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Free coloring pages fairies and dragons, are on my official website. The first gift has mermaids, goddess art,whimsical angels drawings,etc. Later on I send out other things to inspire you.. yup those dragons and scorpion drawings!
For now.. lets talk about...
Goddess art defined, how do you make great art?
Engross yourself in it, eat, drink and sleep it.
When you breathe, decide that it is not possible to think of anything else, that your goal is in achieving great art and bathing in the passion you know is in your being.
DEFINE YOURSELF.
How To Be A Goddess of Art- Tip One- Engross Yourself in Quotes by Kandinsky
How do you find the goddess of art, the scorpion drawing that defies the critics, ward of the grim reaper that tells you that you are not good enough and you will never be a good artist? How do you paint something great, so that when people walk into the room and see it, they are not sure if they 'get it' , but they cannot stop looking at it. How do you bring your soul to the canvas, clay, metal sculpture, etched glass, even a scrapbook? How do you define yourself as a good abstract painter, or within the realm of realism, impressionism,modern art, portrait or figurative art?
How do you make great art?
One thing to help you reach the level you desire is to engross yourself in it. When you breathe, know that it is not possible to think of anything else, but your goal in achieving great art and bathing in the passion you know is in your being. Another is to DEFINE YOURSELF within that world you long for. Read all you can of the words of great artists who came before you or ones you admire.
Wassily Kandinsky had some enlightening things to say:
"Every artist, as creator, must learn to express what is personally characteristic."
"Every artist, as a child of his era, must express what is characteristic of this age."
"Every artist, as servant of the art, must express that which is characteristic of art generally.
-- Wassily Kandinsky in his "About the Spiritual in Art and Especially in Painting".
Breathe these words in, define yourself, seek out what you know is there for you, grab on to those grim reaper drawings, pictures of cats kittens, whimsical angels, whatever it is you love and then create!
Art and fantasy are often driven by creative efforts of beautiful women goddess art,, whimsical angel drawings,mermaid drawings,fairies in art and all the wonderful fireflies that spy on them. Free coloring pages fairies and dragons (on my website), identify my pursuit as a fantasy art warrior women,beautiful older women galleries within my delights, oh yes I am a fantasy art woman. I try to define that realm of imagination,passion, emotion, with oils on canvas, sculpture and in poetry with a goddess art flair. It is my bliss and my treasure and what keeps me breathing. Gothic art, grim reaper drawings explored a bit? In some ways yes,a tad, we all have a dark side and I admit to mine. It is all about finding those hidden spaces inside our own mind and heart, finding it and then projecting it in some way to understand just a piece of who we are. Find it, examine it and then look for more. I think it is most prevalent when my music, my muse, leans that way. It is all a circle.
Beautiful women goddess art,perhaps some fantasy wild women art,earth goddess, fire goddess, Pele,fantasy fairies, legends of mermaids, fantasy made real,fantasy art of exotic women, nude art, all available in fine art paintings reproduction.
This lens is about the creative energy I seek,the adventures of a fantasy art warrior women, and adventures that you seek as well and how to find it.
Here lie a vision of what is in my heart and things of beauty that inspire me.
My art is about passion and here I share some of what generates that energy in me. I do write a lot besides paint, so I will say that helps perpetuate the flow of energy.
Sooo...this lens is about How 'I' get to that creative, artistic space.
I open my basket and what do I find there? Creativity because of the desire to know it. Dragons and demons, goddess women, dear little pixies fairies, elves colouring pictures, elves in folklore and myths, yes oft times sweet mythical fairies fill a watercolor sketchbook that is mine.
Fantasy is as real as you decide it can be. I try to write a lot about my visions... of what is in my heart and things of beauty that inspire me. How 'I' get to that creative, artistic space.
I truly believe that we can rescue our own selves from a host of sadness by tapping into that creative space. Tiny angels light our pathway. Stars shine and we are blessed by knowing we are alive.
Such a gift.
LIFE! LIFE TAKE ONE
The goal it to make this life experience one of magic.. to know and fully embrace that space that we dream of and attain the vision that is meant to be ours.
Make it an elegant journey. Why settle for less?
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Whimsical angel drawings, tiny angels yes, fantasy fairies, fairies in art, legends of mermaids, goddess art of exotic women, music that fills the room and perhaps the sunrise, whatever is you fancy.
Connect with the beauty that is yours and has always been there for you. Why not hold out for magic? It has always been yours to know. I tell that to myself as well. Ohh... every single second of the day I do.
I try to reassure myself that the right path is one that is one step in front of the other, noticing miracles, despite the trail being blazed before with thoughts of I can't do it. I think it is as simple and as difficult as that, just noticing our own breath and opening our eyes. Taking time to smile for no other reason than the sun is shinning.
I can feel it all if I 'choose' to.
It is there in that moment of connecting with the understanding of how amazing we are in this life that one finds that creative space. It is in finding that muse.. music brings me to it table so often.
I can find it all if I try.
I can! ...and so can you!
Beautiful women goddess art, perhaps some- fantasy wild women art, earth goddess, fantasy fairies, legends of mermaids, fantasy- made real, always on my mind.
Kathy
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"Fantasy Art Women"
Fantasy art women
in your backyard
right where I left them.
Surprised?
Not to worry
I am sure they are still breathing
resting under covers of flower petals.
Fantasy women
who come out after dark
wanting to see if the tide has come in
if the ocean still roars.
They run to meet the bubbles
laughing through tears
hoping for magic
knowing it can be found
somewhere.
Fantasy art
I keep my canvas primed
ready for inspiration.
Last time I looked
my goddess' were singing
so I began to dance.
This fantasy art woman
me
fantasy woman
art on every wall
has learned to dance and sing
from stories told on canvas.
Neglected at times
only a goddess might think so
jealous soul.
I will hear my goddess say,
"Did you forget my voice?
My paintings are my heart."
The only answer possible
"No, not ever."
Innocent angels still wait
I draw them
keep them in my pocket
lest I forget their wings are fragile.
Lest I forget wings of my own.
I will forever hear their whispers
after every sunset
and before each sunrise
what else is there to do?
Fantasy woman
yes
I hold out for that magic
I paint and sculpt on rainy days
days that seem closed
yet days that mention flight
despite the weather.
Fantasy art women
drawings I hold dear
special efforts at times
for free fantasy art
mine for the giving
giving blessings.
Goddess art
I tried to call
left messages about my plans
watercolors, gouache meeting paper
oils meeting cotton
clay meeting my fingers.
There were whimsical angels
inside every poem you wrote to me
I put them in a jar
and hid them till I felt ready
to hear their singing.
my fantasy
angel art.
My fantasy art women
left out after dark
in your back yard.
Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2008
PS.. This is a really long lens. Did I get carried away? Maybe.. but this is my favorite lens and so I just keep posting in it. I hope you will take the time to feel refreshed by it. Except for my insert about the cost of the war in Iraq, that is what it is intended to do. So feel the magic.. lets share that glorious fantasy that is there inside all of us.
Aloha and Peace be with you, Kathy
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PS free coloring pages fairies and dragons, whimsical angel pictures, for those of you who collect whimsical angels,and more are on my site for signing up for my newsletter, new gifts are sent out often.
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TURN ON THE MUSIC!
TURN ON THE MUSIC!
