

The power of song
There are song lyrics that have deep empathy when listening to music. The lyrics are like a poem. There are many stories about love,...


What Will Be
Our third prompt was to be inspired by song lyrics or poetry. I went wayyy back in time to remember this song, first recorded by Doris...


Take Me Home
Rooflines #16: Take Me Home 28.5" x 40" ©ColleenKole2018 Over the past 35 years, I have lived in 10 different houses in five different...


What Does the Newspaper Say/ On New Years Day
For a month I pondered -- not knowing what I was going to do. Yes, I know that I proposed the prompt. I thought it would be easy. It...


Ear Worms
The prompt for this quilt was Lyrically Speaking and the temptation to use lyrics was strong but I am very aware of copyright issues so...


Scattered Black and Whites
Once I understood that I couldn't merrily print lyrics onto cloth to use for this piece I had to have a rethink. One of the lyrics I had...


Lyrics - friend or foe
When the Lyrically Speaking prompt was announced by Martha Ressler, two things immediately came to mind. Firstly the issue of using...


Song Lyrics to inspire art
I am a hummer. I often have songs playing over and over in my head. I began brainstorming about lyrics that might inspire a new art...


Where to start?
As soon as I read the prompt I knew what I wanted to do. I was going to print lyrics from songs that mean something to me onto paper,...


Lyrically Speaking
When I drive I usually listen to recorded books. (Out in the country where I live radio signals are an uncertainty.) But when I take...