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Visual Journal 4: The Power of Prayer (Oh, no, not that old chestnut) and a Walk along a Herakleotikon Hamma
“Wounds heal more quickly when bound with a Hercules Knot.” (Pliny) The knot on the left is a Reef Knot. An image of a knot came to me directly after a prayer I made with a very specific target. … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Art Journal, Blogging, Creativity, Inspiration, spirituality, Writing
Tagged Hercules Knot, Love Knot, Power of Prayer, Reef Knot, visual journal
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Visual Journal 3: Superhero
Oh, yes, this daily (for daily, read, striving for daily) visual journalling thing is proving to be a good idea. (I can hear a trillion-scrillion-to-the-power-of-infinity-and-more artists around the known and unknown universes, groaning, shaking their heads in disbelief and asking in unison: … Continue reading
Visual Journal 2 – Taking a Line for a (Poetic) Walk
Well, from the start I haven’t been able to keep up a daily visual journal. To be honest, I didn’t believe I would be able to achieve that. Something with a thousand different names, from Life to … seeks to … Continue reading
Posted in Allotmenteering, Art, Art Journal, Creativity, Inspiration, Walking
Tagged Allotmenteering, Animating a Space, collage, Community, Drawing, Paul Klee, Pictogram, visual journal
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Visual Journal
For some time I’ve thought I ought to be making a daily visual journal to replenish my well of images (image wells drain away very quickly, need constant refilling) and decided yesterday to begin. I’ll post a day behind, to … 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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Poetic Mapping: Walking Into Art 