The Magic, Miracles and Joy of an Artist: December 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Best Wishes For A Healthy and Happy New Year To All !!!

2009

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Thought for the day:

The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
~Albert Einstein~

SANTA CLAUS

I received this picture in an email today and had to share it. It is so sweet ~ makes you want to believe, doesn't it?

BEAUTY

& THE BEAST

Monday, December 29, 2008

Sharing a little beauty that even Winter can't destroy.
If we just take the time to look closely, there is beauty all around us. The next time you have to stop for a traffic light, look at the things by the side of the road ~ you will be surprised and delighted by little things you never noticed before. I found this beauty in the parking lot at the local grocery store.
God even supplied a Christmas Season palette of color in this one......
Enjoy!

A BEAUTIFUL DAY

Another beautiful day is upon us.... much to do, much to see. I am still pondering my goals for this Blog so right now I will only post another meaningful thought for the day:

FUN is the most conservative element of society, and it ought to be cherished and encouraged by all lawful means. People never plot mischief when they are merry. Laughter is an enemy to malice, a foe to scandal and a friend to every virtue. It promotes good temper, enlivens the heart and brightens the intellect.

Hopefully, we will all find much laughter in our lives during the New Year and do our best to bring laughter to others. So many people are under stress during this period of economic turmoil ~ bringing a smile to their face or making them laugh even for a few minutes might help.

Telling you to have a "great" day might be expecting a lot, so do your best to have a good one!

Sunday, December 28, 2008

A NEW ADVENTURE

Good morning.
This BLOG is the beginning of a new adventure for me! I am not quite sure where to start. I have decided to post a "thought for the day" until I decide how to go about this and exactly what I want to post. These will be some of my favorite quotes - I hope you enjoy!
I am sure many of you know Danita and read her blog. I read Danita's blog and those by many other fascinating people. I am an artist and I enjoy reading and seeing what other artists are creating and thinking. Wanting to post a comment on Danita's blog the other night, I found that I had to have a blog of my own in order to post. So........here I am wondering how I am going to do this and what I am going to post. It is going to be a learning process - I want it to be interesting - I want to share my thoughts on life and art - I want you to look forward to reading it. I need to learn how to post pictures, etc., so please be patient with me. Until then, have a wonderful day and here is a thought for the day:

The fact is, that to do anything in the world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scramble through as well as we can.
~Robert Cushing ~

For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come!

I AM A "SEARCHER"

"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."

~ James Kavanaugh

I am THE LOVERS Tarot Card

Motive, power, and action, arising from Inspiration and Impulse. THE LOVERS represents intuition and inspiration. Very often a choice needs to be made. Originally, this card was just called LOVE. And that's acually more apt than "LOVERS." Love follows in this sequence of growth and maturity. And, coming after the Emperor, who is about control, it is a radical change in perspective. LOVE is a force that makes you choose and decide for reasons you often can't understand; it makes you surrender control to a higher power. And that is what this card is all about. Finding something or someone who is so much a part of yourself, so perfectly attuned to you and you to them, that you cannot, dare not resist. This card indicates that you have or will come across a person, a career, challenge, or thing that you will fall in love with. You will know instinctively that you must have this, even if it means diverging from your chosen path. No matter the difficulties, without it you will never be complete.