Life self
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How did they call it in the Bible? A dale of deep darkness. I walk along the path of my life and the light goes out, the inspiration leaves, the inner voice silences, the passion extinguishes, the energy runs low. Life is like wading through a swamp that almost swallows me completely. I can hardly breathe. It gets darker and darker and I feel fear burning like a ball of fire in my stomach. I am afraid I am doomed, did everything wrong. The light disappears completely. I wonder what is left. Well, I am still there, in a terrible state of mind, but still there. My heart pumps, my lungs breathe. I am still alive. And now it all seems a little bit different. The light is not gone; it is just harder to reach it. But it is there, always there. Still feel frightened, but I have faith again. —-—-—-—-—-—-——- And now it is time to learn the cockpit flows of the Airbus A320 by head and do some serious flying. It can’t always be fun. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-— -Partial self portrait in charcoal and pastel. / -Photolayers. / -Digital freaking.
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Thanks for looking = )
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I took up Claire Armistead’s project, the self-portrait-a-day challenge on September 9th 2007, and have faithfully snapped away ever since. The rules are that each image has to be taken by yourself, and each needs to include at least a part of your face. A few of the individual pics have made it onto RB in their own right, and others have had turns at being my avatar. I’m about 75% of the way through, but haven’t finished sorting all of the pics, so this is made up of the first 169 days. So here’s more of me than you ever thought (or reasonably expected!) to see, LOL! Through the ups and downs, fun and silliness, grumpy days and sleep deprevation. Mostly the last one though…!
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My latest self-portrait; I am my art and my art is myself. Original work is 18”x24”, acrylic paint on masonite panel.
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I was watching the movie “The Ultimate Gift” listening to the character played by James Garner talking to his grandson when he said… ‘Learning is a gift… even if pain is your teacher”. As soon as the words had finished coming out of his mouth I honestly said out loud – YES!! Immediately I was blown away by the quote and I wrote it down and thought about its meaning for weeks. I’ve never felt so affected by a sentence before. Upon reflecting this quote I found quite confronting to realise that I spent my twenties doing everything to avoid and “run away” from my emotional pain.. Now in my 30s I’ve realised that pain was essential for me to be a more caring, less-judgemental and forgiving person. Pain seems to show us the truth in others… the truth that all people, no matter what’s on the outside… have a heart capable of breaking on the inside. It gives me great comfort that I can now view the grief of my brothers death as somewhat of a gift to me – rather than nothing but a loss FEATURED IN Prize Challenges GROUP / FEATURED IN Creative Inspirations / FEATURED IN YOU’RE ACCEPTED GROUP / FEATURED IN FIRST THINGS GROUP / FEATURED IN TYPOGRAPHY GROUP / FEATURED IN THE ART OF PAIN GROUP t-shirt available .
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mixed media with wax on wood box 18” x 18” named and painted to illustrate the song sung by Judy Collins, written by….......name slips mind…...for a class I took at the University of New Mexico in Taos a number of years ago called Healing Through Sound AND sONG. This was to illustrate my final paper
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FOR ADAWG CHALLENGE Digital Abstract BANG! Sudden Expansion…Massive Explosion. The point at witch it all started, that is what this challenge is all about. / Show us your interpretation of the moment it all goes BOOM! UNFORGETTABLE
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I’ve got my life in a suitcase / And ready to run run run away
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Image is a caduceus drawn in paint, enhanced in photoshop with redfield plug-in fractilius. A rod entwined by two serpents and capped with the wings of Mercury. This symbol dates back over 4,000 years, usually associated with divinities in Phoenicia and Babylonia. In Egypt and India where it became the Hindu image of the kundalini. In alchemy it stood for the integration of opoosites (mercury and sulphur). The association with medicine comes from the link between the snake and rejuvenation: a staff with a single snake is the attribute of Aesculapius, god of healing. Jung saw the caduceus as the emblem of homeopathic medicine – the snake that both poisons and cures. This piece accompanies a previous upload called Age of Aquarius as February 14, 2009, an alignment will take place at 7:25am (GMT) for 18 minutes – I invite you, in the Universal Heart, to add your own intentions for love, peace and healing and to co-create the dawning of the age of Aquarius. “The most profound spiritual traditions of ancient times perceived the manifest world, at all scales of existence as being generated and pervaded by a cosmic trinity of active, passive and neutral principles – the divine essence of the masculine, feminine and child. The Vedic sages of ancient India saw the male. active life-force energy they called the pingala and the female/passive energy they called ida weaving around and through our chakras and the child/neutral energy they called the shushumna as channeling up through them. / When these divine masculine and feminine energies are balanced and so able to fully ‘birth’ the divine child energies within us, the ancient sages saw the so-called kundalini energy that otherwise lies dormant at the base of the spine, surge through us enabling us to fully embody our divine nature. / The purpose of the sacred marriage between the divine feminine and masculine that the ancient peoples, such as those of Malta, enacted in their temples was thus not only to bring cosmic harmony and fertility to their land but within themselves. For such balance enables the energetic activation of ‘birth’ of the divine child within us and the attainment of enlightenment. / When this cosmic trinity of consciousness is harmonized and fully expressed within us, we are truly “healed” and “whole” as embodied by the universal symbol of the caduceus, as a representation of healing from earliest times. / For millennia, only the highest adepts understood and have attained such wholeness. But elders and mystics around the world are saying that now is the time, when we have evolved to a point where we are all able to awaken our inner divinity. / This is our spiritual destiny at the dawning of the age of Aquarius.” Jude Currivan, Ph.D. from greatmystery.org We are the World
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To Celebrate Life i am bringing back one of my personal favorites. I made this a year or so ago and feel it really represents how I feel today! To New Beginnings!
