tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72612402762514371182024-03-28T19:00:23.111-07:00Blog of Jennifer J. Wilhoit/TEALarbor storiesTHE BLOG ...exploring the inner/outer landscape through writing & creativity…Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1641125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-87223739315222276402024-03-27T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-27T06:00:00.254-07:00Image of the Week<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLIqOoWxNyBSZe3Kc2_Zf1dr1XJgxLCZhRfHhZYsNM_5sCdbhRvmocY6f7WGNa0UDeiUx2rHIxGKXFjBdtoNtxcAVxj0WQZPpTR-A1FIKI4GxiFL8eF5flTLGgdrXaopOtQZmJzhAdas06nWop7XXWyP8sRZcTlOluugbL5ze_0cZsyJMIUWL_CSRT3ML/s1960/IMG_7469.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1688" data-original-width="1960" height="552" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfLIqOoWxNyBSZe3Kc2_Zf1dr1XJgxLCZhRfHhZYsNM_5sCdbhRvmocY6f7WGNa0UDeiUx2rHIxGKXFjBdtoNtxcAVxj0WQZPpTR-A1FIKI4GxiFL8eF5flTLGgdrXaopOtQZmJzhAdas06nWop7XXWyP8sRZcTlOluugbL5ze_0cZsyJMIUWL_CSRT3ML/w640-h552/IMG_7469.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.819201px;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #660000;">"Nature's Painting"</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-13557252581882248202024-03-25T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-25T06:00:00.140-07:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Let your pen flow as you describe in detail three springtime nature beings for whom you're grateful.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6v7dmgO9Ex6UgaVQopRI6ZH9Wp5jVqJeOFLBZDsJjaY1pvRidrklPrcODLAnSDjoVnnBQcSjtZNdQOu4WgYUnof5pxSKdMNnN1ag9wOS2rFM3Jn2RMV3YMuocfCuMnbc58zGfsITs0i0RPq9YsZE3XOGCoOZmMGR2oXHjTU2T0jat-LyAI46eQkV1qJl/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF6v7dmgO9Ex6UgaVQopRI6ZH9Wp5jVqJeOFLBZDsJjaY1pvRidrklPrcODLAnSDjoVnnBQcSjtZNdQOu4WgYUnof5pxSKdMNnN1ag9wOS2rFM3Jn2RMV3YMuocfCuMnbc58zGfsITs0i0RPq9YsZE3XOGCoOZmMGR2oXHjTU2T0jat-LyAI46eQkV1qJl/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-6918702447110121072024-03-22T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-22T06:00:00.251-07:00Keeping On #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">At the completion of my original thirty-day commitment to #The100DayProject this year, I recommitted through Day 50. Those additional twenty days ended earlier this week. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Today marks Day 54 and I’m still going...drafting a little oil pastel landscape every day and working hard on my book manuscript. </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’ve found myself shifting the weight of these two parts of the project, though. I’m spending less time painting each day and more time adding content, editing, and fine-tuning the book. This feels like a natural evolution in the creative process. I’m grateful to be able to listen to what’s being asked of me and to flow into it with ease and trust. </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Here are a few samples from this week’s painting sessions. (Naturally, I cannot share actual snippets from the book project until after it is in the hands of the publisher.)</span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaP3ddolShoTDXX0CY9nTzPXAXVmxq3l3vikubLDZk6ST2Il-BrSd_Vd5zUy24qktNVlAOQolCYJMBR6ha2z6EE3sO9JaPdxcUODga9AX6gsMiehzlC70sd9T1670YzXbaWtQRWEkJtn7d5DJ0Z9P-04wPyOHrSq4fslgoSAlMHK1ZoWvonQLCpW9aQGg/s2048/EB81B9BA-A586-4276-A71F-9D189888ACAB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaP3ddolShoTDXX0CY9nTzPXAXVmxq3l3vikubLDZk6ST2Il-BrSd_Vd5zUy24qktNVlAOQolCYJMBR6ha2z6EE3sO9JaPdxcUODga9AX6gsMiehzlC70sd9T1670YzXbaWtQRWEkJtn7d5DJ0Z9P-04wPyOHrSq4fslgoSAlMHK1ZoWvonQLCpW9aQGg/s320/EB81B9BA-A586-4276-A71F-9D189888ACAB.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-47028256165634060912024-03-20T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-20T06:00:00.246-07:00Image of the Week<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKij5uSniyGc3h80hB1431Qf6N_D_hV-xXFgSD7e05HN_oR6wOm_1JHOJaX1iUM2HT9huxNJfmm-1HxqRPexLv89eCUWkDkfkrXyBw614B4Xqrsh6KznyI1xlIZAq-vkdFQbr7YbTq3MkZaR2tx_tOQm90-ZVdympAMQakirPHrO6m13enc9C84MQPhcF/s1819/46072CBF-0916-4272-BF42-53CEBD5B4CD5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1819" data-original-width="1819" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEKij5uSniyGc3h80hB1431Qf6N_D_hV-xXFgSD7e05HN_oR6wOm_1JHOJaX1iUM2HT9huxNJfmm-1HxqRPexLv89eCUWkDkfkrXyBw614B4Xqrsh6KznyI1xlIZAq-vkdFQbr7YbTq3MkZaR2tx_tOQm90-ZVdympAMQakirPHrO6m13enc9C84MQPhcF/w640-h640/46072CBF-0916-4272-BF42-53CEBD5B4CD5.