tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17930992263122637462024-03-17T23:04:13.014-04:00cripple pencilcrip·ple adj. \ˈkri-pəl\
being flawed, imperfect or lame.
Old English: crēopan: to creep.
An accurate description of this pencil's creative journey : creeping along, flawed, imperfect and lame... yet gaining joy, insight and sanity from the mere act of creeping.minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.comBlogger224125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-87810933828740236282023-06-25T20:34:00.001-04:002023-06-25T20:34:09.524-04:00the silence that surrounds<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHqfwDytQgNT41KsDglSSXX6n3o2UBb1cfVT4HFXUFhyyZt5mQQOG1bTvOFW-pv6xTtlPhhWkcLIbxkXZRr9wx6n_xa0CYv2NpO1bF26yUaQxcb5m-c9t-CC194rCQA9CFUNrmHmElgrFdzYWtj5emfOC7VGqnC0CRJYb_wx1vppdfKOFLIYuJNRU/s3611/IMG_9821.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3611" data-original-width="2801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAHqfwDytQgNT41KsDglSSXX6n3o2UBb1cfVT4HFXUFhyyZt5mQQOG1bTvOFW-pv6xTtlPhhWkcLIbxkXZRr9wx6n_xa0CYv2NpO1bF26yUaQxcb5m-c9t-CC194rCQA9CFUNrmHmElgrFdzYWtj5emfOC7VGqnC0CRJYb_wx1vppdfKOFLIYuJNRU/w496-h640/IMG_9821.jpeg" width="496" /></a></div><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">acrylic on canvas</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">I had learned what I knew, </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">the bare outline of the event, </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">without asking questions,</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"> both fearing the pain that I knew surrounded the story </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">and honoring the silence that surrounded the pain.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">-Wendell Berry, That distant Land</span></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-83397618988487850472023-06-24T18:36:00.002-04:002023-06-24T18:36:41.164-04:00...waiting...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHb2fs72cILQSwN9OfeoP23LMYw99-5WzMhPDrk9UFtDyQTH-yXAxeGD6OKxOGIH7kGPSVuCiZ41gQqZMO_gJMZbgWGxnFbT3Z31a_vWqduWKdJBm21KnsKAHlzuv8wpbTFrL42uZpJHsOiSBGl79tgvLOO-Rm1yFvqBXODSjtO3vfuXBR1-AWEdU/s3550/IMG_9819.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3550" data-original-width="2824" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHb2fs72cILQSwN9OfeoP23LMYw99-5WzMhPDrk9UFtDyQTH-yXAxeGD6OKxOGIH7kGPSVuCiZ41gQqZMO_gJMZbgWGxnFbT3Z31a_vWqduWKdJBm21KnsKAHlzuv8wpbTFrL42uZpJHsOiSBGl79tgvLOO-Rm1yFvqBXODSjtO3vfuXBR1-AWEdU/w510-h640/IMG_9819.jpeg" width="510" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">acrylic on canvas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">This waiting is messy, but one thing is clear: </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">This waiting is not passive. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">This waiting invites us to hold the painful present </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">and calibrate it with future hope. </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">The waiting actively affirms the importance of life’s sorrows a</span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">s </span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">the Man of Sorrows guides us through.</span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">-Mike Ahn</span></p></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-18764069851014227452023-06-20T20:15:00.001-04:002023-06-20T20:15:10.403-04:00...and to be loved anyhow...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">this is a human offering that can border on miraculous.” </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">
