January Flying Carpet 2023

In January the Flying Carpet 

flew to the Land of Dreams

and in a dream
she was at an art opening
flying paper airplanes.
A message was written on each one:
“Dreams are Time's Boomerang”

 

That dream turned into an inspiration in waking life…
so she started making 

paper airplanes

and she wanted 

to make a lot of them

and in the making,
some paper airplanes turned into valentines

and she started folding them
and stacking them up

and then they looked like feathers

and then they looked like seedpods

and then they turned back into valentines
and the valentines' message was:
Plant a seed of love

 

Special thanks to the Dreamers
and the Valentiners

December Flying Carpet 2022

 In December
The Flying Carpet
celebrates celebrations

Celebrate shining and bright

Celebrate having the freedom
to shine our lights in the window

Celebrate western tea

Celebrate eastern tea

Celebrate the spaces in between

Celebrate dressing up

Celebrate wrapping it all up

As the Year of the Tiger roars out,
Celebrate looking forward
to the Year of the Rabbit

Special thanks to Satori
and my Wild Rumpus Family

November Flying Carpet 2022

 In November
The Flying Carpet
“Let the good times roll”
in New Orleans

Music around every corner

in The French Quarter

Waiting at the Vampire Cafe
but the wait was too long
“let's have a Bloody Mary”

The Backstreet Museum
The Fantastic World
of Mardi Gras Indians

Got our fix
for drugs and beauty

at The Pharmacy Museum

Total juxtaposed wackiness
at Mardi Gras World

Weird Stores with

broken magic boxes
and the Decatur Angel… $5,000.

Saint Louis Cemetery
in the light of day

Found paintings/
found collage/
found assemblage

Special thanks 

to Lion-headed Susan-san

 and Maka Nani

*photo by Susan Dierker

October Flying Caroet 2022

 In October The Flying Carpet
admits to being
a grateful non-recovering
Fall-a-holic

The Flying carpet can ascend
on autumn elation alone

The morning of windy yellows
Las Golandrinas

Farmer's Market:

“Who made your beautiful banner?”
“Grandma made it…
no more… this is the last…
she's 90 years old-- “
 Chencho Ochoa
Red or Green?
Chile is our business

Who painted your great sign?
“I did”she said proudly

Offrenda at the Folk Art Museum
“Earth in Crisis: 

for the souls
of the casualties 

of man made disasters”
Stephanie Riggs

You never know who will be
around the corner

Sometimes 

"there's no place like home”

Sept Flying Carpet 2022

 In September
The Flying Carpet
went TRAVELING!!!

Flying to Santa Barbara
to teach Artist as Traveler

Students work
from order to chaos
to chaos to order

THE OCEAN!!!
makes gigantic bundles.

Sink my feet in the sand…
Who else has walked here?

Back home…
Turquoise Trail Studio Tour…
Rick Phelps Phantasmagoria!!!

A whirlwind trip to Denver

to deliver Zack's paintings 

to Havu Gallery...

sky writing in the dawn

Boogie down 

Morrison Street in Denver

The Denver Botanical Garden…
Heaven…

Octoberfest in La Veta, CO

Special thanks to Darcy
www.mycreativeneststudio.com

Sharron, Julie, Pam, 

Venita, Lisa, and Julia

Sharon, Bill, and Comet

and Zack