Sharon Creech's Blog, page 7

Painting

So many similaritiesbetween writing and painting
the white canvasthe choicesthe blending and mixingthe perspectivethe style
the freedom
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Sometimes when I am weary of wordsI paint
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Do you paint?
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Story Branches

Started three different stories.
Usually I only work on one at a time.
Wonder what will happen.
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Iceville, NC

Ice:dreaded by driversand a curse to power lines

stillit has its ownmesmerizingbeauty

and its ownmusicas it clicks and clackleson coated branchesin the wind
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Orb Directions

The following directions for making the orbs that I've shown in the last few blog entries come via Lori Skoog (who has a great blog at skoogfarm.blogspot.com ), using Photoshop Elements.
You might want to put photos that you will be using for the orbs on your desk top first (otherwise, you can find them in your photo library.)
Open Photoshop Elements.Go to Browse to find and select photos.
Choose a photo and crop it into a square.Go to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates, and select Polar to Rectangle...click okGo to Image, Image Rotation, Flip Canvas VerticalGo back to Filter, Distort, Polar Coordinates and select Rectangle to Polar....click ok
Go to Save as and put down title and orb so you can keep things straight in an orb file.  (You might want to save to desktop first and file later.)
When you click off the original picture, don't save the changes.  That way you won't lose it.



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Newbery Orb

Last orb for a while:
The Newbery Medaltwisted and twirledintoagolden orb


(Click to enlarge)
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And more orbs . . .

What does your eye seehow will I knowunless you show meor tell me?
For you, today,more orbswith a note beneath eachgiving its origin:

Snow, mountains, sky

Tomatoes

Single flower

Watercolor of flower bouquet

Charm bracelet on wood table
Have a favorite?
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More Orbs

Something so simpletransformsinto something so elegant

if you swirl it aboutin your mind

and offer it upas a gift

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Orbs

The top photo of blooming Amaryllismorphs into an orb
(playing with Photoshop, which I blame on Lori Skoog)


andthe sunset morphs into an orb


and leashes, too.

Now I'm really going to get to work.Really.
You?  
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Beauty and the Ice

(click to enlarge)
Like seeds of ideasheld in reserveto be releasedone day
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So much gracefuliced beautyhere
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The Red Barn

So much dependsupon
an old redbarn
wearing greenwreaths
beside the whitetree
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(With a nod and apologies to William Carlos Williams)(click to enlarge)