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Kelli Reppart

Visual Therapy » What Goes Around Comes Around // Big Ant International - 2 views

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    • Kelli Reppart
      Kelli Reppart on 24 Jan 13
       
      "What goes around, comes around." Meaning: they way you treat others will be the way you are treated. I often heard this saying as a child but it was more in response to fighting with my sisters than a broader worldview. I do not think it is limited to relationships but to how we interact with our world: emotionally, geographically, environmentally, etc. Another great illustration of this can be found with the stop-motion animation by Blu called "Big Bang, Big Boom". At about 8 minutes there is a sequence that shows the evolution of man and weapons and it literally comes around.
    • Deb Ryland
      Deb Ryland on 25 Jan 13
       
      Wow...what a powerful visual to go with your idiom! It's very close to Annu's idiom but in a very different light. You are so right...this message is one we should always keep in mind as we travel through this life especially if we want a life that is worth living for our children. I can't wait to check out the "Big Bang, Big Boom". I'll post on that later.
    • Deb Ryland
      Deb Ryland on 29 Jan 13
       
      I just viewed the video "Big Bang, Big Boom". I thoroughly enjoyed the creative process as well as the meaning behind the entire piece. Most of the work was enjoyable and then the ending...BOOM...it literally gave me a feeling of uneasiness and sickness to my stomach. Thanks for making me aware of this powerful video. On an up-beat note...your idiom also speaks about the fashion trends!
  • Karoliina Jokinen on 28 Jan 13
     
    I liked the picture you chose for your idiom. It was hilarious and same time quite influential. I also liked your idiom. I think it honours the circle of life and reminds that everythings is related to each others. Animation Big Bang, Big Boom is also very nice fast journey to see how our planet has developed.
  • lklampi on 31 Jan 13
     
    I really liked your idiom and the picture says it all! I also started thinking about my thoughts about this idiom and it says to me that everything you deny will come back to you eventually, maybe stronger than before.
Lindsay Bayer

Oh So Lovely Vintage: Friday Faves. - 3 views

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      Lindsay Bayer on 20 Jan 13
       
      Idiom: "Head in the Clouds" Meaning: To daydream; Not being fully aware or in the present moment; Being distracted by inner thoughts I'm definitely a dreamer. I can easily be inspired by something that presents itself in my everyday life, which makes me want to stop whatever I'm doing to write or create. However, this tendency to satisfy my creative urges have left me with unfinished projects and a bit of a procrastinator. Now that I'm a new mom, I'm learning to be fully attentive to my daughter's needs at a given moment. Through motherhood (and also prayer and yoga), I'm becoming more aware of my mindset and I'm striving to live "out of the clouds" and in the present moment.
    • Johanna Frank
      Johanna Frank on 21 Jan 13
       
      Daydreaming is something that inspires you in life and creates your own world but unfortunately not helpful to start work. I think everyone finds their own way to be set on the ground again. In my case I meet friends that bring me back to life. But still, daydreaming is necessary to just cut off your mind of the world.
    • Annu Kangas
      Annu Kangas on 23 Jan 13
       
      We have a exactly same idiom in Finnish language: "Pää pilvissä". I think that having your head in the clouds is also rather admirable ability. Sometimes it's so hard to stop worrying about all the things you need to do, when all you need is to just think about something nice for a while. Children are a good example. Is there anything more admirable (maybe a bit enviable as well?) than a child who is clearly in a whole other world while playing, or drawing ect.? I think we should be more tolerable when it comes to dreaming. After all it's dreaming that all the real good things start with. :)
    • lauravattulainen
      lauravattulainen on 26 Jan 13
       
      So true. Dreaming is a relevant part of humanity. I think that is what makes us happy. Without dreams and visions life could be grey and depressing. Dreams helps us keep going. Dreams are also very important to arts and that is one factor where I scoop topics. Even now, in my university's art project my subject is one of my biggest dreams, leaving to Africa to help children and women to have better life. Lifting women's status would help many societies because women are in most cases the supporting pillar that keeps everything together.
    • Janie Leck-Grela
      Janie Leck-Grela on 27 Jan 13
       
      My head was always in t he clouds growing up- and even today as an artists. In elementary shcool my teachers would send notes home to my mother reporting : "Janie daydreamed all day and lloked out the windo during class." Partly to being so intrigued with my own ideas or even undiagnosed ADD- I now see that as an asset. So now when my nine year old daughter's teachers report that she is unfocused- I smirk because I know she is just focused on 'something else' just as I was.
  • "Head in the clouds" print.
  • Michael Tribone on 21 Jan 13
     
    Procrastination is a great motivator. I often need to not do the work in order to solve the problem. It needs to run in the background. I need to walk the dog or answer email or work on another project in order to get it done. Music helps a lot. It doesn't have to fit within this postmodern, industrialized formula. Hands on the keyboard! Now produce greatness! Otherwise I just stare at the computer screen. Data, data, data. I cannot make bricks without clay.
Neus Mondaray Posada

Idiom - Daydreaming - 2 views

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  • Neus Mondaray Posada on 23 Jan 13
     
    Since I was very young I've been hearing the idiom "ser un somia-truites", which literally means "to be an omelette-dreamer". It is used to explain that someone is too dreamy, not focused on the real world or the important things. It is quite similar to "to be a daydreamer". I have been accused of being an "omelette-dreamer" some times, and this is because I have many crazy-like ideas, maybe not very realistic, or difficult to put in practice. However, more than once I have proved that it was actually possible to make that unrealistic idea became a reality. This is why I love so much that expression: to me it is like they are challenging me. Otherwise, there are many things I wouldn't have even tried to do.  So every time I have a crazy idea I call myself an "omelette-dreamer" (if there are no volunteers), so at least I try to make it happen.  Because everything that has somewhen been done, had previously been an idea or a dream. 
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  • Lindsay Bayer on 25 Jan 13
     
    I think our idioms are quite similar. They both express aspects of being absent from the present moment or the realities of the world. (My idiom is, "Having your head in the clouds.") I like how you relate your idiom to a personal challenge; that you CAN accomplish various dreams and that ideas are not always as outlandish as they may appear to others. How does the image you chose reflect your personal association with the idiom, or does it at all?
  • Deb Ryland on 26 Jan 13
     
    I agree that both of your idioms (Lindsay & Neus) are very similar in their translation to the viewer. I loved the visual Neus Mondaray Posada attached to his posting. As I read your texts, I also thought about the surrealist artist Victor Stabin. Check out his website if you have time...his images allow you to dream and feel dream-like. http://www.victorstabinprints.com/
  • Neus Mondaray Posada on 28 Jan 13
     
    Answering to Lindsay: Well, when choosing the image maybe I focused more on the feeling that the idiom transmits to me, rather than an illustration of all my explanation, and the final result it's quite confusing... The thing is that, to me, all that self-challenging and the belief that everything can be done is even relaxing. It always made me feel apart from the others .It's not too good in the beginning, but you can always try to be optimist and make the most of every situation. So, maybe this image makes more sense: http://jv.gilead.org.il/rpaul/Autour%20de%20la%20lune/images/038.jpg It's an illustration of a book by Jules Verne. He is actually the reason why I am a daydreamer. And Deb, I didn't know that artist, but his work is interesting. I love the paintings I've seen so far. Thank you for the link!
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