Loving Life. Living Art.

Gypsy Wonderland

2012-02-19T15:17:00.001-08:00

Take My Hand

2012-02-10T07:41:00.001-08:00

Bringing Back the Light

2012-02-08T10:39:00.001-08:00

La Monde

2012-02-02T20:59:00.001-08:00

Blue for you.

2012-01-22T09:33:00.001-08:00

Warm Me Up

2012-01-17T10:36:00.001-08:00

Really? Red?

2012-01-14T21:30:00.001-08:00

Tribal Dance an Etsy Treasury Feature

2012-01-14T00:17:00.000-08:00

Love Naturally an Etsy Treasury

2012-01-11T23:26:00.000-08:00

Warming Hearts an Etsy Treasury

2012-01-08T17:06:00.000-08:00

Sunset Brilliance Etsy Treasury Feature

2012-01-05T18:06:00.000-08:00

Waking from the slumber.

2012-01-03T11:33:00.000-08:00

Now that this sleeper has been awakened, no doubt others will follow! Passions never go away, they just take wee naps now and then.

'twas a year, it was.

2012-01-02T20:11:00.000-08:00

It was a year ago I started this blog. When one part of my foundation was deteriorating under great washes of tears and gripping fingers and nails, I was at the same time seeking to construct on higher ground a haven of creativity joy and connection. The tears eventually slowed to a trickle, the fingers released their fearful grip. Fostering that creative haven, though a life line at times, eventually became too much. At some point along the line I just plum wore out. Here with a New Year at our feet, I still feel worn out to a great extent. But reflection on what all has transpired this past year, personally, and globally, i'm not entirely surprised.
My focus right now is to recoup some personal strength, energy and fortitude for the next leg of the journey. For it is a wild ride this life, no?

"The thunderclap never manages...

2011-03-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

...to warn us about the lightning."
from Maya by Jostein Gaarder

"We must accept that there is no such thing as chaos...

2011-03-08T06:39:00.000-08:00

...It is simply the human incapacity to assimilate new arrangements and orderings in the world. The universe is not susceptible to chaos; we are."

from Cold Skin by Albert Sanchez Pinol

"You need to be healthy...

2011-03-03T11:28:00.000-08:00

...to see the unhealthy part of yourself" Paul Theroux

"By rediscovering a sense of place...

2011-02-19T18:34:00.000-08:00

...a commitment to a particular piece of ground, will we be able to redefine our relationship to the planet." Gary Snyder

"The hand of friendship...

2011-02-06T23:01:00.000-08:00

...has averted the whip of calamity." from Kim by Rudyard Kipling

"She was no longer examining life...

2011-01-20T10:57:00.000-08:00

...but being examined by it; she had become a real person." from A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

"...would everyday life be a miracle...

2011-01-13T17:33:00.000-08:00

...if it went round constantly explaining itself?" from Maya by Jostein Gaarder

when the wool is being pulled over my eyes...

2011-01-04T17:56:00.000-08:00

...my face begins to itch.

"life is short,art is long,opportunity instantaneous and experiment uncertain"

2011-01-01T11:35:00.000-08:00

from The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco

I think I will make this my official quote for 2011!

"when we are not sure, we are alive"

2010-12-31T07:57:00.000-08:00

Graham Greene

"art is what you do when other people leave the room"

2010-12-29T14:57:00.000-08:00

from Gabriel's Gift by Hanif Kureishi