About Artist Kathy Ostman-Magnusen http://www.kathysart.comRepresented by:http://www.monkdogz.comMonkdogz Urban Art, Inc.547 West 27th Street5th floor New York, NY 10001 Kathy Ostman-Magnusenis is a self taught figurative artist and illustrator.  She is very prolific in oils, glass etching, watercolors, silk painting and sculpture. Kathy also enjoys writing; poetry; stories and articles .  She  posts a lot of her writing on ezines and  her blogs. ... http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/kathysart Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:37:03 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/kathysart Beautiful women goddess art,beautiful older women galleries, whimsical angel drawings, free coloring pages fairies and dragons (on my website), identify my pursuit as a fantasy art warrior women, oh yes I am an 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? ~*~ 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 ~*~ "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 ~~*~~ 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. OK... I cannot believe that I am actually 'adding' to this lens.. it is already huge! BUT!! My House in HAWAII is FOR SALE Entryway: Looking for Hawaiian music lyrics to sing while planning trips that include oahu north shore tours,Hawaii dinner shows,yup some Hawaiian fun food? Not found on bonne baker oahu hawaii2c real estate hawaii, you CAN find a new tropical life of your dreams ... oh YES! Above is the entryway into what could be your new home in Hawaii. Not on craigs list hawaii, or maybe it will be but for now here is a great house for sale on the Big Island of Hawaii. Ever think of living in Hawaii? Taking island flights of the super ferry to go to oahu north shore tours, e noa oahu pearl harbor tours or find some cheap oahu hawaii activities on those lazy discover days? Living in Hawaii can bring paradise to your doorstep and is not as expensive as you might think! Check out this great house for only $295,000. on the Big Island-Hilo side. Hawaii House FOR SALE: MLS ID#211892 http://www.alohaliving.com/RealEstate/Property/ViewDetails.visient/State/HI/propertyid/322151?searchType=MLS&page=1http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif ~~*~~ arts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:56:52 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/legendofpegasus Whimsical angel pictures beckon me,I map the fairy tale adventure of finding fantasy fairies and a world of goddess art as I collect drawings with earth goddess art to light my path. I find my way to exotic lands by picking flowers given to me by pixie fairies, unicorns blessed by tiny angels who remind me of my journey. Legends of a pegasus, a unicorn, a dragon, a fantasy fairy bringing you flowers and magic. Rest here in this field of flowers. Take a hot bath, light some candles,sip tea, eat chocolate or cookies and know a fantsay fairy sends you flowers. Here you will~ ~Map fairy tale adventures...and find lovely treasures like: ~Poems and stories to fill your dreams ~Gifts and collectibles candles wine country gift baskets ~Candles to light your way ~Merckens Chocolates, cookies and cake to make you smile ~Magic things for your bath just for luxury ~Music to fill the air ~A field of flowers and A HUGE Smile ! You are worth the time you spend on yourself... it's not a bad thing. All the artwork and poems are done by me. Free gifts of the whimsical angel pictures that beckon me and artwork in a butterfly garden such a lovely adventure, are found on my website. arts Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:59:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/hawaiianartprints   Interested in Hawaiian Art prints photos posters- want to know some facts about Hawaii and proper Hawaiian etiquette while visiting the islands... that are more on the quirky side? Interested in fun facts about Hawaii? * Hawaiian Art. * Colt Brennan and the University of Hawaii Warriors, football team, June Jones.. * Haka or Ha'a Controversy. * Hawaiian fun food or Hawaiian food tours. * Hawaiian flower tattoos for fun with henna. * Unusual facts about Hawaii. * Tribal tattoos.  * Landscapes still life portrait commissions, vintage original authentic.   * Hawaiian prints, Hawaiian art prints photos posters.  A full assortment here. * Giclee fine art prints.  Things you may not have thought of! * How to eat poi and enjoy it. * What shoes to wear and when to leave them off. * Hawaiian tribal tattoos and henna tattoos. * Food, traditional and unexpected fun food like Spam and rice at McDonalds. * Music and book suggestions Gift ideas Hawaiian Art and collectables. * Hawaiian language and tons more!   Aloha!! You can never say that too much in Hawaii!   ~*~     I usually paint from female form photography, pics my husband takes for me, and use real models to create scenes to paint.  All art on each of my Squidoo lenses is mine.  "ke ala o Pele" (Path to Pele or Pele's Path) 48x36x2 gallery wrap, oil on canvas,  ~*~ The painting at the top is called, "Ho' okalakupua" (Magic) 40x30x2 gallery wrap, oil on canvas, completed 3/06 found at: http://hawaiianartprintsphotosposters.blogspot.com/ Available for purchase in note cards, posters and giclees. The original is hanging at Kauai Products at Lihue Mall,Kauai, Hawaii. ~~*~~ travel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:22:12 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/newyorkartgalleries Pop Art, Abstract Art, the latest new talent was the inspiration of Andy Warhol. Talent is alive and well in New York especially at Monkdogz Urban Art. Andy would love it. Contemporary Art Today is defined by the efforts of Monkdogz Urban Art. They are considered to be the most innovative gallery in New York as they make their mark on the world with a host of International artists on their palette. Discovering the extraordinary:                   Monkdogz Urban Art Bob and Marina generate excellence. YES it is the BEST gallery in New York, hosting a variety of National and International artists. Talent abounds. What is the best New York Gallery? The best International Gallery? Monkdogz Urban Art, Inc. Located at: 547 West 27th Street 5th floor New York, NY 10001 Between 10th & 11th Aves in Chelsea Gallery Directors: Bob Hogge Marina Hadley Email Bob: bob@monkdogz.com Email Marina: marina@monkdogz.com Tel: 212-216-0030 Fax: 212-216-0031 I am represented by Monkdogz Urban Art, Inc., as well and had three shows with them, the last one was called, "Flashing Flesh". I showed my painting "Primal 1" a 62x75 oil on canvas. Bob Hogge and Marina Hadley along with artist Sebastian run this amazing gallery. I am fortunate to be a part of it. I first met the gallery owner of Monkdogz, Robert Hogge (Bob) online. We met pre-Monkdogz. Bob contacted me via email and we have been friends ever since. After emailing with him for a year, maybe a year and a half, Bob Hogge and Marina Hadley opened up Monkdogz. Soo excellent! This lens is to let you know about the latest news. Upcoming Shows and their artists, reviews, and what Monkdogz is up to. I also post things that inspire. Music, books and video clips from Warhol to Picasso, music of that era. Because I am represented by Monkdogz Urban Art, this lens also includes info about.. MWA.. me! Smile. The Gallery's website, as well as where to find me on their site, can be found at the bottom in the links section. Enjoy my lens, enjoy meeting some amazing artists as well as hearing the art buzz both in New York and from their host of International artists like Jean Mark Calvet.. so good! Aloha! Kathy ~~*~~ "Monkdogz Urban Art" On a blindingly sunny day, in a bitter cold wind, I walked into a building on 27th street, between 10th and 11th avenues, in Chelsea. I got in the elevator and pushed button 5. I got off and stumbled into a burst of energy in the form of colorful art work. Monkdogz Urban Art, I read by the door. I liked what I saw. I was so used to half dead, boring, lifeless art that this was a gush of fresh and exciting life; 'art is not dead after all', I told myself and walked through the gallery enjoying the art work from artists all over the world: Japan, the Netherlands, the USA, Mexico…. Once I had seen all, I stopped for a while to gain the courage to speak to the man that sat in the space that looked like the office -it was obvious he was the gallerist -. He looked cool in his black clothes, his tall slender figure. I held a heated discussion with myself in which I tried to convince my insecure self to go ahead with my mission: I was there to hand out my catalogue -a poor scared artist in look for new galleries in which to show her work, oh god! -. But one part of me was being despairingly obstinate; the seconds crawled on and no motion was visible in my hesitant body. Then, the cool man stood up, walked up to me and asked me in a most joyful voice: 'Hi! How are you? I'm Bob! What would you like to drink?' In my stupefaction all I could utter was the (in that context) stupid word: 'Why?' The gallerist looked at me surprised and exclaimed: 'Why? … Why not?' and took me over to where the fridge was. So, I got my bottle of water, and in between I managed to tell him -in a clumsily timid way - that I was a Spanish-Finnish artist and I had brought my catalogue to give him. He found that most interesting; he gave me a guided tour of the exhibition, and then he told me we'd now sit down and look at my work. 'Oh, no, no, it's best if I leave and you look at it later, by yourself' I exclaimed terrified. 'Not at all, we'll look at it together now'. So, my bewilderment reached even higher peaks: am I dreaming or is this reality, that a gallerist is willing to kindly and generously give me -a totally unknown artist to him- and my art his valuable time? I had never heard of such a thing. But, it was no dream, I assure you, it was the most real reality. On March 11, 2006, in the heart of New York City's vibrant art world, Monkdogz Urban Art exploded with an international exhibition that just seemed to dance with color style and imagination. Over 1500 invited guests and professionals attended this auspicious event which was also relayed, world wide on the web, in real time, through the use of video cameras mounted within the gallery. When asked about the gallery's future plans Robert Hogge was heard to say "We're going to raise the barometer. We didn't come here to be just another gallery in New York. We came to be very innovative and we are driven to accomplish that mission". A year has passed since their opening and they are busy preparing their 14th show. They are already building a reputation as a fascinating destination in Chelsea, as a recent review on chelseaartgalleries.com stated "This is the venue for the 'art icons of the 21st Century' in traditional, contemporary abstraction and over-the-top images…..so, fasten your seatbelts!!" It would appear that Monkdogz in looking to the future took a lesson from the past in establishing themselves. Bob explains that many galleries are either artist or client driven. In his thinking you need to be both. Today many galleries tend to feel sterile in their quest to present a professional atmosphere. He stresses understanding the value of conducting your business in a professional manner and believes this can be accomplished while maintaining an arena for open communication and a warm environment for clients, visitors and artists. Marina Hadley, the gallery co-owner and director states quite accurately that "Without the artists this space is just white walls and a lighting system. Without clients who trust your decisions this space will cease to exist at all." The directors look back in history and point out that windows of opportunity have sporadically opened within the art world. In the 1930s, artists like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, just to name a couple, were afforded a platform to exhibit their work in New York City. The reception worldwide was significant. Again in the early 1970s, new artists like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were afforded the same opportunity. They believe that today the window is opening once again but this time on a more international scale. The world today is very much a global village. Distances, time zones and different languages are no longer the barriers that they once were. Monkdogz has a mission to bring artists from around the world to present their vision, talent and imagination in a variety of exciting styles designed to afford the viewer an opportunity to explore an explosive visual arts experience. To this end, the third member of Monkdogz creative team is who Ed Mc Cormack, Chief Editor of Gallery and Studio Magazine calls the 'suave resident French artist' Sébastien Aurillon. Sébastien handles a multitude of tasks and communication for the gallery's European artists and clients as well as being a very talented artist in his own right. He is also helping lay the ground work for future endeavors planned outside of the United States. When asked about Monkdogz's plans to expand outside of New York, Hogge smiles and says "anything and everything is possible." ~The Monkdogz Creative Team & Laila Escartín Hamarinen ~~*~~ arts Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:24:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/lindagoodman Linda Goodman, April 9, 1925 - October 21, 1995   New York Times bestselling American author, astrologer and poet. A poem, "I Love..." By Linda Goodman and Nancy Williams I love to see the smile on your face. I love to see the laughter in your eyes. But when there's pain and hurt in there I more than sympathize. I love to hold you gently and touch you all night long. I love to wake in the morning secure within your arms. I turn and touch your face. Your lips are soft and warm. Our bodies lie close together and then we become one. You whisper love so softly and deeply in my ear, and I know in my heart that there is no fear...   ~~*~~   people Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:42:03 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/coltbrennan Colt Brennan drafted by the Washington Redskins... and Hawaii flags fly! Sixth round, 186th overall. Breaking news about Hawaii's quarterback Colt Brennan! Go Colt! Do Hawaii proud, we know you will, our hearts and minds go with you. On the Redskins site: -- Colt Brennan, QB, Hawaii The Redskins went into the NFL draft expecting to take a quarterback in the later rounds. Team officials followed through--but were able to draft a quarterback some had projected to go in early rounds. The Redskins drafted Hawaii quarterback Colt Brennan with their final sixth-round pick, at No. 186 overall. Brennan was regarded as among the top quarterbacks in the draft and had a record-setting season last year, but he fell due to a poor performance in the Sugar Bowl and injury concerns. Brennan is the owner of 21 NCAA records. Last year, he set a record with his 34th consecutive game of throwing for at least 200 yards. His 20 games with at least 400 yards in total offense also set an all-time mark. His average of 387.8 yards per game in total offense and a pass completion percentage of .712 are just some of the other notable national marks he set at Hawaii. Brennan ran the classic run-and-shoot offense, a pass-happy scheme devised by former Hawaii head coach June Jones. Brennan was a third-team All-American choice last year. He completed 359-of-510 passes--a 70.4 completion percentage--for 4,343 yards, 38 touchdowns and 17 interceptions. His junior season was even better. Brennan completed 406-of-559 passes--a career-high 72.6 completion percentage--for 5,549 yards, 58 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. Brennan, who grew up in Irvine, Calif., expects to make a quick transition to the West Coast offense run by Jim Zorn. "It's what I grew up in our here in southern California," he said. "I have some background in it. I really can't wait to get back in it. I know I can run it. I'm just grateful for the opportunity." Brennan decided to undergo hip surgery this offseason, so he might not be available to work with the team in mini-camp and OTAs. Asked about his health, Brennan said: "I'm doing great. The doctor said that I'm on the path to full recovery. The surgery was a complete success. I'm about six weeks to being 100 percent. "Basically, I can't wait to get out there and let their doctors and staff get me through the rehab process." He expects to be fully healthy ready for training camp. Brennan was ecstatic when he learned he was drafted. "To be honest, as the day was progressing I was really thinking, ?Maybe I'm a free agent guy, maybe I'm a seventh-round pick,'" he said. "When I got the phone call, I couldn't have been more excited. I'm just so excited to be a Washington Redskin." http://www.redskins.com/news/newsDetail.jsp?id=35397 Read more at this blog: http://warriorbeat.honadvblogs.com/2008/04/27/nfl-draft/ Facts about Hawaii? The University of Hawaii has a great football team! Colt Brennan is a star for sure. Be sure to check out more of the UH Warriors too, what a team! They are making Hawaii proud! Hawaii did not win the Sugar Bowl but they have indeed won the hearts of the people of Hawaii. The team showed Aloha, often offering their hand to the other team. You would have to live in Hawaii for awhile to understand this.. you really would. The pressure on this young man was tremendous not only for the game but because in the whole state of Hawaii he was made a hero. Every child knows his name. His career, nonetheless, is still one of the best in college football history. Brennan has completed an NCAA-record 70.4 percent of his passes for 14,193 yards and was responsible for 146 total touchdowns. Hawaii Warriors.. you are still loved! OK.. so Colt did not win.. but WOW he gave the state of Hawaii soo much to be proud of!! And we are! You are a Trophy winner to us and you always will be! Check out this site to read more about Colt Brennan, 2007 Heisman Trophy Candidate: http://colt.hawaiiathletics.com/ "If you go to Hawaii, I'll guarantee I'll be there." ~Colt Brennan < WHAT COLLEGE? HAWAII!! Coach? June Jones New coach for UH is Greg McMackin Sport Football Position QB Class RS Senior Career 2003 - present Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 196 lb (89 kg) Nationality United States Born August 16, 1983 (age 24) Laguna Beach, California High School Mater Dei HS, Santa Ana, California Former school(s) University of Colorado Worcester Academy Saddleback Community College Career Highlights Awards 2006 Sammy Baugh Trophy `` 2006 (Junior): Started all 14 games...selected to the Walter Camp second team and AP All-America third team...named WAC Offensive Player of the Year...won the Sammy Baugh Award...finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting...a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award and Cingular National Player of the Year...led the WAC and nation in total offense (422.5), touchdown passes (58), passing efficiency (185.96), points responsible for (27.7), completion percentage (72.6%), passing yards (5,549) and passing yards per game (396.4)...broke or tied 18 NCAA, 17 WAC and 41 school records...named the National Player of the Week by the Walter Camp Foundation (Nov. 4) and USA Today (Nov. 7)...team's second-leading rusher (366 yards). 2005 (Sophomore): Started 10 of 12 games, only games did not start were USC and San Diego State...etched his name as either tying or breaking 11 UH offensive records...led the country in total offense yards (4,455) and touchdowns thrown (35)...his 4,301 yards passing is the eighth-most in WAC history...against New Mexico State (Oct. 15), posted career-high numbers in yards (515), TD's (7) and completions (38)...had nine 300 yard performances, including four 400 yard games and a 515-yard performance. Prior to UH: Earned one letter in football at Saddleback Community College in California...named honorable mention All-America, state offensive player of the year, and first-team all-conference...helped Saddleback to conference championship...made the honor roll. 2003: Redshirted while at the University of Colorado. Prep: A 2002 graduate of Mater Dei High School in California...earned three letters in football and one in basketball...invited to play in the County All-Star Game as a senior...led team to the league championship as a sophomore...also helped Mater Dei to the league championship in basketball as a senior...attended Worcester Academy in Massachusetts for one year. Personal: Born Aug. 16, 1983, in Laguna Beach, Calif...has two sisters...parents are Betsy and Terry Brennan of Irvine, Calif. ~~ Facts about Hawaii? The University of Hawaii has a great football team! and we are lucky enough to have someone as talented as Colt Brennan and June Jones as well as the whole UH Football team, go Warriors! READ MY ARTICLE BELOW ABOUT THE SUGAR BOWL AND THE STATE OF HAWAII. sports Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:51:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/wendyfroud I just adore the magic of Wendy Froud, her little pixie fairies and fantasy fairies are made real and seem to be breathing. She makes me want to delve into legends of mermaids and doll making. Imagination is at its best when touched by Wendy Foud, she is a master doll maker and artist. Wendy, the child of American artists Walter and Peggy Midener, was born and raised in Detroit, USA. She studied art and music at Interlochen, then became a puppet-maker and sculptor for the Jim Henson studios in London and New York. She created such beloved film characters as Yoda for the Star Wars movies, and the Gelflings for Dark Crystal, as well as puppets for the Muppets television program. Her dolls and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world. Her art is featured in three books co-created with Terri Windling: A Midsummer Night's Faery Tale, The Winter Child, and The Faeries of Spring Cottage. She is also a writer. Her poetry has been published in Sirens, an anthology of mytho-erotic fantasy; and she's at work on other projects. http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biofroud.html   Wendy's OFFICIAL site: www.worldoffroud.com/  arts Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:55:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/hawaiimls Ever think of living in Hawaii? Taking island flights or the Super Ferry to go to Oahu north shore tours, e noa Oahu pearl harbor tours or find a few cheap Oahu Hawaii activities on those lazy discover days? Craigs list Hawaii may not see this home for sale on its pages for long. Living in Hawaii can bring paradise to your doorstep and is not as expensive to buy a house as you might think. Prices on the Big Island are often comparable to those on the mainland and sometimes even more affordable, Imagine entering this peaceful zone of Zen: Entryway: Zen from a double door entryway lead you into a foyer that looks on to an atrium of lush tropical plants that surround a koi pond with a gentle lava rock waterfall. Do it for you! It's in your dreams isn't it? Live in that peaceful hideaway you have always dreamed of. Enter your foyer: Can you feel it? See yourself living the life you thought was someone else's? ~~*~~ Looking for Hawaiian music lyrics and music to sing while planning trips that include Oahu north shore tours,Hawaii dinner shows,yup some Hawaiian fun food? Would you like to know more about island living? Tropical life including tidbits like how to eat poi and love it. No, I am not kidding.. smile. Posted below within this lens are fun facts about what to wear, eat, Hawaiian music and places to visit in Hawaii. Hawaiian etiquette is within this lens, that I will clue you in on the social graces of this amazing island called Hawaii as well. The house? Zen living right around the corner: Check out this great on the Big Island-Hilo side of Hawaii House MLS ID#211892 http://www.alohaliving.com/RealEstate/Property/ViewDetails.visient/State/HI/propertyid/322151?searchType=MLS&page=1http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif travel Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/aliceinwonderland2 I came across the work of Jan Svankmajer today and found it so amazing that I decided to make a Squidoo lens about Alice in Wonderland. Mr. Svankmajer has several UTubes posted from his movie of it that I have posted below. I have also included other renditions. Imagination is alive and kicking.. Wow, I almost forgot! arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:22:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/keithharing ~ I would have loved to have hob nobbed with Warhol, Lichenstein, Basquiat, these wonderful artists with a fever for expression, wouldn't you? Pop art used to elude me.. now I think it beacons me! I think I need to have some fun and be playful like Keith Haring. Passion for art does not necessarily mean drama, it is an expression from the heart that is projected from the soul. The soul of many gives us all kinds of expressions. Keith Haring did some very exciting work and he did it in a fever... one that many artists hope to possess. We all hope for a passion don't we? Don't you love the idea of being so obsessed with something that you cannot get it out of your mind... that you must do it! Something in you longs to feel a need of getting your expression out there, be it pen to paper or fine art reproductions like Andy Warhol. Obsession... ohhh I love that word!   Keith Haring Born    May 4, 1958 Died    February 16, 1990 Occupation(s)    Graffiti Artist Website    http://www.haring.com/index.html   In 1986, New York artist Keith Haring opened the Pop Shop in downtown Manhattan. Haring saw the Pop Shop as an extension of his work, a fun boutique where his art could be accessible to everyone. For nearly twenty years, the shop continued to be a downtown attraction with floor-to-ceiling murals and affordable clothing and gift items all featuring Keith Haring’s unique icons. In September, 2005, the Pop Shop finally closed its doors to the public. Keith Haring's work continues to be displayed around the world at galleries and museums and in public spaces. www.haring.com/ popshop/index.html   ~~*~~  arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:26:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/abouthanschristiananderson Imagination and fantasy, who has not read, or been read to as a child, the works of Hans Christian Anderson? His stories are like the cornerstone of youth in a way. He reminds us that some things are not to be taken so seriously including our own selves. Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author and poet, wrote many poems, plays, stories and travel essays, but is best known for his fairy tales of which there are over one hundred and fifty, published in numerous collections during his life and many still in print today. His first collection of Fairy Tales, Told for Children was published in 1835. He broke new ground for Danish literature with his style and use of idiom, irony and humor, memorable characters and un-didactic moral teaching inspired by the primitive folk tales he had learned as a child. Though they do not all end happily his Fairy Tales resound with an authenticity that only unabashed sincerity can produce from a man who could still see through a child's eyes; "Thousands of lights were burning on the green branches, and gaily-colored pictures, such as she had seen in the shop-windows, looked down upon her. The little maiden stretched out her hands towards them when--the match went out. The lights of the Christmas tree rose higher and higher, she saw them now as stars in heaven; one fell down and formed a long trail of fire." -from "The Little Match Girl" Andersen's fairy tales of fantasy with moral lessons are popular with children and adults all over the world, and they also contain autobiographical details of the man himself. Born on 2 April, 1805 in Odense, on the Danish island of Funen, Denmark, he was the only son of washerwoman Anna Maria Andersdatter (d.1833) and shoemaker Hans Andersen (d.1816). They were very poor, but Hans took his son to the local playhouse and nurtured his creative side by making him his own toys. Young Hans grew to be tall and lanky, awkward and effeminate, but he loved to sing and dance, and he had a vivid imagination that would soon find its voice. After the death of his father, Andersen traveled to Copenhagen to pursue an acting career at the Royal Theatre. Under the patronage of the Theatre's Jonas Collins, he attended the Copenhagen University which were formative but difficult years for him. Coming from a humble provincial background he had to adjust to bourgeois life in the capital city and competitive realm of the theatre. Collins' daughter Louise and son Edvard were soon the objects of his affection. Andersen turned his pen to writing poems, plays and stories, his first poem "The Dying Child" published in the Copenhagen Post in 1827. The Improvisatore (1835) received international acclaim for Andersen, published by the University, and with this encouragement he set off on his literary career. Based in Italy, it is the story of young boy's coming of age, not unlike Andersen's own introduction into society. Many of Andersen's plays including Love at St. Nicholas' Tower and The Mulatto were performed at the Royal Theatre. He had a keen interest in other cultures and traveled extensively throughout Europe during his life and wrote a number of travel books including; A Walking Tour from the Holmen Canal to the Eastern Point of the Amager (1829); Shadow Pictures (1831), the result of his travels in Germany; O.T.: Life in Denmark (1836), and Pictures of Sweden (1851). Now that Andersen had achieved success by his pen he was not without his critics including philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, but fellow Dane Georg Brandis wrote his praises in many essays. He had met many other illustrious figures in his day including Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Honore de Balzac, Robert Browing and his wife and fellow poet and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Heinrich Heine, Henrik Ibsen, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, and Bertel Thorvaldsen. He stayed with friend Charles Dickens in London for a time, and was friends with the hereditary Grand Duke Carl Alexander of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach. He received the Knighthood of the Red Eagle from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia in 1846, and the Maximilian Order of Art and Science from King Maximilian II of Bavaria in 1859. He was made an Honorary Citizen of Odense in 1867. "He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him; for the great swans swam round the newcomer, and stroked his neck with their beaks, as a welcome." -from "The Ugly Duckling" After suffering from liver cancer and in the care of his friends the Melchiors, Hans Christian Andersen died at their home on 4 August, 1875 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He lies buried in the Assistens Cemetery in the same city. "First, you undergo such a terrible amount of suffering, and then you become famous." -from The Fairy Tale of My Life (1855). url: http://www.online-literature.com/hans_christian_andersen/ arts Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:17:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/rienpoortvliet Don't you just adore those gnomes? Is there anyone who has not seen Rien Poortvliet's book on gnomes? Little creatures living in quite comfortable circumstances under ground.. so darling. What a great imagination and amazing artist Rien Poortvliet was. He passed away not all that long ago now, in 1995. Farewell Rein.. blessings for giving us insights into your fantasy.   Rien Poortvliet[Dutch Painter and Illustrator, 1932-1995]    Known best for his Gnomes.   ~~*~~  arts Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:01:07 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ncwyeth "Robin Hood","Treasure Island", are just two of the books done with glorious illustrations by N C Wyeth. Wonderful and exciting fantasy art that invites the reader to view and feel the adventures of tales told, as expressed by an artists imagination and expert touch. I also have a book simply called "N C Wyeth". After I bought it I realized that I had seen much of the illustrations done by N C Wyeth before, it just never connected with me who did the art. I love it that it all came to mind, the memories of his work undefined by a name and now I know it... yay! The reason I bought the book was because I had become enamored with his son Andrew Wyeth. I had read an article in a magazine about Andrew who had just released his long hidden paintings of Helga.. known as the "Helga Pictures". They were getting a lot of criticism. For the life of me I cannot remember why... It had something to do with them being hidden for years, these paintings of a neighbor called Helga. In the end I only know that I loved them and still do to this day. I then became interested in the whole family. It is amazing to me that a whole family would become such fantastic artists, N C, Andrew and Andrew's son Jamie Wyeth. I have done a lens on all three of them. I will from time to time add more info.. do check back. Newell Convers Wyeth (October 22, 1882 - October 19, 1945), known as N.C. Wyeth, was an American artist and illustrator. Born in Needham, Massachusetts, he was the star pupil of Howard Pyle and became one of America's greatest illustrators. (Wikipedia, 2007)  American Golden Age Illustrator, 1882-1945 The picture is of N.C. Wyeth in his studio, ca. 1923, working on one of five murals for the First National Bank of Boston. Photograph by Chester H. Thomas, Kennett Square, Pa., in collection of Brandywine River Museum. Below are some illustrations both in music and art about Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves. ~~*~~ arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/AboutAndyWarol   I am busy reading  "The Andy Warhol Diaries"... Fascinating!    This lens is all about Andy.. his creative genius.  I will post more info as I read the book! Ha ha!  From what I have read so far he was a very kind person who always recognized value in people.  Andy Warhol always said, "Thank you"... constantly. I LOVE that!  Wish you were here Andy!  Thank you for all that you left us with; your wit, inspiration for art; your diary.. wow; the notion that inspiration can be found in the smallest of things.   THANK YOU!    ~~*~~  ~~*~~ arts Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:36:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/kathysACEO Legends of mermaids, whimsical angels, pixie fairies, oh those tiny angels light the pathway for my art trading cards and/or ACEO's. This lens is about art trading cards, mine and others. Enchanted fairies- sing songs and close my eyes to listen. They are my inspiration oh so often. Miniature original or limited edition art works. Miniatures collectable art is so fun! Little tiny artworks that are 2.5x3.5 inch in size commonly known as ACEO's, which stands for Art Cards, Editions and Originals. This lens will feature my personal ACEO's that are for sale Art Wanted and Art Cards. I decided not to sell on Ebay or Etsy. I need to concentrate of my paintings for my gallery in New York (yay). I have posted other peoples art trading cards that are on Ebay.. share the love right? Smile. This is kind of a sneak preview in a way, I still need to post more on Art Wanted and have not gotten to posting on Art Cards at all. Gads Kathy! Get movin' on that! I am painting bigger stuff for my New York Rep rep and gallery, Monkdogz Urban Art, so that will come when I get a breather.. ha! what is that?! I will also feature gifts, movies, poems and stories about fairies, mermaids, goddess art, exotic women, whimsical angels and a fantasy world to dream in. I am really into the circus, masks and stuff so that infulence will be found here as well. A note about the little paintings: I have recently repainted the ACEO's that I have posted here. I made them brighter and better! They are all sprinkled with a bit of glittering Hawaiian Fairy dust so as soon as I get them photographed again I will post them. I would like to share with you that, that is how creativity is, one idea springs onto another. We create something as artists and hopefully grow with each one. Ahh such a lovely gift that we can give back to our own selves, the gift of seeing more, feeling more and creating what we have come to know as our vision. ~*~ arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:44:46 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/picassoart One of the most interesting facts about Pablo Picasso to me, and I would say disturbing as a woman,is that Pablo Picasso's treatment of women stunk! I guess we all draw from out lives but how would you like a portrait of you painted by someone famous and have it exploit their anger with you? Humm. Interesting anyway. Fathers and their daughters... humm I would have loved (or cried?) to have been a fly on the wall of Paloma Picasso. Picasso mistress and subject is at the forefront to me. His art often reflected on what he was feeling about his mistress and dare I call them his royal subjects? Picasso's mistress' and subjects of art filled many a Picasso canvas. Personally I am not fond of that side of him because he did not hesitate to humiliate. It cannot be denied however that his art was genius. Ahh the tortured genius. I have considered the interesting facts about Picasso and realize as an artist that YES, it is OK to have different styles of work. Different periods of time, different interests, like Picasso's interest in African art influenced different explorations of expression. His "Blue Period" was another as well as cubism and his efforts in clay and pottery. So hey! If Picasso could have different styles so can I! Not that I would let that stop me. lol. Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 - April 8, 1973), Birth name Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruiz y Picasso Born October 25, 1881 Malaga, Spain Died April 8, 1973 (aged 91) Mougins, France Nationality Spanish Field Painting, Drawing, Sculpture, Printmaking, Ceramics Training Jose Ruíz (father), Academy of Arts, Madrid Movement Cubism Famous works Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) Guernica (1937) The Weeping Woman (1937) ~~*~~ arts Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:34:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/createart Whimsical musicians artwork and goddess art fill a sketchbook of mine along with whimsical angel pictures, as they bring me to a place of fantasy made real, beautiful women goddess art. I practice critical thinking-creative writing-active reading and find myself in my art. What does that take to make fantasy into something real? On so many levels I am still not sure but I am working to find my way none the less... Plot on! Find those whimsical angel pictures and live inside their pages, draw fantasy art and feel yourself inside each stroke of paint or movement of clay or pencils or what ever medium you choose. Try putting pen to paper writing stories, that too will lighten your path. Critical thinking creative writing active reading equal GREAT ART! It takes a thinking mind to create great art. It does! On this lens I would like to explore the idea of creativity and the road that leads to it. Some people think artists are just born with talent. I think that people are born with the genes of 'interest'. What they do with that interest is what is interesting. I believe that talent is interest and the rest is practice coupled with learning. To understand the art of an artist, understand his/her motivation. To do that one needs to read about the visual artist, author, musician, film maker, etc. and understand through critical thinking what motivated the artist to arrive in a space of creativity. Nothing just floats through the air and lands on your head blessing you with already knowing and arriving to that space of unlocking creativity. You have to spend time with it, nurse it, read about it, write out your thoughts about it, then meditate on it or think about it with a critical mind. I have felt this world since I was 4 years old sitting in the back seat of my parents car as they discovered America. It is the greatest gift a little girl could ever have.. to feel that world of fantasy. UNLOCK CREATIVITY.. that is the goal of all artists. Open the doors and let it fly. Find that world of fantasy that was soo real when we were little. KATHY NOTE: On my official website I offer free gifts, whimsical musicians artwork, whimsical angel drawings, for people who -collect whimsical angels, legends of mermaids drawings, fairies in art... all because that is what met my need to create on those days that I felt inspired to draw them. ~~*~~ arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:51:30 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/zeldafitzgerald Ways to end a relationship, why would I have that in a title about Zelda Fitzgerald? It is because I think that is what rolled around in F Scott Fitzgerald's head constantly. Mental illness is a difficult thing to deal with and F Scott had plenty of it to deal with with his wife Zelda. Years ago when I was in High School, and I am NOT saying how long ago that was!..lol! I read a book simply called "Zelda". I have been intrigued with her ever since. She died sadly in a fire in a sanitarium. To a young girl in high school that added a drama that created a mystique for my young mind and remains as I said till today. Zelda Fitzgerald spent eighteen years of her life in different stages of mental illness. Yet, at times she was able to write some of her best work, including her only novel, "Save Me the Waltz". She also painted several abstract paintings. She died in 1948, with her few remaining unpublished works, her last letters to F Scott Fitzgerald, before he died, the last pieces of what had become a pitiful life. Before she died she was in the process of writing a second novel, "Caesar's Things", when a