“I Found It at Playamart!”
An article in Scientific America’s Scientific Mind prompted a huge smile! “… creative thinking reduces stress and keeps the brain healthy…” (Creativity Predicts a Longer Life) This made me think of the many items that come from Playamart!
Treasures at Playamart! What most people consider trash, I often retrieve for creative use later!
Before/After – It Came from Playamart!
(Above: What’s real and what’s painted?!)
The following sea shell instantly triggered a fun image in my mind’s eye…
At home, I quickly converted the thought into a fun sketch! Sometimes we should release our inhibitions and have fun without worrying about what others might say
Smudged and old, this sketch still makes me smile when I see it!
Lighten up and have fun with your art this week! Draw some fun doodles, scrawl a few fun words across a discarded board, or give an old relic a face lift!
Do it for your brain and keep it happy and healthy!
PS: (I’m still offline for most of each week while visiting my friends in a remote area; several times each week we go to town, where I squeeze in an hour here and there for internet. This is scheduled to be published Wed. evening, so hopefully it works! — Thanks for your great comments and support – and for not giving up on me!) Z
Zeebra Designs & Destinations 
Such fun and so much creativity. I am in exactly the right mood for fun and frivolity.
G’day Lisa, Look forward to seeing you back in cyberspace but I’m sure you are enjoying your time with your friends. Love that fun sketch
Love shopping at Playamart ! Great post Lisa
Great wisdom!
Give up on you? You must be joking! Have a great trip.
Love the idea you had with the shell. Very creative!
I SOOOOOO totally love what you do with your beach finds! I can’t decide which is my favorite, but the sketch inspired by the shell is delightful!
Hugs from Cuenca,
Kathy
“Lighten up and have fun with art this week.” I love it. I need to lighten up more, in general. I think we all could. Take care, BTG
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I love the idea of creating art from what might be considered trash, and your transformations are wonderful! Thank you!
Reblogged this on The ObamaCrat™.
*smiling*
Have a great time! I just enjoy your way of always having art – and the sharing of it – in your thoughts! We are here for you whenever you come back. Just like you always think about helping, sharing and encouraging other people. Thank you for being there…
Give up?!?! Good grief! NEVER. What a loss that would be for me!
Now, is that cute little Chickee riding on a turtle?!?! That is just adorable! I so want to try this ‘bring back to life’ technique. We shall see. Be well. Have fun. See you when you get here. 😉
I love the seashell girl. Made me smile. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Love reclaiming the wood and painting on it!
Found art. Love it and your post.
janet
Some decades since I stoped drawing, but your post is sure for inspiration anyway! Take care, have fun! 🙂
These creations are brilliant, Lisa. I love the funny shell sketch. 🙂
I look forward to the day when I can visit Playamart. I love coming to your site Lisa. It is one of my most favorite feel good blog sites. 🙂
Nice metamorphosis! I see you have some pottery shards, too. Your post made me happy. You never know what you can find walking along the beach.
We’ll be here for your arrival at home! Love your post – your creative mind never slows.
Miss you, thanks for keeping posting even with you limited internet, you are the best artist I ever met!
We miss you terribly but TOTALLY get it about being unavailable! (I’m in the same boat, for different reasons.) I love, love, love this post because I use so many recycled things in my crafts – I’m happy to know “real” artists can see the possibilities in what many others think of as trash. While I am learning I need to throw more away than I generally do, I see artistic possibilities in even such ephemeral things as old newspapers and small scraps of wood or fabric. Seeing your creations is a balm to my abiding discomfort with how much is thrown away and wasted in our world. Thank for the link to the Scientific Mind article – and for being you!
I have been missing your posts Z! I love what you do with the things that you see! In the what is real…the lures….I hope that you are enjoying yourself in your remote area! Hugs – B
Good to see you here, even for just a quick hello. I thought of you this week. A new sno-cone stand has opened near the farmer’s market, and it might as well have been painted by the famous Zeebra! Are you sure you aren’t moonlighting, skulking around here in the States? I’ll try and remember to take my camera tomorrow and get a photo of it – or the first day it isn’t raining. Honestly, it looks exactly like it could have come from your hand!
Hi Z, Safe travels and the thoughts on creativity, welcomed. My ideas keep me up at night and often have me sailing with a new Wynken or Blynken! I’m just back from Turkey and used the phone app for blog posting on the go. Maybe you have it already?
Be careful!
Waving hello! and thanking you for the posts. Time off can be just that you know 🙂 Love your vision.
You must be stress free & have a very healthy brain, Lisa!