A Refreshing Thought

“The day, water, sun, moon, night – I do not have to pay to enjoy these things.” Titus Maccius Platus, Roman dramatist c. 245-184 BC

Recurring Hope

A collage by Jasmine Roth. Flowers bloom even in dirty, dark & desolate places, expressing a heart of endurance & hope.

Insomnia Facilitates Creativity

I think I drank too much coffee. Couldn’t sleep so I had to create. Watch out, I might do your face next! This one is called “The Look”.

Inspiration

Form, color, motion, texture, shadow, light, how it all comes together in time & space at that moment you are looking. Cool, warm, hot, tranquil, peaceful, comforting, intriguing, mysterious, delicious, saturating the senses and stimulating emotion. Life is art.

Origami

I love the sun, but I live in a place that’s cold most of the year and often rainy. So I create the sun, a happy sun, to shine it’s warmth & light inside my home no matter what the weather is like outside.

more fun stuff

Why do I do this? I’m not sure, it’s just so much fun to see what happens in the process of creation. There are surprises and delights, disappointments and frustrations, but overall it makes me happy.

New creations

I love abstract art. Endless ways that color, shape & texture can come together to create beauty, emotion & excitement.

Hello world!

When I was a young child I was sick a lot so my mother kept finding craft projects for me to do while I was at home. I also learned to sew and design clothes. My mother was always making things, from the knitted Afghans on our couch to the carpet cut & glued from…