By s.e. smith on 30 June, 2010
On Saturday, abby jean, Annaham, and I went to see AXIS Dance Company, an integrated dance company based in the Bay Area, perform at the Yerba Buena Arts Festival in San Francisco. After some misadventures (namely us climbing way too many stairs because we went to the wrong place first), we managed to find the performance [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged dance, integrated dance
By Annaham on 25 June, 2010
[Warning for possibly triggering content regarding mental health, specifically depression.] I’ve been reading a fair number of how-to creativity books (yeah, I know, creativity is not something you can “learn” from a book) recently in preparation for a long-term project, and one thing I have noticed about some of these books–and a lot of the [...]
Posted in art, bad advice, creative work, mental health | Tagged art, creative work, creative writing, depression, inner critic, mental health, mental illness, social treatment
By Annaham on 24 June, 2010
Here’s the scoop: Despite the fact that I am sort of a cartoonist and “into” graphic art, I am, sadly, not totally on the up-and-up when it comes to comics and graphic novels! So, I need recommendations from you fine FWD commenters for a project that I will be starting on rather soon. I am [...]
Posted in art, books, creative work, media and pop culture, meta | Tagged art, biography, comics, creative work, reading
By s.e. smith on 16 June, 2010
I’m back on a video kick this week. Up first, a modern dance composition by Laura Jones. ‘Re:Bound’ is a very dynamic piece. Jones moves sinuously, using her whole body very expressively, and the music is rather moody. You can read an interview with Laura Jones published at Ballet-Dance Magazine if you’re interested in learning [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged ASL videos, dance, modern dance, painting, wheelchair dancing
By s.e. smith on 5 June, 2010
This entry in our ongoing series of posts featuring works created by disabled artists is focused on visual artists. ‘Golden Koi’ was painted by Jeffrey L Salyers, a retired letter carrier with Parkinson’s Disease. You can read more about Jeffrey and see some of his work here. ‘Lifted by the Wind’ is a pen and [...]
Posted in art, creative work | Tagged disabled artists, drawing, painting, photography, visual art
By Anna on 29 May, 2010
While I can never deny loving YouTube vids of singing in Sign, I’d like to post some examples of other art created by people with disabilities. Today, I thought I’d link to some poetry.
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