Tiffany Dryburgh, your Japanese Windflowers look wonderful on the RB cards. / Such lovely qua…
Tiffany Dryburgh, your Japanese Windflowers look wonderful on the RB cards. / Such lovely quality cards, very thick and white!! Mandy Moore’s Swan Ahoy looks just as divine on the cards as well, as does Afloat. Peter Hammer’s Reflections on a new day , rising sun by kookylane , and Naomi Mawson’s Dew Drop Baby are all just wonderful. I can’t forget my very own Floral Focus, which I just love too. Thank you all for taking care of my greeting card needs for the next year! LOL / But it’s just made me greedy for more!!! :D
This is just one of hundreds of such posts that will no doubt be written today. Pilgrim’s post gave me the incentive to write this piece….
This is just one of hundreds of such posts that will no doubt be written today. Pilgrim’s post gave me the incentive to write this piece. It will be too long to put in his thread, but I want to give him credit for getting me started. We were living in Albuquerque, New Mexcio on 9/11. My husand was at work. My daughter was on her way to school. Leslie was one of the first people in the country outside of New York to learn about the tragedy. She had just started driving herself to school; and she had stopped at Flying Star, a local chain of restaurants/coffee shops/newsstands that are hangouts for everyone in Albuquerque. She was waiting for her coffee when the woman in the booth next to her’s yelled out that the World Trade Center had been hit by a plane. The woman’s son was standing looking out the window of his Manhattan apartment talking to his mother on the phone when the first plane hit the tower. Leslie has since remarked that on the drive from our house to the restaurant the big news story was Michael Jordan’s return to basketball. After that stop for coffee, the news was all 9/11. The world changed on her way to school. Much as I hate to admit it, I was still asleep. Les and my husband both called me as soon as they got the news. Still grogy from waking up so suddenly, I stumpled to the TV. That began a week of crying and watching the horrifying news. The next night was parents’ night at Les’ school. Red swollen eyes and headaches were almost a fashion statement that night. The headmaster gave a short talk about not letting fear overtake us. Not clutching our children too tightly because of this tragedy. Living in New Mexico and being a Westerner, it would seem that my life wouldn’t be touched by 9/11. Not directly anyway. Not true. A neighbor boy, a graduate of Les’ school, was in New York that day interviewing for a job in a building across the street from the World Trade Center. He ran out of the building panicked. Covered with ash and stunned, he was picked up by a family of New Yorkers, taken to their apartment and cleaned up. They called his parents to let them know that he was safe. Traffic into and out of the city was at a stand still. A senior at Penn State, he walked out across of the bridges and hitched a ride back to school with a truck driver. We’ve moved since this happened, so I don’t know where he is now; but I do remember him that following summer being outside his parents house at night talking for hours on his cell phone. Walking by causally, I could almost feel the stress rolling off of him. Friends my daughter had made since 9/11 were asleep in their apartment. They live across the street from Ground Zero, and woke up to find fire in their apartment. They escaped with their dogs, but it was two years before they could move back into their home. The daughter of a couple that we’re friends with was on her way to work in the financial district. She was on crutches from an injury to her feet. She was told to go back to her apartment, then told to evacuate. In a panic she forgot her crutches. Walking with friends, she could no longer keep up and was left alone sitting on a curb. Her boyfriend came to her rescue by coming from his apartment on the Upper West Side and carrying her between subway stops until they got to his apartment. Everyone in the US has stories like these. Many are much more tragic. Often I walk alone at night. It’s my time to plan my projects in my head. It’s a relaxing creative time. Until Halloween week, there was still a pall over our neighborhood. American flags sprouted everywhere. It was common for me to see people standing out on their porches just staring at the sky. Gradually the pall lifted and things got back to almost normal. The news media did the best it could reporting such a horrific tragedy, but I’ve often wondered what happened to many of the people who were interviewed. One girl who was combing the streets looking for her brother and boyfriend sticks in my mind. Did she ever fine either of them? One man from Boston had come to New York to find his daughter who worked in the towers. She had called immediately after the first plane struck to tell her family that she was fine. The fear and grief in that man’s voice as he was interviewed still makes me queasy with I remember how he sounded. That story had a tragic closure. His daughter did not make it out. How are her parents dealing with the tragedy? Thses last 6 years have been important ones for the US, and I’m horrified at the path our country has takend since 9/11. On a phone call to my brother, an epidemiologist, I once remarked about how unique 9/11 was in the size of the tragedy. Bill remarked that more people die every year in the US from lack of affordable health care than died in the towers. Not to belittle the tragedy of 9/11, it’s huge. However, there are so many tragedies that go on everyday, that most of us ignore or never even know about. At this point, I just sigh, vote my conscience, and try to make things better a little at a time.