Fill the air with magic as you enjoy my lens... oh... I just love this song.
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"Love Your Innocence"
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Enigma ~~ Return to Innocence ~~
One soul touching , amazing beautiful Enigma song full of emotions and a genuine sense of nostalgia for one's childhood . Lyrics : That's not the beginning of the end That's the return to yourself The return to innocence Love, devotion Feeling, emotion Love, devotion Feeling, emotion Don't be afraid to be weak Don't be too proud to be strong Just look into your heart, my friend That will be the return to yourself The return to innocence If you want, then start to laugh If you must, then start to cry Be yourself, don't hide Just believe in destiny Don't care what people say Just follow your own way Don't give up and use the chance To return to innocence That's not the beginning of the end That's the return to yourself The return to innocence Don't care what people say Follow just your own way Don't give up, don't give up To return, to return to innocence If you want, then laugh If you must, then cry Be yourself, don't hide Just believe in destiny
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What inspires? Here are a few things that inspire me:
Fantasy Art Woman|Beautiful Women Goddess Art
What inspires and makes 'me' happy?
BOOKS for one.
Maggie B is one of my very best favorite children's books. OH! the Illustrations are just precious. I even made a few sculptures of it for my own pleasure.
About this dear, little book titled,"Maggie B" below? It is a funny thing but when I look at the pictures in that dear little book it just makes me feel happy.. ya know? It changes my attitude to possibilities. I don't even really don't paint or sculpt remotely like the illustrations in that little book, but it is magic to me.
Somehow it brings me back to the art of pretend and imagination.
I NEED that no matter what I am painting or sculpting.
Below is my dear little "Maggie B" along with other books that bring me inspiration, the art of pretend and the idea of possibilities. A few books that inspire me and will hopefully brighten your day as well.
There are things that feel simple at times but they bring us inspiration... tiny ones that grow into flowers and often become bouquets.
Ohh so many dear and sweet things have been created that we can find inspiration in. I adore it.
I have written my thoughts about each item below:
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The MAGGIE B
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Kathy Note:
Ohhh, I love, love this book. It is one of my favorite little books, I love it to pieces!
You ought to see my copy! It isn't a hardback it is just a simple little well worn booklet. I still adore it, maybe even more 'because' of its worn pages.
The illustrations are so so wonderful. You feel like you are on a journey with little Margaret Barnstable and her little brother as they sail across the sea. Beautiful and charming little book.
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Faeries (25th Anniversary Edition)
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Kathy Note:
I have this book and love it. It reminds me that faeries are indeed real. The illustrations are remarkable. I look through it sometimes just to feel a sense of magic.
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The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel (P.S.)
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Kathy Note:
I cannot begin to tell you how much I love this book. My dad got me to read it. I kept drabbing my feet and telling him I just couldn't get into it. He said, "Well I think it is possibly in the top ten books I have ever read." So I read it of course and feel the same way. It is fantastic. It really has nothing to do with painting or sculpting but then again everything. Reading helps us to envision something that did not feel real to us before... our imagination is fed.
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The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)
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Kathy Note:
Both my husband and I have our own copy of this book. It is a must! It is simple and yet focused. Wonderful! It tells you simple guides to live by. Not complicated reading while at the same time hugely profound.
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Words of Wisdom for Women Who Do Too Much Cards
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Kathy Note:
I am the illustrator of these cards. I painted little watercolors for each quote of Anne Wilson Schaef. Many of the illustrations were taken from photos of friends and family.
Strange seeing your work published.. smile.
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Pixie Faries; Mystical Faries; Elves in Folklore and Myths
Fantasy Fairies, Fantasy Fairies In Flight, Castles, Fairy Coloring Pages
Are there really free coloring pages fairies and dragons?Yes.. oh yes! Tiny angel pictures, free coloring pages can be found on my official website, listed in the links towards the bottom of the page.
Here below is also a poem I wrote about them:
Fairy Coloring Pages, Fairies in Art, Ahh these Musings.
Pixie Faries, Mystical Faries, Elves in Folklore and Myths .. a journey told:
I stood outside the doorway
looking down the path.
I thought of the box
set out on my table.
I had not opened it as yet.
I stood there feeling the sun
warm measures of new days met my name.
I had picked flowers earlier in the day
defined their unspoken pleasure
set them in vases with branches from trees...
trees I do not know the name of.
I thought of the box
pixie faries
mystical faries
all those elves in folklore and myths.
I thought of the box
ribbons of gold
tape keeping it well sealed
the contents inside
feeling most alone.
I had just returned
the mountains of Africa
had been my pathway.
I met the stride with optimism
and hope.
I had known an adventure
I would never be the same.
What would all the mystical faries say?
I had not mentioned them before
not out loud.
Now...
I stand in the doorway
back home again
wondering about them.
Wondering about myself
if I would ever be able to sing
all those old tunes again.
I would always cherish their lyrics
their melody had been my comfort
my enemy
my confusion at times.
Pixie faries
mystical faries did they understand?
Had they been patient?
Did they wait for me?
I had known them so well
once long ago.
My childhood held out for fantasy.
I left them there though
somewhere on the path to adulthood.
I long to charm them again.
I hope they will accept my fragile promise
said when I was young.
I would always love them
remember elves in folklore and myth
see fantasy in the flowers
climb trees and see far beyond the grove.
I turned back toward the contents of the box
it sits beneath a vase of roses
on a table inscribed with Chinese drawings.
I left my necklace made of seeds there
purchased for remembrance
the mountains of Africa forever at my call.
A book of Rumi
pages open
setting a stage for sentiments
and understanding.
I walked inside the room
picked up my box.
I looked up sensing a presence
and there you stood
holding the ribbons
already knowing
what was inside.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
(all poems are by me of course)
Fairy Coloring Pages, Fairies in Art
Ahh these Musings.
The little image is a watercolor of one of the artworks I did for Hay House Inc. that is included in "Women Who Do Too Much" CARDS by Anne Wilson Schaef. I was the illustrator for those cards.
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Enigma My Muse!
I listen to Enigma A LOT while painting.. it just matches my mood so often for some of my subjects. It is very passionate and ethereal.
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MCMXC A.D.
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KATHY NOTE:
I love this one along with the others I have posted here.. I have them all.. smile
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The Cross of Changes
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KATHY NOTE:
THIS is the one that has the song,
"Return to Innocence"
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Release Date: 02/08/1994
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The Screen Behind the Mirror
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KATHY NOTE:
I love, love this one.
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Release Date: 01/18/2000
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Enigma - Love Sensuality Devotion: The Greatest Hits
Release Date: 10/23/2001
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Whimsical Musicians Artwork|Whimsical Angel Drawings|Legends of Mermaids
magic is yours to know, close your eyes and remember a time...
Want to make fairies and mermaids more real in your life?
Legends of mermaids and other delights are right there within your grasp.
It's true!
Just believe fairies and mermaids exist and you will indeed hear their darling little laughter.
You remember the tooth fairy don't you? Didn't you imagine the most glorious gown on her? I did.
Never lose that magic.
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Tiny Angels and Magical Fairies
Whimsical Angels, Fairies and Mermaids
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We all need special things around us to make our fantasies come alive don't we?
Here are a few great ideas...
