Month: December 2021

Salt or oatmeal____if it absorbs it can be tried. But you will need to wait till it dries and then scrape it off. The salt will keep growing as with a frosted window. Other absorbing materials make textures.

Shibui begins with action art. This is action art. Then it becomes found image art, where you find the commonalities, that make whole something or other. And if you turned it two more times. You would find something else! If you wish to see more check out the website below, join the newsletter, check out… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! What do you see?

I find that music works to bring a calmness to my mind and body as I write; when I can’t seem to get into the swing of “it.” It has to be low so my mind is not moving into a critiquing/listening mode. Classical music often works. The problem is resisting the finessing of my… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Music & Writing.

A messy day here in Maine. Dark, rain, on top of a layer of snow. Some fog too_____. A good day to stay in. A day to begin to pick up rooms for the holiday. Take a day off until its done. Black coffee on the right. Some Claude Debussey, now to ease into the… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine!

There is something special about capturing moments in time, of people. I love to capture moments of love, and wonder, of happiness. Moments where someone is looking at you, seeing you despite the camera that captures the moment. So much is conveyed.

I do get out of the studio, or I catch things in the front or back yard. I did not get the photo of a young eagle on my deck, who came down and sat, screeched several times. I was too amazed to get the camera. I was in the bathroom. I wanted to soak… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! My photos.

It seems today is one of those philosophical days for me, where I like reading or listening to books that have something to glean that I might ponder. I offer Joyce Hifler again. “It is very quiet here among the stars_____except for their singing I hear only the beat of my own heart___and I know… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Love.

I love these books, her words___they soothe the soul and express what I would love to say myself, and glad of what I believe, and glean as being so. “There seems to be a time for everything____a creative time when we begin to build something new____a time of order when we put everything in its… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Joyce Hifler, once again!

Today is the 10th of December, and I am looking at what needs to be done before Christmas. I will make it, just need to begin. Take that time to clear and clean, tuck away the things left out from working. Looks like an overcast day today, time to make my own sunshine! But first,… Continue reading Good Morning Sunshine! Today???