creative thinking

I realize that most of the world does not care about American football, but our country just finished the 44th year of the National Football League’s Super Bowl match up, and lots of people in this country care a LOT!  Millions of dollars’ worth of  television

I made this mosaic yesterday as an escape from a mosaic that I could not seem to accomplish.   The way I explained it to someone who inquired about its meaning on my Flickr photos is this:  the idea presented itself when I was using similar materials to design a different piece,

The Gradual Unfolding of Time 6″ diameter x 1 1/2″.  Copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge. Integral frame and ceramic inclusion by Roberta Mitchell. Where I live, we have come to expect that time is a commodity in short supply. “I’m busy; I don’t have

For a number of reasons I have not been posting recently, but I hope I’m back now.  It is amazing how writing and making art, and then seeing comments on the effort come in from next door and across my country and all around the world feels like intimate community, rather

These mirrors are a gift for twin girls who are three years old.  Children that age love to find things, especially on the ground when they are out walking.  Their pockets and rooms fill with rocks, sticks, shiny papers and such.  These mirror frames filled with colorful tiles,

The other day I was organizing my latest mosaics, framing ones that needed framing, and deciding which ones for which show, and saw a mosaic for which I had no frame.  Almost everyone has a drawer or a box or a sack somewhere containing a stash of miscellaneous stuff, and I have

Sinister 6 1/8″ x 6 1/4″.  Copyright 2009 by Lynn Bridge. Since this is Halloween, I am thinking about fear, or maybe about FEAR.  Having been born with an unreasonably vivid imagination, I rarely had a relaxing night’s rest; the necessity of plotting to outwit

A writer friend sent me a description of what happened when the world-class violinist, Joshua Bell, played with open violin case in a Washington, D C. metro station a couple of years ago.  He was playing Bach for solo violin, compositions unmatched for emotional and intellectual

Why was and is art integral to the daily lives of people who hunt animals for their very existence ?  Why cave painting, why carved bones?  Why decorated pots?  Why temple architecture and decor?  Why artistic quilting just to stay warm?  Why lace?  Why dyes and printing?  Why

For those who have seen the picture of my last mosaic piece, “Seafood”, and have wondered what in the world was going through my mind when I made it, here is the best explanation I can offer.  One day, when I was already working on two other mosaics, I had taken a