tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68197236748658357272024-03-05T15:52:03.134-05:00Pattie Belle Hastingsthe embodiment projectAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.comBlogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-76259562496002882852013-09-26T10:52:00.000-04:002013-09-26T10:52:20.624-04:00Notes to Self<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-23612029378597854892013-05-05T16:12:00.000-04:002013-05-06T09:59:28.216-04:00Padfolio Mod Project<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/8708788892/" title="Padfolio Mod by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img alt="Padfolio Mod" height="423" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8543/8708788892_af14e0e72b_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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Three years ago, when I became Chair of the Visual and Performing Arts, I purchased an “executive padfolio.” It was perfectly practical on the inside and hideously ugly on the outside. It had a unique feature that allowed you to fit a <a href="http://www.utrechtart.com/Fabriano-Eco-Qua-Stapled-Notebooks--Grid-Graph-Paper--8-25-X-11-7--A4--MP41074-i1017995.utrecht" target="_blank">sketchbook</a> and an iPad in the pocket side. I tried over the years to hide the ugliness under stickers and tape. It just looked worse as the stickers rolled up, wore off and collected grime. I searched and searched for a better looking model that had the same flexible feature, but it never appeared. Recently, I came across some <a href="http://ahhh-design.com/binder-series-1/" target="_blank">wonderful binder mods by Amanda Hawkins</a> and I was inspired. Since my tour of duty as Chair is coming to a close, I thought it would be the perfect time to dissect the padfolio and put it back together again – for a new and more creative life.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/8707667295/" title="Padfolio Mod by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img alt="Padfolio Mod" height="415" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8535/8707667295_4eecf12c10_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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I carefully cut the cover off and discarded it, while preserving the integrity of the inside structure. I found an old collage in my flat files that happened to be the perfect size and consisted of some of my favorite symbols for creativity and mortality. I ran it through the laminator with lam on one side and adhesive on the other and cut it in half. Then I found some old left over book cloth with adhesive on the back from some hard cover journals I made a few years ago. It was perfect for the spine – flexible and durable. I used black duct tape to bind the edges of the whole thing and now I have a very functional organizer that I like to look at.<br />
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Restore | Recycle | Reuse | Reinvent | Recharge | Rejuvenate | Release | Rework | Refashion | Refocus | Relief<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-67319952452200140732013-04-25T15:50:00.000-04:002013-04-25T15:50:40.237-04:00Rest in Love<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/8664999903/" title="Sketchbooks by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img alt="Sketchbooks" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8242/8664999903_1f52a5b312_z.jpg" width="466" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-83978594701276316642012-12-11T16:12:00.000-05:002012-12-11T16:12:01.440-05:00Untitled<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/8252656826/" title="Splash Souvenir by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img alt="Splash Souvenir" height="598" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8482/8252656826_c3c80b6efd_c.jpg" width="800" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-63960929609416134632012-10-12T18:34:00.001-04:002012-10-13T09:10:17.970-04:00Studying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-74707405587536273422012-10-11T14:17:00.000-04:002012-10-11T15:27:45.601-04:00Drawing Thinking Drawing Thinking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am still planning to continue posting to this blog as inspiration arises, but I am focusing more energy towards my current creative research and the associated blog:
<a href="http://drawingthinking.blogspot.com/">http://drawingthinking.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-81269626817974907992012-06-27T11:19:00.000-04:002012-06-27T11:20:29.051-04:00Eating Frogs and Drinking Lemonade<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/7454815722/" title="Our Hydrangeas by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img alt="Our Hydrangeas" height="478" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7249/7454815722_c295a5d373_z.jpg" width="640" /></a>
Sometimes we make plans and life intervenes. Sometimes these plans are for two months of travel over the summer - plans that have unfolded in the same manner every summer for 10 years. Completely unraveled. So, here I sit in my house in the same spot I sit every other morning of the year while my husband does the traveling without me. The reason is not insignificant - you do what needs to be done. That doesn’t mean there is no disappointment or sadness or grief. It just means that priorities are best kept in order and in this case it was the right thing to do.<br />
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So, here I am, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=eat+the+frog&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a">eating frogs</a> and <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=eat+the+frog&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=making+lemons+into+lemonade&oq=making+lemons+&gs_l=serp.1.3.0l3j0i30.0.0.1.1376.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0...0.0.A4QcSrzzGww&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=a353c99c4a98056b&biw=1179&bih=611">drinking lemonade</a>. Frogs include such things as doctors appointments and difficult work projects. This blog post is a frog. I have been procrastinating on writing and posting - using distractions and mundane tasks not to post, not to write, not to make.
