Mona Lisa - Bob Gillen

Kicking off this week with a quote from poet/essayist Mary Karr’s Syracuse University commencement address, 2015.

A reflection: Will our lives be immortalized in the Louvre, or written on a sidewalk in chalk?

What I’m Writing This Week

Let me reverse the order for this week and start with my own writing, a bit of text and imagery.

DaVinci’s portrait of Mona Lisa, her identity as yet unproven after 500 years, hangs in the Louvre in Paris. The woman endures, etched in our collective memory.

The Indian leader Gandhi’s image, semi-permanently, lives on a brick wall in Downtown Los Angeles as street art.

Mannequin Monday – Ebony Fingers on White Keys

Hi. Welcome back to Mannequin Monday. Our ongoing goal here is dressing the blank form: words, images, clay, paint, movement. This week I will again rely on images to spark creativity.

Today starts with artist and writer Austin Kleon, who continues to inspire me. He recently posted architectural image collages on his blog.

Kleon in turn led me to designer/writer Frank Chimero, who specializes in interactive web design.

And I wrap the weekly post with a writing sample of my own, a writing exercise on haiku. One: Ebony fingers on white keys sprayed wild notes on the air.

Tag: Mona Lisa

Mannequin Monday – “…because I’m scared shitless.”

What I’m Writing This Week

Mannequin Monday – Ebony Fingers on White Keys

Mannequin Monday – Ebony Fingers on White Keys

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