Revolution
How does a revolution come to a standstill? As long as the population walks between the set lines, everything is good. But when there is unrest among the people, it changes. This can have many causes. Disagree with the decisions of the government. If people don’t have financial means to live
“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.
The Heart of America is Broken
For me, the crow is a symbol of revolution. Crows are often seen as omens of change and chaos. They are survivors- intelligent, adaptable and deeply connected to their communities. They recognize faces remember injustices, solve problems and even offer gifts to those who show them kindness. They are also
Wicked in the Worst Way
An adjective that can be used as a compliment, the word ‘wicked’ LITERALLY means evil or morally wrong. I have been disgusted daily with the actions of the USA’s current president and his wicked circle of appointees and supporters. My quilt includes symbols of greed, destruction, lies, and hatred displayed
Trigger Words
I don’t know what keeps you up at night, but I worry deeply are about the massive changes in our treasured constitutional democracy. It is the many changes of just about everything, but especially the subtle, -or not so subtle-, changes in our American English language. It started years ago
Language of the Fingertips
I was contemplating what to express with this prompt. Then I decided to learn about Braille.Interestingly, Braille was invented in 1824 by Louis Braille in France, based on military code system. Afterwards, his Braille system was widely spread throughout the world and become a writing system for People with visually
Layers of Language
There are many aspects of language. Spoken. Written. Body. Facial Expressions. When it gets right down to the small details and you’re trying your best to communicate with another, in my experience, all these aspects of communication matter a lot. Nowadays we have Goggle and other apps on our phones
Change of Tone
As I thought about this prompt and how to portray a change of language, I was thinking of using English characters and then the characters of my daughter-in-laws language but felt that was an easy and obvious track to go down. The more I thought about language changing, the more
Songlines
Indigenous Australians have a means of transferring knowledge throughout generations via singing, story, ceremony, dance and art. A songline can be described as a pathway of knowledge, in the form of an ancient memory code, that communicates ancestral journeys, creation myths called a “dreaming”, and lore that is passed on