Monthly Archives: September 2015

Inch of the Day 30 September 2015: Walking the White Cliffs and Looking at an Horizon

Posted on September 30, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

As it was my husband’s birthday today and the weather was fine, we drove down to an old and favourite walking haunt, St Margaret’s at Cliffe. We lunched at The Pines Garden Tea Rooms as usual, which serves mega-amounts of delicious dishes prepared … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Inspiration, Stitch, Stitch, Walking | Tagged Dover, St Margaret's at Cliffe, The Pines Garden, Walking | Leave a comment

Inch of the Day 29 September 2015: Plaster of Paris Accordion Book in Progress

Posted on September 30, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Went out today, bought birthday presents, cards, wrapping paper, new jeans and top for myself as I’ve lost weight and most of my current clothes are too big now. Came home, wrapped the presents, wrote the cards, went out again to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Art Journal, Encaustic Art, Mixed Media | Tagged accordion book, Artists Books, Encausticamp, Plaster of Paris Accordion Book | 2 Comments

Inch of the Day 28 September 2015: Eco Print with Blood Moon

Posted on September 28, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Mixed Media | Tagged blood moon, Eco Print | Leave a comment

Walking the Cosmos: Blood Moon

Posted on September 28, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Yes, I stayed up most of the night to watch the super blood moon total lunar eclipse. It began about 1 in the morning here in southern England with a bit of red on the top curve and then I … Continue reading →

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Supermoon Blood Moon: Be Still and Listen, The Earth is Singing …

Posted on September 27, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I’d been singing all day. Lots of lyrics, but these ones keep putting themselves before me at the moment: So that the sun shall not burn thee by day, neither the moon at night and then I came home … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Poetry, Writing | Tagged blood moon, illustration, Poetry, Supermoon, Year of the Rabbit. Chinese Astrology | 4 Comments

How to Achieve Great Things: Walking the Fractal Way

Posted on September 24, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I’m in bringing small things together mode. I have a lot of them. It’s time they were introduced to one another. Arrows and fans, hexagons and cells and circles and … In the hope I create something great, rather than … Continue reading →

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Inch of the Day 23 September 2015: Singing: Ave Maria: Javier Busto

Posted on September 23, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Today I’ve been practising not the above, but John Rutter’s O Clap Your Hands, from his Psalmfest, for the choral society rehearsal tomorrow night. But I don’t want to Rutter everybody to death (though I could listen to and sing his … Continue reading →

Posted in Choral singing, Music, Singing, Singing Sacred, spirituality | Tagged Ave Maria, choral music, Javier Busto, Spanish Basque | Leave a comment

Inch of the Day 22 September 2015: Hurdling Through Flint and Feather

Posted on September 22, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

Following on from yesterday’s Inch – about the editing of my novel manuscript, Flint and Feather, I began a revision of the scenes by calling them, instead of scenes, obstacles. In the sense of obstacles to be overcome. I didn’t just change the … Continue reading →

Posted in Choral singing, Editing & Proofreading, Long Fiction, Music, novel editing, Singing, Singing Sacred, Writing | Tagged Choral singing, Developing a Novel, novel editing, novel scenes, Singing | Leave a comment

Inch of the Day Monday 21 September 2015: Singing the Life Fantastic

Posted on September 22, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I did an inch of thinking this morning and made an inch of headway on yesterday’s decision to do a backward synopsis of my novel–in–edit. I worked an inch of the allotment – under more than an inch of cold rain, … Continue reading →

Posted in Allotmenteering, Art, Artist Sketchbooks, Music, Research, Singing, Vegetarianism | Tagged Allotment, Art Project Development, Christmas Potatoes, Composting, Developing a Novel, Developing an allotment, Findhorn, Music Project Development | Leave a comment

Inch of the Day 2 September 2015: Edit of Tale Two of Trio of Tales ‘Leaves’ : Adam and Evelyn

Posted on September 20, 2015 by AnnIsikArts

I switched off the phone to avoid the wife’s, “HowyouhavethenervetoabandonyourfamilyatChristmastimealmostIdon’tknowbutyou’dbetternotcomebackstinkingofwhiskyandwomenasusualandmaybeyoushouldnotbothercomingbackatallthistime,”and my brat-pack teenage duo’s non-stop harping for expensive gadgets or the money to buy them and probably enough spliff to kill a small herd of highland cattle.
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