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It includes everything pastel, for six days, from morning ‘til night – a world-class exhibition, pastel vendors, and creativity. Joined by my significant other, ter, the sculpture depicted in the pass it on,” a quote by Albert Ein- Bill, and Karen’s husband, Ira, we image below drew my attention. stein. I read this message every extended our trip to tour other As I read the sculpture from time I picked up the bag during areas in New Mexico. We began left to right, it confirms that when the convention. by renting a home in Abiquiu, a we make up our mind to create remote area with a 360-degree something, we start with a blank . 45 minutes of creative landscape that took our breath slate – in this case, a flat page. As away. It’s no wonder that Georgia we exert the effort to craft our activity significantly O’Keeffe chose this location as inspiration – whether music, art, lessens stress in the body, her home. Clouds and sunlight gardening, dancing, or another en- regardless of artistic continually changed the colors of deavor – the paper begins to bend the landscape, and observing it as we test our ideas. As we continue experience or talent. was an everyday pleasure. to apply ourselves and learn, the Next, we visited Santa Fe, the paper continues to ball up, until it is Creativity isn’t always about the perfect location for anyone who completely crumbled. Sometimes, outcome. It’s about the process. In wishes to enjoy the beauty of if the tension is great and we feel at fact, a recent study by Girija Kaimal, nature and have access to some of a loss, we quit. The real magic starts Kendra Ray, and Juan Muniz, titled the greatest galleries and artists in when we work through the crum- “Reduction of Cortisol Levels and the country. bles to gain solutions. That’s when Participants’ Responses Following On our drive from Santa Fe to tension from the balled-up paper is Art Making,” found that 45 minutes Albuquerque, we stumbled upon released, and the paper begins to of creative activity significantly Origami in the Garden, an outdoor unfold, leaving creases that mark lessens stress in the body, regard- sculpture exhibition created by our journey. As we continue, the less of artistic experience or talent. American artists Jennifer and paper flattens more, leaving a star in Einstein’s quote reconfirmed Kevin Box that captures the its folds, showing by extension that what I had seen earlier in my trav- delicate nature of this paper art there is a star within us waiting to els, as read in the sculpture below: form in museum quality metals. be unleashed through our creativity. There is a star within all of us. May As we strolled down a stone path, I had this image in my mind you find yours – and let it shine! we viewed sculptures that were when I checked into IAPS and strategically placed to highlight was handed a welcome bag that the landscape. In the visitors cen- read, “Creativity is contagious, From top: Abiquiu retreat; Pedernal, the mountain that was made famous by Georgia O’Keeffe; Tsankawi hike, part of Bandelier National Monument; and an origami sculpture of a coccoon that morphs into a butterfly. July 2019 n Beachwood Buzz 3 ADVERTISEMENT Who We Are Debby Zelman Rapoport Considering spine Editor/Publisher Marcia Krantz Bakst Senior Account Executive surgery? Know the Scott Morrison Staff Photographer NCJW/CLE Celebrates 125 Years Tybee Zuckerman limits of lasers. Proofreader Laser spine surgery is often promoted as a aren’t elevated from the spine, there is often less post-operative with Beachwood Leaders in the Spotlight Stephen Valentine pain and shorter recovery time. 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