A Journey

I've been thinking a lot about choices and direction lately (it's probably because I'll soon be leaving my '20s, and those two topics seem to come up a lot in one's '20s and '30s).

For some reason I immediately thought about these two images from Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the Flemish Renaissance painter (I'm not an expert on Renaissance art but I remember these images from a high school text book).

I can't really pinpoint why these two images came to mind but there's definitely something about the theme of journey in both of these paintings.  More to ponder . . .

On a side note, isn't it amazing the vivid stories both these paintings tell you?  I find it helpful to ask a lot of questions to get at the stories.

I also find it helpful to add a soundtrack to art (take an iPod to the museum one day - it's a delight for the senses) . . . my selection would be Ludovico Einaudi's Nuvole Bianche.

 

"The Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.  Image via gordonbrander.com 

"Hunters in the Snow" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.  Image gordonbrander.com

Weekends are for cooking and decorating

My weekend comfort food: kimchi, pork, tofu, and just enough spice.

Inspiration for Christmas decor right outside my front door!

Our alternative wreath.  I took branches and tied them with some artificial leaves I had lying around the house.

An arrangement of candles.

A little rosemary tree.

I love taking weekends to make things.  It's been fun to gather twigs, leaves, and branches right outside my door to decorate for Christmas.  Ahhh, I get inspired every morning I step outside the door!

Organized Chaos

I try to clean up but my desk always ends up looking this way.  Kind of nice in it's own way :)