Collection
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When is a Painting Finished? Part 3
If perfection in a painting is not the gold standard for deciding if it is finished, then what is?
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When is a Painting Finished? Part 2
For the non-artist this might seem like the most ridiculous question on the planet. For those who paint, the horrors of realizing we should have stopped 20 minutes or 2 days ago on a painting are well known ;-)….
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When is a Painting Finished? Part 1
Everything in the painting is connected.
One thing can’t be tweaked or adjusted without it impacting the rest of the painting.
A painting is never finished, it simply stops in interesting places. ~ Paul Gardner
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Traveling into the Light
Unnecessary baggage impedes the ability to enjoy the present
which is all we ever have…not to mention the effects on our creativity!
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Just Because
The earth laughs in ‘just becauses’ 🙂 !
Peacock tails.
Cat whiskers.
The scent of lavender…and roses!
Frost.
Dew on the spider’s web.
The lone snowflake.
Dogs when they dream.
Dust particles in sunlight.
We are here to love and to be loved.
Just because 🙂
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A Quest for the Measure Less
The dictionary defines a quest as an act of seeking. I have found that in my questing, joy and wonder and awe are present. Not defined answers (which would put an end to the quest) but an unfoldment. More passions, more delights, more things to wonder after.
I kind of like that.
In fact, I am in love with the quest and the measure less life.
Maybe the plan is to not have a plan—but to be purely present and alive and spontaneous.
So maybe I bought more of the new watercolors than I needed. Who’s measuring???
(And maybe I might give one away in my next post! You know you want one.)
Hope you are curious, hope you feel your creativity playing hide ‘n’ seek with you.
Enjoy the quest.
Measure less
Enjoy more
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Simple is Good
One of my recent listening to my heart moments led me to this little vintage case. No justification. I loved the color. It reminded me perhaps of simpler times. I could see my watercolors and journals living quietly inside it, waiting for me to come play.
In a few words it simply….made my heart happy.
And that is more than enough.
Today, let your mind wander and filter through all the busy. See what comes to you and notice does your heart leap a bit like it did when you were a kid? Surely a sign that you are in tune with your real life–choosing to go with it instead of overriding it. Wonder how you will feel with that letting go?
It really can be…that simple.
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An Ocean of Thought on Non-Doing
I am a dreamer.
I have moments of intense
creativitykickbuttget workdonetakenameslater
followed by bouts of minimal putfiresoutdoaslittleasrequiredwillIeverpaintwritecreateagain moments.
When I am in the former mode, I totally believe that this time I have conquered the loser me. When I am in the second mode I totally believe I have been and will always be a loser 😉 What’s your story??
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