knorman

live. love. create.

[knormanart]

I think I may have stumbled onto an interesting new medium... #honu #livelovecreate #staedtler #whiteboardart

[knormanart]

I'm not usually the one posting car pics, but the park and the snow just made for such a great setting. @mickeat11 #gla45amg #mercedes #winnipegsnow

[knormanart]

What happens when you're left on hold with the credit card company you ask? This apparently... #nohairdontcare #livelovecreate #pentopaper

[knormanart]

Happy New Years! Much Love, the Keatings #nye2016 #winterseve #weclassy

[knormanart]

I feel like I am taking part in a really fancy science project.... I couldn't be more excited. #ipoureditallin #imcommitted #winetime #datenight @mickeat11

[knormanart]

All these cute frames need now are some cute nieces and nephews! @bethanydawn333 @treplans #family #auntietime #ikea #livelovecreate

[knormanart]

This is not a dog. This is a companion. This is a friend and confidante. This is a kindred soul. This is my kaikamahine. #ohana #huskypuppy #koa @mickeat11

[knormanart]

Nothing like a painted vintage frame to finally get me to put my 200 year old botany pages up on the wall #oenotheratetraptera #ipomoeacoccinea #calycanthuspraecox #oldisnewagain

[knormanart]

Had to clean out Mick's old car when we traded it in... all of these items then got transferred to my purse. He takes eye health very seriously and is always extra prepared. Also he has a pen collection... it's becoming a problem. #micksstuff #ordinaryorder #695inchange @mickeat11

[knormanart]

Rainy Sunday = working hard on the crochet aran/fisherman style blanket... it's only been on the go since January. Originally came as a welcome form of distraction from pain and has now become a welcome form of meditation #crochetordie #itsayarnlife #livelovecreate

[knormanart]

This... is one LARGE tomato... and I can't wait to consume it #gardenlife #theharvesthasbegun

[knormanart]

Top: Newly planted garden plot (sans green onions/shallots) Bottom: Current garden plot Can't believe how massive the one tomato plant has gotten. Counted six baby tomatoes though so far. You can also see that my cucumbers and red onions are going crazy too. Despite some yellowed leaves on some of the peppers (damned over saturating rain), I can tell they are getting ready to fruit. Loving this new green thumb of mine👍 #thisismynewhappyplace #livelovecreate #keatingsfarm 🍅🍓🌶🌱 @mickeat11

[knormanart]

Although it is sad to lose a grandparent, it has been a weekend of discovery... so many photos I never knew existed. This is a photo of my grandfather on the left, holding one of his young sisters, standing with my great uncle. Likely circa 1929-31, when he was just a young teen. #pineymb #familyhistory # treasures

[knormanart]

My reject peppers needed somewhere to be so I built this ladder shelf out of scrap wood. Cant say for sure that the peppers will make it, but the shelf is super sturdy. I've got the woodworking bug... #woodworking #livelovecreate #gardenlife #ladywood

[knormanart]

My key chain is having an otter body experience #funny #laughingtoohard

[knormanart]

Once upon a time a hippo sat down to write a tale.... All that she could dream up were rhymes about leopards and snails...

She then felt a spark....

Picked up pen to make mark....

And remembered that hippos do not write stories as they are only animals without the mental capacity to do such a thing, let alone hold a pen to write it out....

[thelastamericanindian]

#changethename #changethemascot #notyourmascot

In between performances, I paint. This is a mural I design and produced this weekend in the heart of Washington DC. The dialog happening around the mascot issue is ongoing, and often times repetitive and exhausting. The thing I love about art is the commentary mixes it up nicely by offering perspective not seen in the mass media rhetoric concerning the issue. You can’t buy us off. You can’t tell us we don’t matter, no matter how nicely you dress it up. You can’t dismiss the history of our people and the way America has considered us, treated us, and continues to dismisses us. Your efforts to eradicate Indigenous people has failed, and we will forever be a thorn in the side of those unwilling to yield to Indigenous people’s place in the world and on this continent. There are bigger issues in Indian Country, but few issues illustrate so publicly the inept relationship America has with Indian Country. If it’s such a small issue, then change it. If you want to truly honor us, honor us by changing the name, and taking Indigenous mascots out of the mix. Commodify yourselves, your own history, your own culture. Respect Indigenous people, Indigenous culture, Indigenous language, Indigenous traditions, Indigenous identity and Indigenous opinion. #changethename we are #notyourmascot.

(photo by Dakota Fine)