An example of lemonade can be found in the picture you see here. Our Hydrangea bush - since we are gone every summer, I have never seen it in its full glory. This year it is loaded and blue. I will have fresh cut Hydrangeas for as long as they last. Pardon me, while I take another sip of fresh lemonade.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-72944532103421629612012-01-07T13:00:00.000-05:002012-01-07T13:06:56.979-05:00Email Deluge<style>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">If email is
not a problem for you, I would not bother to read on. Go spend your fruitful
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">It is annual
report/performance review time at my job. I am looking back and completing a
rough accounting of all the things I accomplished (or not) last year. Where did
all that time and energy go? Out of morbid curiosity, I did some very rough
calculations on the amount of time I spent on work related email. I am
horrified by the results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">(These numbers
are rounded down by 5% for possible error or duplication and comprise work related
email only. This is not a scientific analysis nor pretends to be.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">OK, so we’ll
look at an extremely rough calculation on this: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">Let’s say I
spent an average of 5 minutes writing each of these 3,200 emails. (Obviously,
some took seconds and some I slaved over, but 5 minutes is probably a
reasonable average.) That equals about 267 hours or 6.75 forty-hour work-weeks
of responding to work related emails. (This figure does not include reading the
ones received - I work in academia - academics are not known for their brevity.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">The numbers are ugly. I am
unable to bring myself to scrutinize this further in order to estimate the real
time involved in all aspects of this communication. This is not the way I want
to spend my life or my work. This is not the way I want the people I work with
to spend their time. It is time for me to step away from the machine(s). My
machine driven life is out of control. I am complicit. I am addicted. This is NOT
how I want to spend the second half of my life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">So, here’s my
resolution for 2012: to live in my body – to detach from the machine (as much
as possible within the confines of my career requirements.) It doesn’t help
that my livelihood depends on the machine, BUT how much work can I do without
it? How much time can I spend without it? How many of these emails actually
require a response? How many emails are truly critical for me to send? How can
I build borders and boundaries around the reading and response to email? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">I’m not
looking for <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Inbox+Zero&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a" target="_blank">“Inbox Zero”</a> or to be more <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Inbox+Zero&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#pq=inbox+zero&hl=en&cp=10&gs_id=w&xhr=t&q=efficient+email+communication&tok=cIjI8sp8Bi6SCH9m5fcPfQ&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-a&hs=tVb&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=efficient+email+communication&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=29d9c1aa2e2098a2&biw=1134&bih=813&bs=1" target="_blank">efficient with email communication</a> – I’m
striving for less – less reading, less writing, less processing. Just less.
