this is very inconvenient

dishes need washing

canvases need priming

I need my paper snipping hand back!!!

oddly enough, while working lame, on another limb, a tree branch

i re-located my wrist

apparently sawing with a dislocated wrist wasn’t

the worst idea i had that day

…and the walk with me walking stick project is off and away

this project has many sources of inspiration. one being a similar project by fellow heARTist Stephen B. MacInnis. there will be eight in total. the one above is the first and has started (with my sawing) its journey.

on the night of nuit blanche ottawa all eight hBg treated walking sticks will be set free. a small message will request of those that walk with us to share a snap of their journey with the stick before they pass it along or leave it to be found by another. if it works the way I hope it will the snaps will be uploaded to a group on flickr and this collage of snaps will tell a story.

…so i need my hand back because there are seven other walking sticks to start!

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i started this adventure with the hopes of collaboARTing at any and every chance

so here is a great chance!

Nuit Blanche Ottawa 2012 / #NBO12

as the new countdown clock of the right tells me, we have five-ish months to go

September 22, 2012

heARTbeatgal and a fantastic fellow collaborator will take part in the over-night pedestrian arts celebration with a few collaborative pieces

(une page blanche)

the intention of the project is to allow the night to shape collaborative inter-active pieces in celebration of connectedness, both within ourselves and with those among us

it invites others to actively collaborate, allowing us to tap into the energy of what is most beautiful in life, self-love, connection, self-expression, fun, creation, community

i will soon detail some of the project ideas…because i wish with all my heART to have you collaborate with us!

think large papier collé that we could start soon and finish that night… think travelling walking sticks that share their journey in snaps… or just think!

we want input

stay tuned

please

heARTbeatgal

so Ottawa is joining the party with its first nuit blanche

a night, overnight September 22,  “…paying homage to the incredible creative human spirit.”

SAW Gallery, ottawa

heARTbeatgal is going to be a part because i believe this spirit is strong in ottawa

strong but silent

disparate, rather that silent, might be a better assessment

i count many pockets of artists, collectives, of various colours

besides which, I never need an excuse to celebrate creativity in all its forms

stay tuned for my project ideas…

meanwhile, my heARTist friends,

i encourage you to think about this event

it will only work if we collaborate and make it great

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