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self portrait of a sort-
I have had some health challenges.
watercolor pencil 10×12
Sometimes my sand pail of colored pencils are all I need to satisfy my desire for whatever you want to call it.
In this case, frustration over health conditions beyond my control.
Anyway it certainly satisfies for the time being… “being” is about an hour or so.
Then perhaps, no longer satisfied with that, I move on to this or that again or maybe even that too.
Yes, I am certifiably insane….
Or 1000 other things!
Maybe I am human.
And bodies fall apart… thus she is in pieces stuck together.
~Emil Nolde~
There is silver blue, sky blue and thunder blue.
Every colour holds within it a soul, which makes me happy or repels me, and which acts as a stimulus.
To a person who has no art in him, colours are colours, tones tones…and that is all.
All their consequences for the human spirit, which range between heaven to hell, just go unnoticed…
English: Mark Harden’s Artchive Nolde, Emil Wildly Dancing Children 1909 Oil on canvas 73 x 88 cm Kunsthalle Kiel (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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It is amazing how much color a healing heart can hold. Thank you for sharing this. All the best to you on your healing journey. ~Rachél
rachel,
thank you for stopping by. i see the site is down and hope all is well!! xx
The HEART is real ART, girl! Beautifully (and painfully) expressive.
Love the way you splasj color around into a meaningful piece, Babe!
And thank you for this ‘freebie” by Emil Nolde WILD DANCING CHILDREN!
On same page as your ‘broken body’ tells me you have NOT given up
your joyful appreciation of life. Since you well could have been one of
those “Dancing Peeps” at one time–you WERE, I KNOW!–grin!
Honey, we ALL were something else, even an hour ago. Change is
ever-present happening. To keep an attitude of gratitude, to keep JOY
in giving freely of your talent to bring others to a state up
from their despair, these are noble goals.
But just to SEE the world through your perceptive eyes and mind, and then
communicate it in a vibrancy all your own–this is gift from God,
And it keeps you alive–and those who read you and view your work.
Much and many thanks, Dear Linda.
Blessings on your pain, especially any mental torments.
Realizing these come and go, you please continue to splash colors on your
playground boards. Each stroke of brush will be seen and admired.
Love and PEACE to you, Ma’am.
Steve E
steve darlin’…doubting you will be over here now, at this late date but this is one of the nicest comments ever. thank you from the deepest place in my heart. xxx
It is only fitting…http://swittersb.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/swittersb-spreading-the-good-juju/ As time or inclination allows. Thank you!
hi swittersb! thank you so much for thinking of me. it is greatly appreciated!
Your most welcome!
Thanks for visiting my blog, Linda. I love your work. What wonderful work with beautiful colors. Also very very creative. RLTE
Hi!
Thank you. I love your work and find it quite inspiring. Thanks for leaving me your thoughts.
What a beautiful drawing – and what an appropriate Nolde quote. I LOVE his work – hated it when I was young (I think it scared me). His understanding of color is mind boggling to me.
I wish I could watch you do one of these – to see how you “find” your way gradually, and how it starts.