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Thanks to Dana For The photo of me! The rest of the image is compiled from photos I took. / Basically the message here is / No matter how stormy life gets… / No matter how pulled in 20 directions you feel… / No matter stressed you get.. / There is hope, and it is a place that resides in you / A Place where no pain can touch you… / A place for Internal Peace, even only for a moment / It is yours, it is In you, and you can find it / All you need do is look.
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The medicine of Moose is primal feminine energy and the magic of life and death ~ a positive force representing a willingness to “Tell the World” about her feelings. Self~Esteem, the joyfulness that comes with accomplishment without the need for approval and the enjoyment of sharing that comes from the deepest part of one’s being is the wisdom of Moose. / Moose medicine people have the ability to know when to use the gentleness of Deer and when to activate the stampede of Buffalo, as they understand the balance between giving orders to get things done, along with the willingness to do things themselves. / So, if you have happened upon this photo and itmakes you feel good, you have probably accomplished something on your journey…broken a habit, completed a goal or task, or youhave a new sense of self that you have fought hard to earn. You should be feeling harmonious pride and recognize those who helped you attain your process and progress. This photograph was taken, as is, at an undisclosed location in Alaska, by my brother (who wishes to remain anonymous). Alison
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Thirteen years ago I tragically lost my greatest friend….. and subsequently almost lost myself. / But somehow; after a very long time; I made a choice….. to live. / I’ve never regretted my decision. - best viewed large / SP – canon 1000D Featured – Unconventional Artistry – July 2009 Featured – Artrageous RB Artists – Self Portrait Gallery – July 2009 Featured – ImageWriting – July 2009
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Coffee, Is there any better Antidote for anything anywhere?.... Exactly, No. A rich taste / Tranquil as a Choir. / Lusting For the tongue / A burning desire. / The darkness brings warmth / Inside your soul. / Clasped in your hands / It makes you whole. / No pain, No sorrow, / No worries of the morrow. / Just a Joe in reach / And you will be in peace… . Featured in / The Art Of Intrigue / Inside Solo Vol.5 in Solo Exhibition group / All Things Coffee / Rising Star / Self As Other / Colour Me A Rainbow / Artrageous RB Artists / . Self / Nikon D90 18-200
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... this I drew when I was 16 and I thought it means I am an artist .. LOL … / A3 size , cartridge paper, conte like crayon
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Happy
by Matt Mawson8/10 on the happiness scale. This is me in the 1950s, 1960s, 1980, and a few days ago.