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minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-8354606352821567752023-06-19T08:16:00.001-04:002023-06-19T08:16:37.352-04:00...see...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmTclvoEsBShMThkhaX5FDDh7hJ55ZmY2u77FCO47PzCXTAuiE9SdhNdE3orSv8ppjwjCk4I71_yqNz8UpEWj-3FgB0wGOqOA0IuPqA9gRwQkCBAb-oDsquufziaHSC9mWdliBtUspQdLTuLyA5CcP5vqKTSDp7UEBixTHRTeVNz9h_8RThkBgKpV/s3502/IMG_9814.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3502" data-original-width="2752" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijmTclvoEsBShMThkhaX5FDDh7hJ55ZmY2u77FCO47PzCXTAuiE9SdhNdE3orSv8ppjwjCk4I71_yqNz8UpEWj-3FgB0wGOqOA0IuPqA9gRwQkCBAb-oDsquufziaHSC9mWdliBtUspQdLTuLyA5CcP5vqKTSDp7UEBixTHRTeVNz9h_8RThkBgKpV/w502-h640/IMG_9814.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">acrylic on canvas</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">In a dark time,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">The eye begins to see.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: small;">- Theodore Roethke</span></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-35166778205109665132023-06-18T09:51:00.001-04:002023-06-18T09:51:42.745-04:00wrung...and possibly broken<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vouUpN9j5Uv69a2h2wx8FCIP-kIBPF19c2PhjC3K2FNQvryGSwIqDGuvie3SMdNIGLL_rlfF2U5kdilb-PVuYGIMttfrxxHCojD5z9Os4p0YSYSMisieKVaGVnT24gPdS9etxr4-kaozpIS4bBDXFRsojeFWwT6_xTuuggr5gVN3043VQDPuyd-y/s3537/IMG_9815.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3537" data-original-width="2756" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2vouUpN9j5Uv69a2h2wx8FCIP-kIBPF19c2PhjC3K2FNQvryGSwIqDGuvie3SMdNIGLL_rlfF2U5kdilb-PVuYGIMttfrxxHCojD5z9Os4p0YSYSMisieKVaGVnT24gPdS9etxr4-kaozpIS4bBDXFRsojeFWwT6_xTuuggr5gVN3043VQDPuyd-y/w498-h640/IMG_9815.jpeg" width="498" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">acrylic on canvas</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">To love at all is to be vulnerable. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">Love anything and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;"> If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give it to no one, not even an animal. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">avoid all entanglements. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">It will not be broken;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;"> it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">T</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">o love is to be vulnerable.</span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: 15px;">C.S.Lewis</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-76446684635122353672022-09-05T10:17:00.000-04:002022-09-05T10:17:12.878-04:00connection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8Q093bEWlzWqlAeKudpXhHq8poCOePKvSkxBEh51EkhqAk3yfvIW5uEHHdPhevqTvh6jVtfBhMv6GTBQNzubPZkOC3wqWcKlB6CfAsHBt-nSiO-k66yUecW_kYa_zURdOi9q55YeFQD1CPXn2-zO9r-_NCAVQFdt87aNA_kIb2S560RdtkBTwiJB/s3012/675096B0-F6E3-49F9-92FC-CD8EDBB5DA86.jpeg" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1985" data-original-width="3012" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG8Q093bEWlzWqlAeKudpXhHq8poCOePKvSkxBEh51EkhqAk3yfvIW5uEHHdPhevqTvh6jVtfBhMv6GTBQNzubPZkOC3wqWcKlB6CfAsHBt-nSiO-k66yUecW_kYa_zURdOi9q55YeFQD1CPXn2-zO9r-_NCAVQFdt87aNA_kIb2S560RdtkBTwiJB/w628-h414/675096B0-F6E3-49F9-92FC-CD8EDBB5DA86.jpeg" width="628" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">Connection [is] the energy that exists between people</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">when they feel seen, heard, and valued;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">when they can give and receive without judgement,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Brené Brown</span></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-90218651581610677982022-08-18T19:51:00.003-04:002022-08-18T19:51:53.094-04:00the silent scream<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5pB-tJRcIatHaPyqmsJTroPQN9pxD_j0xru3L5eyIbXHMMaczJsOtxrsxCINoUNg-ekztmZ2965M9uDO1jzm0KLJuEzQmetLW9Uk0HtYEo-gs3lmwqWmglsY6ZZqdD7L3CVkquRIkGpieKxvl4Sh-1EiyClIugUAvU1vck-ZzcgEEX3X_1nuk8XL/s1776/8AB263BE-610C-40C8-8818-D69DA8406793.