advice sent to me by my professor

SOME RULES AND HINTS
FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS
OR ANYBODY ELSE – JOHN CAGE

RULE 1
Find a place you trust, and then, try trusting it for a while.

RULE 2 / GENERAL DUTIES OF A STUDENT:
Pull everything out of your teacher.
Pull everything out of your fellow students.

RULE 3 / GENERAL DUTIES OF A TEACHER:
Pull everything out of your students.

RULE 4
Consider everything as an experiment.

RULE 5 / BE SELF DISCIPLINED.
This means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them.
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way.
To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.

Rule 6 / FOLLOW THE LEADER.
Nothing is a mistake. There is no win and no fail. There is only make.

RULE 7
The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something.
It is the people who do all the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
You can fool the fans–but not the players.

RULE 8
Do not try to create and analyze at the same time. They are different processes.

RULE 9
Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It is lighter than you think.

RULE 10
We are breaking all the rules, even our own rules, and how do we do that?
By leaving plenty of room for x qualities.

HELPFUL HINTS:
Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes.
Read everything you can get your hands on.
Look at movies carefully and often.
Save everything. It may come in handy later

indoor plants

baby toes

i love how low maintenance succulents are
this one looks like little bubbles from above

phalaenopsis orchids

drench once a week

 look at how cute they all are! they're cuddly friends in a row.
herbs for fresh cooking + crunchy activities

chinese money plant

air plants
if they were humans they'd be surfer stoners and i like that

more succulents because they're beautiful and easy
these are from succulent oasis

sky planter

awesome! $20

planters by hruskaa
diy tutorial here

so pretty

from pinterest, gardenista, & etsy

dying fabric with ink

 

kindah khalidy for of a kind

from scout & catalogue

wooden beads

from minieco

a collection of diy-nspiring photos

because obviously it's all that will be on my mind for the next.. for a long time. because I am obsessive.

idea one: collages from old magazines + paper scraps

idea two: wall hangings

idea three: hand-painted leather, wood, ceramics, fabric

idea four: continue with jewelry

using leather...

using beads...

using hand-cut metals...

using braided techniques...

using lost wax casting...