If you are inspired by what you read here at MyArtSelf, please consider taking up the challenge. Just remember that the challenge isn’t about making lots of stuff. It is about learning, healing and expressing through the process. It is about setting intentions for a life of quality.
There are two important aspects – making the […]

This month I’ve been pulling together the articles for issue 5 of Astarte’s Mega-Zine. The theme is “Dreaming”. The articles have been so content-rich! Catherine McArdle, my associate editor said she kept forgetting she was supposed to be editing as she read through these articles because each one was so enthralling.
I designed this double-sided doll […]

I went into the studio intending to make an accordion book. I picked up a deck of cards from my box of collage papers. The next thing I know, I’ve built a little house.
 

A house of cards. It is a metaphor, is it not, for something flimsy; impermanent. A house of cards is at risk […]

In his first project, Arrigo started with an idea and figured out how to express that through a doll – his talisman. (Read his post below.)
I started the challenge in a kind of reverse fashion – I made a couple of paper dolls then considered what they represented to me.
I had some eye clipart print-outs […]

“It’s just an illusion that lots of money brings happiness.”
I overheard this cliché remark as I waited in a bank queue.
Of course, the rationally-minded will admit that it has not been a case of money’s effect on happiness, but rather the attitude towards money that has in some cases, overrated its effect.
The person behind me […]