I dunno. I had such an exciting year, so many good things to appreciate. Now the weather is sun shiny, warm and I can wear shorts. Or any…
I dunno. I had such an exciting year, so many good things to appreciate. Now the weather is sun shiny, warm and I can wear shorts. Or any other thing that is not much. I can sleep half naked. I am on holidays and don’t have the ’’potential’/ threat’ of being woken up to come in to work and face large groups of unknown hostile teenagers. So. Let’s get happy. I am a pretty happy person, and sometimes I don’t realize it! I’m fairly positive most of the time and can find solutions to most things, which I see as obvious, but hadn’t occurred to others, yet. I’m satisfied by the variety of means I earn my living from. How many people can say they are a this/slash that slash the other as well? I have a long list of things I do, have done, can do. I love the space I have to be creative…and to be on my own sometimes. I really enjoy ‘people’ time, but at this time of year, now I’ve caught up with my friends, and family, I am enjoying doing not much at all. It feels like a revelation. A secret that I’ve never admitted. Hilarious. I hear other people talk about it all the time! It changes from moment to moment. Can I tell you, though, now the BF’s mate is here, and they are out shopping for the third day of continuous shopping, I am so glad I have the house to myself. I have music on, playing what I want to hear, at the volume, wearing what I want to wear, not having to impress anybody. And not hearing, most importantly, swearing, cursing, damning, talk of blowing things up, or the sound of the xbox. My 36 yo BF has just bought the 360 version, and as wonderful it is to him, and his mates, I am so glad he kindly listened to me, from the edge of reason, to get earphones to go with them. I know I’ll be ok now! When we have kids, god help me if it’s not accidently broken. Permanently. Do you think anyone will mind if I go to bed early on New Year’s Eve? Will anyone care if I don’t stay up to watch fireworks. Anyhow. The year that was. If I’m going to bed early-let’s have some good memories to sleep on. Summarize. hm. Now I have tutoring set up, I feel pretty confident. There was a shaky moment mid year, where a student I felt should’ve been moved the term earlier was still with me, and his spelling was not improved…(that is a hellish moment for a teacher-you want them to improve…and if they don’t, not for lack of effort!) but the rest were all going great guns and everyone was happy. I have an awesome ‘wall of fame’ of all the students, photoshopped and glamourized. I’ve seen each student light up, seeing themselves up there. They sit there and wonder if they know them, which school do they go to and when do I have them? Anything to get out of w_erk_. But mostly, it’s fun. I have student’s who get excited about coming to maths. It’s true! (I’m feeling very happy, just thinking about it!) We play snakes n ladders (who would of thought), memory (with timestables) and pretend we are rich, adding up our fortunes (you are designer/own a horse/ artist) and paying fabulous bills (premiere in Hollywood/ horse trainers etc / paint) and make sure we come out even. We talk about a-cute angles, obese angles, I mean, obtuse…I don’t know why they teach them baby language of ‘sharp’ and blunt’ angles. Why? Learn the proper names first off. Parents say they look forward to coming to tutoring, and I get presents. How much do I love my job! Very much, actually. It’s a shame I have to catch a bus, walk, train, bus to get there-it’s not really worth the effort, pay wise, but I love going, so I’ve kept it up. See! See! lots of good things. (feeling better-I use my time wisely!) And because it’s in the afternoon, I can paint, and draw, and go for walks, and wax and move the furniture around, and feed this RB hunger. At the beginning I bought a screen printing kit, to finally, finally make those t-shirts I’d been meaning to. then RB came along-they are so much better than this hands on business! And believe me, many a happy hour, not even thinking about what I ‘should’ be doing, crossed it. I’m there! In the right place. Because that my friend, is the secret. Now, you’ve read this far. Is there more? Of course there’s more. There’s always more, always better. How much do you need to know? recap. Quickly. the BF and I (he who does not like to be named) took four months of looking, pondering, deliberating, but we found a place. We moved in. We’re satisfied. Yes, we argued, and still argued. Loudly. Nigglingly. We’ve learnt, we’re learning, and are good. I want more cleaning. I want more…? We have plenty of nights out. Plenty of nights in. We grow closer in our own company. We have friends over. No one has quite grasped talking louder, even me, and sometimes even I don’t realise how much M is missing, until he asks me to repeat myself frequently. But then he changes the batteries (to his hearing aid) and it seems to help. Funny how it’s only sometimes he misses things…there still is selective hearing. erm, oh yeah, and I got him to ask me to marry him. He graciously asked me on my birthday. Cloud nine all day and then some. I’m still pretty happy about it. Happier each day. Love him more, as much and more each day. He helps me with delivering art. For TWO exhibitions. I feel really professional now. I sold ten from the first show, and now three at Gallery 26. I did a paid photo shoot for a family-when I have done it for free too many times! I’ve sold t-shirts and cards. and have loads of beautiful photos and paintings in my collection. I feel like a real artist now. I’ve been featured on RB front page a few times, in the Mosman Daily and MX (oh funny, the girl at the bank, who I always talk to, got all mushy about how she’d seen me in it, and didn’t realise I was an artist! celebrity!) I have a website (finally!) thanks to webgrrl! Next on the list-the MCA. I just went in today-inspired, I’m back at home, painting away, and making it real. Cool. Cool bananas. At the end of the day, I’ve made lots of new friends which really has been very cool, getting out of my little bubble and into the red one. Thanks everyone who’s commented on my art, photos and t-shirts. I really like youse a lot. Hope you have a very merry new years as well. Appreciate what you’ve got. Keep on keepin it on! lotsa love, sunset.
