Connections with words+images

When i saw the quote about a self-made millionaire I connected it with all the chips I have. If I had this many chips in Las Vegas I'd be rich.

The existing idea is the chips and colors. I collected and took photos of the palette with its  found item in nature or indoors. I then laid out the palettes and mapped them out according to their given name without its object.

Found word clips

A few of my favorite word clips and quotes from the readings that jumped out at me....

Another stab at the palettes

I was pretty disappointed with my attempt at the exploration. So I thought I'd give it another shot by arranging color palettes from objects indoors & outdoors.

The preparation:

My favorite palettes:

The end result:

First time around

After cutting out the paint chips I went around the room matching the chips to various objects of the same color. Here are a couple examples-

So After awhile I started getting really annoyed | bored with trying to find an object that matched one out of the 200 paint chips scattered all over the floor. Therefore, I decided it'd be a little bit more exciting to group together the colors into palettes.

world of color-part 2

I'd have to admit that I really got into the first exploration. To start off i ventured off to wal-mart where I collected just about every paint chip palette available on the wall. I walked out of the store feeling like a thief. Don't get me wrong, those puppies are free. However, I had a wad of about 200 stuffed in my purse. Anyway, I got back and began by cutting out about 75 or so color chips. I started matching the chips to a single colored object here and there. Although, it seemed too easy and somewhat effortless. So instead of just one color for something, i started to arrange the chips into color palettes. For example, the room i was in had one wall that's dark grey, one red, and another tan. This opened the door to a lot more options. Although were moving on to the next exercise, I'm still going to continue this one with color palettes in nature.

world of color

I was finally able to get the book (how to be an explorer of the world) today. After flipping through it I decided I'm going to do exploration #7, "world of color". I'm quite fond of the idea of collecting a ton of paint chips, cutting them up, and searching for objects that match them in my surroundings.