Inspired By Life
Featured Work
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Reflections of Sukhothai by Tatum Wulff
Image captured at dawn in the Sukhothai Historical Park. The Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Sukhothai was the capital of the first Kingdom of Siam in the 13th and 14th centuries. It has a number of fine monuments, illustrating the beginnings of Thai architecture. The great civilization which evolved in the Kingdom of Sukhothai absorbed numerous influences and ancient local traditions; the rapid assimilation of all these elements forged what is known as the ‘Sukhothai style’. PLACED IN THE TOP TEN IN THE SILHOUETTE REFLECTIONS CHALLENGE IN THE SILHOUETTE GROUP. ON OCT. 19/09 FEATURED IN THE INSPIRED BY LIFE GROUP Nov. 9/09 / FEATURED IN THE NIRVANA GROUP Nov. 20/09
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tanka poetry / for too many I know, and don’t know who are brutally abused.
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This counterbalances religion, personal beliefs, gender, nature and elements in an effort to understand the freedom of sexual choice…
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“Love has no uttermost, as the stars have no number and the sea no rest”. Eleanor Farjeon
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Writing
rant of a mad man
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Such a series of emotions and fears we feel when we lose the person who meant so much to us.
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Collaborative work of Kevin Mawson & Sally Omar / / kevinmawson
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Featured in Inspired by Life 11/9/09
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No is No featured in Inspired By Life 9-11-09 / No is No featured in Anger Management 27-10-09 / No is No featured in Lifeline 23-10-09 / No is No was written 21-10-09 No is No was inspired by Reynaldo’s powerful painting No to Date Rape and is part of our Tribute to Womanhood Series. This is our 19th upload of our 40 Painting/Drawing/Poem Tribute to Womanhood Series.
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Inspired by a poem I read today and desire to heal, to grow, and find happiness in just being alive.
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for Lianne
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Feeling thankful for the love I am blessed with and hopeful that others can find their way home too…
Recent Work
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WatchaDooin' ? by CLiPiCs
Andy, Drummer with Manchester Band “Lower” annoying the life out of Rampton (Sound Engineer) during soundcheck in Cardiff :-) 1996 35 mm film on some crappy £5 point and shoot / / Love ‘N’ Laughter Kriss ♥
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For all the lonely , heartbroken , lost , abused people in this world, that they know , someone cares for them and that they do matter so much / goes a long way ......... / the ispiration for this , was a lady I was speakin to today, her , sadness , utter futility , became very ovious as we spoke , it was almost tangible …we spoke for ages and I felt that somehow it did in a small way help her …...
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Karl Schmidt_Rottluff..selfportrait 1904 by sarahhoffman
My rendition from a photo I thought was a Van Gogh painting…. Acrylic and sharpie 8×10 on cardstock remnant
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Hopeful Attitude by tkrosevear
Attitude is EVERYTHING / Our attitudes determine whether we feel fulfilled or empty, wealthy or poor, happy or sad, accepted or rejected. It is the rudder of our ship and determines the course of our lives. It is more important than how much education we have; how clever we are; the level of our particular skills; our past accomplishments and future prospects, or how much money we have in the bank. Throughout our lives, it influences our friendships and all other relationships. Quite simply, it is the seminal factor in a life well lived versus one that is a constant struggle. Current research suggests that positive attitudes about aging are a greater factor than wealth, gender, or even our cholesterol levels in adding years to our lives. / We are what we believe. Our belief system is based on our past experience, which is constantly being relived in the present with an anticipation of the future being like the past. Our present perceptions are so colored by the past thing that we are unable to see the immediate happenings in our lives without distortions and limitations. With a sincere willingness we can re-examine who we think we are in order to achieve a new and a deeper sense of our real identity. / To experience this sense of total freedom, it is important for us to detach ourselves from past and future preoccupations and choose to live in an immediate sense of NOW. To be free also means not to be confined to a reality that seems limited by our physical senses. This, in turn, allows us to see and to participate in the love we already share with everyone. / Love can be looked upon as the total absence of fear. While all of us want love, many seem unable to experience it with any consistency. Our guilty fears from the past block our ability to give and receive love in the present. Fear and love can never be experienced at the same time. It is always our choice as to which of these emotions we choose. By choosing love more consistently than fear, we can change the nature and quality of not only our relationships, but our entire lives. / When we perceive another as “attacking” us, we usually feel defensive and find a way, directly or indirectly, to “attack” back. Attacking always stems from fear. No one attacks unless he or she first feels threatened and believes that through attack, one’s own strength is demonstrated at the expense of another’s vulnerability. As with all defenses that are designed to keep guilt and fear from our awareness, attack usually preserves the problem. / Most of us cling to the belief that “attacking” can really get us something we want. We seem to forget that “attacking” and “defending” do not bring inner peace. In order to experience peace instead of conflict, it is necessary to shift our perception. Instead of seeing others as attacking us, we can choose to see them as fearful. We are always expressing either love or fear. Fear is really a call for help and therefore, a request for love. It is apparent then, that to experience peace we must recognize that we do have a choice in determining what we perceive. / Many of our attempts to correct others, even when we believe we are offering constructive criticism, are really attempts to attack them by demonstrating their “wrongness” and our “rightness”. Thus, it may be helpful to examine our motivations. / Are we teaching love or are we demonstrating attack? / If others don’t change in accordance with our expectations, we are likely to regard them as guilty and thus reinforce our own belief in guilt. Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others but instead, merely accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations. / It seems black and white to me, especially after listening to a song this evening from the 1980’s called The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics which confirmed that we have the ability and power to choose our attitude in any moment, regardless of the circumstances. / I am hopeful about healing my own mind and heart, and having harmony and integrity in all I think, say and do…the ingredients for Peace of Mind.
