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Category Archives: Folklore & Mythology
Eco Collography – A New Development – St John’s Wort
Looking like fossilised remains of some ancient creature, this is an eco collograph of St John’s Wort, including stems, leaves and luscious red berries. I made a couple of little chemical changes to the process to ‘see what would happen’. … Continue reading
Jeni’s Tulip Petal – An Easter Greetings Card
I had an Easter greetings card in the post today, from a long-time friend in Ireland. It was handmade especially for my husband and included this gorgeous dried petal from a tulip that blossomed in her garden last year. Continue reading
Posted in Folklore & Mythology, spirituality
Tagged Eco Printing, Flora, flower language, flower symbolism, friendship, tulip, tulip history, tulip symbolism, Turkey
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Knitting with Ivy: Jesus Puja
Yes, this is ivy and I’ve been knitting with it. On bamboo needles. It was a sudden urge. Some of it I did in the middle of the night. Continue reading
Hone Life Word of the Week: Play: The Eighth Bowl
“All the world’s a stage and men and women merely players upon it.”
The Hone Life word of the week is play, as in playfulness rather than stage play, but in letting this quote select me, I’m demonstrating playfulness in letting my right brain, intuition, serendipity, synchronicity, Higher Consciousness, whatever you want to call it, have dominion. I’m being playful in my contemplation of play. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Christian writing, Folklore & Mythology, Inspiration, Research, Science, spirituality, Writing
Tagged Adam, Ancient Sumeria, Anyu, Apocalypse, Artistic Playfulness, As You Like It, Augustine, cells, Christian Writing, Christianity, Early Fathers, Eden, End Times, Enki, Enlil, Eucharist, Freelance Writing, Genesis, God, Golden Age, Graal, Hesiod, HigherConsciousness, Intuition, John of Patmos, Manichaeism, Nephilim, NewTestament, Ovid, Play, Playfulness, Prometheus, Revelation, Ritual, Seed, Serendipity, Seven Angels, Seven Bowls, Seven Seals, Seven Trumpets, Seventh Age, Shakespeare, Synchronicity, The Ages of Man, Theme, Triad, Trinity, Works and Days
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NaBloPoMo XI: Armistice Day and The Compleat Trespasser
“But then why shouldn’t the British people have free access to the best bits of our own countryside? Many of our parents and grandparents fought for this country in the world wars. Some of my readers may well have served in more recent conflicts. Why is it deemed okay to be prepared to die for your country, but not be allowed to walk across it?” Continue reading
Walking the Earth
I’ve just had a newsletter drop into my email box from an artist whose work I admire: Bridgette Guerzon Mills. There was a lovely image in the newsletter of Walking the Earth, an artist book that includes encaustic, plaster gauze, sticks, leaves, bark, thread and oil stick. Bridgette, who suffered terrible artistic losses earlier this year in a flood that damaged her studio, is about to teach at The Red Thread Retreat. Red Thread Retreat is the vision of artist Lesley Riley. Continue reading
Posted in Altered Books, Art, Art Journal, Collage & Assemblage, Encaustic Art, Folklore & Mythology, Inspiration, Mixed Media, Painting, Walking
Tagged Art Journal, artist retreat, Bridgette Guerzon Mills, The Red Shoes, The Red Thread Retreat, visual journal, Walking, Walking on Purpose, Walking the Earth, Web Site Reviews
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Playing the Cards You’re Dealt
During the recent repainting of my studio I found this incomplete art project and I’ve been pushing some of its elements around on the front cover of this erstwhile children’s board book. It’s become a maquette and I’ll be doing … Continue reading
What I’ve been singing this week: Rusalka: Song To The Moon
Rusalki, in Slavic Mythology, are unquietly dead and generally inhabit watery places such as lakes and rivers, but come ashore during the night to cause trouble, especially to bachelors, singing them to their doom, just like selkies and mermaids.
The opera is by Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904). Song To The Moon is from Act 1 and is the opera’s most popular aria.
So far, my rendition has not attracted any bachelors. I’ll keep at it. Continue reading
Posted in Folklore & Mythology, Music, Singing
Tagged Czech, Dvorak, mermaid, music, rusalki, selkie, Slavic Mythology, song to the moon, song to the moon rusalka
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