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True Potential - art showing the intention to make this world a better place.

Artwork depicting compassion, understanding and the realisation of potential.

Featured Work

Think Big by AngiandSilas

Part of our greeting card line Living Out Loud ! As greeting cards and prints in stores that carry Tree-Free. This greeting card comes with envelope and matching interior design (Only on our web site and in stores). / Inside text: Refuse to accept any reality smaller than you are. For you are a caravan of potential, a bazaar of possibilities, a world within a world of wonders. This image is also part of our “Living Out Loud” calendar: / © Angi Sullins & Silas Toball For inspiration visit the Message from the Muse Blog! For our gallery of inspirational and mytho-poetic art visit Duirwaigh Studios Duirwaigh Studios: / There you can find prints, greeting cards, calendars, books and more that will make perfect gifts. Plus our inspirational film “A Knock at the Door” and more…
Wisdom and Grace by Arla M. Ruggles

Elevina – Kiowa Apache WINNER: Soul Challenge on / Images And Ideas / (2009.OCT.30) / WINNER: Portrait Of A Woman Challenge / on The Woman Photographer / WINNER: I Am Woman Challenge / on Mood And Ambience / (2009.JUN.18) Top Ten in / Wisdom And Character Challenge / on Good News Grouo / (2009.OCT.16) / That One Great Portrait Challenge / on That One Great Shot / (2009.MAY.09) “Special Feature“ / The Wild West Show / (2009.APR.26) / Featured on: / True Potential / (2009.NOV.05) / 50+ / (2009.NOV.01) / Good News Group – Sharing & Caring / (2009.OCT.25) / Light In The Darkness / (2009.JUL.15) / Spirit of the Native American / (2009.FEB.18) / THE SISTERHOOD / (2009.FEB.16) Views 1,061: 2009.NOV.03 Canon 350D EOS / Tamron 55/200mm / Natural light. RedBubble Album: People Of The West
Unfolding by MelDavies

Mixed Media, acrylics on embossed foil FEATURED in ‘Hand Drawn Art of Happiness & Joy’ June 2009 / FEATURED In ‘Creative Spirits of Queensland’ July 2009 / FEATURED In ‘Globes, Spheres and Curves’ July 2009 / FEATURED in ‘True Potential’ October 2009
be gentle by sarahhoffman

8×10 acrylic and sharpie on cardstock scrap loosely based on a picasso line drawing…gentle is the key word in this crazy world..
Bouquet of Light by AngiandSilas

It is the light that urges the flower to open to open its heart to the world Part of our new greeting card line Message from the Muse © Angi Sullins & Silas Toball For inspiration visit the Message from the Muse Blog! For our gallery of inspirational and mytho-poetic art visit Duirwaigh Studios Duirwaigh Studios: / There you can find prints, greeting cards, calendars, books and more that will make perfect gifts. Plus our inspirational film “A Knock at the Door” and more…
Unfurl by AngiandSilas

© Angi Sullins & Silas Toball For inspiration visit the Message from the Muse Blog! For our gallery of inspirational and mytho-poetic art visit Duirwaigh Studios Duirwaigh Studios: / There you can find prints, greeting cards, calendars, books and more that will make perfect gifts. Plus our inspirational film “A Knock at the Door” and more…
A Call to Matins by journeyheart5

Tenderness comes from all quarters and is accepted by everyone and everything.
Between barbs by tkrosevear

The ‘barb’ that came to mind while photographing this dragonfly was “a biting critical remark”, that some humans choose to relay as pertinent, judgmental and necessary communications to share with others. In a world filled with so much verbal toxicity, I find myself sitting in the ‘middle of the fence’, so to say and constantly reminding myself that if I have nothing nice to say, I simply say nothing at all. Dragonfly ~ A key to my dreams, an eye for the truth, an ear open to spirit for messages bold, will break down illusions and transform my life, so I remake myself in a positive mold. DJ Conway STICKS AND STONES / Sticks and stones may break my bones / But names will never hurt me / I think someone’s full of bull / Cause words are really hurtful Don’t dwell on what was said / Don’t take it to your bed / In just a little time / It’ll erase from your mind CHORUS / Don’t look back at what you had / Sometimes we all get sad / It’s not worth getting mad / It might not be what you thought / Happiness can’t be bought / That’s just what I been taught A little encouragement / Can go a long way / It may even help / Turn around a bad day So try your best / Sometimes you’ll get no rest / This goes for the weary / That’s just my own theory Chorus / Don’t look back at what you had / Sometimes we all get sad / It’s not worth getting mad / It might not be what you thought / Happiness can’t be bought / That’s just what I been taught Keep your eyes open / If you’re hoping / Things can happen / With a quick reaction It’s not first or last / Boy does time go fast / It’s not about always winning / Maybe a beginning Chorus / You can’t always get what you want / So be happy with what you got / Many battles have been fought / It might not be what you thought / Happiness can’t be bought / That’s just what I been taught Sticks and stones may break my bones / But names will never hurt me / I think someone’s full of bull / Cause words are really hurtful
Our Future... by micmac