Much less. The goal is more flesh presence (I like being in the room with you);
more creative work; more book reading; more writing; more time in real life, in
the real world, in real dimensions. Yes, I’ve read all the articles on <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Inbox+Zero&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#pq=inbox+zero&hl=en&cp=16&gs_id=1f&xhr=t&q=email+management&tok=cIjI8sp8Bi6SCH9m5fcPfQ&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-a&hs=IBw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=email+management&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=29d9c1aa2e2098a2&biw=1134&bih=813&bs=1" target="_blank">email management</a> and I was <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Inbox+Zero&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#pq=email+management&hl=en&cp=3&gs_id=1v&xhr=t&q=GTD&tok=cIjI8sp8Bi6SCH9m5fcPfQ&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&client=firefox-a&hs=7Bw&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&source=hp&pbx=1&oq=GTD&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=29d9c1aa2e2098a2&biw=1134&bih=813&bs=1" target="_blank">GTD</a> long before it was the hip-geek thing to be (I took my
first workshop with <a href="http://www.davidco.com/" target="_blank">David Allen</a> when I was 25 – and that was 25 years ago.) No,
this about email abstinence, detox and mindfulness. This is not about being more
organized. It is about leveling up the mind, body and spirit. This is about no longer participating in the insanity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Garamond MT"; font-size: 11pt;">In
an effort to conserve my time and energy and my colleague’s time and energy, I
hereby vow to respond to fewer emails, to send fewer emails and to proselytize
to the congregation until every damn one of you is converted. So, when you see me next week and ask me if I received your
email, the answer is “yes.” I just didn’t think it was worth my time or yours
to respond.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-3925256999574751132011-10-07T13:29:00.000-04:002011-10-07T13:29:03.827-04:00Have you forgotten how to play?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I have and I am trying to relearn this valuable skill.<br />
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One of the best presents I received for my half century birthday was a coaching session with the wonderful <a href="http://www.sevenstonesleadership.com/about-us/bios/">Gina LaRoche</a>. We met last week to discuss the deep journaling that she was having me do in preparation for the session and uncovered some interesting things. One of those “things” was the lack of play in my life. This was not a surprise to me - I simply hadn’t had time to reflect on it. Subconsciously, I had already started addressing this by scheduling a weekly half hour <a href="http://www.laughteryoga.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=198:laughter-clubs&catid=90:about-laughter-clubs&Itemid=281">Laughter Club</a> at the <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/">University</a>. We meet in the Blackbox Theater and laugh and breathe and clap. Sometimes we dance. Sometimes we meditate. Sometimes we speak gibberish. We laugh through obstacles. We laugh through failures. We laugh through successes. We laugh for no reason at all. No matter how depleted I walk into that room, I leave transformed, rejuvenated and de-stressed.<br />
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I have led <a href="http://pattiebelle.blogspot.com/2010/03/laughter-yoga.html">Laughter yoga classes for special events</a>, but I haven’t, until now, been able to create a weekly practice. It is possible and positive to laugh alone, but it isn’t as powerful as a group experience. There is something about the eye contact, seeing others laughing and hearing their peals, giggles, and guffaws that transports the experience. How often do we give ourselves over to uninhibited joyful communing? The weekly refresh and refocus has started to have a profound effect on my overall well being. Is it a biochemical restructuring at the cellular level? Neuronal plasticity? Rebirth of my inner child? None of the answers truly matter to me, because what I am noticing in my life are significant increases in my laugh capacity, lung capacity, and joy capacity. Imagine, all that in 30 minutes a week.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-67927862445769082582011-09-21T13:00:00.000-04:002011-09-21T13:00:10.823-04:00Seems like so long ago...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/6169462226/" title="Journal Page Summer 2011 by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6168/6169462226_1fe99da805_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="Journal Page Summer 2011"></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-39513842174706400832011-07-21T12:51:00.002-04:002011-07-21T12:58:50.210-04:00Denmark Roadtrip 2011<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5961514900/" title="Denmark Roadtrip 2011 by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6148/5961514900_5c7bfdc769_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="Denmark Roadtrip 2011"></a><br /><br /><br />We have just returned to Oslo from a two week road trip through the Danish countryside. <br /><br />I have posted some pictures:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157627124046853/">Denmark Roadtrip 2011 - a set on Flickr</a><br /><br />I try not to take the same pictures over and over, so here are last year’s pics:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157624585898354/">Tivoli 