Now you can benefit from a 10% MarkUp on all my prints until the 15 of January,2008. Happy New Year to all,hope everyone had a good ti…
Now you can benefit from a 10% MarkUp on all my prints until the 15 of January,2008. Happy New Year to all,hope everyone had a good time celebrating, and that this coming year will bring along better opportunities to all. Cheers;
2007 has turned out to be such a great year, looking back, especially in terms of opportunities for expanding my creative outlets. Fi…
2007 has turned out to be such a great year, looking back, especially in terms of opportunities for expanding my creative outlets. Finding Artellaland was totally fabulous and has had me doing some really enjoyable work with collage and digital art techniques. And discovering Artists’ Trading Cards has been immense fun, too: I really enjoy the challenge of working inside such a small space. Perhaps my one intention this year is to become more involved in the community side of things, interact more with the other artists there. And there is a tutorial I want to write and share with others there. It shall be done! And of course getting into Redbubble has made such a difference for me in terms of my view of my own work. I have also learned so much from others and been inspired to keep going with this hobby of mine. Most of all, I love the opportunity to just immerse myself in the gorgeous work that comes out of the RB community. I intend to keep on experiencing and enjoying this nexus. I’m not very good at getting into and becoming involved in the forums here, either, though. I enjoy reading them and have gained lots. What and how to give back, though. I shall ponder this! And starting pottery classes has allowed me another opportunity for “beginner’s mind”, even though I did some pottery classes when I was a teenager. I am finding it quite difficult to take in all the intricacies of this new craft. But after only six months, once a week, I can’t really expect to be a master yet. I started this class with a view to making just one item and then more and more ideas came as I continued, so I will just have to keep on going!!! I have missed the classes during the holidays and I don’t start back until February. I have tried to do some work at home, but it isn’t really the same. However, I did have a great time dealing with my resistances on the couple of occasions I did work at home. So maybe next time will be better for me. I shall schedule an extra day per week or fortnight to spend some time on projects at home this year. And I shall make a point of continuing to enjoy what I have already created. I feel really satisfied with my creations so far. Finding cheap wool on ebay has allowed me to do much more knitting than I would ordinarily be able to afford to do. I couple this with my love of movie-watching. I do so like to see how both the movie and my knitting turn out in the end! And finding free patterns on the net has also allowed me more choice of projects. What a great hobby. I’m so glad I learned how to do it all those years ago and I am soooo grateful to those who have provided those lovely freebies for my crafting pleasure. I shall attempt to design a knitting pattern myself this year and share it with others for free, in return for what I have received. Even being involved in renovating our house has been a wonderful creative act. The spaces we have designed work really well and our house is becoming more and more of a pleasure to live in each day. And if I ever have to have anything to do with builders again, I will do a lot better than I did this time!!! Landscaping the backyard is the next project there. Should be a hoot…. Well, that lot ought to keep me going. It’s going to be a busy year, I think. Must intend some holidays and downtime, too, to recharge those batteries now and then. Still, I’m enjoying the view from this end of the stretch of time ahead called 2008. Here’s to all you Redbubblers for a happy, safe and fulfilling New Year!!! Cheers….and thanks for being there and doing what you do so well.
