'The game of Boxes' is a game like tic tac toe. How does love compare in your life to the claiming of lines that can be connected and the concomitant boxes that can be claimed?In the 'Apophasis at the All Night Rite aid' poem, the poet 'not wanting to be alone' is shown the door to the moon.In 'A Brief poetics of the Hinge', an article by the poet Catherine Barnett, her search for hinge in poetry, where there is both movement and restriction like that offered by a tether. In Providence,some of the best sermonsdont have endings, he saidcomes to my mind as an example of the restriction and release.chorus is the title of many poems in this book. One thing the title helps with is the conectedness and the identification of the literal chorus for/of many voices. But with so many under that tag, readers will have to remember the first line of the poem for its ID. Couldnt these poems be put into one section with 'Chorus' subheading and look for any other interesting internal theme.'Agape' is for word lovers, not the ones who like them by sounds but for those who like them for their meanings sometimes only and sometimes many.Coming to the style of the poems, with so few lines and words, the reader is forced to think what the poet intended instead of just bagging nice phrases as low hung fruit and proceeding to the next poem. Having hooked the reader into the gap of the poem, there is no choice but to fill our thoughts after the question in Inventory, iiReally, what chance do any of us havefor moments of bliss?But proceeding on without waiting for us to come up with suggestions, she dismisses them.In Old story, The clock doesnt have an amygdala. With no Amygdale, there is no sympathy. As in the warning time and tide wait for none. Whats natural than time and waves, but the measuring of them makes them so inorganic. In 'to speak of other things' gardens speak in a way reminiscent of the serpent eating its tail. Styrofoam in 'Scavenger hunt' shows an imbalance of biodegradable activity and chemical nonbiodegradable inactivity.
I was very taken with the page which has the basic equipment numbered and explained. I couldnt imagine what could be done with them. And then comes the barrage of examples with how to achieve the desired visual effects.Making moulds for the decorations opens a whole new world where in you can design the decoration to sit the theme of the party you want to cater to.With the cutters and stamps, the author shows how stunning effects can be brought about.Some decorations like 'poppy crops' leave the cupcake top feeling no less than a canvas for an eager artist to show off their creative skills.Not only are you introduced to new equipment but to new ingredients like piping gel and their dramatic effect.'Safari stars' is a very creative assemblage.
A book with a bookmark of cake pops.While the credit for the classic pop goes to Bakerella, the author has taken the idea forward applying the dynamic cake pop to faux icecream and popsicle pops.The vibrant colours in the book bring about the festive atmosphere hinted in the title of the book and on the cover. Tiered cake pops is a cool idea.Cake slice pops, animal pops, aeroplane pops... Many ideas like this. Now your kid doesnt have to have one single idea for a cake or choose between the many. You can make all of them as cake pops in one cake.A tiered Display stand for the cake pops and others show how they can add to the aura of the pops and also how pops can build on the themes involved.Paper roses is a new idea unlike the pompoms which has already been introduced by Martha S.
I knew of a couple of famous poems by Lucille Clifton but never felt pushed to explore her work further. Looking at this collection, I gave up even before trying by the enormity of the book. But after being lured into other collections, I have realised how an authors whole body of work speaks in a definite voice. With most poets, we need guides. Not with Lucille Clifton, atleast to enjoy it in first reading. Direct to reader poetry.The verse is so light (all simple worlds) that its hard to believe that one can write on weighty issues and still write on/from dreams, poetry for relatives and a letter and followups to Superman - not in the tone of 'Rescue me'. She taunts the forces be to topple her like those dolls that will never touch face with ground.Repetition used to good effect of gaining familiarty and belongingness.A title begins with ellipsis leading to God.
The first thing that I used from this book is the blanket ride which turned out to be fun for both my daughter and me. Then I made a crown. Morning surprise - coronation.You can pat yourselves on the things you already do.Its interesting to know why some activities like role play, taking care of dolls develop baby's skills.
