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This is a drawing made in 1915 by the Swiss (schizophrenic) artist Adolf W\u00f6lfli,
\nand I surfed the Internet looking for information about him. I came across this:<\/p>\n
“W\u00f6lfli is the poster child of the Outsider Art movement. This guy had it all; I found this text\u00a0– along with some other gorgeous images – on the blog of\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n I fell in love with the way he uses music notes in his art.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Wikipedia<\/a> said … I’m still flabbergasted by this guy and his art!<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On to some things that came in the mail in the Christmas (top 2000) week In\u00a0September, I joined an ATC-swap at SIStv.\u00a0Everyone\u00a0made ATC’s themed Here is what I made for this swap (front and back)<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 I heard stories of people \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0And more happy mail!\u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0 Isn’t she the sweetest? \u00a0<\/p>\n Today, my son has a drawing exam at school. In 3 hours time he has to \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n And have you heard of A Year in the Life of an Art Journal<\/a> And\u00a0on to the weekend! What are your plans??? I wish you all a relaxed and creative weekend!<\/p>\n Je t’embrasse!<\/p>\n
\na troubled childhood, a history of abuse, and broken homes.
\nHe was institutionalized in 1895 to the Waldau Clinic in Berne, Switzerland.
\nHe was very disturbed and sometimes violent leading to him being kept in
\nisolation for his early time at hospital. In isolation he began to have intense
\nhallucinations. Shortly after this he began to draw.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nKaty Elliott<\/a>\u00a0but if you google on “Adolf W\u00f6lfli” you’ll find a lot more…<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\n… like this page!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthis about it:\u00a0
\n“His images also
\nincorporated an
\nidiosyncratic
\nmusical notation.
\nThis notation
\nseemed to start
\nas a purely
\ndecorative affair
\nbut later developed <\/em><\/p>\n
\ninto real composition which he would play on a paper trumpet.”<\/em><\/p>\n
\nand I haven’t showed you yet.<\/p>\n
\non where they live. On the back of the card, we gave little facts or tid-bits
\nabout\u00a0the country\/state\/continent\/city we live.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAnd here are all the ATC’s
\nI got back.<\/p>\n
\nwho had several bad
\nexperiences with swaps
\nso I prepared for the worst,
\nbut there were only a few
\ndrop outs and the\u00a0other
\nparticipants\u00a0really put
\nan\u00a0effort in making these…
\nSome\u00a0beautiful cards here!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMy good blogfriend
\nDanielle<\/a> send me
\nthis “just because..”<\/p>\n
\nAnd…
\nshe turned
\nforty yesterday!
\nSo hop on over to
\nher blog to
\ncongratulate\u00a0
\nand leave her
\nsome hoorays!<\/p>\n
\ndraw a self portrait.\u00a0He is allowed to use a mirror and a photo as an example.
\nYesterday I made some portrait photo’s\u00a0for him to use – and he’s in the
\nmiddle of his exam “as we speak” (Good luck hon! No worries, you’re drawings\u00a0
\nare always fabulous so you can do this too!)<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nHe didn’t
\ntake this\u00a0
\nphoto with
\nhim to
\nschool
\n(too many
\nshadows)
\nbut I think
\nit’s (HE<\/strong>‘s)
\ngorgeous!<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAnd of course
\nhe wanted to
\ntake a photo
\nof me…
\nI edited this
\none a lot tho!
\nPlayed with
\nthe contrast
\nand highlights
\n’cause floodlight
\non a 46 year old
\nskin… mwaaahhh!
\nI didn’t know
\nmy wrinkles
\nwere that deep!<\/p>\n
\nI found out about this last year. Michelle played along and uploaded
\nmarvelous pages every two weeks… but I found it too late to join in so
\nI waited for this year to start. I was very surprised to hear they have
\nguest hosts this year, and two of my favourite scrapgirls and friends
\nare host – Wohweee! Congrats Glenda<\/a> and Michelle<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI’m going to test my online community one last time (together with beloved)
\nand I hope to know all the “ins and outs” of it by the time my workshop
\ngoes online. That’s in three weeks already, eeeekkk!!!
\n(If you’re new here… registration is still open and you can find all the
\ninfo about my workshop by clicking the image\u00a0in the right side menu)<\/em>
\nStill a lot to do, but I do hope to find some scrapping time this weekend too,
\nmaybe just enough time to make an ATC…?<\/p>\n