Hi Guys! Just listed my new Cityscape Collection for 2008. Browse and enjoy! Its your chance to get your hands on some of my lates…
Hi Guys! Just listed my new Cityscape Collection for 2008. Browse and enjoy! Its your chance to get your hands on some of my latest works! Matt
i got a new project today, and the brief i chose was openings. i thought of doing things on windows and oors and going into reflections i…
i got a new project today, and the brief i chose was openings. i thought of doing things on windows and oors and going into reflections in the glass and then maybe going into water but i dont know how i could end up with a final piece, id like to do a painting but i dont have any ideas of what i could do any ideas???
I’m pleased to say I have started my own group with a good friend of mine who is a newcomer to the world of RedBubble. The group focuses …
I’m pleased to say I have started my own group with a good friend of mine who is a newcomer to the world of RedBubble. The group focuses on shadows and reflections and the members and artwork uploads are gradually increasing. I’m enjoying hosting my own group so far and it has been great to look through the high quality of artwork as it is uploaded. I just hope now that the group grows and grows so that I will have a lot more to get my teeth into. Then hopefully, once there are a good amount of members we will be able to start up some competitions and stuff. Oh well, thats enough from me for today anyway :) / Come and visit us at Shadows and Reflections Look forward to seeing you there.
Many thanks to the “Falling Leaves Group” for featuring my work, “Fall Color Reflections” today. I am blessed to live in the Northeast w…
Many thanks to the “Falling Leaves Group” for featuring my work, “Fall Color Reflections” today. I am blessed to live in the Northeast where we have some excellent fall colors for me to go out capture. I hope that everyone enjoys the image. Steve
“Prettige feestdagen en een gelukkig 2009!!” was featured in the group Dutch Touch !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/backingc…
“Prettige feestdagen en een gelukkig 2009!!” was featured in the group Dutch Touch “Chanukah celebration in kindergarten” was featured in the group Dutch Touch / “Damselfly” was featured in the group Alphabet Soup / “Swimming on the Estate… sort of” was featured in the group Dimensions / “Halloween tee” was featured in the group WTF are you wearing?! / I am very honored and happy, and very grateful to the hosts of these 4 wonderful groups!!!
Looking back over the past year, I know that this has one hell of a year for me. I’ve had way to much fun, got to see more beauty than an…
Looking back over the past year, I know that this has one hell of a year for me. I’ve had way to much fun, got to see more beauty than any one man should be allowed, and got the chance to make some really amazing friends! Photography has done all of this and it amazes me! I also want to give a special thanks to everyone here who / faved, commented, viewed, and ordered, over the past year. Your encouragement and support give me the strength and courage to continue creating art each and every day. Aloha and Haouli Makahiki Hou! / (with love and happy new year!), / Jason Tag
It’s a brand new year, and I started it off with a sore throat. Of course, I recognize that it could be worse; I could have a hangover l…
It’s a brand new year, and I started it off with a sore throat. Of course, I recognize that it could be worse; I could have a hangover like most of the population here (and many other places I imagine). Of course, part of that is because I religiously don’t drink, although I was tempted to just have a sip of wine last night. I’ve never really been interested in beers or most hard liquors, but wine has always had a certain allure to it. However, I abstained, and whilst a lot of you may shake your head and wonder why I bother, because a sip of wine wouldn’t have hurt me, or glare and wish I’d get off my high-horse, I am proud of the fact I stood strong. A lot of it has to do with integrity, which is rare and far between in this world. I accept that I’m not always good at standing tall to my own standards. It’s hard when you set the bar as awkwardly as I do. Really, I set it at a slant. One end high, the other low, and I always bump into it with my right shoulder. So my first activities of the new year, other than going home at midnight and sleeping (well admittedly I didn’t go to sleep right away – I determinedly wrote a new chapter to a story I’ve been working on) was taking some ye olde pills. I swallowed down a capsule of echinicea, a 500 mg of Vitamin C, and an antiinflammatory, ala my sore throat. Then I let in my cat who is affectionately referred to as many things such as Kidiot, Chowder Head, Jerkface, Fluffbutt, Half-brain, and Mya (which confuses people since he is, genetically, a boy.) Now it’s been snowing here. We don’t get a lot of snow – usually just some slush and then more rain. So it’s really cold, and I let that cat out late last night and let him tough it out – oh dear me, I am SOOOOOOOOO cruel. Yeah, my sister would think I was some sort of callous twit, but what she fails to realize is he’s a big boy and can take care of himself. You see, he’s what our vet calls a Heinz 57, or the feline equivacle of a mutt. However, that mutt has Maine Coon (Mein Coone?) in his mix, without a doubt. So he’s a big sucker of a cat with VERY thick, long hair. He can weather a bit of cold. Cats do it all the time. And since he was out, everyone had a higher chance of a good night’s sleep since he wakes us up at 4:00 or 5:00 am like clockwork (depending on what half of Daylight savings we’re on – this cat turns his tail up at silly human inventions like daylight savings). So I suppose now is a time to reflect back on my previous year. It was full of hardships, disappointments, but also new frie…. oh wait, no. Not unless you count a few online friends, one of which who finally got around to e-mailing me (you know who you are). Happy times? Hmmm…. I’d have to rigorously look through my journal, which I don’t keep very well, to find one. Oh wait – I have a few! Okay here they are! Joyful times include any time I was eating food from the Shandar Hut, a local East Indian restaurant. Boy the food there is great and the smells alone send me into a happy place. Then I got my first sale at Red Bubble, which made me smile. It’s reassuring to know that somene out there would pay money to wear something I designed. I celebrated by actually feeling pride in my work rather than being critical and beating myself up. Next would be… hmm… getting a nomination for one of my stories on fictionpress for a new Award site someone has set up, called Time is Running Out awards. Seeing as only five nominations for each category were accepted, I felt, well, good. You have to understand that this story involves vampires, and what with a certain fad that has arisen… I’m not terribly confident people are going to like most vampire fiction because they’re sick of vampires. Yes I’m referring to the big hit Twilight, which was written by a Mormon. By the way, I’m Mormon too, and not afraid to admit it. So although most of my readers don’t know that I am LDS, I espcially feel that vampire fiction written by Mormons would be… eye-rolled at, or those who are fans will compare and decide my stuff sucks because my lead Vampire is NOTHING like Edward Cullen. Er…. I went off topic. Moving on. Ahem. Think happy thoughts. Ow – that’s painful. I’d best stop now before I begin floating away and get caught in a power line. Back off topic, I have not read Twilight and am not judging it other than the fact that to say it is a fad, and with many fads there are the people who are scarily fanatic about it, and then there are the people who hate fads with a passion and begin to circle utop like vultures to find fans and mock them – and perhaps prosecute innocent people like myself to be fans… and mock them. I know. I’m sometimes one of them. So I suppose all that is left are New Years resolutions. Now I am resolute about a few things, but like wishes, I’m afraid if I tell them, they won’t come true. I crack under pressure, and if I tell people my resolutions, then I’ll have extra pressure to not look like a complete boob by not meeting them. I know a lot of people don’t accomplish their resolutions – I’ve seldom accomplished anything my entire life. See, I’m a bit manic-depressive. I have a great (actually many) great idea and work on it with utmost zeal, then I crash and don’t want to do anything but lie in bed, barely eat (or overeat) and play video games to fully imerse myself. Then I get a lot of energy, but rather than revisit my old projects, I start new ones – which don’t get done (unless they really don’t take a lot of time or work) because I crash first. And the cycle goes on and on. So…. yeah. The only resolution I will share is to kick the cat who is currently meowing outside my door (should have left him out longer). Okay! Done!
My thanks to reflections in windows group for featuring glass temple...
My thanks to reflections in windows group for featuring glass temple and to your magic place group for featuring yesterday I’m totally wrapped. Thank you!
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“Saved For Their Own Good” is being featured in the group “Alphabet Soup” and has been entered into the challenge “Best Of W” Thanks to the moderators of this fun group for this feature! “Lazy Daze” is being featured by the group “Scavenger Hunt” Oh what fun! Thanks to the moderators of this group for this feature! “Raindrops On Roses” is being featured in “The Woman Photographer” / What and honor to be featured in this group, my first and hopefully not my last!
Featured on the Home Page in July 2008, featured numerous times and Featured Feature as well !http://images-2.redbubble.net/img/art/...
Featured on the Home Page in July 2008, featured numerous times and Featured Feature as well / Reflected Glory The sun, whose rays / Are all ablaze / With ever-living glory, / Does not deny / His majesty / He scorns to tell a story! / He don’t exclaim, / “I blush for shame, / So kindly be indulgent.” / But, fierce and bold, / In fiery gold, / He glories all effulgent!...Gilbert and Sullivan Thank you so much LISTEN TO SHIRLEY HENDERSON SING THE SONG
” Reflecting On Summer ” continuing my work in Spring Lake NJ This is Lakeside Spring Lake… the boats , homes across the lake the ambianc…
” Reflecting On Summer ” continuing my work in Spring Lake NJ This is Lakeside Spring Lake… the boats , homes across the lake the ambiance , the peacefulness the reflections in the water … taking it all in … I was Reflecting On Summer ... Stop over and view / comment
Because of my interest in exploring and connecting to natural cycles and rhythms, I thought it would be appropriate to officially begin t…
Because of my interest in exploring and connecting to natural cycles and rhythms, I thought it would be appropriate to officially begin the process and share my journey at the start of the New Moon phase. In ancient Celtic tradition, the beginning of a cycle is it the dark time. For example, the day begins at sunset, not at midnight, and so the beginning of the lunar cycle is when the moon is dark. Energetically, the time of the new moon calls for introspection and meditation and to reflect on your accomplishments of the previous month. The new moon can then be a time of being rather than doing, a time to rest and prepare for the next cycle where energy will increase and action will begin again. I believe, for me, the previous lunar cycle was focused mainly on my getting to O.A.C. and getting settled in here. I spent the last week wandering about the grounds (I have probably only covered about a quarter of the land so far!) and just connecting to the energy and abundant life here. Sometimes I just sat and observed or read in different locations of O.A.C. and other times I sketched or took photos. Over the next week, I will reflect on my being here and meditate on my plans for what I will work on through the next lunar cycle. It makes sense to me to incorporate a regular interval quiet time in our lives. So much of our society is focused on constant production and a striving to attain goals at all costs, which, I think, is unhealthy. It is impossible to be constantly productive (and I believe it’s unnecessary), because eventually productivity fails when a person becomes exhausted, burned out, and depleted of all resources. Yet despite this, society pushes us ever harder to live up to this impossible notion. However, if someone wants to be truly productive (in a healthy way), there needs to be a period of rest and reflection. Without such a time, we are more apt to become depleted and spin off into directions that may not necessarily be appropriate for our goals. I can think of a lot of examples in my own life or in America where this is just what has happened! Why not join me during this time to let things go for a week? Stop doing and just be for a little while. Reflect on the last month and the work you have been doing. Examine whether you are on track with your goals, or if an adjustment is needed. Rest. Meditate. Give thanks for what you have, so that you can begin the next phase with renewed energy and focus for the next cycle ahead. Avoid thinking of this time as a waste. It is a critically important part of a natural and healthy cycle that promotes growth and balance in any endeavor. I look forward to seeing you with me in the dark! DoAn
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” Time to Reflect ” is another New work in in my gallery ready for your viewing and purchase too ! I just very rcently completed th…
” Time to Reflect ” is another New work in in my gallery ready for your viewing and purchase too ! I just very rcently completed this artistic treatment too I did the photography late September working on ii now , I wanted to capture the beauty and mood of the lake & wonderful surroundings of the lakeshore area ( please view larger is a much better detailed experience ), note the bridge over the lake in background … this image is two views of Spring Lake NJ .. looking forward to your visit at my gallery Rick
I was going though my folio seeing which were the most popular art of 09 and possibly doing a bit of a end of year clean up, I noticed a …
I was going though my folio seeing which were the most popular art of 09 and possibly doing a bit of a end of year clean up, I noticed a few pieces that seemed to have gone unnoticed with no comments, and not many views. Before I remove these works forever, I thought I would show you all the work that has gone unnoticed. Smoky Sunrise Over Jandakot Airport Pelican Point – Perth Western Australia Matilda Bay Jetties At Dawn Rockingham Jetty Swan River Sunset Claisebrook Cove Night Panorama Perth City At Night Perth City Panorama Burswood Casino At Sunset Shelley Jetty At Dusk North Beach Dusk Panorama 2 Fremantle Docks At Night Panorama Western Australia Maritime Museum Building Western Australia Maritime Museum Building Low Tide At Mosman Bay Boatsheds Mosman Bay Boatsheds Panorama Mosman Bay At Sunrise Panorama Mosman Bay Boatsheds Panorama And then the rain came down….. Crawley Edge Boatshed Storm Surge Mosman Bay Jetty At Dawn Mosman Bay Boatshed Jetty Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir Pemberton Vineyard Panorama Kalbarri Coastal Cliffs At Sunset Kalbarri Beach Kalbarri Beach Decoy At Sunrise Perth City Towers At Sunset Perth At Dawn Perth The City Of Lights Perth Skyworks 2009 – Panorama #1 Perth Skyworks 2009 Finale Bowl Of Red Capsicums Bowl Of Noodles Point Walter – Long Exposure Perth Wheel Panorama Perth Wheel Lancelin Sand Dune Champion Lakes Foothills Champion Lake Champion Lake Panorama 1 Tree At Sunset Farm Trees At Sunset Matilda Bay Brewery Panorama
Wow December 31 here already! The last day of 2009 and it is a hot one in Melbourne, Australia. What an inspired and inspiring year it…
Wow December 31 here already! The last day of 2009 and it is a hot one in Melbourne, Australia. What an inspired and inspiring year it has been here on RedBubble. There have been many highlights to this year and a lot of creativity taking place. Writing and drawing is like breathing for me and if I do not do it my world starts to shrink and lose its colour. As soon as I create I feel that I am fully alive. I love creating from the energy and love that comes from inside my soul and then I love to bring this out to try and connect and speak with others. Ah creativity where would we be without it. Here are my top five highlights for 2009 The biggest highlight for 2009 was collaborating with Reynaldo. Together we have created 104 works (52/52 each) in five months. We now have over 80 features together. We will be continuing our Tribute to Womanhood Collaborations in early 2010. What an honour, joy and absolute pleasure it has been to work with Reynaldo on the Passion Series and A Tribute to Womanhood. A second highlight was my Goddess Series where in July I created 12 goddesses in 15 days. They are now a calendar. A third highlight was the Passion Poem and how I drew 8 Passion Drawings, one for every stanza of the poem. A fourth highlight was my trip to USA and sharing photographs with you all here on RedBubble. Visiting with a brother I had not seen for six years and meeting three little nieces and creating art with them has to be highlight of my year. Seeing all the beauty of Rocky Mountains Park, Vancouver Grouse Mountain (eagle and bear) and Yosemite (heaven on earth) has to be highlight not only of my year but my life A fifth highlight is enjoying every day here on RedBubble. Sharing our art, creativity and heart with fellow artists, writers and poets around the globe. I love RedBubble and I truly appreciate this wonderful sensitive, highly inspiring and supportive group of friends I have made here. Thank you for your beautiful support of my work and I have enjoyed immensely your work too. As a way of honouring the last day of the year I am going to post here my last individual features for 2009. And will post tomorrow my ten most viewed Paintings/Photographs since joining RedBubble. Here are my features for December 2009: 1. Art of Reflection Featured in Feminine Intent 4 Dec 09 / 2. A knowing Part V featured in Two Beings Group 5 Dec 09 / 3.. Suspended featured in Impressionism Café 8 Dec 09 / 4. Suspended featured in Bit’s and Pieces 8 Dec 09 / 5. Red Dance featured in All Abstract Art 9 Dec 09 / 6. Love Bombed featured in Impressionism Café on the 11 Dec 09 / 7. Vincent featured in Anger Management on 17 Dec 09 / 8. Man featured in Live Love Dream 19 Dec 09 / 9. Man featured in Lifeline 19 Dec 09 / 10. Featured Artist in Impressionism Café 22 Dec 09 / / 11. Don’t Leave featured in Oh So Emotional…Sad 24 Dec 09 / 12. Christmas Kisses featured in Live Love Dream 24 Dec 09 / 13. Christmas Kisses featured in Feminine Intent 24 Dec 09 / 14. Merry Christmas to My RedBubble Friends… featured Outrageous RB Artists 24 Dec 09 / / 15. Christmas Kisses featured in CORE 25 Dec 09 / 16. Love Bombed featured in All Abstract Art 27 Dec 09 / 17. Featured Artist in Masterpieces: Literary Workshop 27 Dec 09 / / 18. Inspired or Wired or Brilliant Featured in Anger Management 29 Dec 09 Brilliant Plath disappeared in her Bell Jar / Intense Vincent Van Gogh was labelled insane / And when he cut off his ear they cried he had gone too far / They cut poor Frances Farmers emotion out of her brain / And made her placid benign boring and dull / Angelina was considered already dead / Vulnerable girl interrupted accused of a lull / Her hurt was cold but her blood was red. Insanity was thrown in my face at 17 / When the high school boys shouted / My favourite artist Van Gogh was insane… / ‘He is not’…I found my voice / ‘He is sensitive, passionate, intense, / misunderstood…and Don Mclean had / it right on that Starry Starry Night / He took his life as Lovers often do… / I could have told you Vincent this world / Was never meant for one as / Beautiful as you. Ah the eternal debate… / There is a fine line between / genius and insanity…they say / and how closely do we step the tight rope / With so much mental illness today / Exposed…Depression, Anxiety, / Bi-polar…Obsessive Compulsive / Disorder…A mental health professional / recently advised that 9 out of 10 have / a mental health issue. / Are so few exempt…are these figures really true? With so much stimulation in the media, mobile, data / Sensory overload with iPods linked to our brain / Texting 24/7 with our mobiles we sleep instead of our lovers / Is the cyborg fantasy becoming a reality…? / in this wired generation? / Constantly on…we must be or we miss out… / We become fed by instant gratification / and stimulated by virtual admiration. / Addiction to this constant contact means that our / heads are overloaded with stimulus but / not given