Jung's Red Book

I went to see The Red Book of Carl Jung at the Rubin Museum in New York. You can read my impressions at in good spirit.

Prayer Flags

Sometimes I stretch the interpretation of what a book is and the prayer flags are an example. They can be viewed as separate pages joined together—a book. The flags (pages) were cut from different colored recycled plastic bags. The writing was done with waterproof marker. I made them last winter at about this time and they were in perfect condition when spring came. They were a welcome sight as we walked out our back door on cold and icy winter days. The pages are hung on string made from connected loops of plastic bags. Some people call it plarn (plastic yarn) but I kind of like the word I came up with, pling (plastic string). I wrapped the top of the flag page around the pling and stapled it around rather than to it so that the flags could move freely. You can find directions for making plarn/pling here.

LINKS

Tibetan Prayer Flags
This site selling Tibetan prayer flags has thorough and well illustrated information about the history and traditions as well as symbols, colors, and meanings of traditional prayer flags.

The Dream Flag Project
connects students to their dreams and their dreams to the world through writing poetry, through creating art, and through the words of Langston Hughes.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year!

Recyclemania continues into the new year. We have the big old-fashioned colored lights on our tree this year (we alternate between them and white, initially done to please all family members and now we all like both) and these are the burnt out bulbs. The hangers are made from twist ties. The writing was done with a sharpie metallic marker. I also used these bulbs as package tags for gifts.