Tiny angels, oh those whimsical angel drawings, fantasy fairies, and some Hawaiian fairy dust....
Some really AMAZING things here from Ebay
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Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand byTiny Angels Map Fairy Tale Adventures
Whimsical Musicians Artwork & Drawing On The Wind
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Tiny angels map fairy tale adventures
Whimsical musicians artwork
& drawing on the wind
I find my treasures hidden
kept safe by tiny angels.
I map faery tale adventures
Tiny angels
guard a world unknown to me
as yet.
I will draw the wind
the sea
the dream.
I will draw
art work in butterfly garden
and pictures of cats and dogs.
I will not consider impossible.
I will take out my pen and draw
whimsical musicians artwork
whimsical angel pictures
enchanted fairies.
I will find my muse
contemplate its rhythm
stroke its complexities
stamp out reservations...
they hold no place here!
I will collect whimsical angels
innocent angel they be
and introduce them to enchanted fairies
I will make drawing of the phoenix bird
legends of mermaids will attest to their flight.
I am a fantasy art warrior woman
no dragon can block my pathway.
Enchanted arms walkthrough
I will always stay amused.
Elves in folklore and myths abound
I hear the one winged angel calling.
Never limit the undefined
never accept limits at all.
Offer free poems
set them on the doorstep
of any given traveler.
How to draw flames
how to draw winter
how to bring the fairies home again.
I steady my Viking ship
and produce coloring pages
for children and their mothers.
Pixies fairies
elves
coloring pictures
whimsical musicians artwork
never ending pleasure.
Tiny Angels Map Fairy Tale Adventures
Whimsical Musicians Artwork & Drawing On The Wind
Ahh yes!
I map faery tale adventures
and keep them safely inside my pocket.
Tiny Angels Guide My Way.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
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A Fairies Laughter
Ahhh magic!
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This is my "Mermaid Baby" painting
.. isn't she dear? (yes if I do say so myself)
She is magic and tells me each day that I can do anything I want to do. Wonder is in the heart of the little child in us.
I wonder what magic will come my way today.
I can hear a fairies laughter in the flowers.. ohhh so dear.
I have known mystical times that i cannot quite describe in full. I have heard a fairies laughter and seen a dragon take flight.
Magic happens!
Smile
Sculptures of Mothers and Daughters
Sculptures of mothers and daughterstender works of art
cast to be remembered
this day
this loving day.
Mature women remember
mark birthdays on calendars
keep boxes with ribbons ready
cards already signed.
Fine art paintings
reproductions of the moment
in time
that will always be held dear
and ever so close to the heart.
Daughters will always be treasured
butterflies and roses
swings in the afternoon
daisies to pluck
to see is they have found true love.
Mary Cassett
gentle pastels
mothers and their daughters
living lives of peaceful days.
So tender each mark
pastel colors of grace.
Sculptures of mothers and daughters
made from bronze
cast forever
defining the sentiment
forever to last
forever token of caring.
Mothers reading to daughters
Humpty Dumpty illustrations
Mary Poppins
and Disney on Ice.
Fairy dust on pillows
Hans Christian Anderson
now Harry Potter Tales
lovingly read
to daughters by their mothers.
Teen age years come and gone
girls meeting the women they would become.
How quickly it all did pass.
Now with babes of their own
creating poses like Mary Cassatt.
These days to be treasured
remembered and written down.
These kind days
soft breezes sing
children's chatter remembered
through tears
longing to take those day back again.
Sculptures of mothers and daughters
tokens of glorious days
held close.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
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KATHY NOTE: The sculpture is a work in progress of mine. The pic shows the back side of a hula dancer.
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Books that inspire creativty
Wonderful Tools For The Creative Inner Child
Kathy Note:
These are books in my own personal library that have encouraged me, brought me new ideas, and made me darn happy!
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2007 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market
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Kathy Note:
This is a MUST have for anyone interested in marketing their art. Besides being loaded with information, addresses, phone numbers, emails and websites this book also has artist testimonials. It is much more than a resource book it is an inspiration.
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity [10th Anniversary Edition]
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Kathy Note:
Read and DO what Julia Cameron suggests and you will not only connect with your inner child but create great art!
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The Faeries' Oracle
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Kathy Note:
This is a wonderful set of fairy cards and booklet to explain each card. I have this along with the other books I suggest here. BEAUTIFUL illustrations by Brian Froud.
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Figure Drawing for Fashion Design (Pepin Press Design Books)
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Kathy Note:
I am a figurative artist and find this book to be one of the best I have seen in learning and becoming better at figure drawing. Fantastic!!
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Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Osho, Insights for a New Way of Living.)
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Kathy Note:
There is sooo much beauty in this book. I am reminded at this moment to go back and read it again for perhaps my 10th time. You know how you read a quote and it just speaks to you? You walk with that idea all day? This book has tons of those kind of quotes. The day I came across this book I was just browsing. I picked up this wonderful book on creativity and it felt like magic.
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"Swan Song" 30x40 oil by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Foreign Films
My favorite foreign films + the most popular
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Check out "Camille Claudell"
(I actually did TWO squids on her, that is how much I love her)
... I love, love this movie! It shows the passion of an artist oh so well.
I see it is not listed here anymore ...
No matter!
I suggest it anyway... I ADORE it! I bought it actually.
Every time i watch it I get inspired to work harder at my art. Camille Claudel dug her own clay... I mean man! I have no room to complain when I think of her life and what she did for her art.
I love it and I think all artists will love it as well.
Plot Synopsis: Biography of Camille Claudel. Sister of writer Paul Claudel, her enthusiasm impresses already-famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. He hires her as an assistant, but soon Camille begins to sculpt for herself and for Rodin. She also becomes his mistress. But after a while, she would like to get out of his shadow...
also
Check out "Amelie"' it is perhaps one of the most charming movies of all time, Amélie is certainly one of the top 10.
Both movies are French and subtitled but sooo worth it!
I just LOVE those two movies.
NOTE!
Sometimes Netflix does not show foreign films here.. Hummm and drats. I try to check on this spot to make sure some are posted. Amélie is considered to be in the top 25 of foreign films. I think Camille Claudel should be as well but what can I say?
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- 001- Pan's Labyrinth

Living with her tyrannical stepfather (Sergi López) in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia (Ivana Baquero) feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by the mysterious Pan (Doug Jones), an ancient satyr who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks in director Guillermo del Toro's Oscar-winning fairy tale for grown-ups.- 002- City of God

Busca-Pe (Alexandre Rodrigues) lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He's frightened he'll end up like the countless others around him -- troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer's eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken "city" unfold. …- 003- The Lives of Others

Set in 1980s East Berlin, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut feature (which earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) provides an exquisitely nuanced portrait of life under the watchful eye of the state police as a high-profile couple is bugged. When a successful playwright and his actress companion become subjects of the Stasi's secret surveillance program, their friends, family and even those doing the watching find their lives changed too.- 004- Volver

Written and directed by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar, this humorous fantasy stars Carmen Maura as Abuela Irene, who revisits her hometown in the La Mancha region -- in spectral form -- to resolve problems she couldn't settle during her life. Abuela's spirit gradually becomes a reassuring presence to her daughters (Penélope Cruz, in an Oscar-nominated performance, and Lola Dueñas) and granddaughter (Yohana Cobo).- 005- The Motorcycle Diaries

This film tells the incredible true story of a 23-year-old medical student from Argentina, Che Guevara (Gael Garcia Bernal), who motorcycled across South America with his friend Alberto Granado (Rodrigo de la Serna) in 1951-52. The trek became a personal odyssey that ultimately crystallized the young man's budding revolutionary beliefs. Walter Salles's film is based on Che's own diaries of the trip.- Try Netflix free for 14 days
Legends of Mermaids, Fairies, and the Creative Process
The Road to Creativity and How I Get There
"Legends of Mermaids, Fairies, and the Creative Process"
Arrival at a mermaids den
flight of a nearby fairy offering her dust
Images of old masters who never knew their worth
How to books of arriving at someone else's vision
Movies of passion or tears
Fashion magazines and torn out pages of sensual poses
Fashion magazines of women who line up perfectly in a crowd
filed carefully to meet my mood
Melted, my treasures
together with music!