fire consumed the sanitarium where she lived in Asheville, North Carolina. Sad pitiful end. arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:23:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/antonyandthejohnsons I sing to the music of Antony and the Johnsons while I paint or sculpt. I adore the song 'Bird Gehrl' From the album 'I Am A Bird Now'. It has the most haunting quality about it and as I delve into my own world of art I am intrigued by the world of Anthony and the Johnsons, most especially Antony's of course. Beautiful soul is he! There is some torment in his voice and lyrics. I often think that without tragedy art is kind of limp... I suspect Antony knows tragedy. Antony and the Johnsons current members include: Julia Kent (previously of Rasputina) - first chair cello Parker Kindred - drummer Jeff Langston - bassist Doug Wieselman - horns Maxim Moston - violin, arrangement Rob Moose - guitar, violin Albums: I Am a Bird Now, Hope There's Someone [EP], Antony and the Johnsons, and more... Songs: Fistful of Love, For Today I Am a Bouy, You Are My Sister, etc. Official site: http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/ Antony's Journal August 28th 2007 Update from Antony: "We all went to Allaire Recording studio for a week and did a lot more work on the new album. I am spending my days editing and mulling over different versions of each song, trying to figure out what goes where. But the record is mostly tracked now. There are just a couple of remaining things to do before we begin mixing. Meanwhile Andy B. is mixing his Hercules and Love Affair record. Its turning out pretty crazy. Its for next year on DFA. Todd Haynes' Bob Dylan movie is coming out in November. I did a cover of Knocking on Heaven's Door with Kevin Barker for it. We did it slow and minor. I had started singing it by myself when i was in Australia at the end of the tour in Jan 2006. Rob Moose was teaching me guitar and we bought a book of Dylan songs to learn, but then one day I guess i was just feeling really exhausted and deathy because I just started singing that song over and over, and I did it that night at the show. Now I feel pretty good, I feel so different than ever before. Charlie and me are working on editing the TURNING film. It looks great. The interviews with the models are poignant. TURNING was so magic. That was my favorite thing I have ever been a part of. Me and Charlie are doing an interview for BLENDER tomorrow for that project. I got a nice new piano. I am giving my old one away. The piano we used a few weeks ago at 2nd Story Recording Studio has the long lost old Sorcerer piano in it, the one I recorded Dead Boy and certain songs from the last album on a few years ago!!! I was so happy to see it again. It seemed different. I tried to pretend that I recognized it. But it reminded me of the cat that changed color when it got a new owner. Norah Jones recorded her first record on that piano too. Anyway it sounded great. I saw Beyonce live last week. She was incredible and cried real tears during Flaws and All. She was just the best. I am listening to Zeki Muren, the 2 new Dave Ruffin Motown collections and Strawberry Jams by Animal Collective." http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/news/news.html About Antony Birth name Antony Hegarty Born Chichester, West Sussex, England, 1971 Genre(s) Chamber pop Dark Cabaret Label(s) Secretly Canadian Rough Trade music Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:39:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/johneverettmillais Art expresses inner emotion. I have never seen a painting that haunts me more than Millais' "Ophellia". To be able to paint the haunting experience described by Shakespeare is remarkable to say the least. Drop down to see what I mean in both the image and a detail of the expression on Ophellia's face. ~~*~~ Sir John Everett Millais P.R.A. (1829-1896) Millais was a child-prodigy of such exceptional promise that he was admitted to the Royal Academy Sehools at the age of eleven. Ruskin records an anecdote of his youthful talent which suggests that he could draw with complete adult assurance at the age of seven. Unlike most other aspiring painters he was given every encouragement in the pursuit of his chosen career, his parents even moving from their home in Jersey to allow him to study in London. His amazing facility of hand and eye, coupled with the most thorough and vigorous training available, allowed him to accomplish astonishing feats of technical proficieney. He maintained a consistently high degree of accurate representation, for which he was accorded the unstinted admiration of the public. arts Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:36:52 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/anaisnin Erotic stories, erotica poetry... but more than that,it is more than sex. If you have ever read any of Anais Nin.. she was a brilliant author with a talent for words. This goddess knew how to put words together to make them sing. I first read Anais Nin's writings I confess because of the movie "Henry and June". At one point in that movie a quote by Anias Nin was spoken and I was in love with a new author and poet. I adored and related to the quote so much that I wanted to read more of her work. I got the book "Tropic of Cancer", which was written by Henry Miller, one of her lovers and Henry of "Henry and June" of course. Anais Nin wrote the introduction to the version I purchased. The words written in that introduction alone were beautiful and just so eloquent, I was surprised I had missed such a treasure and that she had mostly been noted only for her erotica. While Anais Nin is most known for her erotica I think she also deserves an applaud for being a master of prose and word. The quote I mentioned that caused me to search out more of her work: "I wept because the process by which I became a woman was painful. I wept because from now on I would weep less. I wept because I had lost my pain and I was not yet accustomed to its absence." ~Anais Nin Below, I posted MY story, "A Tree Grows In Brooklyn...Too". In that story I refer to the above quote. It did indeed affect me. Anais Nin (1903-1977) Anais Nin is best known for her journals, published in ten volumes as The Diary of Anais Nin. Her ideas have influenced feminist thinking -- in agreement or reaction -- although she herself moved away from political forms of feminism. arts Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:17:31 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/andrewwyeth I first came across Andrew Wyeth's artwork when I read an article in a magazine about "The Helga Pictures". Falling in love with his work I bought the book and have several others of his as well as Jamie Wyeth (son) and NC Wyeths (father) work. Amazing family!   Born    July 12, 1917 (age 90)  Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, United States Occupation    Realist painter Wyeth's favorite subject is the land and inhabitants around his hometown of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania and those near his summer home in Cushing, Maine. His most famous work, and one of the most well-known images in 20th century American art, is Christina's World (1948), in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.  Official website: http://www.andrewwyeth.com/ arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:55:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ednastvincentmillay It was a poem written by Edna St. Vincent Millay that caused me to love poetry from a young girl. I was enamored with her and Lord Byron. I still am today. I write it constantly and only hope to meet a fraction of the mood brought forward by great poets. The verse that sticks in my mind and forever haunts me is: The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky,- No higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand; The soul can split the sky in two, And let the face of God shine through. But East and West will pinch the heart That can not keep them pushed apart; And he whose soul is flat-the sky Will cave in on him by and by. Since I was little I worried and fretted a lot about death.. thus my interest in Lord Byron as well. He wrote a poem called "And Thou Art Dead" I memorized a lot of it when I lost a friend in high school. Do try to take the time to read this entire poem.. it is a treasure and a window into the soul of Ms. Millay. Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950). "Renascence" (1917) ALL I could see from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood; I turned and looked the other way, And saw three islands in a bay. So with my eyes I traced the line 5 Of the horizon, thin and fine, Straight around till I was come Back to where I'd started from; And all I saw from where I stood Was three long mountains and a wood. 10 Over these things I could not see: These were the things that bounded me; And I could touch them with my hand, Almost, I thought, from where I stand. And all at once things seemed so small 15 My breath came short, and scarce at all. But, sure, the sky is big, I said; Miles and miles above my head; So here upon my back I'll lie And look my fill into the sky. 20 And so I looked, and, after all, The sky was not so very tall. The sky, I said, must somewhere stop, And-sure enough!-I see the top! The sky, I thought, is not so grand; 25 I 'most could touch it with my hand! And reaching up my hand to try, I screamed to feel it touch the sky. I screamed, and-lo!-Infinity Came down and settled over me; 30 Forced back my scream into my chest, Bent back my arm upon my breast, And, pressing of the Undefined The definition on my mind, Held up before my eyes a glass 35 Through which my shrinking sight did pass Until it seemed I must behold Immensity made manifold; Whispered to me a word whose sound Deafened the air for worlds around, 40 And brought unmuffled to my ears The gossiping of friendly spheres, The creaking of the tented sky, The ticking of Eternity. I saw and heard and knew at last 45 The How and Why of all things, past, And present, and forevermore. The Universe, cleft to the core, Lay open to my probing sense That, sick'ning, I would fain pluck thence 50 But could not,-nay! But needs must suck At the great wound, and could not pluck My lips away till I had drawn All venom out.-Ah, fearful pawn! For my omniscience paid I toll 55 In infinite remorse of soul. All sin was of my sinning, all Atoning mine, and mine the gall Of all regret. Mine was the weight Of every brooded wrong, the hate 60 That stood behind each envious thrust, Mine every greed, mine every lust. And all the while for every grief, Each suffering, I craved relief With individual desire,- 65 Craved all in vain! And felt fierce fire About a thousand people crawl; Perished with each,-then mourned for all! A man was starving in Capri; He moved his eyes and looked at me; 70 I felt his gaze, I heard his moan, And knew his hunger as my own. I saw at sea a great fog bank Between two ships that struck and sank; A thousand screams the heavens smote; 75 And every scream tore through my throat. No hurt I did not feel, no death That was not mine; mine each last breath That, crying, met an answering cry From the compassion that was I. 80 All suffering mine, and mine its rod; Mine, pity like the pity of God. Ah, awful weight! Infinity Pressed down upon the finite Me! My anguished spirit, like a bird, 85 Beating against my lips I heard; Yet lay the weight so close about There was no room for it without. And so beneath the weight lay I And suffered death, but could not die. 90 Long had I lain thus, craving death, When quietly the earth beneath Gave way, and inch by inch, so great At last had grown the crushing weight, Into the earth I sank till I 95 Full six feet under ground did lie, And sank no more,-there is no weight Can follow here, however great. From off my breast I felt it roll, And as it went my tortured soul 100 Burst forth and fled in such a gust That all about me swirled the dust. Deep in the earth I rested now; Cool is its hand upon the brow And soft its breast beneath the head 105 Of one who is so gladly dead. And all at once, and over all The pitying rain began to fall; I lay and heard each pattering hoof Upon my lowly, thatchèd roof, 110 And seemed to love the sound far more Than ever I had done before. For rain it hath a friendly sound To one who's six feet under ground; And scarce the friendly voice or face: 115 A grave is such a quiet place. The rain, I said, is kind to come And speak to me in my new home. I would I were alive again To kiss the fingers of the rain, 120 To drink into my eyes the shine Of every slanting silver line, To catch the freshened, fragrant breeze From drenched and dripping apple-trees. For soon the shower will be done, 125 And then the broad face of the sun Will laugh above the rain-soaked earth Until the world with answering mirth Shakes joyously, and each round drop Rolls, twinkling, from its grass-blade top. 130 How can I bear it; buried here, While overhead the sky grows clear And blue again after the storm? O, multi-colored, multiform, Beloved beauty over me, 135 That I shall never, never see Again! Spring-silver, autumn-gold, That I shall never more behold! Sleeping your myriad magics through, Close-sepulchred away from you! 140 O God, I cried, give me new birth, And put me back upon the earth! Upset each cloud's gigantic gourd And let the heavy rain, down-poured In one big torrent, set me free, 145 Washing my grave away from me! I ceased; and through the breathless hush That answered me, the far-off rush Of herald wings came whispering Like music down the vibrant string 150 Of my ascending prayer, and-crash! Before the wild wind's whistling lash The startled storm-clouds reared on high And plunged in terror down the sky, And the big rain in one black wave 155 Fell from the sky and struck my grave. I know not how such things can be; I only know there came to me A fragrance such as never clings To aught save happy living things; 160 A sound as of some joyous elf Singing sweet songs to please himself, And, through and over everything, A sense of glad awakening. The grass, a-tiptoe at my ear, 165 Whispering to me I could hear; I felt the rain's cool finger-tips Brushed tenderly across my lips, Laid gently on my sealèd sight, And all at once the heavy night 170 Fell from my eyes and I could see,- A drenched and dripping apple-tree, A last long line of silver rain, A sky grown clear and blue again. And as I looked a quickening gust 175 Of wind blew up to me and thrust Into my face a miracle Of orchard-breath, and with the smell,- I know not how such things can be!