I call the gap between planting and harvesting the time-lag effect. It is easy to be let down during this time, but you have to be persistent and believe that the results will come eventually. Never give up and if one way doesn't work, you have the golden opportunity to try a new one!
One way of thinking when you are in the beginning of a process ( a job search, painting, learning a new language etc) is that you are planting little seeds. They will not turn into flowers immediately, you have to have patience and water them before you see them grow. Some of the seeds might not bloom at all and that is totally ok or even expected. But if you never plant any seeds neither will you have any flowers.
I call the gap between planting and harvesting the time-lag effect. It is easy to be let down during this time, but you have to be persistent and believe that the results will come eventually. Never give up and if one way doesn't work, you have the golden opportunity to try a new one!
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Thought I'd share something I read recently. It is about reincarnation and weather you believe in it or not, it offers some very interesting perspectives on how to relate to other human beings and animals. Imagine you have had an endless amount of lives before this one. In every life, you have had different parents. Sometimes you have had those who are your worst enemies in this life as parents, and other times you have had animals as parents. All of them have nurtured you when you were a baby and defended you with their own lives. Thinking like this, doesn't you get a whole new respect for animals? Doesn't it make you realize that even your enemies have good sides? The reasoning comes from the book Love, by Dalai Lama. By the way, here's a slightly sharper picture of the painting from the last post.
Inspired by Yoda, Millais and Hamlet, here comes my oil painting version of Padme's funeral.
How do you create depth in a painting?
One way is to make the background blurry and with less details than the front. Thursday challenge - If I should move it over there... I am constantly moving my little art projects around. At the moment this one is standing on a small table until I know where to place it more permanently. Or maybe it fits better at someone else's home? This week's host is Art Emilia, check out her blog for more artworks. Just as last week, I'm using my own archives for the TBT. To see all the pictures of this step-by-step post, click here!
I've been to a training and nutrition course in the morning and now I really feel like working out. For me, it is so important to work on my mind, but that doesn't mean neglecting my body. In the end you only have one place to live.
Also, body and soul is so intertwined. If you feel happy/sad/angry, you don't only think about it, you feel it in different parts of your body. If something makes you smile, you might feel a warmth spreading from the core, or if you are angry you might become very tense. Emotions tend to gather at certain parts, like the hips. By stretching and releasing those tensions a flood of emotions might come along with them. At least that happens to me sometimes. Anyways, the course had nothing to do with what I just wrote. Most of it was old news (went to the same course last year) but we also got some new valuable input on evaluating yourself. It doesn't have to be related to work out - it can be used for any area in life. Instead of thinking about what you do wrong, you should think in the terms of how can I improve this? Then you should look forward to next time when you can try it again - instead of feeling let down that you weren't good enough. This way of thinking creates a positive spiral! To sum up, take care of your body it is the only one you have. Even though you don't always succeed in your work out/meal plan or what ever it might be, think in a positive way of what improvements you can make rather than racking down on yourself. (yes it is easier said than done, but at least by thinking about it we are one step on the way) I couldn't attend the vernissage for this exhibition so I went today instead. It looks like there were no people in the building but that's not true - I just avoided to photograph them. The artist has really been productive and there were artworks in oil, acrylics but mostly in aquarelle. I remember how much I liked her contribution to Höstsalongen last year - it was one of these blue sentimental faces. I wish she had exhibited more paintings in the same style this time around because they are so touching. Just a question, what do you think of when you look at the painting below to the right? If you like what you see here, you still have the chance to visit the exhibition until the end of this week at Galleri Kvadraten!
He makes kind of amazing songs, that Schultz guy...:) Seems like Yoda as picked up some of his wisdom from the seven hermetic principles. (Found this text in an appendix of one of Deepak Chopra's books which I've read this weekend.) I love reading these kinds of books; about philosophy, spirituality, religion, gurus etc, wether I agree or not.
One painting which really inspired me at Tate Britain was the one of Ophelia, drifting down the river with flowers in her hands. Padme (in Star Wars) funeral seems to be inspired by that painting. (To go back and read my post about Millais' Ophelia, click on the link.) I've started on my own version of Padme. Perfect Sunday doodling! Add some rose scented candles, a little fruit and it's like heaven to me. Started with a sketch and then I've continued with the colors. Let's see how it progresses.
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