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1772" data-original-width="1776" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5pB-tJRcIatHaPyqmsJTroPQN9pxD_j0xru3L5eyIbXHMMaczJsOtxrsxCINoUNg-ekztmZ2965M9uDO1jzm0KLJuEzQmetLW9Uk0HtYEo-gs3lmwqWmglsY6ZZqdD7L3CVkquRIkGpieKxvl4Sh-1EiyClIugUAvU1vck-ZzcgEEX3X_1nuk8XL/w640-h638/8AB263BE-610C-40C8-8818-D69DA8406793.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">fabric and gel medium on layered wood </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">panel</span></span></div><div><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-weight: 700; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">“Trauma is personal. </span></span></em></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">It does not disappear if it is not validated.</span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">When it is ignored or invalidated </span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">the silent screams continue internally </span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">heard only by the one held captive.” </span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></span></em></div><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">―<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="authorOrTitle" face="Lato, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">Danielle Bernock </span></span></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span id="quote_book_link_23465091" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(24, 24, 24); color: #181818; font-style: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;">Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals</span></span></span></em></div></span></em></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-19766486376246054492022-08-12T19:11:00.000-04:002022-08-12T19:11:41.759-04:00because sometimes you must...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1984" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXa5bRjG1LcxvQ_aJOOnjLTXnHr1_L0c55STtSX62o1npB-LRyqGLSVF6bTUFIozGGeeYrdsnQOfr2_CRRgFb7YKJQIM2f6xHtCUZQEtCSCSHIdbu4Jb8okMXA8Mlw0V_d7U-vB2hsKQ4LNpmnlRJf-G2ZKZOCeP6E3tpwDjjf5feaXU6LF0roTBEv/w640-h512/CF05B140-F603-4464-BFD8-FAA7AF334EB6.jpeg" width="640" /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37);">Acrylic on canvas</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37);"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;">When you're drowning, </div><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;">you don't say</div><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;"> 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight </div><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;">to notice me drowning and come and help me,' </div><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">you just s</span><span style="font-size: large;">c</span><span style="font-size: large;">r</span><span style="font-size: large;">e</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">am</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></div><div style="color: #0a0025; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">-John Lennon</span></div></span></span></div></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-71470900038146835512022-07-11T09:55:00.001-04:002022-07-11T09:55:48.930-04:00and that’s that…<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ_sZH9avVotB27MWVUbsiHeoO304KZasjafTKH4DQ8d_OyVMuC-8JDF7tG-F7lOiN5GT4bkRz_J-CSYjDcr9SJdTlfinqZl34xY_gFkuV0uNqLZI1m3bEzhKBw09hbPPFI2QuizH7xCVGOFhkXXxdtgBOKpM5WO-IAF5AsxfbkTJvGDOUVVQ6Hkk/s1782/9F53645C-2656-41B5-B7C9-C03A709CF234.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="1764" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ_sZH9avVotB27MWVUbsiHeoO304KZasjafTKH4DQ8d_OyVMuC-8JDF7tG-F7lOiN5GT4bkRz_J-CSYjDcr9SJdTlfinqZl34xY_gFkuV0uNqLZI1m3bEzhKBw09hbPPFI2QuizH7xCVGOFhkXXxdtgBOKpM5WO-IAF5AsxfbkTJvGDOUVVQ6Hkk/w634-h640/9F53645C-2656-41B5-B7C9-C03A709CF234.jpeg" width="634" /></a><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;">We can’t all, and some of us don’t. </span></div><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">That’s all there is to it.