Author Archives: AnnIsikArts

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Artist/Writer, Proofreader/Copy Editor

Warm Weather to Walk

Posted on May 14, 2017

At last, some warmer, sunnier weather. Here’s a view from Ide Hill, Kent, where we walked a part of the Greensand Way today, after stopping off for a nice strong pot of tea at the Cock Inn. Save Save Save

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Drawing-in the Withdrawn – Drawing in Meta-Meaning Mode

Posted on May 9, 2017

“I am an excitable person who only understands life lyrically, musically, in whom feelings are much stronger than reason. I am so thirsty for the marvelous that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into … Continue reading →

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Eco Print on Silk – Oak Flowers and Leaves

Posted on May 7, 2017

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Threnody: More Eco Prints on Silk

Posted on May 3, 2017

Threnody: Goldmund “Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns and that our greatest happiness will be to become bigger, fatter, shinier acorns; but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives … Continue reading →

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Eco Print on Silk: Oak Flowers

Posted on April 30, 2017

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Oak Flowers on Silk – an Epitaph

Posted on April 21, 2017

There may not be another Spring in this park, so here is a bouquet in tribute, of flowers of oak, on silk. Continue reading →

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Twitter Art Exhibit 2017 – Success!

Posted on April 17, 2017

Sold!  I’m pleased to have had the news that the work I entered in this year’s (2017) Twitter Art Exhibit, to raise money for Molly Olly’s Wishes, a charity for the aid of terminally ill children, has sold. The work … Continue reading →

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Hope: Satish Kumar Talking at 42 Acres, Shoreditch, London, April 2017

Posted on April 17, 2017

As promised in my blog Soil Soul Society, about the inaugural 42 Acres talk in their new London venue, here is the You Tube video made at the event, which I attended. I particularly liked Satish’s comments on Hope towards … Continue reading →

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Soil Soul Society: Satish Kumar Talks at 42 Acres London

Posted on April 2, 2017

42 Acres describes itself as “… a retreat space nestled within a secluded Somerset valley.”  And it has just established a beautiful centre in a deconsecrated church in the heart of Shoreditch, East London. The other night I attended the … Continue reading →

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Melvyn Bragg on Richard Dawkins

Posted on March 31, 2017

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