Monthly Archives: November 2011

Birds and Angels

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Elaine

detail from an unfinished painting/2011 My own visions have been of the harmoniously enthralling murmuration of birds which then turn out to be angels, actually.  If angels (or at least some) have wings, then perhaps they move the same way … Continue reading →

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Stages of Guilt: Don’t Keep Yourself in the Doghouse (for long)

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Elaine

Sketchbook 1995 Guilt is necessary, we feel this when we’ve done something wrong. Guilt helps us figure out how not to make the same mistakes twice, and how to create better situations for ourselves. Once the conscious mind and heart … Continue reading →

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Wonder Lads: Paideia Tree of Knowledge

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Elaine

A detail from the Paideia Tree of Knowledge/2011 THE LITTLE ELF by John K. Bangs I met a little Elfman once, Down where the lilies blow. I asked him why he was so small, And why he didn’t grow. He … Continue reading →

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Negative Space: The In-Between Vision

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Elaine

Sketchbook 2011 In England recently, while at a park, I noticed some teen boys talking. The stretch of green grass around and behind them made a perfectly flat, cool green backdrop without any variation in it. This exaggerated the graphic … Continue reading →

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Giving Thanks: The Oldest Cultivated Fruit Tree in America

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Elaine

This is me posing with my many times great grandfather’s pear tree, which he planted between 1635 and 1655.  John Endecott was the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, he arrived from England in 1628, with the first group of … Continue reading →

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Sorry, Try Again!

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Elaine

From ML’s Spirit Painting/2000 If I saw, “Sorry, try again!” it usually translated to, “You lose!” but years ago I stopped agreeing to accept “you win” or “you lose” restrictions in my thinking. I decided not to be so black … Continue reading →

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Medieval Dream (And Who Is at the Door?)

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Elaine

mono print over ink and watercolor paper/2011 Last night I had such a vivid dream that a friend was at the door of the room, in medieval clothes, illuminated by light. The person didn’t look at all the way he … Continue reading →

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The Power of the Mind: Progressive Awareness and InnerTalk

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Elaine

Ink and inkwash on watercolor paper Eldon Taylor and his work is something I believe in and have benefitted from so much.  From his site:  ”Eldon Taylor has made a life long study of the human mind and has earned … Continue reading →

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The Soul Light Within

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Elaine

A recent Spirit Painting/2011 You know that glint of light in the eyes of people? And the aura of light around them, or the vibrance we each possess? When someone is no longer alive, they do not have this light … Continue reading →

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Painting as Snow Globe (shake it and see what happens!)

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Elaine

This is a painting I created for PT and healer extraordinaire Heather Strauch. At the time that I made it, it was fall and I told her I worried that when I started working on it, it would start to … Continue reading →

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