Coffee Talk: Next week, Inspiration from Tim Burton

Last November, I went to NYC for Thanksgiving. We packed so much into a few days, I haven't blogged about all of my adventures. Most importantly, I didn't have a chance to blog about my visit to the MoMA and the Tim Burton exhibit. Since Alice in Wonderland comes out next week, I thought I'd do an inspiration week on Tim Burton, a modern surrealist.

Last spring, I did an inspiration week on Dada, Surrealism and Salvador Dali as part of the creative process in developing the Surreal Rhythms beads. A style of bead more in the flavor of Dali and Miro. There is a more modern take on surrealism as interpreted by Burton and his many films. Walking through the MoMA exhibit, I was really inspired to see what modern surrealism looks like in film and art and wanted to write a few posts on the entire experience.

Have you gone to an art exhibit that inspired you?

Thinking, Perusing, Preliminary, Previous...

I should be drying my hair this morning instead of writing a blog post, the back of my hair will do it's weird wavy thing it does like in this picture of me in the Modern Art Museum (MoMa) in NYC over Thanksgiving - if I don't. But I'm throwing caution to the wind and writing it anyways!

I feel like I have a history with this Picasso. In 2004, I started making painted beads and a homage to Picasso based on this painting was the very first painted bead I ever succeeded in making!



I'd never seen it in person. It's a very large piece, vivid and lively.

I saw lots of art that day at MoMa and I'll share more with you throughout the week. There's so much to talk about I don't feel I can do it justice in one post.

Besides, I've really gotta go and dry my hair, I feel it curling up and it's getting time to go to work.

Uh-oh - I just looked at the time - I've REALLY gotta go!

Enjoy!