2010 - a set on Flickr</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157624346328509/">Copenhagen 2010 - a set on Flickr</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-91679798845776207862011-07-06T10:05:00.003-04:002011-07-06T10:11:26.334-04:00Life on the Fjord<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5908335537/" title="My favorite beach by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5040/5908335537_65146c2906_z.jpg" width="640" height="478" alt="My favorite beach"></a><br /><br />I have finally gotten around to posting some pics of our Summer life in Norway:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157627005677899/">Norway Summer 2011 - a set on Flickr</a>. We don’t have much internet access (a true blessing!), so we are limited to checking email once or twice a day at most.<br /><br />Yeah, I know, I have trouble holding the camera straight and I didn't take the time to fix them in Photoshop... ;)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-10208097976410788302011-06-11T13:13:00.002-04:002011-06-11T13:16:34.861-04:00A chance encounter<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5818170141/" title="A chance encounter by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3239/5818170141_4349a0ff6f_z.jpg" width="478" height="640" alt="A chance encounter"></a><br /><br />with a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actias_luna">Luna Moth</a> on my way past the <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/">Pine Grove to Freshmen Orientation</a>...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-45702651157243143952011-05-14T17:28:00.001-04:002011-05-14T17:30:07.524-04:00Some of my IDD 2011 Graduates<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5715660871/" title="IDD Senior Portfolio Review 2011 by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2459/5715660871_30aaf24f83.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IDD Senior Portfolio Review 2011"></a><br /><br />“shiny happy people holding hands...”Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-33005641204661602072011-03-02T13:27:00.001-05:002011-03-02T13:30:07.746-05:00Spare Moments...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5490061167/" title="iPod Drawing by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5173/5490061167_8359f95c38.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="iPod Drawing" /></a><br /><br />Continuing to add to the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157614212147497/with/5490061167/">collection</a>. Slowly, but surely.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-12153491631860096652011-01-02T12:54:00.004-05:002011-01-02T13:19:00.545-05:00Happy New Year<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5315725673/" title="Williamsburg, Xmas 2010 by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5315725673_1f94762d39.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Williamsburg, Xmas 2010" /></a><br /><br />It was a lovely end to 2010 with a long road trip through the South to visit friends and family. After stops in Harrisonburg, Atlanta, Charlotte & Richmond, we spent the night in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157625602918407/">Williamsburg for a romantic 18th century Christmas evening</a> right as the blizzard hit. We have been hibernating since we returned to Connecticut in preparation for a very busy semester. I have finally learned, after a few decades, that it is critical to have some complete “down time” in order to maintain balance and productivity. I schedule it in now. Purposefully. Of course, everyone’s idea of “down time” is different...<br /><br />In other news, some of my iPod drawings have been published in a UK drawing journal along with a short essay about the work. <a href="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ac/tracey/index.html"><span style="font-style:italic;">TRACEY: Drawing and Visualisation Research</span></a>, published by the Loughborough University, School of Art and Design, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK: The Drawing and Technology Issue. I'm very pleased with the drawings, but never happy with the writing. Forgive me - I am an artist, first and foremost.<br /><br />My first semester as <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x664.xml">Chair of Visual & Performing Arts</a> has passed, but the tasks continue to mount for this next semester. I am learning so much, which is good, because I love learning. I am also being stretched and challenged in new and different ways each day, which also fulfills my desire for growth. Not all is sweetness and light - I do experience growing pains on a regular basis.<br /><br />Here’s to a happy 2011, everyone. Best wishes to all.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-23839924236987127262010-12-02T13:07:00.000-05:002010-12-02T13:08:12.260-05:00Old San Juan Graffiti<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5208790447/" title="Puerto Rico by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5127/5208790447_6f307f2fb8_z.jpg" width="480" height="640" alt="Puerto Rico" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-61177066078286345802010-11-16T19:08:00.005-05:002010-11-16T19:42:02.862-05:00Body Double<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwS5o-A99ibGu8LG3kGgbm5W3scijABsboM1fUgdaEpQP6lU_9wO8JsYKM7f9kNr2cR_D30nM0Qz_aPng2oLfK9Mq2VkA-y4CLLsthT0ewI1DasXBLIK9S4wAo7rDopRImPY_I1psl5wI/s1600/DSC_0096+1.