art – Holly B.F. Warren Atelierista Artist Mind Wanderer Writer Optimist

The Spindle and the Thistle: Why We Must Educate the Adult Imagination

After 35 years in the atelier, I am haunted by a recurring image: the bush of thistles. I see it in the eyes of seasoned educators and weary adults—a dense, prickly thicket of no, should, and impossible. We speak of educare, of drawing out the light, yet we have become master architects of our own…
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Fragments

The Alchemy of the Fragment: Turning the Inside OutWe are rarely a single, solid story. Instead, we are a collection of echoes, sudden flashes of light, and the quiet weight of shadows. We are made of fragments: the jagged edge of a morning argument, the velvet texture of a dream, the precise blue of a…
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Inside Out. A symphony.

The Art of Unravelling: Turning Inner Noise into Outward WonderWe all carry it a tangled, vibrant explosion of “inner noise.” It’s the chaotic mix of half-formed thoughts, sudden emotions, and the persistent hum of daily life. Usually, we try to keep a lid on it, tucked away in the cardboard boxes of our minds. But…
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Loops, gaps, and threads.

We design the maps of our intellectual wondering. We are a deliberate architecture of loops, intersections, and ties a geometry of belonging that defines how we see the world.
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