PUBLIC MARKS from blackgoldfish with tags inspiration & somethingbeautiful

"So today's the day I celebrate the accumulated days of the previous year that all add up to make me a whole year older. "

Sometimes it takes a lot of rain before you get your rainbow. Don't give up, yours is coming. Keep believing.

Hot Cocoa and Mashmallows Paper Bouquets Lip Balm Pockets Message Marbles

台灣首座紙教堂(Paper Dome)小檔案 ◎主體：以紙管圓柱支撐，紙管係來自日本阪神震災後的紀念建築，拆除來台重建 ◎數量：紙管圓柱共計有58根，每根直徑33公分、高5公尺、壁厚1.5公分，每根紙管可載重7噸 ◎外觀：帷幕牆、PVC薄膜屋頂、鋼筋水泥地基 ◎建坪：51坪 ◎造價：240萬元 資料來源：新故鄉文教基金會

inspired by industrial letter signs, multi colored text, and everyday sayings... we made our own marquee sign out of wood. now the fun part begins, we want to collect your messages to post on the sign. we're not looking for insightful proverbs, but rather ordinary, simple sentiments. some of the great ideas: # You are loved. # you make my heart go boom boom boom. # I wish I was a dinosaur! # you're gonna make it after all

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do". - Helen Keller, Cancer

soft, delicate things

"This magic moment, So precious so rare, Like no other moment, The moment we share"

"do you have a memory from your childhood or your past that brings good tears to your heart? tears of aching happiness that swell your heart with passionate memories? my heart aches at the sound of a piano."

Kathy writes, "Each month of her first year I took a photo of my daughter on my Stendig calendar. At the end of the year I put all the photos in a Kolo 12 page paper album. It's an easy way to see her progress throughout the year. The only problem came when she started to crawl - getting a good photo became harder and harder."

"What is a joutney? A journey is not a trip. It's not a vacation. It's a process. A Discovery. It's a process of self-discovery. A journey brings us face to face with ourselves. A journey shows us not only the world, but how we fit in it. Does the person create the journey or does the journey create the person? The journey is life itself. Where will life take you?"

似乎變成了習慣。每日必做些不同的事情來紀錄生活的點滴，除了剪紙，也刻印和做版畫，也寫字和畫畫。創作與生活的界線於是愈加模糊，文字與圖像的界線也同時跨越了。

「在每天的生活中，圍繞著我們身邊的景物很多時都是令人玩味的，但大部分人都匆匆而過，視而不見，白白讓趣味從身旁溜走。羅瑞雲用她細緻的觀察力，走遍香港大街小巷，將平日普通不過的事物，以獨特的筆觸及手法，把它們生動地呈現於畫紙之上。 」

"So they are in piles. Color Order piles, I might add."

So today I decided to document my gratitudes - here is what I am thankful for today:

「畫曼陀羅是可以幫助自己跟自己的潛意識溝通，還有當你放空專注繪畫時，就像是冥想的狀態，無形之中也會穩定心性，沈澱心情或轉換情緒。」

paper sculpture by hen stark

"Copenhagen's Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) proposed this eye-catching design over a year ago to coincide with Shanghai's "Better City, Better Life" 2010 World Expo . The building takes its form from the Chinese character for person 人 (”ren”) and combines two buildings (one symbolic of mind and the other symbolic of body). We love the poetic inspiration that reflects both site and cultural sensitivity."