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DRAGON by tkrosevear
The dragon in one form or another was known to the majority of world cultures in both the Old and New Worlds. It was one of the early symbols of the Great Mother Goddess of the Matriarchies. Until the arrival of patriarchal societies, the dragon was considered to be a sacred, benevolent creature; its serpent body symbolized matter and life-giving water of creation, its wings spirit and the sacred breath of life. / In spiritual definitions, the dragon represents the supernatural, infinity itself, and the spiritual powers of change and transformation. / Wacom Pen creation in photoshop7
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Road to Somewhere by Constance Widen
“Dream, dream, you’re not to late / Sweet Road to somewhere else.” / GOLDFRAPP FROM THE SEVENTH TREE. Between the sea and the mountains that I loved so much is a strip of long undulating hills called the Overberg in the South Western Cape of South Africa. It is here that farmers plant the Winter crops such as wheat, barley and canola. Winding through all these vast fields are tracks that seem to wander off to “Nowhere”. I have endeavoured to paint one of these, all the time still wondering where it’s final destination lies. A3 Ingres paper using Schmincke, Senellier and Unison pastels.
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This is, perhaps, a futuristic fairy-tale about endings and beginnings in space and time.
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Collaborative work of Kevin Mawson & Sally Omar / / kevinmawson
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poinsettias revisited by James Lewis Hamilton
My prior ‘hibiscus card’ was so satisfying as a Photo-Shop (PS) adjusted image that I’ve been experimenting with the poinsettia image for days now trying to create a satisfactory new version of this art and put it into RedBubble card formatting. I’m not fully satisfied, but after many hours and late nights, many versions, and lots of PS fooling around I can live with this design. Anyone who has any further suggestions though should know they will be much appreciated. / One will have to click on the ‘buy’ button to see how this image appears on a finished card. All of the PS details are now a bit muddled in my head and I believe the PS tutorial provided with the ‘hibiscus card’ covers the most salient PS steps. Oh, I will say that the pointillism type background started as a photo of mostly clouds and some blue sky. I loaded it onto PS and then in the ‘filter’ choices got to the general appearance, but it was too varied. So I cropped that image down to a fairly uniform corner and then ‘resized’ to the necessary 920 pixels (px) x 1320 px with minimum with resolution set at 200px. / When I showed my partner this design she said; “It’s a bit old fashioned.” Well, that’s not too bad, maybe there’s a place for it… I mean the original drawing/painting was done in 1965!
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September Song by rodeorose
FEATURED HISTORIC PLACES SEPT 2009 / FEATURED WORLD CRUISE SHIPS OCT 2009 / September Song (words by Maxwell Anderson/ music Kurt Weil) / When you meet with the young men in early Spring / You court them in song and rhyme / They answer with words and a clover ring / But if you examine the goods they bring / They have little to offer but the songs they sing / And the plentiful waste of time. Oh, it’s a long, long while from May to December / But the days grow short when you reach September / When the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame / One hasn’t got time for the waiting game. Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few / September, November / And these few precious days I’ll spend with you / These precious days I’ll spend with you. Many many wonderful versions exist of this wistful old standard that to me seemed appropriate for this shot. My particular favorites are by Art Pepper(instrumental), and Patricia Kaas. / Pictured is Dubrovnik Old Town which has been listed by UNESCO since 1979 as a World Heritage site.
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