Archive for the 'Nature' Category

It’s the Mystery, Baby

Saturday, November 24th, 2012

“I’m afraid I can’t be counted among those who’ve latched onto the Goddess as a politically correct alternative to God the Father. The Transcendent Principle–the Divine, if you will–is no more wholly female than it is wholly male. “To be sure, the Divine has feminine aspects and masculine aspects, but its cumulative aspects transcend gender [...]

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Art Every Day Month – Day 13

Tuesday, November 13th, 2012

Lone Tree / 5″ x 7″ marker and ink on sketch paper Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. -Kahlil Gibran

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Art Every Day Month – Day 12

Monday, November 12th, 2012

Under the Sea / 8″ x 10″ ink, watercolor, and collage on card stock Why does Sea World have a seafood restaurant? I’m halfway through my fishburger and I realize, Oh my God. I could be eating a slow learner… -Lynda Montgomery

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My “Soul” Possession Here in Heaven

Thursday, November 8th, 2012

Lately I’ve been hearing two Tracy Chapman songs on an endless loop in my head. So I’m sharing. Turn the volume up and take the ten minutes listen, really listen. Embed not working: Try this. Embed not functioning? Try this.

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Art Every Day Month – Day 5

Monday, November 5th, 2012

Green Lady / 4″ x 5″ ink and marker on sketchpaper Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. –Pedro Calderon de la Barca

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Art Every Day Month – Day 4

Sunday, November 4th, 2012

Close Call / 4″ x 6″ oil pastel on card stock Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man – who has no gills. -Ambrose Bierce

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Art Every Day Month – Day 2

Friday, November 2nd, 2012

When I face a blank page with the intention of creating, it’s a little daunting — or, as Claire days, “nervous-making.” If I don’t have any ideas, I try to sit with my curiosity as my hands move. One line on the page begets another, and another. Sometimes I’m really surprised with what comes up. [...]

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Nothing Is Lost, Only Transformed

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

God pours life into death and death into life without a drop being spilled. -Author Unknown Until I attended graduate school at St. Edward’s University, I didn’t know much about Dia de los Muertos. In 1997, after I’d left the fundamentalist non-denominational church I’d been with for years — and with it my entire social [...]

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Remember the Mystery

Monday, October 29th, 2012

The first time I heard this spoken-word passage, I was so moved I had to pull off the road and cry. It was a few months after 9/11. It resonates with me still. If you have a few minutes, maybe if you listen it will speak to you too. If the embed isn’t working you [...]

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Gorgeous Geometry

Friday, October 26th, 2012

Simon Beck, Snow artist. Worth a look!

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