This week, it turns out my frags all have a creative bent to them. Consider it my attempt to bring a little culture to the blogosphere.
First up: A haiku! You may remember from your literature class in junior high that a haiku is a poem that has three lines and a syllable pattern that goes 5-7-5. For some reason, Mike likes the haiku. So much in fact that he has a blog called "How You, Haiku?" that he updates from time to time. This week he wrote and posted one that I just love.
Frivolity stops
A beetle crosses boy's path
He sits and watches
It's about Robbie playing outside and stopping to watch a bug. I don't know why, but it makes me smile.
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Today's second frag is a quote that a guy I knew in high school posted on his Facebook page:
Sound when stretched is music,
Movement when stretched is dance,
Mind when stretched is meditation,
...Life when stretched is celebration.
~Ravi Shankar~
The classmate who posted it is an artist himself, living and working in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I asked him when he became an artist. He said, in true artist form, "at birth." Grooooovy!
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Last week, I got together with a bunch of my sorority sisters to celebrate our 40th birthdays. One of my friends is an attorney in Manhattan. Her husband is working on his music career as part of a "melodius acoustic rock" band called The Hillary Step. I've listened to a few snippets of music on their website and it didn't make me want to turn the audio off. I would probably even buy a song or two off iTunes. Mostly, I was interested because of the origin of the band's name. Apparently, the Hillary Step is the last step climbers take before reaching the summit of Mt. Everest, a nod to Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person ever known to reach the top.
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Do you know what kind of art I just don't have an appreciation for? Ugly animation. All that Japanese anime stuff? YUCK! My boys love shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Dragon Ball Z Chai. I can't get past the ugly animation to see if I like the story or not.
Give me something with softer lines and more cheerful colors anytime. Something like this:
Or this:
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Of course my favorite art is the stuff made just for me:
