When the Lyrically Speaking prompt was announced by Martha Ressler, two things immediately came to mind. Firstly the issue of using lyrics in artwork. A few years ago I made a quilt for the ‘Beneath the Southern Sky’ Exhibition curated by Brenda Gael Smith in which I used some lyrics

   I am a hummer.  I often have songs playing over and over in my head.  I began brainstorming about lyrics that might inspire a new art piece.  I tried to remember songs from my childhood.  Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.  Pop Goes the Weasel, but who wants to make a

As soon as I read the prompt I knew what I wanted to do. I was going to print lyrics from songs that mean something to me onto paper, tear and collage then stitch onto a fabric base. But what songs, what lyrics?    I keep my 300+ CD’s in

                   Song lyrics which floated down from the ceiling after Adele concert     I am having a hard time narrowing down my choices for this challenge. Choosing specific lyrics to one song seems like I am being a traitor to all the

Martha memorized the Broadway hits of her generation… I didn’t read further, I went to the library to borrow the musicals I could find, and I loved to watch and listen. It didn’t take me long to decide on Jesus Christ Superstar, since I came home from Israel 20. November

  This is as far as I have gotten on my next challenge piece. When I start a new project, once I have an idea of what I want to do I start shopping in my stash for fabrics. I pull out everything that might work, then stack them all

  In Japan during the Heian Period about 800 years ago, people wrote short lyrical poems of love. A round moon, a half moon and even a crescent moon, all filled with mystery ,inspired much poetry. For example ,there were 100 poems made by one hundred people. The soft moonlight

  When I drive I usually listen to recorded books. (Out in the country where I live radio signals are an uncertainty.) But when I take walks I like to listen to music. Lyrics attract me. I memorized the Broadway hits of my generation like Sound of Music and South