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Feels like earth but not: on Elizabeth Alley’s Exhibition at ShapeShifter Art School
I have a habit of symbolizing almost everything, a side effect, I think, of my need for all things to have meaning. W...
Infinitely Connected: Havelka, Langsdon, and the Lesson of Cross-Pollination Across Mediums
My favorite thing to do is make or find connections between things that seem, at first glance, completely unrelated. ...
What Making Can Look LIke!
Elaine here. Before I was invited to work with the ShapeShifter Team, I did not consider myself an artist. I have no ...
Typos, Cracks, and Art
Hello everyone—
I hope you’re having a good week as the sun begins to reappear. There’s a quiet optimism in the air a...
What Changes When We Begin
When something long imagined finally begins, shapeshifting asks us to release our attachment to the version we rehear...
Our Manifesto Has Integrity
Something that has always struck me about integrity is that there is no adjectiveversion of it. You can’t tack an -is...
Part III Exploring Curiosity ~ The Portal of Curiosity
Imagine that curiosity is not a mood you “have,” but a doorway you choose to walk through. On one side of the doorway...
Part II Exploring Curiosity ~ The Art of Not Knowing: Curiosity as a Way of Being
Curiosity is one of my favorite things about being human.It’s gentle, it’s inviting, a little mysterious, and honestl...
Part I Exploring Curiosity ~ What Happens When Curiosity Gets Its Way?
Do you remember how curiosity drove you when you were a kid? Let's bring that back to invite play and creativity back...