The power of song
There are song lyrics that have deep empathy when listening to music. The lyrics are like a poem. There are many stories about love, sadness, anger, courage,greatness, and so on. In that stories, I get comfort and courage. I think that a song lyrics can change a person’s life or
What Will Be
Our third prompt was to be inspired by song lyrics or poetry. I went wayyy back in time to remember this song, first recorded by Doris Day in 1956, when I was only two years old. When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother, “What
Take Me Home
Rooflines #16: Take Me Home 28.5″ x 40″ ©ColleenKole2018 Over the past 35 years, I have lived in 10 different houses in five different states. Moving to a new place was such a bright and shiny idea to begin with. It was fun to think and dream of “starting over” in an
Fish and Wine
Just coming home from a very interesting historical trip to Israel, I read the topic for the next round: Broadway hits of my generation. Jesus Christ Superstar immediately came to my mind. It was almost Christmas, and the topic was also close to the season. To visualize some
A Thousand Doors to Eternity
This prompt was not easy for some reason. Too many choices? I finally settled on one of my favourite singers, Sting, and his song “A Thousand Years”. It is a beautiful love song, with a haunting cello line in the background, and to me speaks of the eternity and
What Does the Newspaper Say/ On New Years Day
For a month I pondered — not knowing what I was going to do. Yes, I know that I proposed the prompt. I thought it would be easy. It wasn’t. Then on New Years Day I went to retrieve my neighbor’s paper for them, and my shadow
"And the sun poured in like butterscotch…"
I am an unabashed fan of Joni Mitchell. I have been since the first time I heard her, many, many (could it be 50?) years ago. Her melodies are beautiful, her voice and delivery are beautiful, but her words, her lyrics, are poetry. For me, hers is the kind of poetry
Scattered Black and Whites
Once I understood that I couldn’t merrily print lyrics onto cloth to use for this piece I had to have a rethink. One of the lyrics I had been going to use was from a song called Scattered Black and Whites by Elbow. It is a song about memories
In the moon light
“Thought of thousand things fill me with melancholy as I gaze upon the moon, but autumn`s dejection comes not to me alone.” By Oue senri Peter macMillan This melancholy lyric poem is ”百人一首“ （One Hundred Poets One Poem Each） It`s very old collection of Japanese poem. But now
Lyrically Speaking—Let’s DANCE!
Music and lyrics are often a source of inspiration for my work. I love the idea of taking common elements of music— rhythm, pattern, and repetition—and recreating them in cloth. While, there is no visual evidence of lyrics in my work, I often name my quilts after the titles