My grand-children…..NIKON D 200 /
For a few morsel of rice by v archana

ref from MUKESH Srivastav SOFTWARE USED: PHOTOSHOP
Dream of Peace by Alison Pearce

Watercolour painting with gold pen highlights. / Best viewed large John Lennon -Give Peace a Chance Dream of Peace A dream of peace and joy / Serenity like the home of the coi / An abstract hope it seems / But reality is born from dreams © Alison Pearce 2009
New Beginnings by Martilena

Photoshop/PSP with various layers and textures / August 29, 2009 Music: Future World Music Featured in: / True Potential / Dimensions

Recent Work

Reincarnation by Betty Mackey

This tee shirt advises: Save the Planet! When you are reincarnated you will need a place to live. The little mouse looks kind of depressed, don’t you think? Note: original text copyright 2009 by Betty Mackey.
Hold on by gerretje24

Thickened Acryllic paint on canvas. Even when it’s dark all around, don’t let go. keep looking for this one hand to get you back in the light again.
Give Health A Chance by Betty Mackey

Political?
Landscape...Nothing Gold can Stay by Janis Zroback

/ “Nothing Gold can Stay” is part of the Landscape and Skyscape Series...see other Skyscapes and Landscapes, from the Series below... Watercolour on Arches Not 300lb Paper… Many features and wins… 829 Views Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf’s a flower; / But only so an hour. / Then leaf subsides to leaf. / So Eden sank to grief, / So dawn goes down to day. / Nothing gold can stay....Robert Frost Nothing Gold can Stay Music… “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is one of Robert Frost’s most famous poems. Written in 1923, this poem was published in The Yale Review in October of that year. Some say the poem helped Frost to win a Pulitzer Prize. Only eight lines long, this poem is still considered one of Frost’s best. “Nothing Gold Can Stay” is also featured in the novel The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton and its film adaptation. The American rock band New Found Glory also used the title for their album of the same name...Wiki… Nothing Gold Can Stay” explicitly describes identical moments in three temporal cycles: the daily, the yearly, and the mythic. In each case the poem depicts the moment when the promise of perfection declines into something lesser. Gold unabashedly becomes a symbol–a very traditional one–for the highest value and most radiant beauty. Spring, dawn, and Eden are each a sort of Golden Age, an impermanent paradise. / What lies ahead is never stated overtly, but it is inarguably present by implication. Day is inevitably followed by night. Summer is succeeded by fall and winter. The green leaf eventually turns brown and decays. The loss of Eden gave Adam and Eve mortality. Human youth, by implication, is followed by maturity, old age, and ultimately death. The golden moment, therefore, is all the more precious because it is transitory. By focusing on a single moment, Frost evokes an entire day, year, lifetime, and human history...Dana Gioia. / / / / /
Abstract..There's a Light in the Darkness by Janis Zroback

“There’s a Light in the Darkness” is part of the “Abstract” and “Winter” Series...for all those who are struggling with issues, those looking for love, and those who are waiting for a sign as to which way to go…the time to make decisions is nearer than you think. Acrylic on Canvas. 3074 Views. There’s a light in the darkness / Though the night is black as my skin / There’s a light burning bright showing me the way / But I know where I’ve been / There’s a cry in distance / It’s a voice that comes from deep within / There’s a cry asking why / I pray the answer’s up ahead, yeah / ‘cause I know where I’ve been / There’s a road we’ve been travellin’ / Lost so many on the way / But the riches will be plenty / With the price, the price we had to pay / There’s a dream in the future / There’s a struggle that we have yet to win / And there’s pride in my heart / ‘cause I know where I’m going, yes I do / And I know where I’ve been, yeah / There’s a road we must travel / There’s a promise that we must make / Oh but the riches will be plenty / Worth the risk and the chances that we take / There’s a dream in the future / There’s a struggle that we have yet to win / Use that pride in our hearts / To lift us up to tomorrow / ‘cause just to sit still would be a sin / Lord knows I know where I’ve been / Oh, when we win / I’ll give thanks to my God / ‘cause I know where I’ve been. Listen to Queen Latifah I Know where I’ve been…
Kiss of the Ibis/Darwin-thought by gerretje24

It started as a modelpainting in Acryllic paint, al tattood in Maori-style… but then it found its own way as in one leg I discovered a toekan. The rest of the bunch followed in a natural way! / And so now the model is thinking of the long gone past… / May we never forget that we are nature itself and have to respect it! / 1.20mx1.00m.
Lakshmi by DevineDayDreams

