Encourages
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Emily Dickinson’s poetry is brief yet compacted with meaning. Her well-chosen words always deliver the punch she intended. This little poem is one of my favorites because it is a reminder of the power of words, that they live on in the people to whom we address them, long after they’ve left our mouths. I thought this photo of a little vine wrapping itself around a barbed wire fence went well with Dickinson’s words. The barbs symbolize sharp, hurtful words that damage while the tender vine represents gentle but strong, life-giving words that build up, heal, and encourage.
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Also available without text. See “Rose in the Shadows” also in my gallery.
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comforting scripture from Psalms
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I’m fascinated by this tree which grows in Lafayette, Louisiana. I think it must have fallen after a storm and then started growing again because the base of its trunk is very misshappen and convoluted as though it had been twisted and torn at one time. I stumbled across this quotation by Winston Churchill and immediately thought about this lone live oak. I think the words of the statesman and this stately old tree go well together. It’s encouragement for those who consider themselves loners because, as Churchill pointed out, solitary trees, having overcome the adversities of loneliness, grow stronger as a result.
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2008 Copyright. All Rights Reserved to Mariam Muradian. This painting was directly inspired by one of the visions I had in the Native American “Deeksha” Healing/Blessing on New Year’s Eve. My eyes were closed. / I saw penetrating yellow light pouring and radiating out from behind my eyes. I was able to see things in a “Maxfield Parrish way” again. Now consider from whence I have come….. August 2006 I was given a drug to assist my heart; helping to end 40 years of continual “heart attack magnitude” chest pain and to keep me from slipping in and out of consciousness. It was a new, still somewhat experimental, drug on the market….aka “expensive”. In January 2007, after my 13th heart surgery, the drug was increased to get me past a difficult recovery. I began having elevating pressures in my eyes and pain like knives inside my eyes. Very rapidly I lost my peripheral vision, my color vision, and my central vision. My eyes had become extremely light sensitive; I was given the darkest glasses. This was in the middle of painting The Genetic Bill of Rights Painting Series. I had to sort my colored paints into shades of grey (which I fell into quite naturally from my formal art training); I continued to paint in color even though I could not tell you what color it was, apart from some incredibly intuitive color vibrations I would get; sometimes I could even hear the color. The signature piece of that series was painted when I had only a sliver of vision remaining in my left eye. / Because I had so little sensitive vision left, the Blind Society deemed it unreliable and trained me blindfolded. I painted the signature piece 80% blindfolded. It was a beyond trippy time for me!!! During this whole loss of vision, I had the Blind Society coming to my home to train me in skills and navigation. I was taught to use a blind cane. I learned to type and use voice recognition software. I was learning to cook by sound. One day I set out to get the mail: I was gone for two hours, had fallen into a bush, and returned with no mail in hand! I was so overwhelmed and challenged. After much painful testing, it was decided that the new drug was the cause of the blindness. I was left with a lousy choice and no guarantees from the medical community. In October 2007, I found myself a long way from home, down a road that I didn’t like nor was I sure I could reverse, go back to the fork in the road, and choose again. Morphine and the runaway bobsled to hell! So I stopped the drug! I began Chinese Tong Ren. / Miraculously, my sight returned, color too! My peripheral is still not as it was before the drug…..whose complaining?!!! Painting is like candy to me now; I was born with the gift, but now it means even more! My mind and soul are still playing catch up with all that happened. I do not understand the “taking” or the “giving back” of it all…..maybe it is for the comfort of others? I suppose the worst way to come away from such a trial would be with a “metaphorically myopic soul”? (I would like to hear your comments on my last statement, please. Write.) What we see can be such a distracting illusion to the essence of what is really there. Oddly, sometimes I miss the darkness. I remember the lessons of the darkness. As my Father would say, “I have made the circumference.” / Gratitude does not even begin to cover it!.... ~Mariam Muradian
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Aurora around pink orchid reflected in water.
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Life is a Learning Experience. A hand-drawn text design that makes a great gift that’s motivational, encouraging and positive for any friend or member of the family. Also great just as a Hello or to say I’m Thinking of You!
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Agapanthus, from buds to full-blown blossom, a symbol of emerging, evolving, growing, developing, a source of encouragement for all who are struggling in the process.
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Lisa C. Weber ©2008 / Visit My Complete RedBubble Portfolio for all My 3D Artwork & Products
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If Elephants Can Fly, Anything Is Possible: Sweet, simple, whimsical colored pencil drawing of two elephants, one pink and one green, flying around a serene moon. A delightful gift for any occasion, particularly a fun congratulations or happy encouragement for a major achievement in life.
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There is nothing like a Great-Gma’s encouragement that you CAN do it & you’ll be LOVELY! I just had to share this picture…because it’s so heart warming.
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In honor of all our veterans and current service men and women. / Notice the cloud formation looks like a dove. Words from old hymnal. / /
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“Everything Happens for a Reason”. A great saying to use as encouragement or motivation or a positive note to send to someone who is overcoming problems or facing challenges.
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The angle of this shot made it seem like the Gulf Fritillary was climbing onto taller and taller wildflowers; I thought it would make a nice card offering encouragement to someone who’s struggling against challenging odds.
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Sales of this Design? – 1 sale so far :) / / Kids Keds Canvas Shoes available in this design @ my Zazzle Store / / Baby & Kids TShirts available in this design at My Zazzle Store / / Even Angels Get the Blues is a mixed media production on brown paper. / I’ve used white acrylic gesso to undercoat haphazardly, then applied felt tip pen, charcoal and pastels to fill in and shade…. It’s sad I know, but even angels get the blues … Even Angels Get the Blues Small Design / http://www.redbubble.com/people/karin/clothing/1548018-1-even-angels-get-the-blues-tshirt / Even Angels Get the Blues Large Design / / Even Angels Get the Blues in Blues if you have any enquiries please email karintaylor@exemail.com.au / / / Customers are welcome to email enquiries to karintaylor@exemail.com.au
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Walk In Faith / Inspiration ~ Encouragement / /
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You have a Guardian Angel / Who watches over you…. / Everywhere you go / And everything you do. This gentle, silent helper / Is there to be your guide / To shelter and protect you, / And for you to walk beside. Your Angel will always help you / Whenever things go wrong, / They’ll be the wings beneath your feet / As Life’s path you walk along. Feel this calming presence…. / Be enfolded by its love / And let you life be guided / By a power from above. Author Unknown / All profit from sales goes to Feed The Children /
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Turn It Over by Douglas Bloch There comes a time in any undertaking where we have done all that we can do. Having accomplished what is humanly possible, it is time to turn it over to God. Turning it over is akin to planting a seed in the ground and having the faith to allow that seed to germinate in darkness. Just as invisible forces bring forth the seed’s potential, Infinite Intelligence works behind the scenes to produce the good that you desire. As one person put it, “I realize God is doing for me what I cannot do for myself.” Turining it over also means placing the final results in God’s hands. Have faith that if spirit is doing the work through you, spirit will handle the outcome. As you develop this trust in the higher plan, fear and worry will gradually disappear until you can declare with confidence, “It is all for Your glory. It is all in Your hands, and I do rejoice in this.”
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I couldn’t find the author of this little poem, but I coupled it with my image of a male Eastern bluebird in flight and thought it might be a source of encouragement to someone who’s a little down and in need of a word of hope.
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An affirmation of love.
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