Sera”. In Japanese, “Tomorrow’s wind will blow tomorrow.” This means that you can help if you are depressed when tomorrow is another day, so you should get out of it. That’s life! The wind is carefree and elusive.
Time for Change
As I reflect on my piece tonight, which is very late due to me having Influenza A at the end of last month, I am wondering if the timing is right? Revolution normally means a group of people have risen up to enforce political change or you could look at
Thoughts on Winds of Change 4-12
Martha Ressler There are so many ways to interpret this versatile prompt. The original comment was made by UK Prime Minister Harold McMillan in 1960 in a speech in Cape Town, South Africa. He was referring to the spirit of anti-colonialism that was sweeping across the African continent and in
Is it time to change?
We are in Autumn going towards Winter and in the northern hemisphere it is spring going into summer. Inevitable change of seasons is happening. Every year we get older so again inevitable change. These are things we cannot control. Things we can change though are our weight, our fitness, our
WINDS OF CHANGE
“Forces that have the power to change things……..used generally to mean change is going to happen.” In these troubling and uncertain times that are facing the world today including poverty, disease , hunger and political turmoil, one hopes that “a change is gonna come”. A simple change of weather could
4-11 Revolution
I believe we are watching an epic period in world political history at present. The actions being taken, and the responses others make, will have consequences on a global scale and may take many years to recover from. Watching and listening to the “noise” occurring on a minute-by-minute basis is
Winds of Change
Today I learned there is a Wiktionary… how interesting! The Wiktionary definition of the phrase Winds of Change is as follows: Noun winds of change pl (plural only) Etymology Coined by UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1960 in a speech advocating decolonization made in Cape Town, South Africa which
“I Wheeled With the Stars, My Heart Broke Loose on the Wind”
My creative process began with looking up the definition of “revolution” in the dictionary. Revolution and revolt share a common origin, both tracing back to the Latin “revolvere,” meaning “to revolve, roll back.” In the 14th century, “revolution” initially described the orbit of a celestial body, later expanding to include
The Unfinished American Revolution
The Unfinished American Revolution 4-11 Martha Ressler My idea was to use a small sampling of the political buttons I’d collected over many years of political activity to illustrate how the promise of the American revolution has fallen short and how realizing its promise has taken – is taking –
The Industrial Revolution
When I heard that “Revolution” was to be our next prompt, it filled me with too many options. It seems that there is always a revolution of some kind going on somewhere in the world. Cultural revolution, political revolution, Art revolution etc. I remembered stories that my Grandmother told about
The AI Revolution
More than 60 years ago, when television was still in black and white, the anime “Astro Boy” was very popular among children. Astro Boy is a human child-like robot that has gentle emotions and is equipped with so-called high-tech functions that allow it to make decisions with its own brain.