accidental art

it seems that the best blogging time for me is when i can't sleep at night. i thought tonight was going to be such a night - had coffee late in the afternoon, had an impromptu hip-hop dance party, was getting stuff cleaned and organized... when jason was ready for bed. and i fell right to sleep! ...only to be awakened an hour later by joey, who i discovered had a fever. 102.9 by my thermometer (which i don't trust - it usually says my body temperature is like 97, much lower than it actually is). so i took care of him, but then lay WIDE awake in bed for a while... before deciding to make good use of this time of having energy...! so i already posted on my other blog, and then i remembered i promised a post here about "accidental art" a few weeks ago. i've had all these pictures just waiting to share with you! so i guess now's the time!a little about "accidental art": i started keeping my eyes open when i was reading "How to be an explorer of the world" by Keri Smith. her basic premise is one of being more aware of the world, and as i have been on a quest to become ever more fully "present", i took on some of her assignments... this was "exploration #27", and the goal was to find accidental art - things that were not created on purpose (eg paint spills, things that have rusted or cracked from their original state, etc). i was amazed when i opened my eyes, how much more i saw than i would have walking the same route any other day. i hope you find some of these as delightful as i do!







oh, the colors and the textures! couldn't have done it better if they'd tried! my favorite ones were the painted jungle gym (below) that have gone through layer after layer every year, only to get worn off and redone once again... beautiful!