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;"> -</span><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;">Eeyore</em></span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><div style="text-align: center;"><em style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;">"Winnie-the-Pooh</em></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-19683329335835426872022-05-11T11:20:00.002-04:002022-05-11T11:20:31.283-04:00the comfort of a friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlYwoPSB3HZH5dT8cuDaMkM-cjYQ0ePcugoUzPuGBlqWovHHs6pyiJI3bIKbKaaEaDys6KZzvPCb_VrNLa5uuzeIXWrvOz4JmhdZKkBSMhm97GinUH9n4uGq7Clmct2fIcXdIpZNd9nqR39xsuyYVRyZrIivP9b9obRcbun4uIZWkvfJi1U15ncK5/s2983/3237FE06-2350-453E-9972-479C60401A72.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2889" data-original-width="2983" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhlYwoPSB3HZH5dT8cuDaMkM-cjYQ0ePcugoUzPuGBlqWovHHs6pyiJI3bIKbKaaEaDys6KZzvPCb_VrNLa5uuzeIXWrvOz4JmhdZKkBSMhm97GinUH9n4uGq7Clmct2fIcXdIpZNd9nqR39xsuyYVRyZrIivP9b9obRcbun4uIZWkvfJi1U15ncK5/w452-h438/3237FE06-2350-453E-9972-479C60401A72.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;">You and I can share the silence </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;"> Finding comfort together </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;"> The way old friends do</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;" /></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;">— </em></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">Abba</span></em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"The Way Old Friends Do" (1980)</span></em></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-19776281348491171562022-05-11T11:19:00.003-04:002022-05-11T11:20:53.056-04:00we all have it<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqtFRZnedCflCS0yPh2T3nn4cwVW-cJN31pjyhhgKuIdhcE8CZujBikQIncM73mw3s1wB_vn5ilxnTJRAKJiNbgMY8FnISUNah71aYNmGECfM4SylvDpzxDL0-69VTt0zuHr5RgzkldlCEDKw1ZcbFCjs_5eys1ev6GJh6U2N7kqFS9kLjo_1rHF5/s2799/9524FB81-8C43-4F1B-B570-3D8BB35913C9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2799" data-original-width="2777" height="517" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAqtFRZnedCflCS0yPh2T3nn4cwVW-cJN31pjyhhgKuIdhcE8CZujBikQIncM73mw3s1wB_vn5ilxnTJRAKJiNbgMY8FnISUNah71aYNmGECfM4SylvDpzxDL0-69VTt0zuHr5RgzkldlCEDKw1ZcbFCjs_5eys1ev6GJh6U2N7kqFS9kLjo_1rHF5/w514-h517/9524FB81-8C43-4F1B-B570-3D8BB35913C9.jpeg" width="514" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025;">We all have pain </span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025;"> We all have sorrow </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025;"> But if we are wise </span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;"> We know that there's always tomorrow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: left;">— </em></span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">Bill Withers</em></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; text-align: left;">"Lean on Me” </em></span></div><p></p></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-90709799042753415602022-05-07T19:00:00.001-04:002022-05-07T19:00:09.396-04:00listen close...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span face="Trebuchet MS, sans-serif" style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani;">Listen to the MUSTN’TS, child</span></div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to the DON’TS</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to the Shouldn'ts</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT’S</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">Listen to the NEVER HAVES</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">then listen close to me —</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">Anything can happen, child,</div></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><div style="text-align: center;">ANYTHING can be.</div></span><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-weight: 700;">–</span><em style="box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-weight: 700;"> Shell Silerstein</em><span style="caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-weight: 700;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Listen to the Mustn'ts”<br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">from</em> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">"Where the Sidewalk Ends"</em></span></div></div>
