“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Fine Arts Friday: Hello, Spring.
We spent a much needed afternoon at the Dallas Arboretum after a cold wet winter. The warm temperatures probably won’t be uninterrupted, but they’re here. Fragrant, warm, and beautiful under a soft blue sky. God bless Texas. We’ve finally reached the point where the boys will also sit and draw in their nature journals. […]
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Beauty inside
Wacoal is a Japanese based lingerie company. Their Thai division has produced a series of short films called, “My Beautiful Woman.” There is no lingerie, no skin, no sensuous situations, just stories of three remarkable women told from the point of view of men in their lives. Interestingly, only one of those men is a […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Behold! Your country!
Sorry, I get a little excited about our next art adventure: the Hudson River school painters. I have loved Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life series sent I first set eyes on it, and I enjoy the other artists in this school just as well. The Hudson River School of artists depicted the American landscape through […]
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Touching
The man who was embraced and kissed by Pope Francis has spoken about the experience. I’m struck by the way Vinicia Riva talks about being touched. “He said: ‘His hands were so soft. And his smile was so clear and open. But the thing that struck me most is that there has not been thinking […]
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Beauty from ashes
The world is sometimes a hard and cruel place. But as bad as things get and as awful as people can be to one another, sometimes they are almost too wonderful to behold. The people of the Philippines have been hit by the worst storm in recorded history. They are suffering greatly and will need our […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Slowing down
At the beginning of this series of posts on fine arts, I explained why I’m spending one day each week focusing on arts (and natures study). I wrote that I’m teaching fine arts (and nature studies) “to provide true and good and beautiful things upon which my children can feast.” That is absolutely still true. […]
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This Is My Father’s World
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Virtual Vacation
Or vacation planning in blog form. One of those. Last year, after our great Grand Canyon adventure, we had tentatively planned a longer camping trip along the Lewis and Clark trail. For a lot of different reasons, that didn’t happen this year, but a girl can dream! And hopefully we’ll be taking the dream trip […]
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Fine Arts Friday: Exhausted
This past week has been camp week. MTG has taken the girls to Girl Scout Twilight Camp*, and I’ve taken the boys to Cub Scout Twilight Camp. I’m so tired it hurts. The main reason we study fine arts is to give our children a repository of beauty from which to draw. So today, I’m […]
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Fine Arts Friday: How do you pronounce that?
Last week, we started looking at a new artist, Pieter de Hooch (or Hoogh). He’s also a Dutch painter from the 17th century like the previous artist, Jacob Van Ruisdael (or Ruysdael). Dutch pronunciations are . . .fun, so I found a video that demonstrates the proper form. The narrator pronounces his name at 0:53 […]
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