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Meet Sean Hennessey

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 21:38 View Comments

Sean Hennessey is a sculptor, painter, and glass artist. A graduate of Berea College, Sean worked in professional theatre for ten years and has bridged the theatre and fine arts community since moving to DC in 1997. His works have been seen in many contexts and venues including; The Shakespeare Theatre, The Kennedy Center, the [...]

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Stuff & Nonsense

Friday, April 24, 2009 12:10 View Comments

I am a big believer that it is a mistake to overanalyze things and some things should not be analyzed on any level. I am not a lover of theory, especially art theory, which is funny being that the art school I graduated from is famous for being extremely theory heavy, so much [...]

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Trees

Thursday, April 16, 2009 13:19 View Comments

Earth Day is coming up next week.  I’m not going to lie.  While I do consider myself environmentally conscious, I am by no means perfect.  For instance, I do use an enormous amount of paper towels (food throwing three year old at home).
Before I digress into a laundry list of my own personal struggles with [...]

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Eggscuseme?

Thursday, April 2, 2009 17:34 View Comments

I realize that I’ve reached an all time low with this week’s unfortunate title.  But perhaps you will overlook it when you see all the wonderful things I have to share with you.
Above photo shows artist Franc Grom with one of his masterpieces.
From National Geographic:
“Grom uses an electric boring tool to drill approximately 2,500 to [...]

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In Bloom

Thursday, March 26, 2009 13:41 View Comments

This week’s finds are all about flowers.  My mother claims one of the secrets to happiness is fresh flowers in the home.   I think she’s on to something but I have a fondness for flowers and plants in any form.
Above is a crazy amazing necklace by Etsy seller Elizaveta.  The necklace is crammed packed [...]

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Kill Your Television

Thursday, March 19, 2009 21:15 View Comments

Spring brings the arrival of beautiful weather, lots of lovely blooms, baby animals to ogle and a whole slew of new episodes of all the television programs that I won’t be watching.
Let’s be honest here. Television sets are unattractive. Yes, especially the flat screen, super bionic ones.  They’re hideous.
Never fear! I have found a [...]

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