Finally got labels up for all my paintings in the show. #originalart #artistslife #artistsofinstagram #abstract #artshow
Prophecy
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Today is my mom’s birthday — Happy Birthday, Mom!
We didn’t realize it at the time, but when I was 6 years old, my mom was prophetic.
The year I was in Second Grade, for some reason I got stuck in the middle reading group, and I was bored. I finished the entire semester’s worth of reading in a few days, so my teacher gave me the workbook for the second semester, which I finished that afternoon.
Eventually, the school got wise and put me in a more challenging level, but in the meantime, I started adding curlicues to all of my letters. (Clearly, I was a child who [thankfully] found quietly creative, rather than disruptive, ways to act out!)
Mom and Pop liked to say I was the reincarnation of a Medieval monk, and were convinced I was going to grow up to be an artist.
I, on the other hand, found that notion ridiculous. I was going to be a vet!
Just goes to show you, Mom is always right!
Snapshot from My Studio: June 11, 2015 at 06:19PM
First attempt, in this series, at a quadtych. Tricky, when the watercolor ground fries so quickly! Ah, well, it’s a first attempt. There will be more. 🙂 #workinprogress #wip #originalart #abstract #quadtych #watercolorground #mixedmedia #livingacreativelife #dailypainter #dailypainting
Dancing Bunny
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I don’t get out and do it very often these days, but there’s not a whole lot that makes me as giddy and joyful as dancing. Apparently Bunny feels the same way!
Before You Beat Yourself Up (Again), Remember These 5 Words
When professor of Counseling Psychology Shauna Shapiro was 19 or 20, she spent twelve days at a silent retreat in a monastery in Thailand. This was her first experience with meditation, and nobody around her spoke English, but she figured out that she was supposed to sit quietly and focus on her breath going in and out of her nostrils.
“How hard could this be,” she thought, “to [Read more…]
