“For centuries women have been muses to artists. I wanted to be the muse, I wanted to be the wife of the artist, but I was really trying to avoid the final issue — that I had to do the job myself.” ― Anaïs Nin
onward.
Writing this post thinking about walking bootless dogs, getting the towels out of the dryer and mourning the loss of bagels … must be the gluten … seriously they could have come up with a better word.
Could have listened to Ram Dass, in eighth grade, when he wrote … “Now is now. Are you going to be here or not?”
Being in a moment is an interesting place and from what I can tell, while I’m in and out of consciousness, it’s very relaxing, it doesn’t cost anything to get in, it’s really quiet and the doors never close.
Insert Favorite Quotes by Ram Dass here - have a different moment I have to get to. :)-
“The quieter you become, the more you can hear.” ― Ram Dass
“In most of our human relationships, we spend much of our time reassuring one another that our costumes of identity are on straight.” ― Ram Dass
“We’re fascinated by the words–but where we meet is in the silence behind them.” ― Ram Dass
“Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally.” ― Ram Dass
“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.” ― Ram Dass
“The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can’t have it. The minute you don’t want power, you’ll have more than you ever dreamed possible.” ― Ram Dass
“As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be you can’t see how it is.” ― Ram Dass
“A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there’s work to be done.” ― Ram Dass
“It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.” – Ram Dass
and a personal favorite … “Everything changes once we identify with being the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it.” ― Ram Dass
Moments Matter Thursday
It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
A $5 thrift store mirror, a gifted box of glass & porcelain birds, a bunch of vintage china, ceramic tile, gold glitter tile, mirror tile, glass gems, found objects and glue. what a beast.
visit our online shop … it’s a work in progress
playing the circle photo challenge
A test to see if I can post online with my cell. It could happen. 🌞
A vintage rotary phone that I painted decades ago.
Which lead to painting a matching telephone table.
I was so inspired that I painted this metal stool too. I wonder if Lisa still has it in her kitchen?
And, I did it all with paint pens.
Just another fine example of inspiration slapping you in the face and then skipping away.
mother recycled china centerpiece in shop
call your mother vintage rotary phone, telephone table and vintage metal stool – private collection
peace.
p.s. my first MAC computer still works.
“No one is ever satisfied where he is….Only the children know what they’re looking for….” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The antique cupboard is loaded to the brim (4 full shelves full) of vintage glass objects waiting and wanting.
My goal was three glass on glass windows by month’s end.
Glass on Glass Art Project Disclaimer: Try not to cut yourself, always wear safety glasses and pick a different project to do with the kids.
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“The angel said, “I like black-and-white more than color because it’s more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It’s sort of like prayer.” ― edited Jonathan Carroll
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. ~Henry Ward Beecher
“Le doute détruit beaucoup plus de rêve que l’échec.”
― Suzy Kassem
“We humans have two great problems: the first is knowing when to begin; the second is knowing when to stop.” ― Paulo Coelho
I’ll stop changing my mind when I’m dead. Maybe not even then.”
P.S. The shop is Closed. 😦
When a certain artist who creates windows, mirrors, tables & bowls decorated with images, glass, trinkets, tile fragments & often hidden words in the designs was asked what her artwork meant to her she said: “I think I like it because it tells so much about my story.” Or anyone’s life, for that matter… “Life smashes things to bits and you glue it back together to make something beautiful with the pieces.” – author unknown
a writing prompt: Ornate
always wear safety googles … other than that … in the words of John Lennon … “The more I see, the less I know for sure.” ditto.
“The world is quiet here.” — Lemony Snicket
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When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. ~John Locke