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10.819201px;"><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: 11px;">"March Equinox Arrives!"</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-22807972100770372442024-03-18T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-18T06:00:00.370-07:00Monday Meditations<p><b style="font-family: Cambria, serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Feel the outdoor temperature on your skin. Really - just abide outside, eyes closed, and <i>feel</i> it.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWSnsLmA9ixtcmHSpd9uuLtGj9jaY87GRbFf74ID_WsrcwPTQ-ATeG9lPjat1DrL1Z99-fsrdHskTlCTzT4CbJZ_KW1CAJxpADrylVMzNz18Z0hixIDK51H-jaEqcUdoEHHCbUDD5yWCCP1IyKiVGnyXsovpbcbQXzMpYYeJ5VPTzOehS0ZmRO22IHaKE/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtWSnsLmA9ixtcmHSpd9uuLtGj9jaY87GRbFf74ID_WsrcwPTQ-ATeG9lPjat1DrL1Z99-fsrdHskTlCTzT4CbJZ_KW1CAJxpADrylVMzNz18Z0hixIDK51H-jaEqcUdoEHHCbUDD5yWCCP1IyKiVGnyXsovpbcbQXzMpYYeJ5VPTzOehS0ZmRO22IHaKE/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-83123791286988680502024-03-15T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-15T06:00:00.248-07:00Values Anew #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Last Saturday morning I was thinking about the little oil pastel landscapes that are part of this year’s hundred-day creative journey. I was marveling at how these sunrise and sunsets have continued to flow across the paper. And I remembered what a terrific practice it is to do a creative form so repetitively, daily, over so many weeks in a row. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I notice how from day to day I am able to see the details in the photos I’ve taken and am using as inspiration for the paintings. The ways in which my fingers are able to add those details with greater truth. By “truth” I do not mean precision or accuracy, as in photographic realism. I mean the ability of the character of that soulful landscape to emerge with greater clarity across the art card. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I suppose this is also true of my book manuscript project; the more I write to convey the details and depth of my various relationships with the more-than-humans in my community, the more clearly they show themselves, nuance and all, on the written page. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">When I started in January, I thought I was doing #The100DayProject<b> </b>again this year to make progress on my book manuscript and to create art pages for themed landscape books. And these might even be the outcomes that occur. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But more importantly for my creative and spiritual life, I’m learning anew the value of:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice as deepening of relationship with the natural world<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice as enhancer of vision (like creative eyeglasses for the soul?)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice as harbinger of inner - and outer - change<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice as flow and enjoyment (read: the end of striving!)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice as connection with the world<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Creative practice for its own sake<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">May we create on! </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B3FB9wLNvIvNUsY0ENO6dXgnfRKnj3uV00-78dbp2oX8yl4KSSvtE4adGsSzKboRYktrKcEevots4UEb8CRCxQYjyZ5U3WtNc0-d_BDzF58EC05h3DhV3xQtriZrJ3Fi-qr17FlbLdEuJwetGBUoF-8vKUDNzrLRBwXZ8NF13f1eXMcfrwMwFJXoJ9gx/s2048/Mar%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5B3FB9wLNvIvNUsY0ENO6dXgnfRKnj3uV00-78dbp2oX8yl4KSSvtE4adGsSzKboRYktrKcEevots4UEb8CRCxQYjyZ5U3WtNc0-d_BDzF58EC05h3DhV3xQtriZrJ3Fi-qr17FlbLdEuJwetGBUoF-8vKUDNzrLRBwXZ8NF13f1eXMcfrwMwFJXoJ9gx/s320/Mar%2015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-85189086234192030122024-03-13T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-13T06:00:00.264-07:00Image of the Week<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XirhjoMcGSgTdQO9QlmzyliAiPFI8q8RyLMTuw3-jrOWML8XqmlSjlqhF0cLxHbZOiSkzrtJ7mPZip4ry_p67uvoq99maAPUR9wWMGFk-k4oNd706Hjv2zz-F1DuXvv6d2iz1qYr95Yf14bS5m7CMaoa8VEu_r5tCbYQ9hR1bVywUnjnDiSWw4f1cijG/s1853/*Mar13%20NaturalCalOneWk.