Recently I made a water painting of an ox relaxing on a beach with palm trees behind and a blue sky from a photo on the net.after I got done with the ox, I no longer wanted the ground to be sand, I wanted it to be muddy water and then came the light sky. And now I was left with middle ground and didnt know what to do with it. Then I imagined a scene from my childhood where there was a mild high land cliffing into water pool. I went fr with the imagination to put in our ancstral home but not enough to realise that it would make an interesting subject for another painting all by itself.To cut long story short, 'Creative Acrylic Landscapes' by Wendy Jelbert encourages such changing, mix and match of elements of in your landscape to get at a powerful painting.'Contrasts in tone' shows how tones alter the perception and feel of a landscape. The book explains the basic quipment and techniques that are needed to make a landscape painting.There is a detailed snapshot by snapshot of making of a half dozen landscapes with snapshots ranging from 30 to 50, explaining, the method and feel sought after with each step.
I have had only a couple of coffees on the list and the history is interesting. I knew nothing about Indian coffee other than the special utensil its made in. Now you can learn of different coffees and how to make them too.
To simplify the elements of a scene that you see into 3 objects.Look at your feet as the author mentor says. There is a painting of such an impression in the book. And now I understand the treasure that lies at our feet.There are many techniques in the book to create wonderful paintings. The author says that painting is for when you are at loss of words. But once you do the paintings, you will find yourself itching to express in words too.There are works by many artists in the book. That brings a variety of perspectives.
This was a gift for my child but I enjoyed solving it. All the while I was trying to make an elephant out of the hippo. There is one big puzzle which is inclusive of all the other 3 smaller puzzles.If you want to give a head start to your kid you can finish the big puzzle to aid them in putting together the other three.Or put the pieces belonging to each smaller one in different piles. and the way to do that is see he pattern of the numers behind the picture side of the puzzle.
It is a very small book with a little over 30 pages. But the examples of poems written out in the shape of the object that the poem is about are a good way of getting kids to be creative about picking their favourite subject and write on it.
I have read about shape poems but these concrete poems are befitting for kids to make just the outline instead of filling out the whole shape.
something fun for one and all.Without being heavy, kids are introduced to a pantoum.Most of the lines stand by themselves but also make sense and maintain continuity if linked with the line above or below, like ripples.The pictures are creative and will inspire new set of fun activities like dance, pet parade.
I learnt of Totoro, benign wood spirits through the book's description. In elementary school, I used to think that thick bright white clouds were cotton. Sora goes one up with cotton candy.Its funny how on earth, we fantasize about clouds, but Sora's experience shows that many things that we do on earth like playing in puddles, grass, sand are taken for granted.The pictures on each page are soft and inviting. Finf the Ferris wheel which has clouds as seats.In the end there is a list of Japanese cultural tidbits found on the pages.Another creative aspect in the pictures is the recurrence of Sora showing next action as well.
when I read the poems, I was not enthralled, it wasnt about the words or rhyme. But if you consider the book as a whole, you will start hearing voices from all the inanimate things in your house and world. And that I believe is a reason enough to read this book.This book can be used to spur creative poems out of kids.
I have never heard of the poet BJ Ward. The cover of the book ’Jackleg Opera’ with its exposed piano is like Billy Collin’s poem ‘Building with its face blown off’. Rubberneckers welcome.My favourite is ‘Upon learning that hearts can become stones’. It is easy to relate with poems that have a tangible inspiration. This poem triggered by a newspaper clipping is a good example of his enchanting poetry. For a beginner poet just coming to the acceptance or realization of this metaphor would be the start and the end, while the poet here draws out the evolution of hearts to stone through the channel of life and language.In most poems, the lines are of equal length but the pacing of words split the lines in the readers mind while reading. Visually the poems have a formal long line look. But the verbs in the middle break the line causing the illusion of bite size literature. There is the occasional Emily Dickinson style dashes. Often I would auto read the poems and then go back to the beginning of the poem to make sure, I didn’t miss anything.Most of BJWard’s poems address a definite subject ranging from banal like stapler to universal like love. It could be a turtle, answering machine, cats, lovers, absence, unavailable father. Father poems steer clear of bitter but not without leaving a chilling effect. Many of literary figures too show up for some humour.Having been a poet for more than 2 decades, poetry workshops and book tours too find find place in the book. In one such, the poet compares writing poetry to skiing‘spreading easily across white surfaces,Making our way from one margin to the otherAnd leaving marks-‘
Sid the squid on one end of the Golden Gate bridge and the city in the background. How can you not see whats next? The illustrations are so creative. Makes one rethink if we can really use the extra arms for good if we had them. May be if the brain came with extra processing power.I was recently thinking about how kids learn of different occupations. This book puts a very creative twist on that subject.