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwS5o-A99ibGu8LG3kGgbm5W3scijABsboM1fUgdaEpQP6lU_9wO8JsYKM7f9kNr2cR_D30nM0Qz_aPng2oLfK9Mq2VkA-y4CLLsthT0ewI1DasXBLIK9S4wAo7rDopRImPY_I1psl5wI/s400/DSC_0096+1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540304495269514434" /></a><br /><br />I’ve been feeling like I need a clone. Here she is. Almost done. There are two hours during the week when I become the student and completely immersed in something new and different. I’m auditing our new costuming class and the professor is the brilliant and talented, <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1513.xml?School=LA&Dept=VPA&Person=52206">Tricia Thelen</a>. This has been one of the most important ways I’ve been able to stay balanced this semester. The students are helping to design and make the costumes for the theater productions, but this dress form project has been an ongoing immersion throughout the semester - from t-shirts and freezer tape to the upholstered form you see in the picture. Each of us has constructed an identical double of our torso - custom dress forms. I have been documenting the entire process, hoping that Tricia and I can turn the project documentation into an article or something. I can’t wait to post more pictures. The process has been amazing. My classmates’ dress forms are fabulous and unique - just like they are... I had to show a little sneak peek.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-46119640802926499822010-10-29T15:17:00.001-04:002010-10-30T07:59:56.472-04:00Still drawing on the iPod...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/5126015984/" title="iPod Drawings by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/5126015984_1a60f7e4fd.jpg" width="320" height="480" alt="iPod Drawings" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157614212147497/with/5125416107/"><br />Not as much or as often as I would like...</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-72218793472643677652010-08-20T19:25:00.000-04:002010-08-20T19:26:24.193-04:00Drawing<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4906766965/" title="iPod Drawings by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4093/4906766965_f4156ccf0f.jpg" width="320" height="480" alt="iPod Drawings" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-51266586894565329822010-08-06T13:14:00.004-04:002010-08-06T13:20:46.667-04:00Fresh Danish Peas ;)<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4866022493/" title="Fresh Danish Peas ;) by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4866022493_6c119419a0.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Fresh Danish Peas ;)" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4866642342/" title="Fresh Danish Peas ;) by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4080/4866642342_d456be34c9.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Fresh Danish Peas ;)" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4866027199/" title="Fresh Danish Peas ;) by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4866027199_5387edefa8.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Fresh Danish Peas ;)" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4866028827/" title="Fresh Danish Peas ;) by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4866028827_a9c76eeee8.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="Fresh Danish Peas ;)" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-58528187483633701702010-08-01T08:44:00.003-04:002010-08-01T08:54:20.518-04:00Special Edition of PB’s Newsy News<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://pattiebellehastings.net/assets/PBsNewsyNews4.pdf"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihxEAm1ukRSfUdck05A9UNjjY0RBNpw187jRKeRSgq6fdnWlGPCtoqDmXAv_xJt8Bc7-juhOJGDqz_-GfmGn5l9UYRHZhqFJsMqDCuSxFzW9g5imjQGiS3PqotwZMT1hAHL4Rc0iJOXx0/s320/NewsyThumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500422196849481042" /></a><br /><br />Here is the special Summer 2010 issue of <a href="http://pattiebellehastings.net/assets/PBsNewsyNews4.pdf">PB’s Newsy News</a> from Oslo, Norway. (450kb PDF) Remember, it is written and created in one day, so please forgive the grammar and spelling. :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-64558290281670875012010-07-30T02:45:00.001-04:002010-07-30T02:47:08.663-04:00Not the stinging jellyfish...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4830802052/" title="Tivoli 2010 by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4097/4830802052_0a12edf38a.jpg" width="500" height="325" alt="Tivoli 2010" /></a><br /><br />...that invaded the fjord this summer.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157624585898354/"><br />Pictures from Tivoli</a> - our favorite amusement parkAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-58810024627568800972010-07-11T14:12:00.001-04:002010-07-11T14:14:13.333-04:00København 2010<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4783545694/" title="København by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4783545694_ba098e39bb.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="København"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/sets/72157624346328509/">Summer in Copenhagen </a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6819723674865835727.post-79870386237725965832010-06-30T03:41:00.000-04:002010-06-30T03:42:29.779-04:00Fjord Life<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pattiebelle/4748505296/" title="Fjord Life Mini Terrariums by PB Hastings, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/4748505296_861d5ebd38.jpg" width="334" height="500" alt="Fjord Life Mini Terrariums" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113026011247405221noreply@blogger.com0