ThatArtist (Aisling D'Art)

Lovely, happy use of colors and design!

Happy birthday to your hubby, and congrats on being able to celebrate in Providence! (I hope the weather was okay.) Watching old Trek on TV yesterday, I smiled, remembering you and our fun at Bjo's early gatherings. * happy sigh *

Images from the 1980s cartoon series, "The Jetsons," showing how accurately they predicted things like Zoom meetings, robot vacuums, telehealth consultations, and smart watches.

From cheezburger dot com...

Other names for Medicaid:
Alabama: Medicaid
Alaska : DenaliCare
Arizona: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)
Arkansas: Health Care
California: Medi-Cal
Colorado: Health First Colorado
Delaware: Diamond State Health Plan (Plus)
... AND MANY MORE in other states (Tell others!)

Another update re: not actually OWNING the Kindle books you've thought you were buying... Per Val, a FB friend, "Yes, that’s infuriating. I recently noticed my book purchases now say I’m buying a “license”. Maddening."

We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

Lovely!

More about the Amazon/Kindle ownership issue. (My tip: search "How to Remove DRM From Kindle" for one possible solution.)

LOLOLOL...

YouTube video by CriminOlly Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books - you have 10 days to react

It's a busy week, starting with moving allll of my files from my old, faltering laptop to the shiny new one. Meanwhile, if you own Kindle books, this may be important. (I haven't fact-checked it.) youtu.be/KMoCzeGnIss?...

In troubling times, people experiencing high stress or crippling anxiety deal with it in different ways. Some have a therapist, some have a deep breathing exercise & some even have a personal mantra.

I have a Mabel.

This. Share it with anyone working for the U.S. federal gov't.

Thanks for letting us know. We need to do everything we can to help those in need, especially those so brutally impacted by what's going on right now.

That came to mind when I heard about the water drained from a Northern California reservoir. That water is essential for irrigating farms, especially rice, during the dry winters. Without that water... Well, that's going to impact farmers and our grocery prices, big time.

SOoooo cool! Thank you!

Oooh... I can practically hear the Edgar Allan Poe raven. (Okay, yours are crows, but still... 😉 )

This is a torn-paper collage. The words "inspired" and "living" with an early evening photo of a New England home or inn, in a snowy setting. The lights in the home are warm and welcoming, kind of a golden yellow. The lower left side of the collage is accented with two kinds of gold glitter. On the right side, a torn image of tall, slender tree trunks - leafless - are a pale tan and white image, referencing winter as well.

I think I've stumbled onto a business model that will give me more time for art AND for writing. Woooot! Meanwhile, here's one of this week's torn-paper collages. (3" x 5" on cold-pressed watercolor paper. Images from an issue of "Yankee" magazine, plus gold glitter.)

What's creepy is that I'm "hearing" that last line in the WDW voice, from the Magic Kingdom's PeopleMover attraction... 😐

Wow! Intuitive...?

Yaayyy for getting it! I got it in four, but here's how: My starter word is always "opera," to check three vowels and one common letter (R). If that leaves me baffled, then I go with "unity" as it checks two more vowels plus a "Y."

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If you'd like a distinctive font for your art, etc., this tool looks useful! www.creativefabrica.com/tools/font-g...

It depends upon the fabric & your sewing machine, but one (admittedly clunky) option is: Pin it securely to paper (LOTS of pins) and then sew through both layers, tearing off the paper after you sew. Tissue paper can work for some fabrics. I'm sure there are vastly better solutions.

Worst case, pin it to tissue paper, so it can't stretch.
Then, after sewing, tear off the tissue paper... and use the paper scraps in a collage, maybe? 😉

Oooh, I love these! They're such an inspiring mix of geometrics and stylish portraits! Keep doing what you're doing; important art is... well, important.

Yikes. This is feeling like "Fahrenheit 451" ... but worse.

Oooh, I bought one of your patterns (the bear one) and it's inspiring! Thank you!

Ooh, these are inspiring! I shared a link to your patterns, at Facebook, since many friends are fabric/collage artists.

Cute photos... and yes, happy birthday!

Blank spaces... collage on lined paper... that's among my favorites on that page. 🤩

Gemini AI Can Now Watch YouTube Videos for You and Save Hours of Time The new feature can provide a summary or answer questions about a video.

Hmm... unless it's imperative for viewers to actually SEE what you're talking about in a YouTube video, editing the visual elements may be pointless now. Actually, a lot of videos may not be viewed at all, due to this tool: www.makeuseof.com/google-gemin...