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My Website SP I Knew I Loved You Maybe it’s intuition / but some things you just don’t question / Like in your eyes, I see my future in an instant / And there it goes, / I think I found my best friend / I know that it might sound / more than a little crazy / but I believe… I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life / I knew I loved you before I met you / I have been waiting all my life There’s just no rhyme or reason / Only the sense of completion / And in your eyes, I see / the missing pieces I’m searching for / I think I’ve found my way home / I know that it might sound / more than a little crazy / but I believe… I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life / I knew I loved you before I met you / I have been waiting all my life A thousand angels dance around you / I am complete now that I’ve found you I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life / I knew I loved you before I met you / I have been waiting all my life I knew I loved you before I met you / I think I dreamed you into life / I knew I loved you before I met you / I have been waiting all my life Savage Garden
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My Website Signs of Life Break through hoping your demons can’t catch you / So many people with a good view / If you should ever be the one to hit the ground / There’s stop signs on the wrong highway / And it’s so dark looking for answers / But your headlights have already gone out / You’re looking for a spark / Can April hours spring / Signs of life in me A heart that’s been buried in the ground / Can’t break if it’s never found / I spent so much time digging that grave / And even if it’s pain that I feel / At least I know that it’s real / I’d rather be broken than afraid / Can April hours spring / Signs of life in me It’s a long ride don’t think it’s over / It’s a fine line between disaster and a good time / Pick up the pieces and find out who you are / It’s a cool sound you know you’re hiding / For a meltdown feeling the pressure / Like a landslide you have to figure out why you fell apart / Can April hours spring / Signs of life in me A heart that’s been buried in the ground / Can’t break if it’s never found / I spent so much time digging that grave / And even if it’s pain that I feel / At least I know that it’s real / I’d rather be broken than afraid / Can April hours spring / Signs of life in me Yeah, oh Just slow down and take it in stride, yeah / There’s no deadlines as long as you’re alive, yeah / Alive, yeah / Alive, yeah Just slow down and take it in stride, yeah / There’s no deadlines as long as you’re alive, yeah / Alive, yeah Just slow down and take it in stride, yeah / There’s no deadlines as long as you’re alive, yeah / Alive, yeah Lifehouse
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My Website Location: Mt Buninyong, Victoria 7 Days 7 Weeks Sister love why don’t you break it up, / You got to let someone look into your heart / Sister love how do you keep it up, / If you don’t let no-one look into your heart / As a kid you couldn’t live it up / You were so serious but always so smart / As a kid couldn’t keep it up / And we were never close / So much apart Here comes the sun smiling / How long have you been blue? / There’d ever be a time for us to recapture / All the time we lose (I want to give that to you) There was a time when you were being so proud / Could have been anything that you aspired / There was a time when you were never around / When something good happened / Something good happened right / So sister love I’ll help you off the ground / You got to let someone look into your heart / You got to turn this situation around / You got to turn this, turn it around Here comes the sun smiling / How long have you been blue? / There’d ever be a time for us to recapture / All the time we lose Cause it’s plain to see / A storm is not the weather / And I’m telling you girl / You’ll look at them and smile / 7 days you should be giving yourself / All your belongings / And all that you treasure / 7 weeks you think of nobody else / Is this what you want / Is this what you are? / How did it come this far? Here comes the sun smiling / The only thing that’s true / There’d ever be a time for us to recapture / All the time we lose Cause it’s plain to see / A storm is not the weather / And i’m telling you girl / You’ll look at them and smile / ♥ / dEUS
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:) *~^ Walkin On Sunshine I used to think maybe you loved me now baby I’m sure / And I just cant wait till the day when you knock on my door / Now everytime I go for the mailbox , gotta hold myself down / Cos I just wait till you write me your coming around I’m walking on sunshine , wooah / I’m walking on sunshine, woooah / I’m walking on sunshine, woooah / and don’t it feel good!! Hey , alright now / and dont it feel good!! / hey yeh I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that its true / and I don’t want to spend all my life , just in waiting for you / now I don’t want u back for the weekend / not back for a day , no no no / I said baby I just want you back and I want you to stay woah yeh! / I’m walking on sunshine , wooah / I’m walking on sunshine, woooah / I’m walking on sunshine, woooah / and don’t it feel good!! Hey , alright now / and don’t it feel good!! / hey yeh ,oh yeh / and don’t it feel good!! walking on sunshine / walking on sunshine I feel the love,I feel the love, I feel the love that’s really real / I feel the love, I feel the love, I feel the love that’s really real I’m on sunshine baby oh / I’m on sunshine baby oh I’m walking on sunshine wooah / I’m walking on sunshine wooah / I’m walking on sunshine wooah and don’t it feel good!! / I’ll say it again now / and don’t it feel good!! Katrina & The Waves*
