Armi Ratia, Marimekko’s founder:
“There is only one responsibility – beauty. There is only one reality – a dream. There is only one strength – love.
and
“There must be a reason to dirt a fine white cloth with print.”
Armi Ratia, Marimekko’s founder:
“There is only one responsibility – beauty. There is only one reality – a dream. There is only one strength – love.
and
“There must be a reason to dirt a fine white cloth with print.”
The Marimekko exhibit at Seattle’s Nordic Heritage museum:
Heard on NPR just today; http://www.npr.org/2017/06/19/532816482/home-is-where-the-art-is-the-unlikely-story-of-folk-artist-maud-lewis . A woman after my own heart; before my own art.
“…beauty ignites the desire for truth…”
“…beauty brings copies of itself into being.”
from On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry
To hold them is a pleasure. To drink from them delightful. From a friend who got them at Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon. The artist is Barb Campbell. See http://www.barbcampbellceramics.com.
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14 March 2017: on this day (and evening!) of postcard writing, a postcard view of mountains, rivers and roads. Cascadia, perhaps.