This stuff that covers up my truth Disconnects me from the spark of my youth Recently I've been getting rid of many of my belongings. I am downsizing to a home less than half the size of my current home. At first I was daunted by it, and I still am—it's a lot of work, … Continue reading Decluttering: Frees the Mind, Opens the Heart
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Artists: Bleeders of Hearts
Artists bleeders of hearts speakers of souls Representatives of human kind of the human kind express what you don’t dare touch play with emotions that frighten you too much I used to see my vulnerability as weakness But that ain’t so Now I see my courage in facing the woe In expressing my pain and … Continue reading Artists: Bleeders of Hearts
Artist’s View
Where you saw boringI saw calmwhere you saw mundane I saw lifeblossoming around me colors of different shadesenergy spirals dancing around the room the life you lead day to dayis a beautiful array of color,dark and lightof pain and hopeups and downs separateness and coming together I can see the danceI can see the colorful … Continue reading Artist’s View
The Life of a Psalms Author
Psalms are emotionally validating as well as beautiful poetry. I know that King David went through a lot, which inspired what he wrote. I went back to read about his life in the Book of Samuel. And I realized, I rather read his universally relatable poetry than know the nitty gritty of his messy life. … Continue reading The Life of a Psalms Author
SMART Art
My professional life is a lot about SMART goals. So is my personal life really. I mean setting specific, realistic goals is universally helpful. We got SMARTphones dumbing us down-—mind and soul. What’s SMART art? Really it can be many things. For me, at this moment, it means, realizing that anything CAN be art. Every … Continue reading SMART Art
Sun-Glazed Treetops
Looks like at least one artist had a fascination with the aforementioned sun-glazed treetops (my new phrase—hey, they have less calories than glazed donuts with just the same pleasure, right?) Mural at Today’s Manicure Place And when I came home, I got a great shot! Looks like when we open up to seeing certain things, … Continue reading Sun-Glazed Treetops
Art as Movement
Even visual art is movement. Looking at the trees with their colorful leaves glistening under the light of the sun, I am filled with awe. I stop dead in my tracks. I wonder, is this what painter’s feel? A desire to capture nature’s beauty? To commune with it deeply as they “recreate” it on paper? … Continue reading Art as Movement
Sculpture
Recently I began feeling like a sculptor. I suck at ceramics, but hear me out. Sometimes when I write I feel like I am not creating an idea, rather giving an already-created idea a space for expression. Molding an idea that already exists out of its amorphous surroundings.
Art
In a previous post (link here), I wrote about how when I drew a picture of the monkey on my daughter's puzzle, the pic carried with it the life of the monkey. I could feel the original monkey’s personality conveyed through my duplicate drawing. It was an internal feeling that I can’t put to words, … Continue reading Art
When Life Gives You Melted Crayons…
This past Sunday, I left crayons on my beach towel, which was sitting on my lawn in the sun. Later I saw they had melted. “Gosh,” I thought, “my beloved Jumbo crayons which I’ve been using for my newfound drawing hobby. I will miss them dearly!” I will be ordering new ones soon. I thought … Continue reading When Life Gives You Melted Crayons…
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