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The Trickster’s Hat Part 1
The Alphabet of Desire was the hardest project I ever undertook. I’m not a magician, except in the sense of being an artist, and I found that the project asked a lot of me. Some lettering work done for...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 2
As soon as the library sent me the reserve notice for The Trickster’s Hat, I was eager to jump in. Some of the exercises involved writing or other forms of expression, but the majority of them were...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 6
I do hope this image is sufficiently abstract/artistic to avoid suggesting straight up pornography. It’s not meant to be erotic; it’s meant to describe a dual principle. Exercise 20 explored the...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 8
Exercise 21 required 4 squares, lightly taped together. The collage was built on top of the squares, which were then cut apart and rearranged several times. I saved my favorite images for the top...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 9
How and Why by Robert Graves Exercise 29: illustrate a quote. But not just any quote. It was supposed to be something with a bit of humor to it as well as depth. I struggled with this assignment for...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 10
Van Gogh’s iconic painting of Blue Irises in a Yellow Vase It’s a really striking image, and much-copied. I love the thickness of the brush strokes, the boldness of the color. My Blue Irises in a...
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The Trickster’s Hat Part 11
A magic bottle Part of being a trickster is embracing whimsy. Exercise 32 involved creating a magical object: here a magic bottle. The vessel itself once held a single shot of a very high quality...
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