Noisy / Peaceful

This week's Two Things Challenge is Noisy / Peaceful and is loosely based on a suggestion from Andrea and the list a few of you contributed to back in March. If you have an idea for two things you'd like to challenge us to interpret, please leave a comment here.

This challenge ends on 19:00 UTC Sunday May 18, 2008.

That is Sunday noon EST, 1pm CST, 7 pm in the UK, and Monday 8 am in New Zealand. And lest this sound strict, you know we would be pleased at any time to have your entry. We really aren't rule-oriented.

Remember anyone can join! Just post your entries--as few or as many as you'd like--on your blog and leave us a comment here. All media are welcome--paintings, photography, collages, drawings, sculpture, whatever you'd like.

Mother / Land Interpretations

This week's challenge was Mother / Land. A few of us participated and you can see the results above. This week's contributors, based on comments, were Janet of D.C. Confidential, Diane of Diane Clancy's Art Blog, and Frances of Holy Carpet. Andrea of The Way I See It also posted a tribute to her mom (I'm not 100% sure if she meant it to be part of this week's interpretations, so I'm only including a link.) If I've left anyone out, let me know and I'll update this entry to include your interpretation.

Mother / Land

This week's Two Things Challenge is Mother / Land. Next Sunday is Mother's Day in the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. (It's also Pentacost in the Eastern Orthodox traditions, but I stray.) If you'd like to honor your mother or a special caretaker or nurturer in your life or show us what you love about being a mom and you want to interpret land, you can do both with this week's challenge!

This challenge ends on 19:00 UTC Sunday May 11, 2008.

That is Sunday noon EST, 1pm CST, 7 pm in the UK, and Monday 8 am in New Zealand. And lest this sound strict, you know we would be pleased at any time to have your entry. We really aren't rule-oriented.

Remember anyone can join! Just post your entries--as few or as many as you'd like--on your blog and leave us a comment here. All media are welcome--paintings, photography, collages, drawings, sculpture, whatever you'd like.

Rough / Smooth Interpretations

This week's challenge was Rough / Smooth and everyone who contributed did a great job with their interpretations! This week's interpreters are: Katie at Rustic Stains, Diane of Diane Clancy's Art, Janet of D.C. Confidential, Frances of Holy Carpet, Andrea of The Way I See It and Maya of Maya Photography (here and here.) Welcome to our newest contributors!

Shameless and completely unsolicited plug here: with Maya's entry, you can either click on the two links above individually or just go straight to her blog as a whole. I recommend the latter, because right now she has a picture of the most adorable puppy on her blog. (Yeah, I confess, I'm a sucker for a cute puppy!)

As always, good job everyone. And, if I left anyone out, please let me know and I'll add your contribution to the interpretations.

Rough / Smooth

This week's challenge is Rough / Smooth.

This challenge ends on 19:00 UTC Sunday May 4, 2008.

That is Sunday noon EST, 1pm CST, 7 pm in the UK, and Monday 8 am in New Zealand. And lest this sound strict, you know we would be pleased at any time to have your entry. We really aren't rule-oriented.

Remember anyone can join! Just post your entries on your blog and leave us a comment here.

Self / Portrait Interpretations

This week's challenge was Self / Portrait. Everyone did a really great job with this one! This week's contributors are Gara, Lisa, Maya, Janet, Diane, and Andrea. If I missed anyone, let me know and I'll add your interpretation to the collection.

Good job everyone!

Update: Frances interpreted Self / Portrait, as well. To see her contribution, visit her blog here. (Sorry to be late posting this link, Frances. I've only just been back to this site this morning!)

Self / Portrait

This week's challenge is Self / Portrait.

This challenge ends on 19:00 UTC Sunday April 27, 2008.

That is Sunday noon EST, 1pm CST, 7 pm in the UK, and Monday 8 am in New Zealand. And lest this sound strict, you know we would be pleased at any time to have your entry. We really aren't rule-oriented.

Remember anyone can join! Just post your entries on your blog and leave us a comment here.

Masculine / Feminine Interpretations

This week's challenge was Masculine / Feminine and was suggested by Rob at Dusty Lens. Seems everyone had fun with this one and tried to interpret this as more than bugs and slugs for boys and ribbons and bows for girls! This week's contributors were: Maya, Rob, Andrea, Diane, Janet, Lisa, and Frances.

If I missed anyone, let me know and I'll add you to this week's interpretations.

Once again, well done everyone!


Updated on 04.22.08 to include Frances' interpretations and a link to her contributions.

Masculine / Feminine

This week's Two Things Challenge is Masculine / Feminine and was suggested by Rob who blogs at Dusty Lens.

This challenge ends on 19:00 UTC Sunday April 20, 2008.

That is Sunday noon EST, 1pm CST, 7 pm in the UK, and Monday 8 am in New Zealand. And lest this sound strict, you know we would be pleased at any time to have your entry. We really aren't rule-oriented.

Remember anyone can join, just post your entries on your blog and leave us a comment here.

And, if you'd like to suggest a weekly challenge, visit the Help / Wanted Suggestion Box.

A / Z Interpretations

This week's challenge was A / Z and was suggested by Gara at North Mississippi Artist. It was a fun challenge with so many possibilities, both literal and figurative, as well as imaginative.

This week's contributors were Frances, Diane, Sue, Rob, and Janet. If I missed anyone, holler and I'll add you to the collage.

Thanks again to everyone for participating!