The Organized Mind

Limbo: The Organized Mind performed by Jim Henson on The Tonight Show, 1974. Music by Raymond Scott. Watch here.

reminded of room weaving

(thanks Simon!)

mirror

Magic Mirror Tricks by Marion Walter, illustrated by Navah Haber-Schaim, Scholastic, 1971 (published in hardcover as Look For Annette) "You can do all kinds of tricks with a mirror inside this book."

brown bag

125 Craft Ideas Kids Can Make From Throwaways, Highlights for Children, Columbus, OH, 1981

a promising line of origami thought

from Origami Made Easy by Kunihiko Kasahara, Japan Productions, Tokyo/NY, 1973

"...So far, no book or other full treatment of abstract origami has appeared. But like other fields of endeavor, origami can certainly have main streams and branch currents, one of which can be abstract figures. As this field has yet to be explored, I present a few abstract origami here in the hope that they will inspire you to devote attention to what is likely to become a promising line of origami thought..." -Kunihiko Kasahara (Origami Ideas for Future Study)

stones, bones and skin

artscanada---Stones, bones and skin: Ritual and Shamanic Art, December 1973/January 1974, issue numbers 184-187
The cover features one of a pair of carved maple figures made by an Ojibwa man probably 1870.
I hope to share some of the contents in future posts.

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Today's stack from The Children's Hospital Foundation paperback sale.

Sol Lewitt: book of books

Sol Lewitt: Artist's Books by Giorgio Maffei & Emanuelle Donno, Edizioni Viaindustriae, Foligno, Italy, 2009
A survey of Sol Lewitt's book production from 1967-2002. A nice little book of books I will never own.

previously (by the same author)

(thanks again P+W!)

R,S,R

Ready, Set, Read: Best Books to Prepare Preschoolers by Ellen Mahoney & Leah Wilcox, Scarecrow Press Inc., NJ, 1985

A wrinkle in time

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine D'Engle, Scholastic, 1962

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Art from Found Materials (discarded and natural) by Mary Lou Stribling, Crown, NY, 1970

palais idéal

from La Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval: Quand le songe devient la réalité by Jean-Pierre Jouve, Claude Prevost, & Clovis Prevost, A.R.I.E. éditions, 1981 (1994 edition) French language

Farmer, baker, and postman, Ferdinand Cheval dreamt of building his Palais Idéal (Ideal Palace) for twleve years prior to actually undertaking the project, which absorbed thirty-three years of his life. Inspired in 1879 by the chance discovery of an extraordinary piece of sandstone, Cheval, completely unschooled in building, resolved to become a mason and architect in order to utilize what he later referred to as nature's sculpture. On his postal rounds in the southeastern village of Hauterives (France), he collected stones of odd and fanciful shapes, transporting them home first in his pockets and later by wheelbarrow to be used in his construction. (from Parallel Visions: Modern Artists and Outsider Art, LACMA/Princeton, 1992)

Andre Bréton called him the "undisputed master of mediumistic sculpture and architecture".

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Dennis Oppenheim (1938-2011)
(Wishing the Mountains Madness, Missoula, Montana, 1977)

previously

Art Education 9

from Doing Art Together: Discovering the Joys of Appreciating and Creating Art as Taught at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Famous Parent-child Workshop by Muriel Silberstein-Storfer, Simon & Schuster, 1982

The smell of flowers.

from Monsters of the Middle Ages by William Wise, illustrated by Tomie de Paola, G.P. Putnam's Sons, NY, 1971

Colour in Nature

Colour Research, 1972-1973, from the Morris/Trasov Archive

"The rainbow is a timeless departure point for the imagination. The physics of light and the perception of colour have engaged both artists and scientists.. The colour bar project grew out of informal collaborations in the late 1960’s between artists involved with the Intermedia movement in Vancouver and developed as a model for art and life experiments in the 1970’s. It remains a reference for continuing research. "

Visit Michael Morris, Vincent Trasov, and The Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery (where the physical archive resides)

Found/reminded of thanks to Liene and her amazing blog Hoola Whoop Please go there!

A.R.

Allen Ruppersberg's studio in Hollywood, 1968

from Allen Ruppersberg: One of Many---Origins and Variants, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, 2006

one year

Stopping Off Place is one year old today!
Thanks to all who visit, and especially to those who take the time to comment or write. I truly appreciate it. Also, big thanks to all the blogs/people who support this site by sending visitors my way---I'm grateful for the new friends I've made and I look forward to future collaborations.

(image from Steven Caney's TOY BOOK, 1972)

ball and cube

Do-it-yourself ball and cube lamp from McCall's Needlework & Crafts, Fall/Winter 1969-1970

DCB

visit David Berman's new blog mentholmountains.

drawing from The Portable February by David Berman, Drag City, Chicago, 2009

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tapering, multi-sided figures with compound-angle (hopper) joints

Popular Science, November 1971