… away from an office party and this is what I saw in a little field in Woburn, the seasons in transition.
Posts Tagged ‘beauty’
I wandered …
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, On the Road, tagged beauty, butterflies, end of summer, Inspiration, nature photography, Photography, pollinators, urban landscape, wildflowers on August 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
evolution of a scarf
Posted in Inspiration, tagged apparel, architecture inspired, beauty, creativity, design, fashion, Inspiration, John La Farge, Photography, scarves, silk chiffon, women's wear on August 2, 2018| Leave a Comment »
In a book I found a picture and some text describing the decorative frieze band running along the upper walls of the tower inside Trinity Church. A bold, geometric pattern that struck me as multicultural. Very John La Farge. That was all the inspiration needed to grab my camera and try to find this pattern for myself.
It is a detail extremely hard to see from the floor without binoculars or a telephoto lens. My point and shoot was good enough. Working with the image was a creative challenge that turned out quite nice, I think. The final design, while first being executed as a scarf (16 x 72), is quite versatile.
The scarf will soon be available in the shop at Trinity Church. By then I may have come up with a suitable name for the design. 🙂
in the flower market
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flower market, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography on August 1, 2018| 2 Comments »
and on a brighter purple note
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged Arnold Arboretum, beauty, clematis, Inspiration, nature, Photography, purple on July 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
finding joy
Posted in Inspiration, tagged African American artists, art, beauty, Inspiration, joy, Kadir Nelson, New Yorker Covers, painting, Photography on July 18, 2018| Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite New Yorker covers to date, and an uplifting sight to pull from my mailbox at the end of the day. The artist is Kadir Nelson and you can read more about him, and the story behind the painting, on his website: http://www.kadirnelson.com/about
when you look up …
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, beauty, colors, creativity, design, fashion, Inspiration, menswear, Photography, ties on July 11, 2018| 1 Comment »
… what do you see? Well when you look up inside Trinity Church in the City of Boston, in the nave, you see a beautiful painted ceiling with abstract patterns and artistically rendered script. I shared a fuzzy photograph with Donna McNett of DonaScarves who then worked her magic to design a stunning menswear collection that includes a necktie, bow tie and pocket square. Available exclusively at Trinity Church. Shipping is available. Send inquiries to artandarchitecture@trinitychurchboston.org. Or leave me a note and I’ll pass your message along. 🙂
on a sunday walk
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, gardening, Inspiration, landscape architecture, Photography, urban landscape on July 9, 2018| 1 Comment »
a life in three scenes
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, beauty, faith, Henry Holiday, Inspiration, Photography, religion, religious art, St. Paul, stained glass, storytelling on July 1, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Like his big brother Phillips Brooks in Boston, the Reverend Frederick Brooks was making a name for himself inside and outside of the pulpit doing good works in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1874 he returned to the Boston area to find a teacher for a school that he had founded. In the course of his travels, on a stormy night on September 15, he left a disabled train in East Cambridge and decided to walk along the bridge. As his father recounted, “The night being dark, he fell through the draw and was drowned. He was thirty-two years of age. The body was not found until the 20th in the Charles River. Funeral services were held September 24 …” In Cleveland, Frederick Brooks had served as rector of St. Paul’s, a prominent church. And that may be why Trinity Church vestryman Charles J. Morrill. if he had a hand in the selection of theme, chose to honor the memory of Frederick Brooks by funding a memorial window depicting Three Scenes in St. Paul’s Life. The window is located on the northern wall of the nave, designed by Henry Holiday of London, 1878.
The story begins with a young Saul sitting with his teacher Gamaliel.
The center picture represents Saul’s conversion to Christianity.
The final image is of Saul, now Saint Paul, preaching to the people of Athens. As a whole the window is almost overwhelming … which makes sense given that it tries to capture one of the most complicated life stories in “just” three scenes. What is it I always say? See for yourself when you have the opportunity.
saint luke
Posted in Inspiration, tagged architecture, art, beauty, Inspiration, Photography, stained glass windows on June 28, 2018| 1 Comment »
Detail from St. Luke as Physician and Evangelist, a stained glass window located in the south transept of Trinity Church in the City of Boston, designed by Heaton, Butler & Bayne of England, 1920, in memory of James Sullivan Amory (1809-1884) and his son Robert Amory (1842-1910), a noted physician.
bared branches and flowers too
Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged beauty, flowers, Inspiration, nature, Photography on June 25, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Words + Images 