</div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-27839347090407646432022-04-19T19:11:00.001-04:002022-05-07T17:35:24.749-04:00each friend shapes our world...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPW0wciZ5TRGBmkAFvijjIYbio82kzB-NOkmdWhK-XyKZWH7JBgz9xpU0wBVrfdlivmCLcwIFMSAWuSvMTowYYL1IdmfH87YM2iG_UyLBQuJkgZ8jXu6VNW67aEnhtNE0ODq_MCiuHZiZbb8nmlsebM4G-MyI1O9Im9vmDdYtUfPKkfotnoIIQX5D/s3596/2DBE9662-E6EF-4C3D-93CC-809E5CCDB674.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2798" data-original-width="3596" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPW0wciZ5TRGBmkAFvijjIYbio82kzB-NOkmdWhK-XyKZWH7JBgz9xpU0wBVrfdlivmCLcwIFMSAWuSvMTowYYL1IdmfH87YM2iG_UyLBQuJkgZ8jXu6VNW67aEnhtNE0ODq_MCiuHZiZbb8nmlsebM4G-MyI1O9Im9vmDdYtUfPKkfotnoIIQX5D/w580-h450/2DBE9662-E6EF-4C3D-93CC-809E5CCDB674.jpeg" width="580" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">Each friend represents a world in us,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">a world possibly not born until they arrive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Anaïs Nin</span></div> <p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-6448982971482997982022-04-19T19:05:00.007-04:002022-04-19T19:05:34.566-04:00what is 'normal' anyway?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxOyz0qD0rJDnxYEh223Apbq55Cb9fLJkGfgSOtbELYCNx1Wi7Bmz9QgB9wMQG1_UD9Nm2L2cTKGZ9K6oq8bR5nHJ6grV74FC9AYrLg4CZtDLUH0r_1j1slWsV2WfIRFig_7DLYI7PI4YINqsiK7H-A_SFcIOg4HbKaRdhMqrVjWzKh_ZdQeRTL_o/s1148/80A47C55-83AF-4F45-86F5-BADAED68B2D9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="1148" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNxOyz0qD0rJDnxYEh223Apbq55Cb9fLJkGfgSOtbELYCNx1Wi7Bmz9QgB9wMQG1_UD9Nm2L2cTKGZ9K6oq8bR5nHJ6grV74FC9AYrLg4CZtDLUH0r_1j1slWsV2WfIRFig_7DLYI7PI4YINqsiK7H-A_SFcIOg4HbKaRdhMqrVjWzKh_ZdQeRTL_o/s320/80A47C55-83AF-4F45-86F5-BADAED68B2D9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor, pen and ink</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">If you always try to be normal, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">You will never know how amazing you can be.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Maya Angelo</span></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-59654882576817041992022-04-19T19:03:00.007-04:002022-05-11T11:21:56.038-04:00aged pleasure...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03jiyP7Sx5QvcaheBKiw6N65wvQ-IVM0rIS6SUpXi9KrxVQLjHi9SWs2OvtFJjojPuknLwZsi-HVb33ddPp8dAUfyGMxNxHC3lJYDbLfvN4uHcOdmfaQIi-zq3vLmVXsD9fYodu7gzW_Idp_2NyfEa3dVu4CJ0QUZkEb2he8LYX9eGEtTuSNCL1Lh/s1120/6E592D04-BB52-4896-9335-B0F58125CA40.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="733" data-original-width="1120" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj03jiyP7Sx5QvcaheBKiw6N65wvQ-IVM0rIS6SUpXi9KrxVQLjHi9SWs2OvtFJjojPuknLwZsi-HVb33ddPp8dAUfyGMxNxHC3lJYDbLfvN4uHcOdmfaQIi-zq3vLmVXsD9fYodu7gzW_Idp_2NyfEa3dVu4CJ0QUZkEb2he8LYX9eGEtTuSNCL1Lh/w446-h291/6E592D04-BB52-4896-9335-B0F58125CA40.jpeg" width="446" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;"> One does not get better</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">but </span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">different and older</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">and that</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">is always a pleasure.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">-Gertrude Stein</span></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-43902093341374614682022-04-19T19:02:00.000-04:002022-04-19T19:02:00.124-04:00be...patient...