Tag Archives: Paul Klee

Mark Making, The Zen of Seeing, the Byzantine Monocondyle and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Posted on November 30, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Warning: really long blog coming up. (I had to do a really long poetic walk this time). The quote opening my blog of 29 August was from The Zen of Seeing: Frederick Franck. Intrigued, I sent for the book. In parallel … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Art, Blogging, Christian writing, Creativity, Drawing, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Printmaking, Science, spirituality, Walking, Walking Art, Writing | Tagged Automatic Writing, Bhagavad Gita, Byzance, Calligraphy, Drawing, Frederick Franck, Graph Theory, Krsna, Leonhard Euler, Mark Making, meditation, Mobius Strip, Monocondyle, Paul Klee, Poetic Mapping, Rust Printing, Rust Printing on Silk, Seven Bridges of Konigsberg, Stéphanie Devaux Textus, Tommy Wasserman, Tomography, Topology, Upanishads, Zen | 26 Comments

Taking a Red Cabbage (and an Apple) for a (Low Calorie) Walk

Posted on November 17, 2016 by AnnIsikArts

With apologies to Paul Klee for misquoting his famous definition of drawing (that it is … taking a line for a walk). This is a red line that’s been taken for a walk. Well, … more like a spin. A … Continue reading →

Posted in Aesthetics, Allotmenteering, Art, Creativity, Inspiration, Science | Tagged labyrinth, low calorie, low calorie red cabbage recipe, Paul Klee, Red cabbage, spiral, steamed apple, weight management | 14 Comments

Visual Journal 2 – Taking a Line for a (Poetic) Walk

Posted on April 28, 2016 by AnnIsikArts

Well, from the start I haven’t been able to keep up a daily visual journal. To be honest, I didn’t believe I would be able to achieve that. Something with a thousand different names, from Life to … seeks to … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotmenteering, Art, Art Journal, Creativity, Inspiration, Walking | Tagged Allotmenteering, Animating a Space, collage, Community, Drawing, Paul Klee, Pictogram, visual journal | 3 Comments

Taking a Noun for a Walk: Walkabout

Posted on February 26, 2011 by AnnIsikArts

Following on from the ‘smash hit’ of my ‘Taking a Preposition for a Walk’ series (smile), I thought I’d take a few strolls around the World (Wide Web) while at the same time ‘Taking a Noun for a Walk’. Again, this is on the same lines as Paul Klee’s definition of drawing as ‘taking a line for a walk. The definition ties in neatly with this, my first ‘walk with a noun’ in the series – ‘Walkabout’ – as this also involves ‘lines’.

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Posted in Art, Walking | Tagged Australia, Australian Aborigines, Indigenous Australian art, Northern Australia, Paul Klee, Rainbow Serpent, Songlines, The Dreaming, Walkabout, Walking on Purpose | 2 Comments

Taking a Preposition for a Walk I: ‘Walking to …’

Posted on January 30, 2011 by AnnIsikArts

Shocked, it inspired Fran to set about collecting 46,000 pieces of litter whilst walking on the beaches near her home. At each visit, she picked up all the litter she could carry and whilst walking raised nearly £1,000 for the Marine Conservation Society through sponsorship and sale of her unique seaside ‘souvenirs’. Continue reading →