Ahhh music my muse!
Play it as loud as you can without alarming the neighbors
Feel the base and the pounding of musical notes as they meet their objective
Know the lyrics and sing to the top of my lungs
Yes sing!
All the magic around me is ready
Then dance!
Dance free on the sand of the closest beach I can find
Dance on fresh mown grass
feel the blood rush to my head
Dance like a fairy under flowers and leaves
Dance swimming swiftly just like a mermaid
Feel the wetness of her travel
close my eyes
yes, I am there!
So Swim!
All the fish adorned with their jewels of color
and the dolphins of yore
the sea lions chime in
and together we feel our artful journey
Love
all the beauty around me
breath it in
make it my pleasure to visit anytime I choose
I take out my pen and write all my childlike adventures
I write and it saves me
encourages me
protects me from my own self sometimes
gets it all out for all to see or to hide in my closet
I write
my friend, my pleasure this pen of mine
My companion from whomever the words are birthed
and then....
I cry
I cry because I lust for my arrival to that space
that space that dismisses criticism
that ache
I cry because it seems only inches away
at any given moment my teacup might fall
So I YELL
I YELL at the incoming traffic
floods of eyes showing disapproval
and I YELL at my own struggle
Turning around
I see me
I pick my battles and I run
I feel the breeze in my hair
sweat falling from my head to my neck that confirms my travel
and I feel the rush
because I run as far as I can
I lie flat on the floor
quiet
still and quiet I listen to the sound of my own breath
I try to think of nothing
no false prisons that lock out creative souls or the inner child
I think of nothing
Silence enters and I am calm
once again
Birds
the wind through the tree
my cat licks my face
I open my eyes
White canvas' and drawers full of color........waiting for me
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2009
Beautiful Older Women Galleries - Gothic Angel Art - Where is My Place in this Old Young Race?
Beautiful Older Women Galleries
Beautiful older women galleriesgothic angel art
where is my place
within this old
young
race?
I surfaced from the water
and there
within my hand a star did twinkle
I cried,
"Am I safe now?"
Royal majesty
newness of the moment
... am I safe now?
Greek goddess
high drama
Am I safe
now?
Am I safe with me
alone
after measures of others are told
beautiful women in competition
animated faery pictures
about me
am I safe?
Peace is just a breath away
no matter the folly around me
nothing noted as matte
when posted on a glossy whitened sky.
My eyes spy
well defined target
brass ring
holy grail.
Calmness is my center
my worthy path
I will step lightly
like air
be cloud like
be it mist
be a single drop of water
I will aspire for a road that ends
finally
a road that leads back to a canvas
dripping with a single note...
keep following your objective
forget what they say.
I will be the bird I see
a feather within its belly.
I want to blend with the river
sparkling on the surface
diamonds of pleasure
rolling with its dignity
and the wind
rocks skip.
Just a heartbeat away
longings survived
generous tales
understood
past all my worries.
Am I safe now?
Blissful and pure
survivors of journeys
known and still waiting
learning
absorbing
blending within a circle.
Impressive stateliness
a dignity experienced
within my human touch
my own power
graced with my own blood.
I unfold a helpless flower
ignoring its needs
stronger
lusting for my own single pleasure
am I safe
now?
Beautiful older women galleries
gothic angel art
where is my place
within this old
young
race?
Strange
considering
my desires meeting my meekness
stronger for the longing
right?
Am I
safe?
07 April 2007
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Copyright 2009
Inspirations... YAY
here are some books that I own and inspired by. HUGE SMILE
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I ADORE these books! I have put them here because I do.
There are things in life that bring inspiration. Yours may be different from mine but these books have made me think and wonder and feel a sense of yearning to create more and better.
One step at a time and we find ourselves growing. It is all simple and yet very complex.
We are wonders!
EMBRACE LIFE
and
FLY!
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Leonardo's Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci
I just got this book for my own library. It is ama more...3 points
How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael J. Gelb
Want to know more about yourself? This is the book more...3 points
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Both Siddhartha and Steppenwolf gave me so much to more...2 points
Steppenwolf: A Novel by Hermann Hesse
I read Steppenwolf after being prompted to by my d more...1 point
The Sign of the Seahorse: A Tale of Greed and High Adventure in Two Acts (Picture Puffin) by Graeme Base
This book is SOOO CUTE!! I am not kidding. I read more...1 point
Amy Brown "Birth of Fairy" Belly Button Ring
This Amy Brown charm is officially licensed and di more...1 point
Dainty Fairy Belly Button Ring
Enamel coated wings in a light blue and dress in a more...0 points
Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book: 10 3/4 Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud
In 1995 Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book was r more...0 points
Cat Playing Piano... Awwwwe!
SOOO cute on utube!
If you do nothing else while visiting this lens.. watch this cat U Tube. I think we often underestimate the spirituality of animals. Ya know how little animals are when we cry or are very sad? The way they come to us very quietly? I thought about that when I watched this video of this cat.. ohhh so dear, just so dear.
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I just love this!!
I DO!
Take the time to watch this kitty cat...
ohh so darling and lovely. It reminds us that animals are creatures who have feelings... much more than we think sometimes. If you question that... just watch this video and i think you will get chills and be in awe. I am!
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"NORA: Practice Makes Purr-fect" - Check the sequel too.
Sequel is also up. Don't miss it! This is not a trick that was taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's four now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods. © 2007/2008 Yow!/Alexander, Nora The Piano Cat,LLC
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Dark Fantasy Art, Fantasy Art Wallpaper
Fairies in Art Live in My Castles of Snow and Ice
"Dark Fantasy Art, Fantasy Art Wallpaper, Fairies in Art Live in My Castles of Snow and Ice"Dark fantasy art
fantasy art wallpaper.
I step out onto the dust
feel it touch my sins.
I know its time to move forward.
I thrive in the mystery of what can be.
I fold up all the symptoms of regret.

"Passages"36x48 oil on canvas
I see its torment.
I speak wisely to myself
and yet
I know myself too well.
I will stand before my paintings
brush in hand
ready for the strokes
I touch another dimension
I hold its mystery.
I sing to the music
hear its intrusion
it soaks up discontent.
I wipe my brow
I take cotton
wipe the blood away.
Dark fantasy art
fantasy art wallpaper.
I struggle unwisely at times.
No way to move past corners.