- I breathed my soul back into me. 180 Ah! Up then from the ground sprang I And hailed the earth with such a cry As is not heard save from a man Who has been dead, and lives again. About the trees my arms I wound; 185 Like one gone mad I hugged the ground; I raised my quivering arms on high; I laughed and laughed into the sky, Till at my throat a strangling sob Caught fiercely, and a great heart-throb 190 Sent instant tears into my eyes; O God, I cried, no dark disguise Can e'er hereafter hide from me Thy radiant identity! Thou canst not move across the grass 195 But my quick eyes will see Thee pass, Nor speak, however silently, But my hushed voice will answer Thee. I know the path that tells Thy way Through the cool eve of every day; 200 God, I can push the grass apart And lay my finger on Thy heart! The world stands out on either side No wider than the heart is wide; Above the world is stretched the sky,- 205 No higher than the soul is high. The heart can push the sea and land Farther away on either hand; The soul can split the sky in two, And let the face of God shine through. 210 But East and West will pinch the heart That can not keep them pushed apart; And he whose soul is flat-the sky Will cave in on him by and by. ~ Now aren't you glad you took time to read it? Edna St. Vincent Millay Born: 22-Feb-1892 Birthplace: Rockland, ME Died: 19-Oct-1950 Location of death: Austerlitz, NY Cause of death: Heart Failure Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Bisexual Occupation: Poet Nationality: United States Executive summary: Renascence Father: Henry Tollman Millay (schoolteacher) Mother: Cora Lounella Buzzelle (nurse) Sister: Norma Sister: Kathleen Husband: Eugen Jan Boissevain (Dutch businessman, m. 1923, open marriage, d. 1949 lung cancer) Slept with: George Dillon (poet) Girlfriend: Wynne Matthison ~~*~~ arts Sat, 07 Jun 2008 18:05:39 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/fscottfitzgerald Not too many things are sadder than believing you failed in the end.. but that is what F. Scott Fitzgerald thought. His wife Zelda and he had a difficult relationship. Mental illness haunted her and I would think that, that effected his end as well. He died soo young. His brilliance is ours in books but that is ours and he has passed. With his life ending so young, we are also left with the blaring message that life is precious. It can end quickly and leave us with the feeling that we are not worth much in this life, or we can rise to the occasion to meet it head on and be everything we dream. We should also take note that his life ending with the feeling of failure, this man who used his creative energies to perform wonderful treasure of pen on paper, failed to see life's worth on the day to day, minute by minute, second by second, treasure that it is. This is LIFE TAKE ONE. ~~*~~ Born: September 24, 1896 St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. Died: December 21, 1940 (aged 44) Hollywood, California, U.S. Occupation: Novelist, screenwriter Nationality: American Writing period: 1920-1940 Genres: Literary fiction Literary movement: Modernism Debut works: This Side of Paradise (1920) Influenced: Michael Chabon, John Cheever, J. D. Salinger Sadly, F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure. The obituaries were condescending, and he seemed destined for literary obscurity. The first phase of the Fitzgerald resurrectionò"revival" does not properly describe the processòoccurred between 1945 and 1950. By 1960 he had achieved a secure place among America's enduring writers. The Great Gatsby, a work that seriously examines the theme of aspiration in an American setting, defines the classic American novel. The dominant influences on F. Scott Fitzgerald were aspiration, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol. arts Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:02:51 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/susanseddonboulet If you have never seen the work of Susan Seddon Boulet, oh man.. you have been missing out. I first came across her work at a used book store. Being an artist myself, I collect art books and also children's books because of the amazing illustrators. When I picked up the book that contained Ms. Boulet's work I felt like I had been gifted a wonderful treasure.. I was! I have loved her work and been blessed by her talent ever since. Here is some info about her: Susan Seddon Boulet , a noted San Fransico Bay Area artist, died at her home in Oakland on April 28, 1997 after a long struggle with cancer. She was fifty-five. Susan Eleanor Seddon was born in Brazil in 1941, of English parents who had emigrated from South Africa. Susan's mother Eleanor Seddon died, two years later, shortly after the birth of her scond child, Patrick. , a noted San Fransico Bay Area artist, died at her home in Oakland on April 28, 1997 after a long struggle with cancer. She was fifty-five. Susan Eleanor Seddon was born in Brazil in 1941, of English parents who had emigrated from South Africa. Susan's mother Eleanor Seddon died, two years later, shortly after the birth of her scond child, Patrick. ~~*~~ people Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:42:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/kathycom   ~~*~~  My name is "Kathy" and I am an artist. My full name is Kathy Ostman-Magnusen.  This lens is about me and ANYTHING that is about me.... Is about my art. people Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:02:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/mermaidbaby Legends of mermaids have led me to this place... this place of fantasy? No I think not, tis not a fantasy at all. "The Mermaid Baby" lives safely in the bluest ocean with her little friend a Hawaiian Monk Seal, who is never far from her side. This lens is about my dear little mermaid baby as well as other legends of mermaids I might discover on this lovely journey of hope. arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:18:31 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/martinlutherkingvideoshowcase Man of freedom, he had a dream do we? There is a lot in the news about Martin Luther King whenever his birthday nears or now during the elections in the US for President. We need to take his torch always and remember the gift of speaking out that he exampled. He opposed the war in Vietnam.. what do you think he would think of the war in Iraq? Please comment below in my comments section. ~~*~~ people Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:38:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ronstadt   Linda Ronstadt is an American singer, with a pure, expressive soprano voice and eclectic artistic tastes, whose performances called attention to a number of new songwriters and helped establish country rock music. ~~~~~~   With roots in the Los Angeles country and folk-rock scenes, Linda Ronstadt became one of the most popular interpretive singers of the '70s, earning a string of platinum-selling albums and Top 40 singles. Throughout the '70s, her laidback pop never lost sight of her folky roots, yet as she moved into the '80s, she began to change her sound with the times, adding new wave influences. After a brief flirtation with pre-rock pop, Ronstadt settled into a pattern of adult contemporary pop and Latin albums, sustaining her popularity in both fields. While Ronstadt was a student at Arizona State University, she met guitarist Bob Kimmel. The duo moved to Los Angeles, where guitarist/songwriter Kenny Edwards joined the pair. Calling themselves the Stone Poneys, the group became a leading attraction on California's folk circuit, recording their first album in 1967. The band's second album, Evergreen, Vol. 2, featured the Top 20 hit "Different Drum," which was written by Michael Nesmith. After recording one more album with the group, Ronstadt left for a solo career at the end of 1968. Full Biography and Discography --> on her OFFICIAL site: http://www.linda-ronstadt.com/   ~~~~~~  A great site for her lyrics is: http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/lyrics.html  music Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:58:31 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/collectiblespunglassfigurine ~~*~~ Collectible works of glass art, beautiful collectible spun glass figurines make lovely gifts and feel like a mysterious goddess treasure. Whimsical angel drawings, fairies in art, they all visit this lens from time to time to see what castles might arise. Ever watch those people work with the little flame and a stick of glass? Amazing to me what develops from a simple piece of glass. This lens is all about those little treasures and other glass collectibles as well as my interest in fairies and mermaids.. smile. Spun Glass Figurines are delicate pieces of beautiful art. Spun glass figurines,collectible animal figurines, fairies, goddess art, castles, snowman figurines, crystal, cherub figurines, adorable animal figurines, leaded glass, blown glass.. the list goes on. By the way... The painting "Flight" is mine. The original is a 48x24 oil on canvas. I use it everywhere because it matches my feelings about art. It is available in giclee on canvas through my official website along with free coloring pages of fairies and mermaids: http://www.kathysart.com ~~*~~ A poem I wrote: "Scrapbooking of the Heart-Nautical Stickers Between the Pages" Years ago I found a photo album It contained a journal scrapbooking of the heart nautical star stickers between the pages a diary of the soul. I found it and placed it close to my ears. Words of someone else scrapbooking chat rooms someone other than myself had heartaches yes, free pattern templates for scrapbooking designed to measure us all the same sadness had overwhelmed her at times I read and heard her tears. Her days were spent with indecision just like my life just like yours. I learned so much scrapbooking chat rooms people are so open. She worried and fretted what would come what was past that she could not deal with. I placed her words and pictures close to my ears. Her words were oft times mine and I think yours as well. I wonder about her after all these years later this fantasy woman I have never met. I wonder if she ever found her way. Her trials not so unlike mine and yours. How did she meet them in the end? Is she OK? Did she embrace her strength or did she neglect her spirit? Did she decide the road was worth the travel or did she fall along the wayside? I think sometimes that YES she indeed did decide set out her plans to find new horizons. I imagine her finding every star she wished on. All alone sometimes I know that she is me as well. It is the fragrance of this story that speaks to me at night before I go to sleep. I feel them those stars those fantasies made real. I rest my head plot the day that will come in the morning knowing I am and always have been just as unsure just as worried yet just as hopeful as I dream she was in her world that came to her so many years ago now. I placed her words and pictures close to my heart nautical star stickers between the pages. Her words were oft times mine and I think yours as well. I will embrace the stars if you will. by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen copyright 2008 ` GO TO MY WEBSITE @ http://www.kathysart.com for free scrap-booking coloring pages. yay! ~ arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:13:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/edwardburne-jones Edward Burne-Jones was a fabulous designer, creating designs for stained glass and wonderful tapestries. This lens is about him as well as leaded or stained glass and tapestry. British painter, designer, and illustrator Sir Edward Burne-Jones is one of the most well known of the second generation Pre-Raphaelite artists. Born in Birmingham, Burne-Jones mother died six days after giving birth. Having no siblings the lonely child escaped to the world of drawing. Burne-Jones studied theology at Exeter College in Oxford where he met fellow poet and artist William Morris. The two read the writings of Ruskin and studied and the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites and decided they should devote their lives to art. In 1856, he met Dante Gabriel Rossetti, who became a great influence on directing Burne-Jones art. In 1860, Burne-Jones married Georgiana Macdonald. Known for her quiet strength, Georgiana provided a balance to the artists high strung personality. He was also a partner in the firm of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co along with William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Madox Brown, and Phillip Webb. 'The Firm', as it was called, began in 1860 and produced interior design, high quality furnishings, stained glass, metal work, tiles, and tapestries. Rossetti and Madox Brown both resigned from the company in 1874. Burne-Jones is known for his efforts in the revival of medieval crafts with the aid of his friend William Morris. His themes are taken from legends and history, often mythological and allegorical characters. Edward Burne-Jones was elected to the Royal Academy in 1890 but resigned after three years. He designed stained-glass windows, mosaics, and tapestries along with book illustrations under the name of Edward Coley Jones. His designs, along with his medieval crafts style, paved the way for the Arts Nouveau movement. Burne-Jones was knighted in 1894 and died in 1898. About the Author: Layla D. is a art lover and contributor to http://georgia-dog-friendly.blogspot.com/ This article may be reprinted in full so long as the resource box and the live links are included intact. All rights reserved. Copyright Layla D. Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Layla_Dean   arts Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:31 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/trinascharthyman Trina Schart Hyman was a children's book illustrator of fantasy art and fairy tales. I first began collecting children's books because of the wonderful illustrators that are found in them. Trina Schart Hyman is one of my favorites. ~~*~~ Trina Schart Hyman was born in Philadelphia on April 8, 1939 and was educated at Philadelphia College of Art, and Boston Museum School of Fine Arts. Hyman lived in Sweden for two years in the 1960s and attended art college there as well. While she was there she received her first big break when Astrid Lindgren, author of Pippi Longstocking, offered her a job illustrating a children's book. In all, Hyman illustrated over one hundred children's books, primarily fairy tales. She credits her mother for instilling in her the joy of books by reading to her from the time she was an infant. She spent a whole year wearing a red satin cape that her mother had made for her because her favorite story was Little Red Riding Hood. Trina Schart Hyman received the Caldecott Medal for 'Saint George and the Dragon' and has twice been awarded Caldecott Honors. Trina Schart Hyman died of cancer, Nov. 19, 2004. This is all taken from a wonderful website about her. There is a fantatic interview done by Denise Ortakales also on the same site at: http://ortakales.com/illustrators/Hyman1.html It begins: My Interview of Trina Schart Hyman by Denise Ortakales I must admit that I wasn't quite sure what to expect when Trina agreed to be interviewed by me. She is my most favorite illustrator of all time and I greatly admire her work. I confess that I may have put this talented children's book illustrator on a pedestal. But after having read several of her previous interviews, I got the impression that she was . . . well, . . . at best, brutally honest, at worst, jaded, cynical and cranky. But she was nice enough to agree to an interview, by an illustration student no less (albeit an older student,) so she couldn't be all bad, right? Well, all of my fears were allayed the moment she and her poodle answered the door. She was warm and gracious, and I immediately felt at ease in her cozy kitchen. After I turned down her offer of coffee, I mentioned to her how hard I tried to come up with questions that she may have not been asked before, but it was difficult because I assume that she has been asked everything under the sun. She assured me that she had not, and even so, some of her thoughts have changed over the years. I questioned whether or not it was okay if I use a tape recorder. Having heard that she did not like technology, I didn't want to offend her by bringing any into her home. She laughed and said of course, if it made things easier for me. We started with a brief tour of her non-technological kitchen area. A large woodstove on one wall is used for heating purposes. On the other wall is an old gas-stove used for cooking. In the back pantry, she keeps a conventional gas range that she uses for occasional cooking. She has a modern refrigerator but still uses a rotary telephone. No answering machines, computers, or fax machines for this girl. But wait, what is this? The room off the kitchen is an office, equipped with a color copier, and a computer with a scanner! Trina assures me that it is her partner's office, but admits to using the color copier rather than driving into town, but not the computer. Trina's dislike of technology was unfathomable to my 10-year old son. He wanted to know if she had a microwave, so I asked. continued: http://ortakales.com/illustrators/Hyman1.html arts Sun, 04 May 2008 13:28:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/camilleclaudel Camille Claudell was a remarkable sculptor. She had passiion and to me, as I am sure you will agree that is what it takes to make great art. Back then people dug up their own clay, they did not buy it by the box. I think of the devotion it must have taken to practice to a point that a person could actually be satisfied by meeting an accomplishment of a sculpture to be proud of. I don't think 'anyone' ever actually arrives to any kind of perfection in themselves.. good thing.. lest why keep trying? Devotion to the art, love of the craft, not the result to admire, was what drove her or drives any artist for that matter. I feel a special attachment to her because she died on my birthday.. I am not saying I have taken her talent as mine.. or that when she died I began, but I do feel a certain affinity with her. Kathy From Wikipedia: Camille Claudel was born in Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, in northern France, the second child of a family of farmers and gentry. Her father, Louis Prosper, dealt in mortgages and bank transactions. Her mother, the former Louise Athanaïse Cécile Cerveaux, came from a Champagne family of Catholic farmers and priests. The family moved to Villeneuve-sur-Fère while Camille was still a baby. Her younger brother Paul Claudel was born there in 1866. Subsequently they moved to Bar-le-Duc (1870), Nogent-sur-Seine (1876), and Wassy-sur-Blaise (1879), although they continued to spend summers in Villeneuve-sur-Fère, and the stark landscape of that region made a deep impression on the children. Camille moved with her mother, brother and younger sister to the Montparnasse area of Paris in 1881, her father having to remain behind, working to support them. people Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:04:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/jsteinbeck I first read Steinbeck when I was around 25. My dad mentioned to me that he was reading Steinbeck and thought I might enjoy his writings as well. I DID! I LOVE Steinbecks way with words and amazing talent in creating characters. You find yourself so involved with his characters that you are sure you know them. It is because we have all known people like them I think. John Steinbeck (1902-1968), born in Salinas, California, came from a family of moderate means. He worked his way through college at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925 he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance writer, but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories, Steinbeck first became widely known with Tortilla Flat (1935), a series of humorous stories about Monterey paisanos. Steinbeck's novels can all be classified as social novels dealing with the economic problems of rural labour, but there is also a streak of worship of the soil in his books, which does not always agree with his matter-of-fact sociological approach. After the rough and earthy humour of Tortilla Flat, he moved on to more serious fiction, often aggressive in its social criticism, to In Dubious Battle (1936), which deals with the strikes of the migratory fruit pickers on California plantations. This was followed by Of Mice and Men (1937), the story of the imbecile giant Lennie, and a series of admirable short stories collected in the volume The Long Valley (1938). In 1939 he published what is considered his best work, The Grapes of Wrath, the story of Oklahoma tenant farmers who, unable to earn a living from the land, moved to California where they became migratory workers. Among his later works should be mentioned East of Eden (1952), The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), and Travels with Charley (1962), a travelogue in which Steinbeck wrote about his impressions during a three-month tour in a truck that led him through forty American states. He died in New York City in 1968. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1962/steinbeck-bio.html  arts Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:47:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/wordtrackerfreetrial Is your website like a store in the middle of the desert? How do people find you? A website can be like a store out in the middle of nowhere. You can build it and it can have the most spectacular things inside it, a huge parking lot, it can be 24k gold plated with a ruby driveway leading up to the whole thing.... BUT if no one knows about it, what's the point? This lens is about article writing and keywords research. Search engine optimization rank attack seo professionals. My ATTACK from an artists point of view. ~~*~~ *Ezines are electronic magazines, whether delivered via a Web site or an email newsletter. Wordtracker is King!! ... and "WORDTRACKER is what my lens is all about" Wordtracker, article writing and getting my art website seen. YAY! ~~*~~ arts Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:08:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/bfroud Brian Froud, Wendy Froud.. don't you just adore their artwork?! Wow, to put life to fantasy art is done so brilliantly by both of them. They cause me to take pause to imagine, feel the day and dream of what can be on canvas or a handful of clay. Brian Froud, master magician of magical fantasy art. I have several of his books and "The Faeries Oracles". They are a wonderful slip away from the struggle. Brian, raised in Winchester, studied graphic arts and worked as a commercial illustrator in London before he began to explore a deeper interest in mythic themes with the publication of Faeries, co-created with Alan Lee, in 1978. He is the mad genius behind the films The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth, and the best-selling books Faeries, Goblins of the Labyrinth, Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, Lady Cottington's Fairy Album, Good Faeries/Bad Faeries, and many others. His artwork inspired the mythic novels Something Rich and Strange by Patricia McKillip, The Wild Wood by Charles de Lint, The Wood Wife by Terri Windling, and Hannah's Garden by Midori Snyder-as well as magical works by a whole generation of younger artists and filmmakers. http://www.endicott-studio.com/bios/biofroud.html Brian Froud's OFFICIAL site: www.worldoffroud.com arts Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:30:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/judycollins My memories of Judy Collins are of her lovely voice filling the rooms of my house in Santa Barbara. Voice of an angel touching the walls and flowers on tables, it was a beautiful time in my life. I have made of lens about Judy Collins because I have decided to fill my world with the beauty of her songs again. I am an artist, my muse is music and of amazing singers like Leonard Cohen, a brilliant songwriter, Joni Mitchell, Linda Ronstadt and Joan Baez. Their voices lend to an elegant journey of the heart, one that is brought to a space of creativity that only music can do sometimes. More info about her throughout this lens. Be sure to turn on the UTube.. listen to her lovely voice, fill your walls with beauty and elegance as you learn more about Judy Collins. ~~*~~ music Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:14:23 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/AnnieLennoxcd I paint goddess art, beautiful women goddess art, and I paint my exotic women with the music of Annie Lenox. I have painted so many paintings to the music of Annie Lennox. I turn my boom box up to full blast and scare the neighbors I am sure! What an inspiration this woman is. She stands for talent being pursued and mastered. Several years ago I saw her on Saturday Live singing "Why". At the end of that performance she sang/said the lyrics, "You don't know me, you don't know how I feel." I just felt stunned by it. I could not move or even breath.. I have been a 'major' fan ever since that song. I was before but the emotion she projected that night was so profound, so unusual that as I said, my breath was taken away. Isn't that what creativity is all about? Moving someones emotions? Making them feel something? I think yes.. and Annie Lennox moves me. Ann Lennox was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. She attended Aberdeen High School for Girls, now Harlaw Academy.