Imagination Gives Us Wings
1994
Larry Kirkland (b. 1950 – )
Mount Shasta
“I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief…for a time I rest in the grace of the world, and I am free.”
Wendell Berry
Archive for the ‘Inspiration’ Category
Being quiet
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Nature, Places on March 8, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Silk Skirt
Posted in Clothing, Fabric, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places on February 25, 2010 | 18 Comments »
I am not a huge fan of flying. I have had this fear ever since I can remember. However, once the plane is steadied and I look around and see people relaxing, then I begin to relax and enjoy the mental space. My habit is to pick up a book and read [...]
Sorting and Integrating
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing, Vintage Hats on February 2, 2010 | 21 Comments »
On my early morning walks, I have become accustom to listening to audio books. I was finding that I was not working through and reading the list of books I perpetually use as a guide, so I decided to borrow some audio books from the library. This morning, I finished listening to Azar [...]
Musing about clothes
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing on January 24, 2010 | 28 Comments »
Having spent more time than usual in shops looking for something to wear to my daughter’s wedding, I had a chance to do some serious thinking about the way I dress, what is important to me, and how much that is being marketed and sold is uninspiring and uniform and dreadfully constructed. I guess [...]
A room with a past
Posted in Inspiration, Memories, Places, Ruminating, Vintage Clothing on January 22, 2010 | 14 Comments »
At least twenty years ago I decorated this room in an old 1910 house in downtown San Diego. It seems miles away from my life as it is now in Portland, but it was a memory, a room that I still think about as magical in many ways. The house was directly under [...]
Manon Gignoux
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Indomitable Women, Inspiration, Places, Vintage Clothing on January 7, 2010 | 24 Comments »
I must admit, I have two magazine indulgences that provide me with ongoing inspiration and worthy daydreams, Selvedge and The World of Interiors, both published in England. If I had to give up one or the other, it would be with deep regret.
Nearly two years ago, a fact the astonishes me, I came across [...]
Dreaming while sewing
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Inspiration, Ruminating on January 4, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I have a journal filled with photos that have inspired me over the years, and this is one that seems timeless….bohemian chic.
Old buttons…..
Antique metallic trims…..
French lace…..these are the things I dream about as I sew for the wedding. It will soon be time to get back to my own visions and see how I [...]
A few things to inspire
Posted in Antique/Vintage Textiles, Art, Clothing, Inspiration, Ruminating on January 2, 2010 | 11 Comments »
EWA I WALLA
FORM AND ELEGANCE
INSIDE THE SILK UMBRELLA
For the next few days, I hope to post a few photos of things that inspire me and will take me into another space in my creative room and mind. Maybe you will find something that inspires you too.
The Moon
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Places, Seasons on December 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I love suggestions. Deb and jude suggested we post photos of the moon. I contribute this….a Mendocino moon I took many moons ago.
And another view, a sliver of beauty on Mt Whitney, always a place to find a perfect moon.
Searching for the last idea
Posted in Inspiration, Nature, Places, Ruminating, Seasons on December 3, 2009 | 8 Comments »
Lately I have been a little discombobulated. I get this way when I look at my calendar, and I realize there is more to do than I have time and energy. Not complaining. Just searching for inspiration to see me though, as this is the one thing that takes me to a [...]
