The Things We Do ...

Though my last post may suggest otherwise, there are some wardrobes that do change with age.

Cathy A* is one of those wardrobe shifting individuals.  But two small words can transmute this seemingly logical approach towards syle.  Parent participation.

So when the theme for a daughter's dance performance was declared, 'christmas in july', and someone accidently ordered the costumes in a large size, and a certain studio director refused to let the christmas spirit go to waste......

 parents were required to wear ... The White and Red Skunk Tunnel 

...... or as the director put it "the super cute candy cane ensemble!"

oooh gimme that polyester.

*names have been changed to avoid future candy cane conundrums 

Photo submission and story: Amanda E.

Never Ever Ever Land

Maybe Peter Pan had it right.  

Sometimes the adult world's hard.  Bills, work, kids of your own.  And hey being a youth, I guess I don't know 1/2 of it.

But there's one thing I do know.

I see it all the time.

Adults rekindling with the juvenile inside them and releasing this child via wardrobe.

Let me explain:

this:

...becomes this:

roses are red

violets are blue

this backpacks pre-pubescent 

an iconoclast are you

Example deux:

As an overly cheerful, yellow turtlenecked wiggle named Greg, once sang, "oh I LOVE flowers" (Picking Flowers, December 2008)

I guess this iconoclast feels the same way.

this: 

...becomes this:

Maybe it's just me but the happy-go-lucky expression is what's really giving her away here.

Works Cited:

Little girl with pink backpack: http://kids-things.com.au/cart/images/LittleBeetle-Flower.jpg

Flower crochet kit by ALEX: http://www.meijer.com/s/alex-toys-flower-crochet-jewelry-kit/_/R-40077;jsessionid=EB9A6C17ADF8C45904B6C45FB479A48A.instance04?CAWELAID=317604709&cmpid=goobase

Picking Flowers (by the WIGGLES) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_KT9-J-Q6g

Color me Mine a Tribute to Suzanne K. Langer

Born in Manhattan, Harvard graduate and artist, Suzanne K. Langer (December 1895 - 17 July 1985), once said, "art is the objectification of feeling."


I hope this demonstration created in the center of Times Square, NY, does her justice:

Thanks to Amanda E. for photo submission ;)


Suzanne K. Langer Works Cited
http://www.answers.com/topic/langer-susanne-knauth

Sorry for the Wait

My dear readers - 

I apologize for the wait!  I have been on vacay and downloading photos has been aggravatingly impossible.  Not to fear though I am back, loaded with pics, and ready to blog. enjoy.