[1] She was educated as a classical musician and studied the flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Birth name Ann Lennox Born December 25, 1954 (age 52) Origin Aberdeen, Scotland Genre(s) Pop, soul, rock Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Instrument(s) Vocals, keyboards, flute Years active 1977-present Label(s) J, Arista Associated acts Eurythmics, The Tourists Website www.annielennox.com music Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:27:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/mucha  Alfons Maria Mucha (1860-1939) Alfons Mucha was a very influential but seldom mentioned figure in the history of art. He is more than anyone else responsible for the "art nouveau" style that developed around the turn of the century and applied his considerable talents to a wide variety of pursuits ranging from painting and sculpture to poster, magazine, and calendar illustration, and product and architectural design. It is probably as much because he did things other than paintings to be hung in museums that many of the leading artistic institutions have ignored his work for most of this century, but the fact that he opposed the cubist revolution and made recognizable and beautiful images meant that the critics of the 20th century would ignore his work. arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:08:39 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/basquiat "Basquiat" Who? That is what I thought once... The first time I ever heard of Jean-Michel Basquiat was when I accidentally picked up a video called "Basquiat". As an artist myself I seek out movies about artists. Somewhere in other artists I find pieces of myself. Discover more about Basquiat and see if you don't feel a bit of the same. The art: Untitled acrylic, oilstick and spray paint on canvas painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, 1981 arts Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:45:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/rumiquotes The law of attraction rich science secret is available to you. The hypnosis law of attraction free for the taking and science of getting rich the law secret attraction is there within your being. We try yet, none of us are perfect... did you know that? We are not perfect nor are we expected to be. Rumi gave me that. When I read from his poetry I feel his imperfections and yet his continual longing to do better, reach higher. What a relief! I am not alone in messing up and neither are you!. Ever read "The Four Agreements" by Miguel Luis? That book too reminds of of the value of our own being and that the goal is to 'try'. Ahhh sigh... ahhh relief. I have posted "The Four Agreements" below as well as other things that will help you along your way. One step at a time, right to left I tell myself.. do your best. I first came across the writings of Rumi while joining a book club of all things. I selected a set of books that gave me a broad sense of philosophy wanting to round out my library as well as my thinking. The day my six for a dollar books came in the mail I was excited of course. I sent away for art books as well and quickly went through them first. I had no idea at the time how one book within the package would bless me later and to this day. Sipping freshly ground coffee one day I sat in my favorite chair and looked through my set of six small books on philosophy. Quite a deal to get six books that only counted as one I thought. One book stood out though, The Book of Rumi. I looked through the pages and felt the human spirit of its author. I was surprised to read such honesty. It gave me hope in my own propensity of trying to be a 'good' person. I came across this quote: "Out beyond ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing there is a field. I'll meet you there." ~Rumi This quote is just the most perfect one a person could ever find and say to themselves. It tells a tale of wanting to do right but sometimes failing. We all do! It is OK we all do, we are human. We do the best we can but sometimes we fail. We fail and others fail as well, no one is perfect. I loved this quote so much that I made little cards of it. I wrote the quote in calligraphy, painted little flowers on the border and gave them to friends. I also put one in my bathroom. I always have a little space kind of like an alter in my bathrooms. Funny place? Well I figure it is a space where company goes as they take a second for themselves. Many of my friends do the same thing now as well. I love that I could have influenced them in such a positive way. ~~*~~ Jalalud'din Rumi is one of the world's most revered mystical poets. During his lifetime he produced a prolific range of inspiring and devotional poetry which encapsulates the sufi's experience of union with the divine. These timeless classics have enjoyed a renaissance in recent years, as Rumi has become one of our most popular poets. Although Rumi was a Sufi and a great scholar of the Qu'ran his appeal reaches across religious and social divisions. Even during his lifetime he was noted for his cosmopolitan outlook. His funeral, which lasted 40 days, was attended by Muslims, Jews, Persians, Christians and Greeks. Rumi was born in 1207 on the Eastern shores of the Persian Empire. He was born in the city of Balkh( in what is now Afghanistan), and finally settled in the town of Konya, in what is now Turkey. It was a period of remarkable social and political turbulence. The 13th Century was the era of the crusades; also the area where Rumi lived was under constant threat of Mongol invasion. The great upheavals Rumi faced during his life is said to have influenced much of his poetry. Rumi met many of the great Sufi poets. For example, as a young boy he met the Sufi Master, Attar. Attar is said to have commented about Rumi. "There goes a river dragging an ocean behind it." However the most important turning point in Rumi's life was when he met the wandering dervish Shams al- Din. Shams was eccentric and unorthodox, but was filled with heart - felt devotion, that sometimes he couldn't contain. Shams appeared to be quite different to the respectable and prestigious scholar, (as Rumi was at that point.) However Rumi saw in Shams a divine presence. This meeting and their close mystical relationship was instrumental in awakening Rumi's latent spirituality and intense devotion. It was at this point Rumi abandoned his academic career and began to write his mystical poetry. Rumi's poetry is wide ranging and encompasses many different ideas but behind all the poetry the essential theme was the longing and searching for the union with the divine. Rumi was himself a great mystic. His outpourings of poetry were a reflection of his own inner consciousness. Ironically Rumi said that no words could adequately explain the experience of mystical union. Yet his words are inspiring signposts which point towards the divine. In his poetry Rumi frequently uses imagery which may be unexpected. For example although Islam forbids alcohol, he often describes the sensation of being "drunk and intoxicated with ecstasy for his beloved." Here drunk implies the bliss of the divine consciousness. Love is a frequent subject of Rumi's poems, descriptions of seeming romantic love is an illusion to the all encompassing pure, divine love. Metaphors such as this are common to other Sufi poets such as Omar Khayyam, Hafiz, and Attar. Rumi's poetry is so widely appreciated because it has the capacity to uplift our own consciouness. Reading the words of Rumi can awaken in ourselves, our own spiritual self. by: Richard On Rumi by Hazrat Inayat Khan http://www.poetseers.org/the_poetseers/rumi The law of attraction rich science secret is available to you, try not to let it be another stumbling block, accept that you are human. ~~*~~ people Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:28:48 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/katebushmusic The art of fantasy made real is what Kate Bush is about,to me anyway. If you have never seen one of her UTubes, (check one out below) you will see she is truly an amazing fantasy goddess and a true fantasy art woman! I am sure that Sarah Brightman as well as so many others must be effected by the performances of Kate Bush, I am when I dance on the beach or in my yard or in a park. Who could or would blame anyone? Not me! I confess to having practiced many a song of Kate Bush's, inside my head at least, or when I am all alone free in my living room with her music blasting away. Ahh I just adore it! Taken under the wing of Pink Floyd's David Gilmore as a younger performer her career has been noteworthy. The fantasy art goddess sings and performs below on this page.. ya ya babooshka! ya-ya! ~~*~~ arts Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:38:32 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/dekooning   Artist Willem de Kooning was born April 24, 1904, in Rotterdam.   From 1916 to 1925, he studied at night at the Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, while apprenticed to a commercial-art and decorating firm and later working for an art director. In 1924 he visited museums in Belgium and studied further in Brussels and Antwerp. De Kooning came to the United States in 1926 and settled briefly in Hoboken, New Jersey. He worked as a house painter before moving to New York in 1927, where he met Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, and John Graham. He took various commercial-art and odd jobs until 1935, when he was employed in the mural and easel divisions of the WPA Federal Art Project. Thereafter he painted full-time. In the late 1930s his abstract as well as figurative work was primarily influenced by the Cubism [more] and Surrealism [more] of Pablo Picasso and also by Gorky, with whom he shared a studio. In 1938 de Kooning started his first series of Women, which would become a major recurrent theme. During the 1940s he participated in group shows with other artists who would form the New York School and become known as Abstract Expressionists. De Kooning’s first solo show, which took place at the Egan Gallery, New York, in 1948, established his reputation as a major artist; it included a number of the allover black-and-white abstractions he had initiated in 1946. The Women of the early 1950s were followed by abstract urban landscapes, Parkways, rural landscapes, and, in the 1960s, a new group of Women. In 1968 de Kooning visited the Netherlands for the first time since 1926 for the opening of his retrospective at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. In Rome in 1969 he executed his first sculptures—figures modeled in clay and later cast in bronze—and in 1970–71 he began a series of life-size figures. In 1974 the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, organized a show of de Kooning’s drawings and sculpture that traveled throughout the United States, and in 1978 the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, mounted an exhibition of his recent work. In 1979 de Kooning and Eduardo Chillida received the Andrew W. Mellon Prize, which was accompanied by an exhibition at the Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh. De Kooning settled in the Springs, East Hampton, Long Island, in 1963. He was honored with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1997. The artist died on March 19, 1997, on Long Island. http://www.guggenheimcollection.org    Although Willem DeKooning was born in Hollond in 1904, he moved to the United States in the 1920s and became a key player in the New York school of art in the 1950s and a pioneer in Abstract Expressionism. As an action painter, he tried to capture a sense of energy and emotion in his work. In doing so, he alternated between abstract and figural painting. While much of his work resembles the total abstraction of painters like Jackson Pollock, his best pieces combine the chaos of expressionism with more traditional forms. As in "Woman I," the human figure is visible, but it is disintegrating into a chaotic blend of colors and textures. It was through paintings like these that DeKooning became a leader of the Abstract Expressionist movement. By blending traditional forms with a sense of ambiguity, he moved beyond the constraints of art history and opened the door for new methods of expression. What was his motivation for this experiment with Abstract Expressionism? As Willem DeKooning explained, "Ambiguity prevails in an art and in an age where nothing is certain but self-consciousness." -Aaron Krall (Tansey, Richard G. Art through the Ages, Vol. II. Seventh Edition. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1980.)   The image is "Excavation"   ~~*~~  arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:04:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/brunolucchesi If you want to learn how to do sculpture in clay be sure to get Bruno Lucchesi's dvd's. Wow, totally amazing. Bruno Lucchesi is an amazing sculptor who adds the bit of sensitivity needed to his work that makes it come alive.  ~~*~~ Bruno Lucchesi was born in the village of Lucca, Italy, in 1926. His early exposure to the extraordinary sculpture of the Italian Renaissance Here you may just get the feeling that you might enjoy sculpting yourself! I have a few of his teaching videos and I can tell you for sure.. they are fantastic! arts Sat, 24 May 2008 14:21:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/kathyostman-magnusen   A letter from the tooth fairy, tiny whimsical angle drawings, fantasy art, as I map faery tale adventures for the soul. Free poems, whimsical musicians artwork, mermaid coloring pages on my official website...suitable for children. ~~*~~ ABOUT Kathy Ostman-Magnusen I am an artist, I paint and sculpt women primarily; in their daily lives, in lives they might be afraid of, and in lives they wish they had. My goal has always remained the same; to hear them breathing and to know the passion I feel in my soul is met by theirs. It is not possible to feel apathetic while standing next to passion.  I don't paint landscapes to hang above someone's couch, paintings meant to be a resting place for the mind?  I want to paint feelings that one cannot dismiss.  I hope to stir up feelings that overwhelm within the viewer as well as myself.  It is not my goal to feel nothing but a sunny day or peacefulness, shiny trinkets that rest on walls that can be walked away from.  I want to paint women who feel something.  I paint myself as I define it and revel in the fact that I am made whole by my own journey of introspection. I want to paint strength, sexuality, pain, power, a force of intensity, emotional qualities that generate a reaction.  I don't want to paint the sky, I want to paint the dominance of the wind that caused it to be felt on ones skin, in the form of a woman.  I pick up my brush or clay between my fingers and consider a certain belligerence, an attitude of confidence that meets the power I need to form an energy outside myself and I welcome it in.  I paint or sculpt until I hear them breathing and their breath becomes my own. In every single one of my paintings my objective is to 'know them' . To let each one reveal their own vision or message. I am often astounded as their presence unfolds & I am met with who they are. I then realize that who 'they' are, defines me as well. My hope is that my paintings & sculptures relate to you, their audience & that they give you the message you need for your own heart and soul.<br. I am Represented by: Monkdogz Urban Art, Inc., 547 West 27th Street, 5th floor, New York, NY 10001 ORIGINAL ART may be purchased through Monkdogz I  illustrated for Hay House Inc.,"Women Who Do Too Much" CARDS taken from Anne Wilson Schaef's book; Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing;  "The Spirit of Hula" by Leilani Petranek. and several other publications. Free gifts suitable for children: A letter from the tooth fairy, tiny whimsical angle drawings, fantasy art, as I map faery tale adventures for the soul. Free poems, whimsical musicians artwork, mermaid coloring pages. My newsletter goes out every 30 days.   