A working studio becomes layered with a deep and wondrous treasure trove of raw material. When I become a camera the possibilities of framing chance encounters with surreal and inspiring compositions are limitless. This series shares my captures of random juxtapositions that caught my eye. Some I may use as source ideas for painting, but all are complete in themselves as examples of sagacious serendipity.
The scraps of writing and doodles are taken from my version of a sketchbook which consists of bits of paper I scribble on as I moodle around the studio.
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Love sagacious serendipity occurring in a working studio. Had not come across moodle so had to research it……interesting. Did you use it in your teaching?
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“So you see, imagination needs moodling – long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.” / Brenda Ueland /
I didn’t know the word when teaching but always shared the essence of the idea with my students, although I was never popular with the school administration for this. ‘Moodling’ – a combination of musing and mental doodling, the true source of creativity. Thanks Rob…
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You are an intuitive …… “moodler”……the food of our souls!
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Hah! A new word to add to moseying and meandering. I guess the M’s have it. I bet your students loved you for it.
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O most multifarious and magnificent M, moseying and meandering midst midnight’s moonlight moodling, mmmmm!
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I have some very old moodlings of yours that came from mountain tops many many years ago. I will send them on to you.
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That would be amazing Mogs, faded paper memories of a me that used to be and maybe, in part, who I still am. Look forward to it…lovely to hear from you, as always…
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I didn’t know moodling either [as a word anyway!]. A treasure indeed this is, John! 🙂
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Thank you dear Marina…
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Nice to learn new words, and this colourful moodling is inspiring 🙂
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Thank you Ina…
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Sagacious serendipity has now made it into my vocabulary. I will look for it every day! And your treasure trove really catches the eye. Were I to take my scraps of interest and inspiration and compile them, they would still look like scraps. 🙂 Yours inspire!
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I appreciate your kind words very much Debra, thanks…
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