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="1853" height="616" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3XirhjoMcGSgTdQO9QlmzyliAiPFI8q8RyLMTuw3-jrOWML8XqmlSjlqhF0cLxHbZOiSkzrtJ7mPZip4ry_p67uvoq99maAPUR9wWMGFk-k4oNd706Hjv2zz-F1DuXvv6d2iz1qYr95Yf14bS5m7CMaoa8VEu_r5tCbYQ9hR1bVywUnjnDiSWw4f1cijG/w640-h616/*Mar13%20NaturalCalOneWk.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-size: 11px;">"Natural Calendar, Week One of the Month"</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-34354656491020986072024-03-11T06:00:00.000-07:002024-03-11T06:00:00.137-07:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Choose two or three colors (paint, marker, crayon) and swirl them on a page.</span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rVZpXOfvZoSzXcb_0WD9xhWb0Ar3DS_sLU2cI181UlhPVbuJ4PFbnLnmwz9noysaxSS8Z6o2DuE-rmw6cLYEyxaFSNJCe2Zpfy7C1mzg3tCDOYeV28E3hoAXLIlJlrEcx5pdC1S0GFcASMIJ_msUyxrXTslVNgdlwXFQf4PV8PcVINpGmbjXNnt1vkJC/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9rVZpXOfvZoSzXcb_0WD9xhWb0Ar3DS_sLU2cI181UlhPVbuJ4PFbnLnmwz9noysaxSS8Z6o2DuE-rmw6cLYEyxaFSNJCe2Zpfy7C1mzg3tCDOYeV28E3hoAXLIlJlrEcx5pdC1S0GFcASMIJ_msUyxrXTslVNgdlwXFQf4PV8PcVINpGmbjXNnt1vkJC/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-54298873248363703962024-03-08T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-08T06:00:00.136-08:00Small Workaround #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Just when I was on a roll, thinking I had the countdown to fifty days in my pocket – so easy, no worries – I cut myself. That is to say, I <i>pierced</i> my right thumb near the tip. It bled so much and so long one night I wondered if I’d be driving the forty minutes to the nearest hospital ER for a little sewing patch-up job. When the bleeding finally subsided a long while later, I audibly said, <i>Thank you! I’m so grateful!</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It wasn’t until the next morning when I sat down at my art table that I realized I couldn’t paint as usual. My landscape oil pastels require at least eight fingers engaged in the process simultaneously and it’s a very messy endeavor. I didn’t want the oils getting in my cut and there was no way I could use that thumb for holding, spreading, texturizing the pastels like I usually do. But I wasn’t going to let this deter me from #the100dayproject. So… I went ambidextrous, something I’ve relied on from time to time since childhood (though never for creative work). <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What you see in the little landscape drafts below are a couple of the lefty-made, six-fingers-only oil pastel paintings, and a couple of those I made with all my fingers and both hands before the knife cut. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Workarounds: they work.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span> </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK9W8_8x_gQTDz5l_04c_jM-IEdHuUFcRtCmm7UtnqGNrCrxFBB0Dfw220Z8jR65FAGKETurvmAz72q-VCqmx-pYfHu93dvOplS9tNLW5bgKVe3Ec8Wy9uzhAu0Pm1-VdFoM9Bkc4Kgtj3wVCyH_CgMsmN5mpb9FmAAHZK6cVhU9F8sCD4R0L2INX5rUG/s2048/Mar8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiK9W8_8x_gQTDz5l_04c_jM-IEdHuUFcRtCmm7UtnqGNrCrxFBB0Dfw220Z8jR65FAGKETurvmAz72q-VCqmx-pYfHu93dvOplS9tNLW5bgKVe3Ec8Wy9uzhAu0Pm1-VdFoM9Bkc4Kgtj3wVCyH_CgMsmN5mpb9FmAAHZK6cVhU9F8sCD4R0L2INX5rUG/w320-h320/Mar8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-30861244629429043282024-03-06T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-06T06:00:00.137-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwswTnkTjMrwaiV-St7zw9HNDvPgbDfqa9v9a8oaU72NCllb5JnSYU8YzlhSU5Kxp5cffhJ1wCglB_Xp0naHOKiEmgb9_L8oQ5J_0kfVSvIPm_LjpNtNmwgQkOB6fNbIzYgIdCNGLkfF1wiIo8eiGqEVgOKSWdw1uIw3dxj2O6YeKzVmqyFtl6BXgBQ42/s2100/*Mar%206%20Secret%20Writings.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2100" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwswTnkTjMrwaiV-St7zw9HNDvPgbDfqa9v9a8oaU72NCllb5JnSYU8YzlhSU5Kxp5cffhJ1wCglB_Xp0naHOKiEmgb9_L8oQ5J_0kfVSvIPm_LjpNtNmwgQkOB6fNbIzYgIdCNGLkfF1wiIo8eiGqEVgOKSWdw1uIw3dxj2O6YeKzVmqyFtl6BXgBQ42/w640-h480/*Mar%206%20Secret%20Writings.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #7f6000;">"Secret Writings"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-69009316131841445512024-03-04T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-04T06:00:00.148-08:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Journal some words and phrases of hope that you find encouraging. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEhBygoyO7ghi7az1J4MdudBGzIMnPoYKrTtU19o7m3uKFlGs3VgcP68B0GanPD34lcTMhOktvghb2GE8FQr3kz-ILgoruH2JSGPl2vslQstjQoMtlXTtzaQ7uQilPOwed28E7oF1ttDjss_x_AW3XFdDrjQdbsOxCyFHGnpsk7QVGUlRMHeaH3ykOhP/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiEhBygoyO7ghi7az1J4MdudBGzIMnPoYKrTtU19o7m3uKFlGs3VgcP68B0GanPD34lcTMhOktvghb2GE8FQr3kz-ILgoruH2JSGPl2vslQstjQoMtlXTtzaQ7uQilPOwed28E7oF1ttDjss_x_AW3XFdDrjQdbsOxCyFHGnpsk7QVGUlRMHeaH3ykOhP/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-70631539010659038022024-03-01T06:00:00.000-08:002024-03-01T06:00:00.128-08:00Thirty-Plus of One Hundred #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I did it. A few days ago, I met my thirty-day goal for this year’s hundred-day project. Every one of those days I have drafted a landscape painting; every one of those days I have added content to, edited, read, or fine-tuned my book manuscript. It feels good. It feels so good, in fact, that I have continued beyond Day 30.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My new commitment—I just decided right now as I type these words—is to keep going to Day 50. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is working. I am inspired to pick up the oil pastels each day. I am similarly inspired to re-engage my book pages. For both, I go where my energy is in that moment. Some mornings I need an unlikely-for-me color like pink to scrawl itself across the art paper. Some days I feel like revising a portion of text in my book; on the next morning I might have energy for adding new ideas, or I go with an insight that has come to me and type that onto the page. I’m suddenly struck by how collage-like an approach this is to both projects: pieces fitting together toward a whole. Intuition leads the way, allowing what’s in motion in my inner landscape to express itself on paper. We can journey toward the completion of bigger creative works in just this way. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">What is your preferred pathway for creating something?</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDffi4bFNLXYozHPI2D27YDZoPnYgR8T-t9tUjBMGaUCkZhGIawPldHQn_VZQHGA7ec-nF36zaxDxFccrhiHRq8oOxHFsD8bKUOdavcM4ahcyonHaqizLAI_iMD8z5tcGkJrJIEZ4QioJmx-P4gCIsQel-5YBQlrshPRcHe17_nhYmryImXR_LPKz4R8N/s2048/Mar%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWDffi4bFNLXYozHPI2D27YDZoPnYgR8T-t9tUjBMGaUCkZhGIawPldHQn_VZQHGA7ec-nF36zaxDxFccrhiHRq8oOxHFsD8bKUOdavcM4ahcyonHaqizLAI_iMD8z5tcGkJrJIEZ4QioJmx-P4gCIsQel-5YBQlrshPRcHe17_nhYmryImXR_LPKz4R8N/s320/Mar%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-35848713132103534302024-02-28T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-28T06:00:00.165-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFUxjxlWwXYpGDz9o3xOaJcTKJk3kviNwa10mAS6-hJmbSf8Q-omzh6VaivS2VyLp8ABa9kJNbmy5Y6iT8YGefDjG7GQtVk9z4tcAN42uGRn5LOdc5z6fBg6DBAfIclwNdEC3t-l-8gcXhUjxFrLH48zk6AqgEdltR42-2_1eHK_7aO2l764sGHYsxkxf/s1122/*Feb%2028%20standinthelight.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1122" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilFUxjxlWwXYpGDz9o3xOaJcTKJk3kviNwa10mAS6-hJmbSf8Q-omzh6VaivS2VyLp8ABa9kJNbmy5Y6iT8YGefDjG7GQtVk9z4tcAN42uGRn5LOdc5z6fBg6DBAfIclwNdEC3t-l-8gcXhUjxFrLH48zk6AqgEdltR42-2_1eHK_7aO2l764sGHYsxkxf/w640-h476/*Feb%2028%20standinthelight.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">"Stand in the Light"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-86813519693179092562024-02-26T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-26T06:00:00.134-08:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Reflect on what it means to you to act from a place of gratitude. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32I8Elc0eFMd8fZZtdlmcXfcV6jVI0hQ_7qhwt7cWg_XHVyaIHTTVy4LEaxZoLfhhyNekVf3XekImpbr-4sWK2I9m3PotZp8P6zU09qW36APaKUQp5GBJHMF38kqTojoI9gGAocaYnD2jIWaTb4B9yU9h-Ujxe7TuJYyTggmhReDJj-BQlAxqy0z1GsPV/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg32I8Elc0eFMd8fZZtdlmcXfcV6jVI0hQ_7qhwt7cWg_XHVyaIHTTVy4LEaxZoLfhhyNekVf3XekImpbr-4sWK2I9m3PotZp8P6zU09qW36APaKUQp5GBJHMF38kqTojoI9gGAocaYnD2jIWaTb4B9yU9h-Ujxe7TuJYyTggmhReDJj-BQlAxqy0z1GsPV/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-36027278371748748882024-02-23T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-23T06:00:00.134-08:00Current Reflections on Landscapes #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Fri: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Why is it that I expect precision from my unskilled hand and from a medium I haven't used in fifteen-plus years, or from words on a page that only <i>symbolize</i> actual experience? A draft is a draughty experience…written or visual.