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vYrgATgNshnwnGR_fN-wqUdG7CpFKzpYQdW4PZ7HVfoVbh8Duk7E8fWf_p6lAPu8r2GL4SnhTNGxazbZNR1rgKIeoigpkkSDQNyPQN8uqjTPbg3nQFKrCykS30Nd-FBw_kHyNDal5cHJZYK6Pk_JToHtiyxy1xYxxB5_yuty8B6MtgbEe7pL3ONj/s2663/0B41A5B8-8F41-4DF5-8EE0-D006AF68A7F5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="1785" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vYrgATgNshnwnGR_fN-wqUdG7CpFKzpYQdW4PZ7HVfoVbh8Duk7E8fWf_p6lAPu8r2GL4SnhTNGxazbZNR1rgKIeoigpkkSDQNyPQN8uqjTPbg3nQFKrCykS30Nd-FBw_kHyNDal5cHJZYK6Pk_JToHtiyxy1xYxxB5_yuty8B6MtgbEe7pL3ONj/w293-h438/0B41A5B8-8F41-4DF5-8EE0-D006AF68A7F5.jpeg" width="293" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br />Patience is also a form of action.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Augusta Rodin</span></div></div></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-38398558442345396092022-04-19T18:54:00.005-04:002022-04-19T19:11:48.505-04:00questions matter...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyx9mujHuRhkQSwY7oi4pkIsl5GrNNKkUzH_bvX1OhGiWUxSoqE0fy85q2OjlQjsoSM0vpHxwsdEVSvdB7-0HZtx7lK_UAq9utENA3xKGmafOEdveTKhn4o-jM_NUhHukjDc_-PxTMBJSDxHdjpVotJyXO3BnBolA29EstUa2F3-RbKD56qdApVGr/s2865/35964EDE-6F91-49E4-B79D-75B3FBA99C08.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="1969" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMyx9mujHuRhkQSwY7oi4pkIsl5GrNNKkUzH_bvX1OhGiWUxSoqE0fy85q2OjlQjsoSM0vpHxwsdEVSvdB7-0HZtx7lK_UAq9utENA3xKGmafOEdveTKhn4o-jM_NUhHukjDc_-PxTMBJSDxHdjpVotJyXO3BnBolA29EstUa2F3-RbKD56qdApVGr/w292-h425/35964EDE-6F91-49E4-B79D-75B3FBA99C08.jpeg" width="292" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">It is better to know some of the questions </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">than to have all of the answers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">James Thurber</span></div><p> </p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-24396301050465344742022-04-19T18:43:00.002-04:002022-04-19T19:12:33.145-04:00it makes a difference...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxiwWNJWeWoAVpmD-PvSjnwyQrUZiDvRxBjPGcsm07oW__HrBOPr11PfLLPPMcHRchKXCZVDFrZuPeRUyYiNl4LI3Rt5M5TLJe4uCVmn6UOBJR_cGN4qwGtiikKOU9p2F3u_IWweCe56DHgSnUhHh5r6hjBv63F4_czIur2HTvn2hiptHm-zW9ZAa/s2408/6C280C16-46C6-4B4E-A877-1971449BEFA5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="2408" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbxiwWNJWeWoAVpmD-PvSjnwyQrUZiDvRxBjPGcsm07oW__HrBOPr11PfLLPPMcHRchKXCZVDFrZuPeRUyYiNl4LI3Rt5M5TLJe4uCVmn6UOBJR_cGN4qwGtiikKOU9p2F3u_IWweCe56DHgSnUhHh5r6hjBv63F4_czIur2HTvn2hiptHm-zW9ZAa/w383-h254/6C280C16-46C6-4B4E-A877-1971449BEFA5.jpeg" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor, pen and ink</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">The difference </span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">between </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">misery and happiness </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">depends </span><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">on what we do </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">with our attention.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Sharon Salzburg</span></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-79737167583531143702022-04-19T18:36:00.007-04:002022-04-19T19:12:52.866-04:00dare...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGzg7nKGKg_EGU2x1To4dLIW4ueKJ98kcNXZPvFvFb3vTaDynN-2fCR3Yw_OjNzlbsmJWmyYPBH_2niJXG5Onzdyb-Q9H1Q-o1ucU2aoFjQv5H8vFkvaMVjk_1GnqKNoNKnKy-LvY4jSbpPiZzqdEzt_ak5xSESt9RFCyG5zHe9r6DZStROPp2Pih/s2680/524EECA5-3BC6-409A-883D-98B46D3DAE90.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2680" data-original-width="1952" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBGzg7nKGKg_EGU2x1To4dLIW4ueKJ98kcNXZPvFvFb3vTaDynN-2fCR3Yw_OjNzlbsmJWmyYPBH_2niJXG5Onzdyb-Q9H1Q-o1ucU2aoFjQv5H8vFkvaMVjk_1GnqKNoNKnKy-LvY4jSbpPiZzqdEzt_ak5xSESt9RFCyG5zHe9r6DZStROPp2Pih/w343-h470/524EECA5-3BC6-409A-883D-98B46D3DAE90.jpeg" width="343" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">gouache and watercolor on black cotton paper</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><b>Dare</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"> to be naïve.