I wake up to what could be
host it all with coffee.
I sit and plan my stride.
I reach inside my pocket
full of lint.
'Stop it!"
I say.
Stop all the disbelief
and contend with unpainted canvases.
They wait
they decide my fate if I let them.
I coat myself with vinegar and soap
I will wash away these nightmares
thirteen times.
Oh and yet no
toss and turn
who will I be today?
Dark fantasy art
fantasy art wallpaper.
Blankets cover up potential
sure things.
Sentimental musings
untidy kitchen
blinded by the knowledge
of well meant affirmations.
Clearly I am allowed
allow myself
to come into a vision.
Yes, I sigh
despite my back and forth
troubled mind
at times.
All is well.
That is what I choose for this moment
that is all I need to see.
Paint on I tell myself.
Dream and make glitter out of nonsense.
Retreat to where I know I am magic.
Dark fantasy art
fantasy art wallpaper.
9 February 2007
Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Where the Hell is Matt?
Another favorite... I LOVE THIS
Ohhh this just makes me soo happy!!
I adore Matt! If he lived near me I would adopt him. (well maybe... that may be stretching it huh?)
If you have never seen this... ahhh me! You are missing a real smile and something you will remember.
Take a couple minutes out to fill your heart with a happy SMILE.
HUGE SMILE
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Travel to Paris, See the Art
Why not visit Monet's Garden
Can you imagine it? A trip to Paris? Ahh I would adore to go to Paris and see the art there.
Here you go, you can check out the rates if you have the same dream.
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A Fantasy Fairy, A Sea Horse and a Whimsical Angel
Fantasy Fairies have a lot to tell you... it is to believe in magic and know that anything and everything is possible.Everyone has a story to tell
prison robes felt
rainbow that came after the rain
I cradle mine
and listen to yours.
I search out my song
listen to silence when needed.
I place a fence around my garden
my garden that is me.
I let in what will cause my garden to grow.
I think of the times I failed
saw wilted stones
tossed them into a lake
skipped time
skipped me.
Gentle flowers sing.
They leave a delicate fragrance
they dance when the wind is right.
I prop them with a stick and gentle cords
they await my compliant sighs.
Sometimes
I cannot swim in this sea
close the wrong doors
open the right ones
decipher my worth here
and yet
I hear those flowers panting.
I write about fairies
whimsical angels
musicians of the heart
I post their pictures high.
I hope that I can still reach them later
when later arrives.
I get tired of hearing of dead robins
and yet
I cannot help but run to their rescue.
I feel their last breath
hold their fate
and mine
I can only sigh at theirs.
I cry for them.
I drew a sea horse.
I will mount it and it will take me home.
I will gather all the roses
and dead robins in the yard.
All the angels and fairies will meet me
past that last star
no longer bleeding.
I will wrap up wounds
with ribbons and bows
and we will leave them there.

"Sunkissed" 24x28 oil on canvas
A Fine Frenzy ~ Another Great Sound!
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"Orchids" 30x40x2 oil on canvas by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Born with talent?
I believe that 'talent' is 'desire' and the rest is practice.
Are people just BORN talented?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byNo, and here is why...
kathysart says:
Wonderful point from Staci Rose Designs. Soo you would still need to use that voice you were blessed with, to cause it to come into its own... would you not?
Posted August 16, 2008
chaordic says:
I think that some people may have a predisposition towards certain talents, but I have yet to meet anyone that pops out of the womb playing Mozart. I believe any skill, requires focus, consistent improvement and constant refinement to truly turn into what we call 'Genius'.
Posted July 26, 2008
kathysart says:
Well... you guys I still maintain that TALENT IS DESIRE AND THE REST IS PRACTICE But that is just me I guess. I know I was born with a longing and that longing is quite often hard to fill. It is that longing to get that feeling across that makes me practice and keep trying. I will never get there though... I maintain that the day you think you have arrived you are indeed finished. But you know.. that is how I feel.
Posted June 27, 2008
FoxMusic says:
Talent is a blend of passion, desire and the trials and tribulations of life.
Posted March 26, 2008
Yes, and here is why...
SAACHI says:
I came back again... I agree to both statements about talent. Just to leave a comment about Kathy. Kathysart IS born talented in arts, indeed. Not only that she is born kind-hearted and loving....
Posted April 12, 2009
Saachi says:
I think we all have different talents. Yes, some people are born talented, but just like the cat playing piano, as above, practice makes perfect !! I remember myself as a little girl, hearing from people around me that I was born with a vocal talent. We are all blessed with different talents...
Posted April 03, 2009
Khalid-Osman says:
Yes! However, families and schools have great impacts on those born talented, as to help their talents come out or to kill them young! Do you remember Arthur Rimbaud? He was born looking to the Sun! And when he was born, the Sun was on midday!
Posted January 26, 2009
gypsyman27 says:
I think so, I played violin as a young person and I was not as good as my son. He plays now (since he was 9) and he's very good. I think he was born with this talent.
Posted September 26, 2008
BethErickson says:
Everyone is born with a talent but only a few stands out. Meaning if we discover what talent we are fit into, a good and more practice will draw it out.
Posted September 02, 2008
stacirosedesigns says:
Not to be snooty, but I was born with a voice - inherited by my mother. It's a talent, a gift, a part of my being.
Posted August 16, 2008
youhavegottobekidding says:
Honestly my answer is both but some people that are born with that talent has a great advantage compare to those who have to learn it.
Posted July 16, 2008
paisleyandplaid says:
You can't get away from your genes. More and more we are learning that those good and bad behaviors, predispositions, really, are inborn. Observation teaches us that this is true, but we also know that everything gets better with practice!
Posted May 21, 2008
valzart says:
wot an enchanting lens Kathy..love it !!see...xoxoxo...ya on myspace..valzart..
Posted April 21, 2008
ChristiannaGarrett-Martin says:
People are born with talent, inspiration will draw it out. To not be inspired is a slow death to the spirit.
Posted April 17, 2008
ChristiannaGarrett-Martin says:
Talent is in every one of us, inspiration will draw it out. To not be inspired is a slow death of the spirit.
Posted April 17, 2008
Storm443 says:
I believe we all are blessed with talents and through divine inspiration we are compelled to explore those abilities with curiosity. If we choose to pursue our talents we then become passionate about it. Ultimately we become very good at what we are passionate about and the result a perfection in the given craft or service.
Posted April 10, 2008
DazzlingDesigns says:
I think everyone is blessed with talents. Sometimes discovering what those are can be quite illusive. Unfortunately we all lose when someone doesn't discover theirs and share it with the rest of us. Please feel free to stop by my Unique Handmade Jewelry Lens.
Thanks,
Donia
Handmade Beaded Jewelry Gallery
Posted March 24, 2008
Beaddoodler says:
Everyone is born with talent! Many times they are discouraged from showing and exploring that talent at such a young age they tuck it inside and never learn how to let it out. What a waste!
Posted March 21, 2008
http://artistwatch.blogspot.com/ |Artists Watch| ke ala o Pele
Art in Action | Artist's Watch | ke ala o Pele
Art in Action | Artist's Watch | ke ala o Pele
Check out:
http://artistwatch.blogspot.com/
What I wrote about a year after the series was painted and the show had passed:
To see all the images and a day to day of the progress of the paintings. This is an art in action blog that I created for my one woman show in Hawaii. That show has passed but I still post on that blog and discuss works in progress, the joys as well as the struggles. Sometimes I must confess that I am not sure if I love painting and being an artist or hate it! I guess it depends on the outcome of the work.. ha ha!
