What: Take notes while in the bathtub. How: Fill a bathtub with steaming water, add bath salts/bubbles to your fancy. Place a notepad and a pen next to the bathtub, also a towel. Relax, let your mind wander, wiggle your toes. When inspiration strikes, which it often does in these relaxing circumstances, reach for the notepad… Continue Reading
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Free Writing
What: Free-Writing How: Sit down with your writing supplies of choice (pen/paper, keyboard, etc.) Set a timer for a realistic goal. Start short, maybe two minutes. You can go for longer later. Choose a word/phrase/topic and write it at the top of your page. Set the timer and start writing. Do not stop until the timer… Continue Reading
Part Two: HEARTHEART
You turn off the main road and drive under the tiled arch, going slowly now to make sure that you don’t miss anything. The road turns into a slightly bumpy driveway covered with yellowing pine needles and faint trances of children’s chalk drawings. Up ahead, framed by the perfect one-point perspective of the trees, you… Continue Reading
Part One: Welcome to Miranda’s Hearth
The first sign that you are getting close to Miranda’s Hearth is the art in the trees. For a few miles, you’ve driven along a winding New England road overarched by trees heavy with autumn leaves. Light dapples the dark gray road that winds in front of you, every once in a while breaking through… Continue Reading
“Don’t Make Art, Just Make Something” by Miranda Aisling
The problem with capital A, museum-worthy Art is that very few people think they can make it. And who can blame them? Because if they’ve never tried before, chances are they won’t. Which is why I tell people that they shouldn’t make art, they should just make something. Because anyone can make something. Don’t Make Art,… Continue Reading
Art Happens
I love art. I love making it, talking about it, looking at it, and living with it. But more often than not, I love to just let art happen. I’ve been a part of quite a few conversations and conferences this year where people talk about shifting the notion of art from being nice, to… Continue Reading
BETA Version!
This is a brand-spanking new website representing the next iteration of multiple years worth of ideas. The plan is to have it fully functional by November 1st, 2013. Until then, enjoy poking around and watching as it develops. To find out more about me go to mirandaaisling.com or watch this awesome video: