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Peacock in the countryside
Feathers in the sun on the way to yoga this morning. Perfect palette match with the sky, trees and foliage. I had no idea I lived in a peacock world.
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Neko-bouzu
At Wara Coffee, I saw a sweet cat version of the Japanese weather charm, teru-teru bouzu. So I sketched it. Naomi gave me good marks: 大変よくできました.
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Flourish 2020
It’s theme word time. This year, I feel like December has snuck up on me. We’re halfway through and I am not prepared to end my year with any forward looking anything. I can barely register what’s on today’s To Do list. Despite that, this tradition needs to continue. So for the past week, I’ve…
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A radish
Inspired by a photo of Dan’s, I drew a radish. I enjoyed layering the colors to get the right shade of pink.
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Memory Support, an art project
“Memory Support is a tribute to the forgotten stories of family and the remembered stories of friends. When the structure is full and and the cloth faded, I will burn it to send the memories to the sky, then bury the ashes to enrich the earth.” This has been quite a year of making, reliving,…
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Drawing Meditations
A few months back, Tracey and I teamed up to make a new creative project. We launched something I think is unique to the world – or at least very uncommon so far – coloring pages with guided audio meditations. We call them Drawing Meditations. The idea takes two forms of meditative relaxation and combines…
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Drawing the Circus
Feeling a little disconnected from the group this afternoon, so I drew everyone in their characters and the big circus dreams we are creating. Maybe tomorrow I can play well with others.
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Genesis Art Teacher Training
I’ve been enjoying Liane Wakabayashi’s intuitive art classes for several years and when she invited me to join the first Genesis Art Teacher Training, I jumped at the chance to learn how I might be able to use this as a quiet creative activity with my social circus work. Genesis Art uses a beautiful deck…
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Gaddi Songs at Ghoomakad
On our last night in Rakkar, we hung out on the balcony at Ghoomakad with friends and made music. When we’d trekked up the mountain a few weeks previously, Foja hummed and whistled a tune that was an earworm. I was really glad that it was played that night with the lyrics explained, too. It’s…
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Stagaki 2015
If I’m going to “do it all now” I need to stop faffing around on Facebook & social media. I’m reinstating my Stagaki art project from 2013. The next 50 times I want to share something on Facebook, I’ll write it on a postcard instead and mail it to someone. You send me your mailing address and I’ll…
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