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...just pick the best, no easy task.

9/26/2019

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We are in the process of making a video and promo package both to inform people about The Keys to Our American Dreams and to secure some needed funding. I've been asked to "pick the best KeyStories to feature" . Such a simple request but so difficult to do. I am guessing I need to select fewer than 500. Dreams are so heartfelt and varied. How do I decide what not to include?

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KeyStones...tiny treasures to find

9/18/2019

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I've been inspired by other artists who have created something and hid it, tucked away to be found and appreciated by others. Josh Simpson hides "glass planets" all over the world for people. https://www.megaplanet.com/the-infinity-project/

Eben Horton created "The Glass Float Project", hundreds of glass floats are hidden on the many walking trails of Block Island. http://www.blockislandinfo.com/glass-float-project/

I like making these KeyStones and tucking them in to places for others to notice unexpectedly. The "finders" are curious then inspired to consider what this key might open or start or do. Hiding tiny treasures is one way I can share optimism. Would you like a box of 11 KeyStones? Ten for you to hide and one for you to keep, donation suggested.
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Lenore Lyons

Lenore Lyons is passionate about igniting the spark that happens when people think creatively and get big ideas. There is something about riffling through a large tray of keys that encourages people of all ages to think about possibilities for their life and their loved ones.

She’s not sure exactly why, but hundreds of people have picked a key and said with satisfaction, “this feels good.” Then they are open to writing about their important ideas.

The keys all have a history and have been donated by countless people in the USA and elsewhere.. We always offer, and most people choose to keep their key. I like the ideas that strangers who will never meet are somehow connected by this simple yet powerful object.

The current project, as election year approaches is The Keys to Our American Dreams. We hope to discover the truth is a Maya Angelou poem, “we are more alike my friend than we are unalike.”

Lenore is the founder of The Key Idea, Inc. This large-scale community engagement project invites folks from 1 -100 to respond to the same art and writing prompt. We tend to lock and unlock important things and this project highlights what is important at different stages of life.

Lenore wants people to have fun with the arts and enjoy the process. She has her masters degree in education, has taught thousands of children and adults with her certification in Visual Arts K-12 and Elementary Education. She is currently teaching art at locations across Cape Cod She is the former president of the Board of Directors of the Cape and Islands Art Educators. She is a Barnstable Hometown Hero, and featured in the book, I Am of Cape Cod, by Whelan and Rodriques

...just pick the best, no easy task.

KeyStones...tiny treasures to find

Lenore Lyons

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