When in Oakland, CA, you must visit the Institute of Mosaic Art, a color-saturated visual delight showing mosaic works in ceramic tile, glass, mirrors, and many other objects. Check out these resources to get a taste of the place:

My shots of the Institute during a recent visit

Institute of Mosaic Art website

Trailer for In A Dream - a Documentary about Isaiah Zagar by his son, Jeremiah Zagar. Isaiah's mosaic work appears on, in, and around, the Institute. Apparently, Isaiah still gives classes at the Institute. Isaiah's life provides another example of a thesis central to the small creations blog: that the exercise of the imagination and creative activity can provide a path to knowledge and to the integration of a personality. Apparently, in Isaiah's case, it opened a path from psychosis to mental health. No doubt his understanding wife was no small influence either.