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Draw Anything But Flowers

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In an attempt to steer away from drawing flowers I told myself to draw anything but flowers.
It was NOT easy.
Size – 8.5 by 11
Medium – India Ink on acid and lignin free paper

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Seasonal Kaleidoscopes or Why I Like Winter

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Each Winter I seem to migrate no hibernate into my dreams, put paint brush to hand and begin painting floral and embellished little artworks. Stroke after stroke I load the paintbrush and simply paint. I think it dawned on me that much of my recent angst was due to not letting my mind flow freely [...]

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ThinkBakery Blog Talking Shop Interview

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I was asked recently by the ThinkBakery blog to do an interview. It’s live now!
And to quote the opening of the interview:
I have had the pleasure of lots of email correspondence with successful self-employed artist Jessica Doyle. I posted about her on Design Milk, and she went above and beyond my “Do” list. She is [...]

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Smelting Self Confidence

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I walked into the kitchen to wash my hands and met a ghastly hilarious sink filled with smelt. It took me by surprise. I stepped back, laughed and walked to the bathroom to wash there instead.
My uncle had been ice fishing for smelt and Mom was thawing out the frozen fish for cleaning, then cooking.
Later [...]

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Brain. Fingers. Emotion. Computer?

I feel so sad right now. My emotions have run away with the circus.
My family is away. A very close friend, whom I love, is leaving tomorrow and I’m sitting here feeling sorry for myself. And words do not express how frustrating it is that my computer is so freaking slow.
No, the computer is [...]

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Synchronicity

As human beings we search for connections, look for validation and adhere to the norm. Every now and then a new idea emerges from the masses taunting older symbols long since ingrained within the societal stigmata.
This idea softly floats about joining itself to others through the senses in both unconscious and conscious ways. Once spoken, [...]

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A Note on Censorship, Stats and Personal Well Being

Funny, all my google referers have disappeared from my stats.
I feel more censored at home than anywhere else on earth.
And I am well.
Ever get to that point where you need to have a good long freaking cry. Just crying for the sake of crying to feel good afterwords. Not unlike laughing hysterically yet you are [...]

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Ideas Form in the Clouds

The TRUE STORY – At a gathering one night *Monica tried and successfully squeezed her size 9 feet into size 6 roller skates… and skated in them for about an hour.
Yes her feet hurt afterwards. But the moral of the story is she had fun in her pursuit of happiness.
Size – 10 by 10 inches [...]

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How do you clean your mind?

I began, a few moments ago, thinking about how I wished I could remove my brain, throw it in the wash with detergent and later dry it outside on the line in the crisp autumn air.
I can’t literally do that though and that fact irks me especially after a day like today.
I am only able [...]

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We are more than just talking heads – we are meat

Went to see BodyWorlds last weekend at Science World.
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The ribs appeared as sliced turkey adhered to bone.
Lungs black, steel white or thinly sliced
tar flecs a sisxteenth of an inch thick visible to the naked eye.
This plastination of human origin indeed were so,
these maniquins but a small fanciful taste
to this mid-autumn’s delusion.
Bound in glass were creatures [...]

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