Hi Keri,

My husband and I are the same with buildings whenever we visit a place: we need to touch them, feel their solidity, or curvaceousness, imagining how someone built just that part that we are touching.

Speaking of different perspectives of a piece of art reminds me of my sister's PhD subject; she is an art historian and writing about "photography, sculpture and mis en scene in the 20th century", how sculpture artists like Rodin, Brancusi and Rosso used the room and positioning to influence the display of the installation, so that the perspective became an integral part of the presentation.

And how nice to see the 100 list is finished; I just love it.

Kerstin

thanks for the bright minds, beautiful ideas pointer...it looks like a very interesting book! I do wonder, however, why of the 5 designers only 1 is a woman? And, I suspect she was only added because she & her husband were a team and they couldn't put him in without adding her as well...

Hi Keri,

I was wondering who that author of Bright Minds, Beautiful Ideas is. I tried searching for it but couldn't find it. The 100 ideas look like fun.

thanks,

lauren.

How timely. Thanks much for the 100 ideas pdf, there are a lot of surprising gems within. I was just thinking I'd like to start a journal myself, of the tangible sort. One I can transform into a personal piece of art for just me. These ideas (along with another site I found http://www.writingthejourney.com/) will help jumpstart that process. Good day.

thanks so much for the pdf...I love the List!

Through Tamar (in and out of Confidence) to Gemma Grace, to you. That has been my journey here today. I've just begun reading your "art of rejection" and before I wander off and then find it difficult to find my way back (I keep forgetting to bookmark websites) just wanted to say that today, your words are so helpful to me. I'll come back soon Thanks KERI

As always, always inspired by you! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing the 100 ideas pdf Keri! Today I will begin one of my 'future' journals and fill the pages with these creative ideas.

As always, I am inpressed and inspired by you...

Yay, the 100 ideas are complete! Now I'm going to have to come up with some good ones for the last five...

Keri,

I so love these. thank you for such a wonderful idea. I will cut these out and place them in an envelope. I'll just keep picking one out each day and give myself a complete suprise.

Jenn

yay! i just printed out your 100 ideas:) i just had the IDEa that you would be an amazing speaker at my school CCA in SF and realized that now you live so close! hmmm... i may look into this if it's all right by you. thank you!

Thanks for sharing the 100 Ideas pdf. I'm going to put them into a little bag and use them on those days when I need a little bit of inspiration.
Your comment about edible art makes me think that the 100 Ideas should be printed on a giant bar of chocolate so that you could pick an idea and then eat it!!

I have the same urge when I look at art too. It is almost painful to go to a museum...the longing to touch, feel. It is not enough to just see! Sometimes I feel like I even want to put my ear to the painting and hear it. What you said "I like htat feeling of wanting to be immersed in something more fully" so resonates with me. It reminds me of the Robin Williams movie "What dreams may come" Particularly that first sceene when he arrives at "heaven" and jumps into the painting of wet paint! jackie

Oh, Thank You! Thank You! I love your 100 ideas, and I love it even more in this format. Thanks for sharing.

Oh! I wish I had known you were going to be in Davis! I've loved your blog for a long time now. I suspect your talk was "private" for the class only, since I haven't seen any publicity. Still, maybe I could have crept in and been a fly on the wall! Oh well. Maybe next time. Hope your talk went well! Lucky undergraduates . . .

I love touching art pieces too. To me, it's like being in touch with the artist in a way, to have felt something he/she had his/her own hands in when it was first made. I like the tactile aspect of it all. I used to do it all the time, until it became a written and established no-no at museums. Since then, sculptures have become my favorite, because you can freely touch *them.*

I think art should be touchable. It tells you how it was made, but more importantly, you yourself get touched in return.

Thanks for the fun 100 ideas. And what a great idea to make them in a format to cut out and put into a fun handmade basket!

Thanks for all your inspiration!

keri,

what type of journals, pens, crayons, colors, etc. do you use?

anxious to hear from you!

i love what you wrote about...

art does indeed entice...

when something is good, i want to EAT it, be a part of it, be consumed by it.

blessings,
leonie

I love the edible art idea! What a show that would be, all the patrons running around eating the artwork. I love it.