ABOUT Kathy Ostman-Magnusen Represented by Monkdogz Urban Art,, Inc. 547 West 27th Street 5th floor New York, NY 10001 arts Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:14:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/camilleclaudelsculpture Goddess art, goddess of sculpture and passion that met fingers to clay, and stone, Camille Claudel's life was art and passion was her guide. She was a prodigy of Rodin's but I personally feel her ability to project emotions onto her work exceeded Rodin's talent. Because she was a woman? Is that why? Up to you to decide. She was PASSIONATE about art and sculpting. Rodin no doubt felt threatened by her as an artist. She continued on to do what she loved though despite difficulties. In later years she was put into an institution by her brother, with the full encouragement of her mother.. oh the betrayal. I think of her there.. no art, no clay under her fingers. Thinking of her dying there without art seems to be the cruelest thing imaginable to such a talent as Camille Claudel. I have heard tale that she is the one who did a lot of his hands and feet on his sculptures. What could be harder than sculpting or drawing hands and feet right? Her talent excelled and as you will see as you review her work her talents gave her wings and she indeed flew on her own. I actually have 'two' lenses on Camille Claudel the other one titled "Camille Claudel ll". Just can't get enough of her I guess! ~~*~~ arts Sun, 11 May 2008 15:58:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/henrymooresculpture Modern art sculpture, sculptures of women often.. small heads with large bodies. I first came across his work through an adult ed sculpture class. It was there that I learned how to sculpt with clay and how to apply a patina on a bisque fired piece of clay to resemble bronze, or any other metal. One can also create a marble or stone effect.. all by using many layers of watered down acrylic paint. I've heard tale that Henry Moore's figurative sculptures had small heads and large shoulders because when he was a little boy, he had to massage his mothers shoulders a lot, after a hard day of work. Henry Moore was the most celebrated sculptor of his time, and the second part of his career, in particular, demonstrated that Modernist sculpture was, after all, surprisingly adaptable to official needs. In this sense, Moore was the contemporary equivalent of the great Neo Classical sculptors such as Canova and Thorwaldsen. Be sure to check out The Henry Moore Foundation: To advance the education of the public by the promotion of their appreciation of the fine arts and in particular the works of Henry Moore. www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk/ ~~*~~ arts Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:57:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/juliacameron I have done "The Artist's Way"and also her book, "The Vein of Gold". Both a remarkable experience. What do I mean by 'done them'? Her books are about tapping into your creative side and how to get there. Julia also blesses you with a better mental attitude in the process. She writes about how to know better who you are and what you can do to make your life better and more full. Amazing author! Julia Cameron (4 March 1948, Illinois) most notably the author of "The Artist's Way", a remarkable book of self discovery. arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:57:59 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/rodin     When ever I think of Rodin I think of Camille Claudel.  The story of these two lives intertwined is full of intrugue.  Romantic, tragic, all the while circled around the art of sculpture.    At the height of his career, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was regarded as the greatest sculptor since Michelangelo. Straying from nineteenth-century academic conventions, Rodin created his own sense of personal artistic expressions that focused on the vitality of the human spirit. His modeling techniques captured the movement and depth of emotion of his subjects by altering traditional poses and gestures. His pioneering work has been a critical link between traditional and modern figurative sculpture. http://www.cantorfoundation.org/Rodin/rbio.html    ~~*~~  arts Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:15:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/claudmonet Wouldn't you just love to visit Claude Monet's Giverny and stay there forever? Who can blame him for painting the water lilies and dear little bridge that rest there? I have two little children's books describing a visit there by two different little girls. I confess, I feel like a little girl when I think about Giverey and its delicate world. Claude Monet painted Giverny even while going blind, I would assume it was because its image had already burned inside his heart. Impressionistic painting lends to painting from ones emotions no?   Birth name    Claude Oscar Monet   Born    November 14, 1840 Paris, France Died    December 5, 1926 (aged 86) Giverny, France Nationality    French Field    Painter Movement    Impressionism Famous works    Impression, Sunrise Rouen Cathedral series London Parliament series arts Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:06:44 -0600 http://best.monkdogzurbanart.ever.com/ I have two lenses about Monkdogz Urban Art.. they shine! I could not help myself! Pop art, abstract art, figurative art, erotic and nudists art, all are featured at Monkdogz. I have rated this lens R even though it is pretty tame, it is not for little kids. Enjoy my lens, enjoy meeting some amazing artists as well as hearing the art buzz both in New York and from their host of International artists like Jean Mark Calvet.. so good!   Contemporary Art Today is defined by the efforts of Monkdogz Urban Art. They are considered to be the most innovative gallery in New York as they make their mark on the world with a host of International artists on their palette.   Discovering the extraordinary:                    Monkdogz Urban Art On a blindingly sunny day, in a bitter cold wind, I walked into a building on 27th street, between 10th and 11th avenues, in Chelsea. I got in the elevator and pushed button 5. I got off and stumbled into a burst of energy in the form of colorful art work. Monkdogz Urban Art, I read by the door. I liked what I saw. I was so used to half dead, boring, lifeless art that this was a gush of fresh and exciting life; ‘art is not dead after all’, I told myself and walked through the gallery enjoying the art work from artists all over the world: Japan, the Netherlands, the USA, Mexico…. Once I had seen all, I stopped for a while to gain the courage to speak to the man that sat in the space that looked like the office –it was obvious he was the gallerist –. He looked cool in his black clothes, his tall slender figure. I held a heated discussion with myself in which I tried to convince my insecure self to go ahead with my mission: I was there to hand out my catalogue –a poor scared artist in look for new galleries in which to show her work, oh god! –. But one part of me was being despairingly obstinate; the seconds crawled on and no motion was visible in my hesitant body. Then, the cool man stood up, walked up to me and asked me in a most joyful voice: ‘Hi! How are you? I’m Bob! What would you like to drink?’ In my stupefaction all I could utter was the (in that context) stupid word: ‘Why?’ The gallerist looked at me surprised and exclaimed: ‘Why? … Why not?’ and took me over to where the fridge was. So, I got my bottle of water, and in between I managed to tell him –in a clumsily timid way – that I was a Spanish-Finnish artist and I had brought my catalogue to give him. He found that most interesting; he gave me a guided tour of the exhibition, and then he told me we’d now sit down and look at my work. ‘Oh, no, no, it’s best if I leave and you look at it later, by yourself’ I exclaimed terrified. ‘Not at all, we’ll look at it together now’. So, my bewilderment reached even higher peaks: am I dreaming or is this reality, that a gallerist is willing to kindly and generously give me –a totally unknown artist to him– and my art his valuable time? I had never heard of such a thing. But, it was no dream, I assure you, it was the most real reality. On March 11, 2006, in the heart of New York City’s vibrant art world, Monkdogz Urban Art exploded with an international exhibition that just seemed to dance with color style and imagination. Over 1500 invited guests and professionals attended this auspicious event which was also relayed, world wide on the web, in real time, through the use of video cameras mounted within the gallery. When asked about the gallery’s future plans Robert Hogge was heard to say “We’re going to raise the barometer. We didn’t come here to be just another gallery in New York. We came to be very innovative and we are driven to accomplish that mission”. A year has passed since their opening and they are busy preparing their 14th show. They are already building a reputation as a fascinating destination in Chelsea, as a recent review on chelseaartgalleries.com stated “This is the venue for the ‘art icons of the 21st Century’ in traditional, contemporary abstraction and over-the-top images…..so, fasten your seatbelts!!” It would appear that Monkdogz in looking to the future took a lesson from the past in establishing themselves. Bob explains that many galleries are either artist or client driven. In his thinking you need to be both. Today many galleries tend to feel sterile in their quest to present a professional atmosphere. He stresses understanding the value of conducting your business in a professional manner and believes this can be accomplished while maintaining an arena for open communication and a warm environment for clients, visitors and artists. Marina Hadley, the gallery co-owner and director states quite accurately that “Without the artists this space is just white walls and a lighting system. Without clients who trust your decisions this space will cease to exist at all.” The directors look back in history and point out that windows of opportunity have sporadically opened within the art world. In the 1930s, artists like Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, just to name a couple, were afforded a platform to exhibit their work in New York City. The reception worldwide was significant. Again in the early 1970s, new artists like Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring were afforded the same opportunity. They believe that today the window is opening once again but this time on a more international scale. The world today is very much a global village. Distances, time zones and different languages are no longer the barriers that they once were. Monkdogz has a mission to bring artists from around the world to present their vision, talent and imagination in a variety of exciting styles designed to afford the viewer an opportunity to explore an explosive visual arts experience. To this end, the third member of Monkdogz creative team is who Ed Mc Cormack, Chief Editor of Gallery and Studio Magazine calls the ‘suave resident French artist’ Sébastien Aurillon. Sébastien handles a multitude of tasks and communication for the gallery’s European artists and clients as well as being a very talented artist in his own right. He is also helping lay the ground work for future endeavors planned outside of the United States. When asked about Monkdogz’s plans to expand outside of New York, Hogge smiles and says “anything and everything is possible.” The Monkdogz Creative Team & Laila Escartín Hamarinen   arts Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:46:19 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/oshomeditation About 12 years ago I was at a bookstore and noticed a book written by Osho called, "CREATIVITY Unleashing the Forces Within" I have loved Osho ever since. It was one of the best purchases I've ever made. I took the book everywhere with me for a long time. There are quotes in the book that I copied off and put around the house to remind me just how close imagination can be. It is only as far as you let it be. I am reminded of Albert Einstein who said that "Imagination is better than knowledge." When we strive toward it we are rewarded with its glorious presence that was there all the time. Osho is a spiritual guide and teacher who writes with eloquence and wisdom. He teaches creativity because that is the very essence of God. That is what I think anyway. So do you think I recommend Osho's book about creativity? Oh YES1 Indeed I do! Aloha, Kathy ~~*~~ people Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:48:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/kathysartlens Within the parameters of fine art whimsical angel commissions, fairies illustrations,fantasy art warrior women, I paint and sculpt female fantasy art and map faery tale adventures, testing erotica. I dream of beautiful women on canvas and art of exotic women that includes an adventure of pencil drawings dragons,gothic angel art,landscapes still life portrait commissions,whimsical angel drawings, in fine art paintings reproduction,my free coloring pages fairies and dragons, whimsical musicians drawing by signing up for my newsletter and original work. I want to know and feel it all as far as I can reach. I am constantly changing. I keep boxes of ideas drawn out in sketch books, sculptures in the works, do several paintings as one time, some work, some don't. I continually try. I write poetry, articles and stories. I am working on a self portrait series that shock some, I guess me too in many ways. I seek... me, in all of this. On this lens I will share the work of other people of interest with the same interests as well. Fine art whimsical angel commissions,fantasy art warrior women,and the like are the pleasure of many. ~~*~~ arts Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:23:39 -0600