Anxiety burnsan acidic devouring confidence impaled –mind wanders to childhood dreamsuncovers fear’s origin. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson. I came across this tanka written in May/21 that seemed to match with the image I recently posted on my other blog. I decided to pair them here.)
We wait at the station, Mother and I,one final stop for her – painless she prays;I busied at bedside – prolonged goodbye –memories and regrets filling our days. “We live too long,” she wearily proclaims“Why must suffering linger till the end?”I plea and bargain, call angelic names,yet the will to survive refuses to bend. The […]
There are mouse bitssplayed across the sunroomstuck to my favourite throw rug and great globs of glue The trap my husband setto catch the recent invasionapparently lured the hunterfor she, stiff legged andface matted, is skulkingelsewhere I stepped on a gluey biteyes not yet openbefore notingthe disarray Hard to concentratewhen a tail detachedfrom a thigh […]
Haha…nice post …very nicely drawn..
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Thanks!
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Nicely done, VJ π
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how fun to be drawing faces – goodness VJ – you sure have so many talents – and I like both images
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Thanks. I’ve always been intimidated by faces, so thought I’d try to overcome that.
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I have had seasons of drawing them and remember my mentor starting us out with “is it a circle or an oval” as we started our sketch –
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Funny what stays with you.
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The images are amazing, VJ! You are so talented. I love your husband’s story.
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Thanks Eugi!
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You’re welcome, VJ!
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These images are quite fab! Iβm not sure what you mean by your processing, but the end result is a grabber. Very funny about your husband not seeing himself. Weβre all that way to an extent , I suppose.
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Thanks Eilene.
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I agree. You have another talent uncovered. I have been doing more art lately thanks to John Muir Laws (Nature Journal online) and a conference “Wild Wonders” I attended online last year. You might find nature journaling interesting. I do enjoy your art!!
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Thanks Sarah! I’m going to check out the site. I saw something about sketching botanicals and thought that might be interesting too. Exciting to still have so much to learn.
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I think these are awesome
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Thanks βΊοΈ
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Its a little hard to read the black text on this greenish background. I like the jail teardrop tattoos on the first one, don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time- yeah, don’t do it. π΅οΈββοΈ
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Thanks for the heads up – I’ll change that. As for crime…
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Just don’t be your own lawyer, you know what they say…
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I’m fool enough to know not to do that.
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These are great! Love the hearts – you do beam love through those eyes, VJ!
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Thanks Jazz!
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That’s a great story. We have our own self images. Sometimes they intrsect with reality. (K)
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Lol. So true.
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Cool drawings.
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Thanks Sadje!
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Youβre welcome! I could never draw a face which would resemble any living being! π€£
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Lol! Your husband’s story made me think of when you first hear your voice recorded and you think “I don’t sound like that”π
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Exactly! Lol
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Your self-portrait turned out beautifully! I love the story of your husband’s portrait. Isn’t that always the way?
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Lol. Thanks.
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You’re welcome. π
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VJ, nice. Keep on going. You captured the eyes nicely. Keith
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Thanks Keith.
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