Words sometimes have opposite meanings
In Japan, at the end of the year, characters with the image of the year are announced. It was “gold”. “Gold” has the meaning of gold for minerals and gold for money. The bright side of gold was the Olympics in Paris last year, and Japan athletes took many golds
The impact of Language
When thinking of language I am drawn to two aspects. The first is the impact of language when it is used in a positive or negative sense. The advent of social media today sees language spiral out of control as it spreads quickly around the world. Generally if positive language
Change of Language
The way we express ourselves has drastically changed throughout the years! In the 60’s it was “hep” to be “ cool man”! The seventies we said phrases like….”right on” or “ you got to be kidding”. The 80’s saw ““rock on”! Today if I hear “ absolutely” or “ no
Bush Tucker
I only speak one language, English. Other than a year of high school French lessons when I was 13, I have never had the need to learn another language. I have not been forced by circumstance, war, colonisation, accident, physical change, emigration, marriage, association, or invasion to learn another language.
Change
I think that a change of mind is the process of modifying or reconstructing one’s perspective on one’s way of thinking. In this process, Change occur when existing ideas are challenged or encountered with certain factors.A change of mind is similar to looking at a path you’ve been used to
Change of Language
It seems as if the themes are becoming more and more abstract and difficult. But in my experience, the longer you think about a theme, the more ideas you get. If you look back in language, what were the first signs of text? Now, that’s the hieroglyphics, which is already
Which Way?
Well we are well through this round being nine of twelve, and I have based the whole round building a series of works with similar backgrounds and changing symbols. At this point I am wondering if I should continue or completely change what I am doing? Well as I thought
A New Prompt- Change of Language
My first experience with a Change of Language was when, as a newlywed, we traveled to Jordan to meet my in-laws. My husband’s family is large, and since everyone wanted to see and meet the new English bride, there were several large gatherings. Initially, it was incredibly overwhelming. On top
Gray Matter, Dark Holes
When I learned about our current CiC prompt, my thoughts started racing from one possibility of interpretation to the next. On and on for weeks. Should I go easy and work abstract, maybe look back and pick a point in my life where I changed my mind for better or
On my mind…what could possibly be next?
The past several months have brought us such an amazingly unique sharing of thoughts in my community. There have been worries.. a time for contemplation in our world and yes, wondering how we will move through the days ahead. And while there is a time for looking to the future
The Best Laid Plans
For this prompt, I wanted to explore the concept of the artist who decides to rework a completed painting. Sometimes the problem is a fault in technique, color, scale, proportion, or even composition. They are so dissatisfied with the piece that they scrape off the existing paint, or paint over