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I Will Survive At first I was afraid, / I was petrified, / Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side, / But then I spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong / And I grew stong / And I learned how to get along / And now you’re back / From outer space, / I just walked in to find you here / With that sad look upon you’re face, / I should have changed that stupid lock, / I should have made you leave your key, / If I’d known for just one second / You’d be back to bother me. Go on now go, / Walk out the door, / Just turn around now, / Cause you’re not welcome anymore, / Weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbyes / Did you think I’d crumble? / Did you think I’d lay down and die? / Oh no not I I will survive / Oh as long as I know how to love / I know I’ll stay alive / I’ve got all my life to live / I’ve got all my love to give / And I will survive / I will survive / Hey Hey! It took all the strength I had / not to fall apart / Kept trying hard to mend / the pieces of my broken heart / And I spent oh so many nights / Just feeling sorry for myself / I used to cry / But now I hold my head up high. / And you’ll see me / Somebody new / I’m not that chained up little person / Still in love with you / And so you felt like dropping in / And just expect me to be free / But now I’m saving all my lovin’ / For someone who’s lovin’ me Go on now go / Walk out the door / Just turn around now / Cause you’re not welcome anymore / Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with goodbye? / Did you think I’d crumble? / Did you think I’d lay down and die? / Oh no not I I will survive / Oh as long as I know how to love / I know I’ll stay alive / I’ve got all my life to live / I’ve got all my love to give / I will survive / I will survive / Hey hey! Gloria Ganyor / Aretha Franklin
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Sometimes, you just have to let go of your past….. Missing I step off the train / I’m walkin’ down your street again / And past your door / But you don’t live there anymore / It’s years since you’ve been there / And now you’ve disappeared somewhere / Like outer space / You’ve found some better place And I miss you / (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you / Oh / (Like the deserts miss the rain) Could you be dead? / You always were two steps ahead / Of ev’ryone / We’d walk behind while you would run / I look up at your house / And I can almost hear you shout, down to me / Where I always used to be And I miss you / (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you / (Like the deserts miss the rain) Back on the train / I ask why did I come again / Can I confess? / I’ve been hangin’ ‘round your old address / And the years have proved / To offer nothin’ since you moved / You’re long gone / But I can’t move on And I miss you / Oh-oh (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you, yeah / (Like the deserts miss the rain) And I miss you I step off the train / I’m walkin’ down your street again / Past your door / I guess you don’t live there anymore / It’s years since you’ve been there / And now you’ve disappeared somewhere / Like outer space / You’ve found some better place And I miss you / (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you, yeah / (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you, and I miss you / (Like the deserts miss the rain) / And I miss you, yeah / (Like the deserts miss the rain) Nothing But The Girl
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These Dreams Spare a little candle / Save some light for me / Figures up ahead / Movin’ in the trees / White skin in linen / Perfume on my wrist / And the full moon that hangs over / These dreams in the mist / (Ooo) Darkness on the edge / Shadows where I stand / (Shadows where I stand) / I search for the time / On a watch with no hands / I want to see you clearly / Come closer than this / (All I remember) / But all I remember / Are the dreams in the mist These dreams go on when I close my eyes / Every second of the night I live another life / These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside / Every moment I’m awake the further I’m away / (Further I’m away) Is it cloak and dagger? / Could it be spring or fall? / I walk without a cut / Through a stained glass wall / (Weaker in my eyesight) Weaker in my eyesight / The candle in my grip / (Words that have no form) / And words that have no form / Are fallin’ from my lips These dreams go on when I close my eyes / Every second of the night I live another life / These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside / Every moment I’m awake the further I’m away / (Further I’m away) There’s somethin’ out there / I can’t resist / I need to hide away, from the pain / There’s somethin’ out there / I can’t resist The sweetest song is silence / That I’ve ever heard / (Never touch the earth) / Funny how your feet / In dreams never touch the earth In a wood full of Princess / Freedom is a kiss / (Prince hides his face) / But the Prince hides his face / From dreams in the mist These dreams go on when I close my eyes / Every second of the night I live another life / These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside / Every moment I’m awake the further I’m away These dreams go on when I close my eyes / Every second of the night I live another life / These dreams that sleep when it’s cold outside / Every moment I’m awake Heart
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Because Of You I will not make the same mistakes that you did / I will not let myself / Cause my heart so much misery / I will not break the way you did, / You fell so hard / I’ve learned the hard way / To never let it get that far Because of you / I never stray too far from the sidewalk / Because of you / I learned to play on the safe side so I don’t get hurt / Because of you / I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me / Because of you / I am afraid I lose my way / And it’s not too long before you point it out / I cannot cry / Because I know that’s weakness in your eyes / I’m forced to fake / A smile, a laugh everyday of my life / My heart can’t possibly break / When it wasn’t even whole to start with Because of you / I never stray too far from the sidewalk / Because of you / I learned to play on the safe side so I don’t get hurt / Because of you / I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me / Because of you / I am afraid I watched you die / I heard you cry every night in your sleep / I was so young / You should have known better than to lean on me / You never thought of anyone else / You just saw your pain / And now I cry in the middle of the night / For the same damn thing Because of you / I never stray too far from the sidewalk / Because of you / I learned to play on the safe side so I don’t get hurt / Because of you / I try my hardest just to forget everything / Because of you / I don’t know how to let anyone else in / Because of you / I’m ashamed of my life because it’s empty / Because of you / I am afraid Because of you / Because of you Kelly Clarkson
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