Created with Incendia &PSP
Enchantment'... by valzart

” Spirit of the Forest arise again send your guardians, protect the mighty trees from destruction they are the life and breath of the planet and fools of men are tearing them asunder, on their path to oblivion like lemmings on the road to extinction”. by V.Kelly ... save- our- trees.org:.. finished after midnight .
Nature by nishagandhi

photomanipulation of several sources together FREE BACKGROUND STOCK USED SHEEP STOCK SEA GULL BIRD
Ne Hoe Ka Leo O Ka Wai Aloha Ho'okipa by Sharon Mau

Ne Hoe Ka Leo O Ka Wai / (pleasant is the murmur of water) Sunset Ho’okipa Beach Maui North Shore Hawai’i Title is an excerpt verse from the beautiful mele (song) / Ka Inu Wai – Maika`i Ka Makani O Kohala / (Thirsty Breezes of Kohala ) with words by William J. Sheldon and music by David Nape Hui: / Ko aloha, ko aloha ka`u mea nui / He makana, he makana na ka pu`uwai Chorus: / Your love, your love is a great thing to me / A gift, a gift for the heart Maika`i ka makani o Kohala / `Ike `ia e ka inu wai / `O ka wai no ia pono kâua / Wai kaulana o ka `âina Good is the wind of Kohala / Known as the drinking water / It’s the water that is good for the two of us / Famous water of the land Nani wale Niuli`i kâhela i ka la`i / `Ekolu `ôpua hiki mai / A la`i `ia mai e ka ulu hala / Nalo wale ka luna o Hapu`u The splendor of Niuli`i sprawling peacefully / Three clouds approach / Gently settling there at the hala grove / Hiding the top of Hapu`u Ha`aheo ka hau i ka mauna / Kahiko i ka ohu o ka nahele / E ka oni mai nei lililnoi / I ka ohu noe ike kuahiwi Proud is the hau in the mountain / Adorned over by the forest / The mist moves about / The misty rain enshrouds the mountains Ana `ole ka makani iâ Kohala / Holohia a ka ua Naulu / Aia ka luana i Makapala / I ka hea mia a Niuli`i Boundless is the wind of Kohala / Mingled with the Naulu rain / Rest will be found at Makapala / When the Niuli`i calls an invitation Nê hoe ka leo o ka wai / Hana pono i ka poli o ka `iwa / Ku`u `iea ku`i lei kâhiko ia / Na pua lehua i `Awini Pleasant is the murmur of water / Refreshing among the ferns / My ferns, my adorning lei / Entwined with the lehua of Awini Source: Verse 1 & 2 from Hopkin’s Aloha Colletion & Pete Donnelly, Verse 3, 4, 5 from Pukui collection – This song tells of the Inuwai winds that blow across Kohala and parch the land. Kohala, Niuli`i and Hapu`u are places on the big island. The 3 clouds represent 3 sisters and one is the writer’s sweetheart. Her home was hidden from his view by the hala (pandanus) grove of Hapu`u. Chorus, Verse 1, 2 translated by Ainsley Halemanu. Verse 3, 4, 5 translated by Mary Pukui. Text Copyright Charles Hopkins 1899 Fine Art Photography / Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved Ho’okipa Beach Park Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi / Composite Three Images / Shooting Date 06 September 2009
Beech lane in the woods by steppeland

Goois Nature Reserve, Bussum – the Netherlands Autumn woods… / silent beeches along the path / afternoon sun light playing in the branches, / the smell of earth and fallen leaves… / sense of unity… Photograph made with Pentax K10D camera and Pentax 18-55 lens Because of the beauty shown in this picture: / SAFE and PROTECT our woods and natural places! Features and top10 placements Featured in: / Live and let live (Sept. 27, 2009) / The great outdoors (Sept. 28, 2009) Top10 placement in: / Dirt roads and Autumn Leaves by Country Roads group (Oct. 2009) Thank you so much to the hosts of these groups! / Comments and feed-back always welcome. Thanks for looking :)

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About This Group

True Potential stands for those who have the intention to make this world a better place..

We are a group where we show work which depicts compassion, understanding, tolerance and equality. We want to show the strength of human potential and enable others to reach their own ‘true potential’.

Please upload work that shows compassion, understanding, tolerance, equality or potential. We all have different views on this so we will use a little discretion.

Anyone can join in – writers, tee designers, artists and photographers. We want to see a huge online collaboration that can make a difference, and will….

Absolutely NO nudity or erotic images will be accepted.
PLEASE, no hate, violence or defamation in the gallery.

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There will be Challenges, forums, music, and some fun.
More importantly, we hope to spread the word that EVERYONE has the potential to be special and incredible in their own individual way.

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