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New ART MONDAY!

• art • art and wine • art at dinner parties • art-making • bozeman • Celebration of the Arts • creative • Dear Universe • goal • Great Beginnings • Hawthorne Elementary School • inspiration • McGree • montana • Montessori • Monument Valley • paint • party • Paw-Casso

New ART MONDAY!

"What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others."  -Pericles   What a busy week! New brushstrokes, new art lessons, LOTS going on! Let's begin with my own art practice this past week.  I continue to contemplate Monuments and how I want to represent them, how I feel about them. It's tricky because I don't want to JUST paint what I see.  I'm striving to share the soul of the place with you, the viewer.  These Monuments are beautifully warm and energetic landscapes...the dance between them, my brush,...

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Perception and Layers.

• aesthetics • art • art and fun • art-making • bozeman • creative • danielle laporte • faith • goal • grace • heart • life • listen • mind • patience • soul-satisfying • tony robbins • wisdom • yes

I am drawn to atmosphere and layers...in artwork, and in life.   Layers of questions, layers of color...overlapping and flowing together to create space. I am drawn to improvement of myself, my art, my everything.  At times, it's exhausting. On this Monday, I feel like I'm circling around a few messages and themes that the universe keeps bringing to my attention. Fear Doubt Faith Change Openness Potential Purpose Belief As with all learning and growth, seeking deeper understanding whenever I can is damn uncomfortable.  It's a dance of sorts, two steps forward and one step back.  Slow down to move fast....

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If something is important enough...

• brute • bull in a china shop • goal • odds • patience

Wise words, and somewhat of a conundrum too.  Why?  Because I want to do it all, NOW.  My patience could use a little growth. Inside my brain:  Imagine a crowd of at least 100, waiting, somewhat unorganized, energized, excited, driven,  determined...all planning to get through one single door for a free trip to Hawaii, you just have to be first.  The crowd is anxious and very VERY motivated.  The countdown goes off, 3...2...1...GO! Chaos. People get trampled, the door gets jammed, the door frame starts to break...and calmly on the other side is a tropical drink (with umbrella), luau music,...

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