This image is a work in progress that I finished yesterday. I will be posting the finished piece on my blog in the next couple of days.
Art in action, an artist's watch of the progress of this series "Ala o Pele" is coming along. I finished the second image yesterday. I will post it in its finished state today or tomorrow. I had to finish it up because it is the one I have chosen for my invitations of my show at Wailoa Center. With an opening of April 6 and hanging on the 2nd I need to move along. I totally love how it turned out and the orchids made a wonderful touch. Big Island is know as the 'Orchid Isle" so it if totally fitting.
The top painting is what I am working on today. I worked on the trees a bit last night and will complete the figure of Brina today I hope. If I do I will post both tomorrow, the orchid painting, titles unknown at this point, probably something and Hawaiian,and the top painting. The top painting is 36x48 and the second is 30x40, both with a 2" gallery wrap. Paintings that are not in a gallery wrap will be framed in SOLID KOA! Rare find. I will offer the paintings for sale with or without the koa frame.
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I am so excited. I am doing little tiny art. ACEO and ATC .. Art Cards Editions Originals and Art Trading Cards.
I am so used to giant stuff. I adore the giant work and will never not do it but it is fun to try new stuff.. always!
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"Style" ACEO Mixed media, Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
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I adore my Lengend of Pegasus Squid Lens almost as much as I do this one. Oh! what am I saying? I love all my Squid Lenses! HUGE SMILE

"The Dancer" 48x36 oil, gold leaf on canvas
Smile.. no wait and maybe a circus?

"Circus" 48x36 oil, gold liner on canvas
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How To Stay Creative
Do you get stumped creatively? Me too sometimes. There are things we can do.. sometimes I do them and sometimes I confess I don't. Here are some ideas though:Mythical- Magical Journey's to Enchantment - How To Stay Creative
Mythical and magical journey's to enchantment isn't that the road artists of fairy, mermaids, goddesses, unicorns, dragons and and other enchanted creatures seek out? Abstract, pop art, landscapes, seascapes, how to stay inspired.
Do you struggle with how to motivate yourself towards creativity, because at times it does feel flat? I believe there are things we can do, as artists, to stimulate the process. Sometimes those things might be more simple than you might think.
Some of my ideas might work for you and some may not, but you will not know until you try. Goddess art, unicorns, dragons, grim reaper drawings and and other enchanted creatures might just be around the corner.
Some ideas might spin you into another idea, one I had never even dreamed of before, like pop art or abstract art, you might be more 'creative' towards your own adventure of artistic endeavors. No matter how you get there, with my ideas or your own, the destination needed is the one that catches the light of an idea then acting on it.
I have always been an artist, seeking mythical and magical journey's to enchantment ever since I was a little girl I knew mermaids and fantasy fairies, unicorns lived in my head. Art is all I think about so being creative is just kind of a a force that I can't help. I am not saying that I don't sometimes go short though. I do, but I can usually pull myself out of it by doing simple things.
Watching a DVD on art or artists like Camile Claudel or Basquait... those movies make me feel passionate again.
Books! I have an art library that I constantly add to.. all those art books on sale at Borders and stuff ya know? Who can resist?
I write a lot. I write poetry or stories or articles and post them on ezines. I also post articles 'about art' ... getting out there, how to deal with not being accepted in juried show and things like that. I feed the process.
I keep things around me that make me happy. Sometimes those things are kind of dumb.. I like dolls and tea sets and things that make no sense but who cares I like them.
I join artists groups and enter shows. I volunteered for 'everything'! I was shy at first but I knew that if I volunteered in art clubs, to do anything at all, I would get busy and come out of it. I have.
I go online a lot and look at what other people are creating. I have a MySpace and that is the place that continually surprises and makes me happy because of all the amazing work people do.
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF!! Keep doing what you love.! You can only get better.. I do.. I get better every time I go to my canvas or put my hands in clay.
DON'T decide you stink based on one thing or one effort. I do that sometimes. If I am shut down somewhere I decide I stink about everything. Stupid but you know how your mind can get going right?
DO ART.. I saw a blog today where an artist posts one new work a day. What a great thing to do! I am thinking about it too.
Lastly, if you are an artist in your heart.. be sure an say so. If people ask you what you do... tell them, "I AM AN ARTIST" ... because you are! Mythical and magical journey's to enchantment are right there within your reach, how cool! Slay the dragon and don't limit yourself, stay inspired by the mermaids and fantasy fairies of youth.
Fantasy Art Woman | Beautiful Women Goddess Art
Do you believe in fantasy fairies & mermaids?
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Ahhh yes, I know this tooth fairy well, her name is Dallyanna.
She is most eloquent with lavender bows and ribbons attached to tiny pink satin roses on a whimsical sky blue chiffon dress. Her hair is held fast by a wreath of stephanotis and lobelia blossoms found from trees on African mountains where she is often seen traveling. She fills the air with laughter and always makes me happy. Soft fairy dust meets her pathway as mist wherever she flies as one might suspect. Once in awhile she flutters by just to say hello and offer a bit of conversation or to share her love of poetry. We sit at a round glass table topped with a white linen tablecloth and dine on green tea and crumpets. I always have special jams and jellies on hand to impress my dear guest of magic.
Dallyanna often advises me on what gifts my friends, like you, might enjoy. We have a splendid time together as she shares legends of mermaids and her adventures of gifting children in exchange for their treasured tiny teeth. Smile.
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Treasures-By-Brenda wrote...
Well, I set the cat to playing and the continued reading your lens. I love music on lenses!
Great work!
Brenda
a_willow wrote...
This lens is wonderful! I love combination of poetry, pictures and music! This is work of master lenscrafter!
SamVan
Kathy has done an outstanding job of creating great paintings. Congratulations!I am working on a series of lenses about Hair Growth. Feel free to check it out.
Fairies, faeries, mermaid drawings, whimsical angel drawings.
Got Ideas?
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Are there 'drawings for coloring pages' or shrink art or anything else you would love to see me offer on my website for future free gifts?
If you would like to see my free gifts tailored more towards stained glass or silk patterns let me know that too. It would be most helpful for when I create new gifts for readers of my newsletter on my website www.kathysart.com
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Khalid-Osman wrote...
This is a nice lens. However, time was limited to few minutes. Will come back! You deserve the 5 stars. I invite you to join the Squadron of Poets Group at http://www.squidoo.com/groups/squadron-of-poets Thanks for the spiritual pleasure.
heehaw wrote...
i love the mermaids art. others i love most is the colors and art itself.
Kathy's Art Friends Reader Feedback
This is LIFE TAKE ONE!
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I know... 3 reader feedbacks.. Too funny!
A mistake at first but then I got too many entries to change it. Ohh way too funny!
Anyway...
I want to share something that I try to tell myself, remind myself, instill into my pea brain often. We all get side tracked with all the junk that comes up, yeah? I do! waa! That just 'kills' creativity and our own spirits... ya know? So here is what I remind me of and want to remind you of...
This is LIFE TAKE ONE! We can greet it with wonderful expectation or just let it happen... right?
Let's shine in our own movie. Say Aloha to me here if you agree or if you have other thoughts. I would love to hear from you.
Kathy
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archetekt wrote...
WOW! Amazing lens! I love this art! And thanks for the coloring book, I like the drawings on pages 3 and 5. The others are great too, but I would color those first.
TVProductsReview wrote...
I joined your list, thank you for the coloring book :)
jessicahoward wrote...
thanx for sharing it...its amazing...great lens....5* and favourated
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STILL HERE?
Yay.. so if you got past my wonderful friends above and decided to see this... you are still here!
Yay!
Here below is some music that is special to me and more poems.
TURN ON MORE MUSIC...
SMILE.
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The song by Clannad listed below,
"I Will Find You" is special to me.
I found my high school sweetheart again after 27 years.
I sang that song on the beach, 'The Silver Strand' in S. California where I lived for about six months some time ago. It was a joyous time.. yes I had found my love.
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Can't ya just feel it? I sing along with that song and the energy of knowing that, YES I can do whatever is in my heart to accomplish. I can find lost loves and I can find my own self... do you know what I mean?
All I need do is decide.
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Wow.
Clannad 'I Will Find You' ~ The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans (1992) Directed by Michael Mann. With Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means. Music from the soundtrack Lyrics: Hope is your survival A captive path I lead No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a long long time No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a thousand years (mohican) Nachgochema Anetaha Anachemowagan No matter where you go I will find you In the place with no frontiers No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a thousand years (cherokee) Hale wú yu ga I sv Do na dio sv i Wi ja lo sv Ha le wú yu Do na dlo sv No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a long long time No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a thousand years No matter where you go I will find you In the place with no frontiers No matter where you go I will find you If it takes a thousand years No matter where you go I will find you
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Mature Women.. yes I am one.
The image is a detail of my painting of my husband Dennis.We are not teenagers.. but that is when we met. We are indeed growing older, that is part of life. Here is one of my poems about that journey.
"Mature Women Aging? It Becomes Them Beautifully"
Mature women
singing
spending time remembering
yet still making new plans
deciding what is healthy
what is worthy of the dance at hand.
She turns around
seeing days have slipped by
pauses
reflects on mistakes
reflects on the positives as well.
She grows into understanding
her own person
her own song.
She turns around
listens for the orchestra
yes it is still playing
and she sings:
I am not music without lyrics
I am a woman
of substance.
I have thoughts that I pursue
that speak volumes
age has brought me knowledge.
I have lists of things I've learned.
I embrace my worth
and no longer fear saying so.
I am not a hot flash
sweaty without warning
that is just a symptom of change.
'Tis true
I was feeling so fresh
pretty even
then my body reminded me
that I am human
I am a woman
and I say, yes!
Aging?
Yes.
And yet...
I stand steady
looking toward possibility.
Ohh yes!
Ready to understand my inner being better?
Oh yes indeed.
I am not music without lyrics
I am the song I always knew I could be.
I am the dance I dream of.
I am an artist
one who creates
be it cookies or a garden of flowers
be it paintings that line the walls of
beautiful older women galleries.
I create
be it a gratitude journal
blogs on line
I continue on and feel my own worth.
Mature women?
Keep singing
continue on
they create their own lyrics.
They know the song
they understand the tune
because it has become them
and it becomes them beautifully.
Written by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
February 2008
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"In Loving Memory Verses"
Art often has a dark side... I would be remiss if I did not admit to mine. Here below is part of that picture."In Loving Memory Verses"
In loving memory
verses
I set my sail
far beyond the light
my love prevails.
I lost my love
not long ago
yet I forever hold a candle
to his perfect glow.
I set my sail
inside my mind
I traveled there
my love to find.
He's gone away
never to return
yet in my heart
I will forever yearn
In loving memory
poems
alive and singing
I sip tea and flowers groom
I feel their meaning.
The flowers that loom
in Summer time
describe the magic
of my lovers eyes.
The tea I sip
taking pause to think
remembering all
from where we linked.
This sorrowful tale
will find its way
to mark the loss
of my lovers days.
My life feels empty
void of his laughter
Yet I'll hear it forever
today and after.
And if you fall
on my same path
know that love
will always last.
I'll think of you
as you think of me
and write a note
of a lovers creed.
There is no forgetting
such love at stake
no softer vision
of a loss embraced.
In every way
I see his eyes
I'll forget him never
as days go by.
In loving memory
verses
I set my sail
far beyond the light
my love
most assuredly
prevails.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
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"A Goddess of Greek Mythology Met Me at My Gate and I Embraced Her"
"A Goddess of Greek Mythology Met Me at My Gate and I Embraced Her"
I wrote your name on a sidewalk
with the wax of a candle
its potential lit
gave me insight.
I had decided you were from my youth
a goddess from Greek Mythology
and lords from the middle ages
gothic angel art.
I lived in another time.
I felt mesmerized by your stairway
that led to open ideas.
Pretend?
Alas a story real
the ones that artists feel.
Eventually we all feel magic
embrace flower petals that fall on our skin
Chinese floral prints
cherry blossoms, apple trees
rain.
Once in awhile a demon
evokes.
Grim reaper artwork
colored in with chalk.
Once in awhile I allow her in.
Or is it out?
It makes so little sense
allowing her at all.
She, sensing my longings for fantasy
my trappings at times
I agree
and yet
she is an evil doer.
My world outside this one
delivers a soothing soul
inside mine own...
and she
this grim reaper dealer
delivers fatal letters.
She places them inside my armor.
Nasty witch she is in deed.
Pointing out flaws...
stars cannot possibly be counted
the moon cannot be relied upon.
The sun will let you down at times
gardens are not always green
roses moan
birds lose their way
and sometimes don't return again at all.
People are not always careful
with each others hearts
they forget?
Oh, pointing out flaws
it can feel overwhelming.
And the evil in me said,
"Do you think thats true
do you?
That magic can abound?
Despite your loathsome ways?"
And at that point
noticing the rain had turned to glitter
the kind one finds in a jar
it became tainted
and turned then into soot.
I had to confess ...
"No,
no, there is no dream."
I bowed my head
protecting my eyes
and held out my hands
for a softer hope.
After the day had ended
I walked back to the sidewalk
where I had written your name.
Lords from the middle ages
gothic angel art
at my side.
Candle in hand
lit now to find my path.
There on the pavement
still fresh
still visible
it looked the same
as when I first wrote it down.
I was once again reminded
that I
only me
could allow that demon force to sing
cause me to fall
and tell me rain had been tainted
and could no longer birth new roses.
I could only stand there
looking down on your untouched name
squinting my eyes I could see
that it was mine
it was mine own name.
And the soot turned to rain once again.
I felt it on my tongue.
I held out my hands
wetness filled my palms.
I licked up every last drop
that a promise had displayed.
If there were flaws?
I was no longer daunted by them.
The night brought me new stars
and oh! I could not count them all!
Chills and tears.
My candle had lost its light
but the moon would guide me home.
I had a list in my pocket
new flowers I would plant
and I would wait for tiny birds
fledglings of flight
who would indeed find their way back
just like me.
A goddess of Greek Mythology
gothic angel art
met me at the gate.
