“Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and leg, you’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.” Mel Brooks (1926- ) American…
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Amen!
Good idea!!! I’ll try it now !!! Sleep tight!
Good idea!!! I’ll try it now !!! Sleep tight! “Set yourself to practice drawing, drawing only a little each day. so that you may not come to lose your taste for it, or get tired of it… Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something everyday, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worthwhile, and it will do… show 4 comments 
A timeless truth – applicable to just about anything we do. Thanks for sharing. 
Hey Beth
I love this. ! Beautiful piece, Beth! Thank you
I love this. ! Beautiful piece, Beth! Thank you “At the birth of the word ‘art’, it was a verb that meant ‘to put things together.’ It was not a product but a process. If we can reclaim that view of art- as a way of looking at and doing things, as a series of experiences and experiments- all of us gain a fresh… show 6 comments 
You are right! I have a question. Is life and death a continuation of the same process. I think so.
Sally, has anyone ever told you that you have a very dry sense of humor.? I thought about this awhile before answering!
Thank you, Karen! We laughed a lot and had a terrific delicious homemade brunch!
Love “finding blue on red”!
As in Life, it is a process, not the end…:) 
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Laura Vendryes - Jumping around and flapping the arms sounds just right to me. Keeps the brain from going into overdrive.
Does kayaking on the Erie Canal Count??
Hope you have having a great time in France!!
bethvw - Yes, it is not often you see a quote from Mel Brooks that has to do with art; and the sketch of red bills in Florida just fit!
What have you been up to lately? I look forward to seeing the evidence of wing flapping in your studio. I love to see the new ideas you come up with using new twists on materials.
Sally Shore - I love this quote – and the drawing is fantastically appropriate.