My buddy, Kellie, posted a link about this graffiti wall on her facebook page today. This gigantic mural is right along the bus route I take. Have I noticed it? No. This has been on display this whole week! I’ve been driving right by it 2 times a day, 4 days this week. I guess my Buddha book is very engrossing.
Anyway, I’m glad she posted this info, because this is a cool project. Paint Your Faith is sponsored (? I’m not sure that’s the right word) by the United Church. They invited 4 artists (Faith47 from South Africa, Titi Freak from Brazil, Peeta from Italy and Indigo from Vancouver) to paint their faith in a mural.
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Everywhere you turn around Vancouver these days there’s something new to see. See what they did to the Vancouver Art Gallery? They turned it into Cathy Mechanic’s mom’s couch. That was her quote, not mine. But I think it looks awesome.
According to Art Daily, this is part of the Cultural Olympiad in the city – showcasing various art pieces during the Vancouver 2010 Games.
And just up the street from the Vancouver Art Gallery, a little shanty town has popped up, right next to the fanciest building in Vancouver, The Shangri-La.
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I’m a big fan of the website, Kind over Matter. It’s a feel good and happy website that also promotes artists and their work. I decided last week to participate in their Artist’s Trading Card swap and created this ATC. The rules of an Artist’s Trading card are minimal – the size of the card is 2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches tall. And for this particular swap, the work had to be flat – so nothing could be added that doesn’t lay flat in an envelope.
I started with some white cardstock, got out the iron, covered the bottom in tin foil (Sorry Mom. I should have warned you about that. Don’t worry, no irons were harmed in the making of this ATC) took out my yellow and pink crayons and sharpened them in a pencil sharpener. I spread the shavings on the white paper and quickly ran the iron over the paper. It melted down into mostly peach, but there’s pink and yellow splotches on there, too. I picked pink (it represents the heart in feng shui) and yellow (it represents wisdom – again with the feng shui colour interpretation). I then added a quote I heard recently by Emmet Fox, a spiritual author. I like this quote a lot and have been thinking of it over and over. I guess it’s growing in my brain. Good thing those thoughts are now more positive, because if this saying is true, then I’ve grown quite a few turd plants in my day, I can assure you.
I wanted to write the saying on the card by hand, but it proved difficult to write with a Sharpie pen on the melted crayon background. Good to know for next time. I ended up printing the saying out on a label maker, and cutting the words apart. Then I just added some glittery glue on for good measure – just like Dr. Emmet Fox would have wanted it.
