Dan Eldon Inspired Artwork from Bucharest, Romania!
Greg Giles, a high school art teacher at the International School in Bucharest, Romania, recently shared his Grade 10 student’s artwork – all inspired by Dan’s journals. Greg has worked in schools in Tanzania, Ecuador, and is traveling to Addis Ababa this summer. Built into the curriculum, “Students engage in a viewing of his […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Sara Cummings
In early July, I went to Sunset Beach, North Carolina for my family’s 30th annual beach vacation. It’s a time for us to relax, drink margaritas, eat double scoop waffle cones, and best of all, just sit together and talk. It’s that week of the year that we all cherish and absolutely hate to miss. […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Ellie Crosby
Ellie Crosby was the Dan Eldon Legacy visionary (not intern) at Creative Visions this summer. Today is her last day, so as her final task, we asked her to write a blog post about how Dan has inspired her. Ellie, thank you for all your hard work and dedication to share Dan’s story with the […]
Journey is the Inspiration: Alyssa Holman
Dan Eldon’s work has influenced and inspired my work. Eldon is great at capturing the real emotions and rawness of life in Africa. This past winter, I visited South Africa to learn about the culture and the people and ended up with an amazing experience and a journal to remember my experiences. Here are a […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Martice Smith II
I learned of Dan Eldon’s story through a blog, headed by artist Seth Apter. I was immediately captivated by the stunning, instinctive, raw and sometimes painful images created by Dan. This fascination jolted me into another realm as I anxiously read and flipped through the pages of “Dan Eldon: The Art of Life”. I needed […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Joanna Bennett
I came across this talented young man’s work on the web several years ago. To say I was blown away is an understatement. I think what grabs me most about his work was his celebration of his surroundings, his love of diversity, his honest documentation, unaltered. As it has already been stated, his work is […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Emily Cline
When I was pregnant with my now 7 year-old son, a friend of mine started dating – and soon wisely married – Dan Eldon’s sister, Amy. Somewhere in my fog of being terribly nauseous for 9 months and realizing I needed to quit my much-loved career in acting to raise “the alien” I was carrying, […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Chelsea Nicole
I was introduced to Dan Eldon’s book “The Journey is the Destination” in 2004 by my high school art teacher. Dan’s imagery inspired me greatly, and his story was completely fascinating to me. As a young artist I imitated his work, fell in love with multi-media collage and had my room decorated with his posters. […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Patrick Ahern
I am a crocheter, knitter, and knot-tier and fiber is my media of choice in creating art. I grew up in Woodland Hills, CA where my mom taught me to crochet and knit during my last year in high school; I haven’t put it down since. Crocheting pictures came out of my frustration with making […]
The Journey is the Inspiration: Shazdeh Omari
When I was a sophomore in high school in 1997, a teacher showed me Dan’s journal and let me spend the 40-minute period looking at it. I saved up money that summer and bought it from a Border’s, excited to get home and take it out of the bag. I spent hours poring over it, […]
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