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sat: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The beauty and colors of Nature are so much more detailed than I can convey in any form. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sun: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The imaginal landscape I carry within is an untidy place where unlikely alliances grow oddly curious yet lovely floral and faunal elements. </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Mon: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sometimes, just <i>sometimes</i>, the way in which actual landscapes enter my inner wild places opens a pathway for flow onto the page…art paper or writing paper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Tues: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">“Simpler” is definitely not easier. A photo of silky, flat sky and backlit, smooth land is an oil-pastels challenge; a simple model I’ve created and modified over years suddenly becomes infinitely complex as it enters the pages of my manuscript. </span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Wed: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It takes courage, audacity, or possibly hope to use blunt black and payne’s gray oil pastels to attempt depicting the fine needles of a backlit fir tree against the delicate baby blue and creamy pink sky. It takes guts, an embrace of the profane, or sheer rugged determination to redraw the model for the manuscript—and to call it something other than “model”—after twenty-eight years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Thurs: </span></b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">While it seems inconceivable, and surely wasn’t something I could’ve predicted, there is a surge of creative thought, impulse, other media, and inspiration seeding additional creative projects this week. My only limit is time. A sweet new journal is becoming inhabited by sketches, words, prayers, colors, and more…in addition to this 100-day project.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Summary:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A garden of creativity is abloom in my home this week. The more I water, prune, offer to sunlight, fertilize, and converse with these growing beings, the more they fill this space…my haven…with their palpably robust desire to exist. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL5h2J5YLmytNxNoyhcdAFOAC44ZgzOD6tRuY8LMr-AFXUiXApNNYGuAMt43RcWWPpSzjCb5wwwOShXl-jedqnxrW9O3mnhjTibcbRugwt8X3k4xJisiCd0PsVDbh437zsyM5p8voHUiUk8lBlYoJSTKq7l-13M35j9Lg01zA-YWoyT9jgTqiKZxJ0y34/s2048/5292303A-1F72-41B9-A968-328923DE64B9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFL5h2J5YLmytNxNoyhcdAFOAC44ZgzOD6tRuY8LMr-AFXUiXApNNYGuAMt43RcWWPpSzjCb5wwwOShXl-jedqnxrW9O3mnhjTibcbRugwt8X3k4xJisiCd0PsVDbh437zsyM5p8voHUiUk8lBlYoJSTKq7l-13M35j9Lg01zA-YWoyT9jgTqiKZxJ0y34/w320-h320/5292303A-1F72-41B9-A968-328923DE64B9.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><b><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-44128862643823143232024-02-21T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-21T06:00:00.262-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZ-aC0tvkF6jqAYmilE2ZIrNJuzAWkjdbIbu642Vnr5ptf9O3_P-8ZRoJaAeTuHFtsHRpa1LPaxhw5nMPaBUM8NCRXdKJMvJCXok0A_pnfiN5t4CuJbTlTJcjRgK1zDHYdfq4eRot4a8sxP2rV6tMU8crF0518kprhKCRLn5hOOkj2WfvqTth0saVsXok/s1990/*Feb%2021%20wtr%20lushness.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="1662" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnZ-aC0tvkF6jqAYmilE2ZIrNJuzAWkjdbIbu642Vnr5ptf9O3_P-8ZRoJaAeTuHFtsHRpa1LPaxhw5nMPaBUM8NCRXdKJMvJCXok0A_pnfiN5t4CuJbTlTJcjRgK1zDHYdfq4eRot4a8sxP2rV6tMU8crF0518kprhKCRLn5hOOkj2WfvqTth0saVsXok/w534-h640/*Feb%2021%20wtr%20lushness.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #38761d;">"Winter Lushness"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-71981819596707751272024-02-19T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-19T06:00:00.250-08:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Spend quiet time with a new flower, bud, leaf, or seed. See what they convey to you. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCyuWhNkPadB3rPULv7Y5Qz2DuHVUSCBPU82fiPFW1yGihcBKWKMg8C9wqFvLyQ9DsJtBm59QjBnj9dE2wQ42QUiW5ViOOZ85orMY5YRWEDjv3b0ykRhzVjGFLkh-77pyvT6CpIeGN84QXftlsH3lUPWoer25cUNeatmtmmpTTK53CgRNR-rq2ZQ7EfcM/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZCyuWhNkPadB3rPULv7Y5Qz2DuHVUSCBPU82fiPFW1yGihcBKWKMg8C9wqFvLyQ9DsJtBm59QjBnj9dE2wQ42QUiW5ViOOZ85orMY5YRWEDjv3b0ykRhzVjGFLkh-77pyvT6CpIeGN84QXftlsH3lUPWoer25cUNeatmtmmpTTK53CgRNR-rq2ZQ7EfcM/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-44514607809502136742024-02-16T06:30:00.000-08:002024-02-16T06:38:54.092-08:00This Week #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">words from the page enter the inner landscape <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">flow like paint through neural pathways, branching tree limbs or roots reaching:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for nourishment, for a tether, for clarification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">colors from a box choose themselves for the task<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">flow like thoughts across the textured surface of watercolor paper:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for shape, for structure, for conveyance of image from photo to painting<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">my body moves from desk to art table and back again<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">listening to wisdom, awaiting inspiration, seeking guidance:</span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">for <i>the how</i>, for <i>the what</i>, but never for <i>the why</i></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: medium;">steadily leading me into ever more intimate kinship with the more-than-humans</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPcwZ0_9vMb6J_2IY8O8jvFDWOuBV0kwbuJUaRAJr_WSOQQ-H7m1pCTOUWAuXoYDe0K2gOyp0AfKn1yrgvKlN_HVbkuTK_VqSXufXUoh2rtoYjzmSflP6Pk_S87no4eNKqNdea24ogmx0aBDJC8VPUV-MLCrq0hZwT8MjZEL8z6aepHY0PwcovPASnMtM/s2048/Feb%2016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPcwZ0_9vMb6J_2IY8O8jvFDWOuBV0kwbuJUaRAJr_WSOQQ-H7m1pCTOUWAuXoYDe0K2gOyp0AfKn1yrgvKlN_HVbkuTK_VqSXufXUoh2rtoYjzmSflP6Pk_S87no4eNKqNdea24ogmx0aBDJC8VPUV-MLCrq0hZwT8MjZEL8z6aepHY0PwcovPASnMtM/s320/Feb%2016.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">four of the seven paintings from this week</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-64466416694793112292024-02-14T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-14T06:00:00.248-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKySOX31vXDSAxEk-u2PQSw7bhnK87fp4dUCsKTw4mfCwqYMcX8JgVEoFg57-T09-8q20sESjTIE1UDUY-IIgu2nx2rp8UhvgsePZaQe40xq2XODRtBtMF6DP9gJXYMHCkAnew3vnl-OAonTFRw5y7z9DZRezguoRmBc8MwkojBxgv1gt8pS6Nu8g3I84Z/s548/*Feb%2014%20Smile%20or%20%3F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="548" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKySOX31vXDSAxEk-u2PQSw7bhnK87fp4dUCsKTw4mfCwqYMcX8JgVEoFg57-T09-8q20sESjTIE1UDUY-IIgu2nx2rp8UhvgsePZaQe40xq2XODRtBtMF6DP9gJXYMHCkAnew3vnl-OAonTFRw5y7z9DZRezguoRmBc8MwkojBxgv1gt8pS6Nu8g3I84Z/w640-h520/*Feb%2014%20Smile%20or%20%3F.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #b45f06;">"Smile or _______ ?"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-87558001379881329222024-02-12T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-12T06:00:00.145-08:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ponder the heart conditions of “compassion” and “love.” Then bring your ruminations to tomorrow’s (Feb. 13<sup>th</sup>at 11:30 Pacific/U.S.) informal gathering. </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvd-uhpj8sEtx2XHIN-S9vkCb9_UhmXNdU#/registration" style="color: purple;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Register for the free Second Tuesdays Conversations</span></b></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">. </span></span><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkk9Fh1LgV_Hcl9ZwIAjchhVOPeSLKX4IYQmOqRZ_H2UeadtqgMqCnwZYRl96W0T52QLFEOaW8NSdBEOuQJoRoGLchrzlNt7MTlrBTTbhgqdpbV9rg-VHKLmTh6C_cj88m_ChkFBCmEhOp55azb4B0WLiM55VJsS9m8bqf2aKtbXEYBgqFyRzsAUT9oaON/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkk9Fh1LgV_Hcl9ZwIAjchhVOPeSLKX4IYQmOqRZ_H2UeadtqgMqCnwZYRl96W0T52QLFEOaW8NSdBEOuQJoRoGLchrzlNt7MTlrBTTbhgqdpbV9rg-VHKLmTh6C_cj88m_ChkFBCmEhOp55azb4B0WLiM55VJsS9m8bqf2aKtbXEYBgqFyRzsAUT9oaON/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-17065070030246581672024-02-09T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-09T06:14:26.080-08:00Nine of Twelve #The100DayProject<p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">Since last week’s blog post, I’ve heard from several people who told me that they are also embarking on the 100-day journey this year. I’m so delighted to be engaging creatively alongside friends!