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">- Buckminster Fuller</span></div><br /> <p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-89055495896387080552022-04-19T18:34:00.001-04:002022-04-19T19:13:06.925-04:00just be...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddhIaN1x3kTvdRdqnRc-PbFD--hkZ01A_TErnNmjHWMrBIFYTKx2Rgqr2MMMNsvvhBRa_5X2MbxtkrcR5w3WQ_WyGzkKH1LeiZa8utABu-94kb0PC9HSsutUmWFcsg4B_tw3nm4ThYEPckqd60bi1cZUC0i-pTBCY08SPKnxciiF9B614kpI_MqAt/s2255/3CBCCBB8-72D1-4A19-8641-7AC1D0A5A2F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2255" data-original-width="1641" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjddhIaN1x3kTvdRdqnRc-PbFD--hkZ01A_TErnNmjHWMrBIFYTKx2Rgqr2MMMNsvvhBRa_5X2MbxtkrcR5w3WQ_WyGzkKH1LeiZa8utABu-94kb0PC9HSsutUmWFcsg4B_tw3nm4ThYEPckqd60bi1cZUC0i-pTBCY08SPKnxciiF9B614kpI_MqAt/w305-h419/3CBCCBB8-72D1-4A19-8641-7AC1D0A5A2F6.jpeg" width="305" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">torn paper collage on index card</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">No need to hurry.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">No need to sparkle.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">No need to be anybody but oneself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">- Virginia Woolf</span></div></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-49711365953708940922022-04-19T18:32:00.004-04:002022-04-19T19:13:17.315-04:00We relate… therefore we are<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik585kRVjIfnT9mKeDONOhpKtUy1c8Cx-t2V-gOnYCO57zNjvjqVW2aShh4IGG5zLFp8_HohT7acvLU2pikoZNEY5mYoWA3o9aPNSxD_A8wSutxAneaiJMwTLbg1SbSS5avKJNWDqzuqDxqP9Zy1jxW4EugpIVZIKBTkNE0HEH3tysxTfx-gTInfxZ/s2652/1DE5A3AA-6015-46B7-9324-E57D825A23CF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="2652" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik585kRVjIfnT9mKeDONOhpKtUy1c8Cx-t2V-gOnYCO57zNjvjqVW2aShh4IGG5zLFp8_HohT7acvLU2pikoZNEY5mYoWA3o9aPNSxD_A8wSutxAneaiJMwTLbg1SbSS5avKJNWDqzuqDxqP9Zy1jxW4EugpIVZIKBTkNE0HEH3tysxTfx-gTInfxZ/w464-h299/1DE5A3AA-6015-46B7-9324-E57D825A23CF.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">torn paper collage, pen and ink on index card</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">“I suppose that since most of our hurts come through relationships </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Rajdhani; text-align: left;">so will our healing, </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">and I know that grace </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">rarely makes sense </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">for those looking in from the outside.” </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15481463.William_Paul_Young" style="color: #333333; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;">William Paul Young</a></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; text-align: left;"><b>,</b> </span><span id="quote_book_link_1812457" style="color: #181818; text-align: left;">The Shack</span></span></div><br /> <p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-7824708561771448972022-04-19T18:30:00.002-04:002022-04-19T18:30:12.205-04:00destination unknown…<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6vG5IO-b9mX1JJGUjll4C-RsTJXuntz3S01fa3DAlFdzKyZKdH263pqBYhdXxdvLcZv0Cfmn1H2S77TJ0StSpOPvVYvaX3fSNAg-Y9toisokw4RGtsRcywEr7Ed5k-OHFnWezhx1w1u_ytB9TMrLRPZVaZB_3MAOH7Ez9gBGnKc_DJ2bGn152wi0/s2196/5F44D0AA-5F83-4098-8E6F-5C0002519304.