I stayed up all night
under candlelight
drawing her lovely image.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2008
THANK YOU FOR VISITING MY LENS.
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Inside Whimsical Angle Pictures
-----------------Buried Roses Inside Whimsical Angle Pictures- Fairies Illustrations
Beautiful older women galleries
dear Lily
I found your pictures there.
Fairies illustrations
gothic angel art
kept in a dust covered coffin.
Roses in each whimsical angel pictures hand.
Don't polish the roses unless you plan to keep them
they told me that they don't like being touched
and so I won't.
Clear intent
a line of chalk
gentle yet cumbersome
if you want to go chasing rainbows.
Whats the matter with those bells?
neglected and yet
they continue ringing.
I never wondered why
until we buried the roses.
Pink mountains
invite the tainted noise
bells ring
reminding me roses were once present.
Lily, past the brazen trail
tried to save them
or maybe not.
I guess she was not breathing after all.
I thought I understood her goal.
She used to comb my hair for me
never how I liked it
but still
at least she knew how to weave the colors.
I never thought it was an intrusion
until now of course.
Now that the roses have been drowned.
Dying words
fragrance misunderstood
or maybe missing altogether?
We should never mess with nature
that's what Lily always says.
If I conform will you?
Will you Lily?
If we gather clippings
will you help me?
Have pity on the wounded bird
that is somehow us.
Set flowers on your table
noting the present and the past.
Penetrate the clouds
interrupt the rain
call it a special day.
Oh Lily!
I take so much back.
You shine where I couldn't
it is all a falsehood
those notions we grieved over.
Healing is actually blended
and roses that fell short
surface when sorrow is embraced.
Know that victim
and she will heal you.
I've met my mentor
coaxed from the devil
older
this woman at a gallery
we knew her when we were young.
I stroked that line
savored antics that seemed off limits
held up by all those boundaries
crumbling before our eyes.
Truth be told
it is they
that bells chime for.
Or maybe thats just me that thinks so.
After I find you again Lily
can we make a pact?
Lets assume that mistakes can meet cures
and once paraded above the wet ground
where all those roses lie
we will know
once again
their sorrow is fleeting.
Beautiful older women galleries
dear Lily
I found your pictures there.
Torn and worn
dated
fairies illustrations
gothic angel art
kept in a dust covered coffin.
I pulled them out
still melting
yet hopeful.
I held my breath
or was it yours?
Oh Lily!
There among the leaves
roses awoke once more
in each whimsical angel pictures hand.
08 April 2008
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2008
Ahhh yes I am an art fantasy woman... I paint fantasy art, goddess art and whims of the mind.
Mature Women Aging Gracefully - Beautiful Older Women Galleries Reinvented
How do I persuade myself that I am not a song without words, music without lyrics, nothing left to say, just because I am getting older?
How do I convince myself that there is still time to dance?
There is a struggle that goes on inside any woman (or man I am sure) as she approaches an age that is considered by her or society, to be older. That particular age can change from decade to decade, lol. When I turned twenty five I remember thinking that it was completely over for me. I cried and cried. Ahh me all too funny now. Iwish I was twenty five now, gads huh?! Now that I am a mature woman I try to understand how I can age with grace.
Sometimes I look at women, younger and prettier than me and it seems that everything has shifted and left me out of the scenario of living life. Talk about beautiful older women galleries, we all line up and remember those days I am sure.
Products are designed to appeal to youth unless they are specifically geared toward the aged, like special wheelchairs or meds or reverse mortgages, stuff like that. With all of this around me I know it is all the more important to 'feel' and understand my reason for being. I am not a hot flash, I am a woman having a hot flash. I may feel that I am no longer sexy but I must remind myself that sexy is an attitude. It is all about looking 'outside' of oneself, feeling energized by living and acting on that passion. Oh and there is soo much to see that I missed in youth.
As women get older they need to connect to their spiritual side more and I think they do. I find that I am able to look outside myself more and not worry as much about other women in the room. Who is the fairest of all and who shines the brightest. It is a time that holds visions and introspection and a time that should be embraced.
So go out as a mature woman, find those beautiful older women galleries, create your own lyrics to music that lost them. Shine!
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2008
Fantasy Art Warrior Women-Pictures of Cats-Drawings of Scorpions-Paint Them With Oils
DOING ART!
As far as oil painting goes it's not as scary as some people think. If you want to create the visions that are in your head, be it fantasy art warrior women, pictures of cats, drawings of scorpions, or if you hope to one day obtain landscapes still life portrait commissions, whimsical angel drawings, you might want to consider oil painting as your goal. It is to me, the most respected medium.It's true! Painting with oils may seem way scary, but it isn't at all really!
Lots of people get stuck into doing acrylics, watercolors or feel content to just draw. That is fine of course, those mediums are great, but oil painting need not be excluded because you think it is too hard.
I confess! When I first started painting with oils? I felt it was just so overwhelming to begin.
One thing I would do to get over fear of painting, and this is not exclusive to oils, is be a Jackson Pollack for the day. You can still slather on the paint to create pictures of cats, drawings of scorpions or fantasy fairies, just be loose about it. No pressure for realism.
Turn on your favorite music, pump up the volume and get ready for an art dance, or should we call it a dance of learning to play with art?
First find a piece of plywood lying around, or anything really. Search out some old house paint or go to the hardware store and buy some of their sale stuff.. just a few colors is fine. It does not have to be a major expense, in fact, that is the point, in order to free yourself up, it needs to be as little expense as possible. Find some old junk.. old jewelry, even Christmas wrapping paper or weird things you come across. Next take it all outside and PLAY! Just PLAY.. no pressure for anything to turn out. Dump stuff on the plywood and be a Pollack for the day. Let it dry and then go back and play again over the same piece, building up a patina effect. Metallic paints are great for this too!
OK, so after that you should feel a certain sense of freedom about painting. Now lets try some oils on canvas! How fun! (Yup no grumbling, this is gonna be fun.)
When oils are thinned down with turpentine they have a lot more ease. You can make it all really sloshiy (my word for messy) and PLAYFUL! That doesn't mean you only use thinned down oils but just think about that and use it as you will. Start out thin and end with thick.
First paint a background on as large a canvas as you can. The larger the better. I find that if you paint a small work it is actually more scary. You tend to tighten up and fret more. When the canvas is big you KNOW you have to really get in there and paint or it will take you forever. There is freedom to it.
Try 'sketching' with your sloshy colors and oil paints. Starting with your darkest colors 'slather' on your base, be it fantasy art warrior women, images taken from female photography, or lords of the middle ages PLAY. Then let it sit for a day or two. Go back after some drying time and add your medium toned colors, then let that sit.. give yourself a rest for a fresh look at your progress as well as some drying time. Lastly add your lights and highlights.
Cover it up and be a touchy artist! Don't let anyone see your work and/or let them lend comment. Others might sway your confidence because they cannot possibly see what is inside your heart and the end result. You may not either but the FEELING is there.. only worry about the feeling. Matisse said to feel the colors. Play with the colors as you create to one day produce fantasy art warrior women, pictures of lambs or landscapes still life portrait commissions is that is your goal. Learn to Play! This is what will set you free to paint by instinct rather than rules.
by Kathy Ostman-Magnsuen
copyright 2008
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