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So far, I’m twelve for twelve: I’ve drafted an oil pastel landscape for each of the days since I’ve begun this year’s 100-day process. Some of my pieces have upcycled materials buried under the pigment; paper bag, paper towel, a plastic envelope window, and a compostable takeout box are a few such items. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What you see pictured here is a compilation of nine of the twelve paintings-in-progress. Each one below is drafted from and inspired by an actual landscape I’ve been to and photographed during sunrise or sunset. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What you don't see on this blog is the daily writing I've done on my book manuscript. Each day I've added or edited content. This pairing of visual artwork with writing seems to be working out once again. And I’m so grateful. </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p><br /></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMXU2OfSwj-6yynmjvgLGaVytTCAlxsUXFog0049W9POYEVkS3RQlUzQej-cmAP3_7-mrq9cz-yFfKH3zSt2p_78tZaCzFuTzbYpzHN8WUU1DWmczgUBqi9R90av2OI2J4TnVaP60soCQ8HEw9YFnihXVwcX4d01jP7ENM1MyF8POEY-FVzM3agP0rLYx/s2048/Feb%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMXU2OfSwj-6yynmjvgLGaVytTCAlxsUXFog0049W9POYEVkS3RQlUzQej-cmAP3_7-mrq9cz-yFfKH3zSt2p_78tZaCzFuTzbYpzHN8WUU1DWmczgUBqi9R90av2OI2J4TnVaP60soCQ8HEw9YFnihXVwcX4d01jP7ENM1MyF8POEY-FVzM3agP0rLYx/w400-h400/Feb%209.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-5990176286030066412024-02-07T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-07T06:00:00.136-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvyi2ZfxA7sG_Zq6ax3tuFKOUoumvZdvjjTJDiMcfeeSrNPomiZ7sXo60ueDJVQW6wy6fsbgY6kF8VODtRKKfw2vv7v_37Lqw4356_N1tZdte4ELb7hyUEnIUlhL3JGE_3bcgJoqUWi7GY1lY4ybTltGle_UXWU86_k98B74X00Idz0prTLwQZrmYYNsB/s2100/*Feb%207%20wtr%20sunrise.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1576" data-original-width="2100" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxvyi2ZfxA7sG_Zq6ax3tuFKOUoumvZdvjjTJDiMcfeeSrNPomiZ7sXo60ueDJVQW6wy6fsbgY6kF8VODtRKKfw2vv7v_37Lqw4356_N1tZdte4ELb7hyUEnIUlhL3JGE_3bcgJoqUWi7GY1lY4ybTltGle_UXWU86_k98B74X00Idz0prTLwQZrmYYNsB/w640-h480/*Feb%207%20wtr%20sunrise.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #444444;">"Winter Sunrise"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-59681139279940585482024-02-05T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-05T06:00:00.139-08:00Monday Meditations<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">mindful practices to nourish you throughout the day and week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Read a prayer from a tradition different from your own. Let’s celebrate World Interfaith Harmony Week together!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdeCvrTMjG9MWFqg7I6jMvSZk8I7cObrC#/registration"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpdeCvrTMjG9MWFqg7I6jMvSZk8I7cObrC#/registration</span></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNus8h4H3TIjd5DIHA3CkN2xZHvXfrr9BGOAKDfN1vlg8BwLiaMaI6wMepuWtZrr8_oojQPAGko2stUJkVpeoY4DstuYb8YuRhAGq6lpv2MGQI2OrBkv6MN2DCwEsx4C4tgnNHsWGYlz5rzQyj0T5YJanQHXLzpKsNclxgvlolQ5g9NzgQZdzWgWi2zQPH/s1845/image.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1793" data-original-width="1845" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNus8h4H3TIjd5DIHA3CkN2xZHvXfrr9BGOAKDfN1vlg8BwLiaMaI6wMepuWtZrr8_oojQPAGko2stUJkVpeoY4DstuYb8YuRhAGq6lpv2MGQI2OrBkv6MN2DCwEsx4C4tgnNHsWGYlz5rzQyj0T5YJanQHXLzpKsNclxgvlolQ5g9NzgQZdzWgWi2zQPH/s320/image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-64450298077818202072024-02-02T06:00:00.000-08:002024-02-02T06:00:00.143-08:00The 100-Day 2024<p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">It’s that time of year again when creators all over the globe join in the creative challenge called #The100DayProject. While there are no firm rules or structures, the idea is that a person commits to spending a few minutes a day doing something creative for one hundred days in a row. There is also the encouragement to post the work online throughout the process. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I’ve engaged this challenge for the last few years and found some amazing gems hidden in my inner landscape as I sculpt, draw, paint, and collage my way through the days. Each of the years that I’ve completed this 100-day project, I have adhered to the suggestions to do the full hundred-day endeavor and to post my work on social media. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">This year I’m allowing myself some freedoms, having seen for myself repeatedly now that I am capable of engaging the entire project over the full three-month-plus time frame. In short, I’ll be doing things differently this year:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am starting the project when it best works for me (which means several weeks before the official global start time). In fact, I started this week - on Monday the 29<sup>th</sup> of January.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am only committing to the first thirty days of the project. After that, I’ll see how it goes day by day.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I am doing two projects at once: (1) the visual art pieces and (2) edits on my current book project, <i>Fiddleheads, Feathers, Firs</i> (due out this year). So, I will be making quick little landscape paintings with oil pastel, some of which have upcycled items (from my recycling and trash cans) incorporated into the work. I will select from the images I’ve painted to create a series of handmade books. (The construction of those books will occur later in the year.) Most of the landscape paintings are inspired by photos I’ve taken of actual landscapes. As I wrote in my book, <i>Writing on the Landscape</i>, I have completed a number of major writing milestones (particularly graduate school documents like my thesis and my dissertation) while pairing that extensive writing process with some sort of visual arts expression. For example, I took a weaving course during the final stretches of my thesis writing, and I made woven-paper collages during my dissertation years. Each time I’ve paired my writing with visual arts, I seem to have a much richer experience of both. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">I might share some (but perhaps not all) of the landscape paintings here on this blog. I haven’t decided whether I’ll be posting them on social media. What I edit in my manuscript will not appear anywhere until the published version of the book is out. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">My biggest priority this year is to go deep and broad. I want to make progress on my current book project while also keeping my “hand in” the work of making art. I am doing a deep dive into my life material to see what emerges as color and shape on paper, and as words in a book. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">So far, so good…Every day this week I have painted a little landscape and conversed with the content of my book. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><o:p><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="separator" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;">What types of creativity would you like to try? </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlDTHYrvJUIs3FoBFDHjmx43Raz1gITQ7I4t7FQAa6kKavKzTXImlyL0ON95asJwP14cjd0M26W5c6K4kfQ1chfdjbBGILFK9WuDfBPnQTYAFpGk9rU4tp9xOIph8Mm0uEpay4d2RmVCz2mVKhu18YTyusGcZvH2MrFzyDBF7g639fWLE3GP9kiS9vQMU/s1280/Feb%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrlDTHYrvJUIs3FoBFDHjmx43Raz1gITQ7I4t7FQAa6kKavKzTXImlyL0ON95asJwP14cjd0M26W5c6K4kfQ1chfdjbBGILFK9WuDfBPnQTYAFpGk9rU4tp9xOIph8Mm0uEpay4d2RmVCz2mVKhu18YTyusGcZvH2MrFzyDBF7g639fWLE3GP9kiS9vQMU/w640-h640/Feb%202.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p class="separator" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in;"><br /></p>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261240276251437118.post-85497973211993269872024-01-31T06:00:00.000-08:002024-01-31T06:00:00.147-08:00Image of the Week<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYhyphenhyphenUa7sU4lVEe103hnsFO1T4oOUb2RNYVsa0FsPVwmYoi8RYolKjp_rleWxcU1E4WT_8SF49AZyQ67xaFO4ytx_rnOSMdPeMcFyM428VB73lNAEolyzctCqxu1iWN-By0MgMLGCozMbUta_O8FQvXHCy3bsn94QhQt3rfBMxR9mWxIItJWyBHYxyb2eQ/s2102/*Jan%2031%20peace.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2102" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQYhyphenhyphenUa7sU4lVEe103hnsFO1T4oOUb2RNYVsa0FsPVwmYoi8RYolKjp_rleWxcU1E4WT_8SF49AZyQ67xaFO4ytx_rnOSMdPeMcFyM428VB73lNAEolyzctCqxu1iWN-By0MgMLGCozMbUta_O8FQvXHCy3bsn94QhQt3rfBMxR9mWxIItJWyBHYxyb2eQ/w640-h478/*Jan%2031%20peace.jpeg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #073763;">"Peace"</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10825587267018791702noreply@blogger.com