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2196" data-original-width="1553" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6vG5IO-b9mX1JJGUjll4C-RsTJXuntz3S01fa3DAlFdzKyZKdH263pqBYhdXxdvLcZv0Cfmn1H2S77TJ0StSpOPvVYvaX3fSNAg-Y9toisokw4RGtsRcywEr7Ed5k-OHFnWezhx1w1u_ytB9TMrLRPZVaZB_3MAOH7Ez9gBGnKc_DJ2bGn152wi0/w342-h484/5F44D0AA-5F83-4098-8E6F-5C0002519304.jpeg" width="342" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">torn paper collage on index card</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">- Martin Buber</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-647667142382882262022-04-19T18:29:00.004-04:002022-04-19T18:29:25.897-04:00don’t make up your mind yet...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8TYNBS0fbCjc7Smn4VhpRVOvdFFP1Z0BFsHXFnUptg3e2Iy8il1qHINub6lF10MVVf9LLj905DfirT0iOpWOjWShkJKZjzsNpT55fNrVX_dGrLvimROca1MQeoI3ygXS3uaxBCVX_iI/s2048/61D90369-72C6-4DC7-A0DB-6F59ABA3EA1A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1609" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb8TYNBS0fbCjc7Smn4VhpRVOvdFFP1Z0BFsHXFnUptg3e2Iy8il1qHINub6lF10MVVf9LLj905DfirT0iOpWOjWShkJKZjzsNpT55fNrVX_dGrLvimROca1MQeoI3ygXS3uaxBCVX_iI/w640-h502/61D90369-72C6-4DC7-A0DB-6F59ABA3EA1A.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">Watercolor</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;">The time to make up your mind about people, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;">is never.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Mulish, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(10, 0, 37); color: #0a0025; font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small; font-style: inherit; text-align: left;">~Philip Barry</span></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-1430878137836940572022-04-19T18:21:00.002-04:002022-04-19T19:13:30.713-04:00misunderstood...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaYSjOld3Us_QthKNEPwqmHw9Q3MdAIc8LikC7-W0Ojbgv8cnBW2_SBYT_Gryy8RMqs-0YN8AYNPvrOKmmwFRqexc0nkiMmO2BKJYizcW0e9Dkc2n8DXO4oz5605P727Y2WgGSp4wmI9PaUKu6RaoKtNhaRb0204OsIWAODQdhYRANvLHJtPRvd82/s661/0DB79B9A-FEA8-4C9F-87AC-5E5234CE94A9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="648" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHaYSjOld3Us_QthKNEPwqmHw9Q3MdAIc8LikC7-W0Ojbgv8cnBW2_SBYT_Gryy8RMqs-0YN8AYNPvrOKmmwFRqexc0nkiMmO2BKJYizcW0e9Dkc2n8DXO4oz5605P727Y2WgGSp4wmI9PaUKu6RaoKtNhaRb0204OsIWAODQdhYRANvLHJtPRvd82/w369-h376/0DB79B9A-FEA8-4C9F-87AC-5E5234CE94A9.jpeg" width="369" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor, pen and ink</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">Perhaps one did not want to be loved</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">so much as to be understood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">- George Orwell</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><p></p>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793099226312263746.post-13138705743653357672022-04-19T17:00:00.002-04:002022-04-19T18:27:58.431-04:00simplify...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcMCsEck0UqP0RNE2wGeIcJFbs3_ctEx_u6BuH8FG_1gPYyntafSEPS76gfYVFYpxkb3FMEXULqyq-Jkzn7s6U1ZMoLoNWOKxb--RhnSSOSBhwqsXZ6qyzgmeqIojP2XsPskJzmmQaPe-tjGhagdzVyGa5oGLBipM9nQpEKP6J2WSHzLtmT7IeDhf/s1956/D83CD7A8-F239-4532-9987-3D75494CBC24.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1956" data-original-width="1606" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQcMCsEck0UqP0RNE2wGeIcJFbs3_ctEx_u6BuH8FG_1gPYyntafSEPS76gfYVFYpxkb3FMEXULqyq-Jkzn7s6U1ZMoLoNWOKxb--RhnSSOSBhwqsXZ6qyzgmeqIojP2XsPskJzmmQaPe-tjGhagdzVyGa5oGLBipM9nQpEKP6J2WSHzLtmT7IeDhf/w245-h298/D83CD7A8-F239-4532-9987-3D75494CBC24.jpeg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">watercolor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">It is not a daily<span style="font-size: medium;"> in</span>crease,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">but a daily <span style="font-size: x-small;">de</span>crease.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;">Hack away at the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><b>in</b>essentials.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Rajdhani; font-size: x-small;">-Bruce Lee</span></div>minnemiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03672809552936996783noreply@blogger.com0