Wednesday, September 14, 2011

A Finish From Yesterday


I completed another painting. 
This one took me over two weeks to do... 
I fell into a dark, deep depression in the middle of making it, and that seriously messed with my "Mojo".

But i finally finished it!  =-)

I'm not totally crazy about it, and i didn't get the "high" from doing this one that i did from the other one, "Inner Balance".  Boyfriend confided a secret to me, and i just sort of lost that good feeling in the middle of trying to paint this one, "Grounding Down & Spreading Up".

But i love the colors in this one!  They sort of bring me a sense of peace and confidence.

Once again, the "vision" in my head is not what came out of my paintbrush, but that's okay this time.  I like it anyway.  =-)

I had wanted for her hair to look like the branches of a tree spreading up into the sky, but it certainly didn't come out that way.  =-)

Oh!  I guess i should inform you that she is doing the Tree Pose from Yoga.
I've been doing Yoga for almost two years now, and i absolutely LOVE it!

Without further ado, i give you:

"Grounding Down & Spreading Up"

She has a "fire" in her belly.
(That's her creativity.)
The Lotus above her head suggests
the unfolding of the soul.


I originally wanted her hair to look like branches of the tree
spreading up into the sky...
But it didn't come out of the paintbrush like that, so instead
she has a crown, suggesting Freedom/Liberty.








I hope you like her.
She's "growing" on me.  =-)

p.s.  I hope you know that sharing my Art is a bit like
allowing you to see a piece of my Soul.

=-)




Tuesday, September 13, 2011



Photo by Bunny

The real voyage of discovery
consists not in seeking new landscapes,
but in having new eyes.

- Marcel Proust




Sunday, September 11, 2011

September 11th - Ten Years Later...


Photo by Bunny

We are alive and it's our job to appreciate every single minute of our days.
That is the lesson we should learn from the 2,985 people who died ten years ago.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Quote For Today

Photo by Bunny


Art is not a handicraft;
it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

- Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) What is Art?

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Today's Quote



We are always the same age inside.

Gertrude Stein (1874 - 1946)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Quote for Today


It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.

- Seneca (8 BC - AD 65)  Hippolytus

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Quote for the Day



The heart has eyes that the brain knows nothing of.

Dr Charles Henry Parkhurst (1842 - 1933)


Monday, September 5, 2011

Today's Thought


The secret of contentment is
knowing how to enjoy what you have,
and to be able to lose all desire for
things beyond your reach.

- Lin Yutang


=-)

Friday, September 2, 2011

Thought for the Day


Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste
that they hurry past it.

- Soren Kierkegaard


=-)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Thought for Today



What makes us discontented with our condition is
the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of
the happiness of others.

- French Proverb


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