Category Archives: spirituality

Thin Places – More Studies

Posted on October 30, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

Holy places are dark places. It is life and strength, not knowledge and words, that we get in them. Holy wisdom is not clear and thin like water, but thick and dark like blood. – C S Lewis

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Attention and Discernment

Posted on March 22, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

Many eyes go through the meadow, but few see the flowers. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Bloguanuary 24: A Dream and a Pilgrimage

Posted on January 24, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

Ignoring the gruesome grammar (left) for it would be impossible to write about a dream I do not remember, I am today prompted to write about a dream. This is an account of a dream that sent me on a … Continue reading →

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Bloganuary21: Time Travelling to 9/11

Posted on January 21, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

The idea of Bloganuary is to post a blog every day, in response to a prompt. Today, the prompt is asking me: if I could travel through time, which year would I choose to travel to and why. My immediate … Continue reading →

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On Collage and the Loss of Wonder

Posted on January 17, 2022 by AnnIsikArts

“When we define the Photograph as a motionless image, this does not mean only that the figures it represents do not move; it means that they do not emerge, do not leave: they are anesthetized and fastened down, like butterflies.” … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Christian writing, Collage & Assemblage, Creativity, Eco/Natural Dyeing and Printing, Mixed Media, Monoprinting, Painting, Quotes, spirituality | Tagged Adam, Collage & Assemblage, Eco Print, Genesis, Monoprints, The Fall of Man | 2 Comments

COP26 : Why We Must Not Look At Goblin Men

Posted on November 16, 2021 by AnnIsikArts

As a gardener as well as an artist – and gardening for this artist means growing plants for food, for natural dyeing/eco printing and for the spirit – the 2021 gardening year has been notable for its length. The images … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Blogging, Poetry, Quotes, spirituality, Writing | Tagged Christina Rossetti, Climate Crisis, COP26, Goblin Market, Poetry | Leave a comment

Eight Years Blogging – Writing Chaos into order from the Forest of Souls: Part I

Posted on May 19, 2019 by AnnIsikArts

Wisdom is the complete willingness to be the plaything of chance circumstances”. (Lao-Tse) I’ve been blogging for over eight years. The anniversary has come and gone. That’s a long time and a lot of words. I’ve been taking stock: what … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Collage & Assemblage, Multimedia, spirituality | Tagged 12 Rules for Life, Chaos, Jordan B Peterson, Papier-mâché, The Spectator | 4 Comments

New Year’s Resolutions? I’ve Only Got the One: Clean Up My Room

Posted on December 23, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

I was painting the kitchen ceiling and in between brushstrokes came upon a newspaper article headed How Dangerous is Jordan B Peterson/The Right Wing Professor Who Hit a Hornets’ Nest? And I thought, “Who the hell is Jordan B Peterson?” … Continue reading →

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Mark Making, The Zen of Seeing, the Byzantine Monocondyle and the Seven Bridges of Königsberg

Posted on November 30, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

Warning: really long blog coming up. (I had to do a really long poetic walk this time). The quote opening my blog of 29 August was from The Zen of Seeing: Frederick Franck. Intrigued, I sent for the book. In parallel … Continue reading →

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A Titanic Love Affair, Horse Chestnut Husk Dye and Mordanting with Moses the Chemist

Posted on October 15, 2018 by AnnIsikArts

My titanic love affair has little to do with those 12 sprogs/pre-Olympian gods of Uranus, less still the ill-fated ship of that name. I’m in love with the oxalate of a mineral element, Titanium Oxalate (C4O8Ti) which is a new … Continue reading →