as much time to reflect, to think, to feel. We are becoming overdeveloped in responding to stimulus / and underdeveloped in knowing our own heart. / Strangers and outcast to our own feelings / Dependent on the hit and the high of the new / and losing sight of the bravery of the subtle and simple. / Craving perfection and the eradication of foibles / we photoshop out our character lines and faults / so that we fit into some kind of ideal of the neo post notion of beauty. Are not faults far more defining then some sanitised notion of perfection? / Are not our faults the real indicators of our individuality? / Is not our vulnerability a sign of our sanity? / Does not our sensitivity reveal that we still belong to humanity? / Taking time to celebrate and know the individual in their idiosyncrasies / Surely this is worth the effort rather then striving for some standard of / fantasy that can never be translated? I shudder when I think where we are headed / Man machine…woman machine…cyborgs half man half machine / I pray that disposable people, relationships that end with a click / of the key and people racing to rejection will never be the accepted. / And that the human mind, heart and soul will pause…think and / move the emotional muscle so that sensitivity can still survive / and link us together through heart and mind / right through to the end of time. So Vincent, Sylvia, Frances, Angelina and Girl Interrupted / Insanity does not seem to be able to define, / What really was going on in your mind, / As far as I can tell…you all could see, think and feel, / Oh that you suffered and were misunderstood / This cannot be denied but you were / real raw and achingly human in your pain / and there was no question of your humanity / Even if there was and still is a question over your sanity. To me you were brilliant, free, sensitive and intense / And by all indicators ahead of your time. / And I bow to your courage / to follow your own voice and live the / passion that was raw in your heart… / To me it is as if you just knew right from the start. by Anthea Slade 26-4-09 19. My Journal A Poetic Year – My Top 10 Poems for 2009 was featured in All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical on the 31 Dec(last day) 2009 Thank you so much Suzanne German for featuring my Journal in your beautiful group means so much to me. I would like to wish all the moderators from the groups that featured my art and writing and my wonderful friends on RedBubble a happy 2010 overflowing with beauty. You have certainly made this year 2009 on Redbubble an absolute delight. Happy New Year to you all! Love and Affection, Anthea
Hello to all the Bubblers out there. Warm wishes to you all for 2010! / I want to thank you all for all the kind comments, favs and frie…
Hello to all the Bubblers out there. Warm wishes to you all for 2010! / I want to thank you all for all the kind comments, favs and friendship, there are a few of you that really stand out, Sarah, Phill, Mike, Iris, Leanna, David, and James, you’re the best! This has been a rough year for me. I have had some major medical and financial issues but I think 2010 will be better. When I reflect on the year, I don’t wish to dwell on the negative, instead I want to think about all the wondeful blessings I have in my life and I hope that when you reflect back on 2009, you can be grateful as well. A wise man once said: / “Reflect upon your present blessings – of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~Charles Dickens Cheers to new beginnings!
In the decade about pass I have been in a realationships with the same person, I have been married, had 2 beautiful boys, brought a house…
In the decade about pass I have been in a realationships with the same person, I have been married, had 2 beautiful boys, brought a house & 5 cars. I have had 7 jobs and at least 65 art exhibitions I have taken over 200 self portraits. I have gained 65kg & lost about 55kg through this constant gain & loss battle. I have had 8 people close to me pass away & I have lost at least15 pets. I have made new friends and reconnected with old ones. I have drank about 3000L of wine and I have laughed, loved, danced, sang and cried more than I can remember. I have shared my memories, knowledge & dreams for the future with anyone willing to listen.I have been inspired and inspired others. I have taken important moments to celebrate life, mourn the past and I have tried to live in the moment everyday. I have grown in age, wisdom, strengh and I have learned from my mistakes. I am looking forward to the challenges, lessons and celebrations of the next decade. Happy New Year to all my friends & family.
I have never been to America but I have met, through the internet, some very warm and wonderful people from over there, including Richard…
I have never been to America but I have met, through the internet, some very warm and wonderful people from over there, including Richard A Hilker whose beautiful work first inspired me to try taking pictures using my scanner just two years ago and who has since become my friend and mentor. On the 1st January 2010 I got a wonderful email from him telling me he has managed to sell another of my framed images there for $300. I am gobsmacked that anyone would pay that much for something made by me but it is a huge privilege to know people like my work that much. Many thanks to the wonderful person who bought my work and to the wonderful Dick Hilker for escorting me on my journey.
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