Wednesday, November 23, 2011


By paper artist Calvin Nicholls.
There is nothing simple or ordinary about his paper art.
 Where we would simply use a piece of paper and a pair 
of scissors, Calvin uses everything you could possibly think
 of to carve, cut and rip perfect details onto his creations. 
The motifs are all wildlife, and that must be one of the 
hardest categories of things to make with paper since
 there are sometimes impossible details on animals.
 These details are amazing, and I can't even fathom 
the time it must have taken to create these 
masterpieces of art. 

Friday, November 11, 2011

My Raku


Life is Beautiful.





THE SERENITY PRAYER

GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE;
COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN;
AND WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

LIVING ONE DAY AT A TIME;
ENJOYING ONE MOMENT AT A TIME;
ACCEPTING HARDSHIPS AS THE PATHWAY TO PEACE;
TAKING, AS HE DID, THIS SINFUL WORLD
AS IT IS, NOT AS I WOULD HAVE IT;
TRUSTING THAT HE WILL MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT
IF I SURRENDER TO HIS WILL;
THAT I MAY BE REASONABLY HAPPY IN THIS LIFE
AND SUPREMELY HAPPY WITH HIM
FOREVER IN THE NEXT.
AMEN.

--REINHOLD NIEBUHR