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The Voyage Continues
The Voyage Continues Since the very long drawn out death of my late husband, it has felt almost like I’ve been recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. I had expected to get painting again right away, but somehow I didn’t. This rushing into things attitude has blocked my creativity many times, and is something I [...]
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Completing the Loop
First came the words, in poetry, as I witness the prolonged death of my husband in: Transformation Trilogy — Part One. My thoughts on an afterlife follow in: Part Two. My next step comes crystal clear in: Part Three — Starting Now. I am admittedly staggered at my own transformation. Though it has taken [...]
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The Long Good-bye
Can you grieve in slow motion and rejoice in life at the same time? Seeing a dark sunset, sadness overcame me. Was it something I was trying to avoid? I was reluctant to go deeper into my own sadness and loss. It seemed too selfish to give into the occasional bouts of grief, because for [...]
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Awakening
It didn’t occur to me at the time. I was resolving some personal stuff when the painting and a poem I was working on turned out to be about the same subject. Not that I set out to illustrate this, in either paint or poetry. I had something quite mundane in mind. I was just [...]
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Creative Play
“The first time I picked up a paintbrush I was a natural. It’s been uphill ever since.” But the essence is still true. Exploring creative solutions might be seen like experimentation to an adult. Children call it play. It has been shown that a group of children given a new fangled toy, with instructions on [...]
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Intrepid Spring
Intrepid Spring It rains all day again; oh, when will spring begin? Then suddenly through drizzly woods I spy one newborn wobbly fawn beneath its mother’s legs; And wild pleasure billows forth as it does every year when the first new leaves unfurl to the beckoning Pied Piper sun. Who could ever doubt certain spring! [...]
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Make of Yourself a Light
“Make of yourself a light”. What a beautiful idea to muse upon were the Buddha’s last words before he died. It suggests a common goodness in us, though I don’t know the meaning for anyone else. I suppose it’s up to those who are interested to find out the particular meaning for themselves. Though I [...]
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Letting Go
I found this heading logo on Send Out Cards new website. At first it looked like an edge of a maple leaf on a white background. At second glance I saw how the cutouts of the leaf edge were human shapes. Some folks see the people first and the leaf only with difficulty. [...]
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Updating Despair
5 or 6 years ago I painted a large canvas out of despair titled Dawn of a New Year. It depicted an ocean view of a sunrise through very dark looming clouds, darts of cold rain sliced down and drops hung on forlorn branches of a bare tree. Pretty depressing. This February I got it [...]
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Shades of Perception
After I mustered the courage to attempt this painting, I knew it would be a challenge. I had no idea that it would be the hardest thing I’ve ever painted. While it was challenging, loads of fun and well worth the effort, I also learned a lot. Here’s a portrait of my friend Nicola with [...]
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