create, you can, you do

CREATE

 CREATE something from nothing, something wonderful, beautiful, something with your hands.

Create a garden big or small, something the butterflies will want to come and visit you in.

Create a song while you are cleaning, or bake a new dish.

So many times I hear people tell me, "I'm not creative", I can't draw or cook, or paint."

I say, you are creative in everything you do, everyday in your live.

I love wearing scarfs, but for the life of me, I tell my daughter every time I wear one, "I can't tie it right!!!" Thankfully, she shows me again, and again, and again. I'm getting better. She creates the folds so gracefully.

You can do it, you all ready do.

CREATE.

CREATE, COLORED PENCIL, BY ARTIST

JEAN HART

scraf

BE INSPIRED,

`JEAN

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Technical Tuesday still life

 

TECHNICAL TUESDAY

 

 

well technically this will not be a "Technical " instruction day.

Mothers Day is coming up and so I have started to paint flowers.

I went to my local craft store and found drawing paper in 5 x 7 pads. I thought wow, this is great, they were already cut for me, in canvas for acrylic, pastel and colored pencil.

I brought out all my colored pencils and started to put together a little still life of flowers.

Today you will be doing the same.

Really think about what kind of flowers YOU LIKE. I find it easier if you like what you are going to draw.

I start with the size and shape of the vase.

pencil in the flower placement.

Pick out a color scheme that is complementary.

I usually work from top to bottom, and with pencil front to back.

Meaning that my background is usually the last thing I draw.

Have fun with this, it's not meant to be hard.

For me this whole painting was imaginary, but if you need to look at something by all means bring out your flower photos.

Have Fun,

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Soul Coaching Day 4

Soul Coach

Day 4

 

Air

I can not think of a better song to go with this weeks AIR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7S8-Iewi0

Where are you now in your life?

Core beliefs about life, rigid rules you have created on your own. I'm not one for going into ones past, but, Denise makes sense when she says, we are what are parent told us we are. Even if you want something different those words you heard while you were young stay with you.

Affirmation for the Day

"I love and accept who I am...and who I am is enough."

Now I'm not going to say I had a bad childhood, or that I was neglected or abused.

In someway I may have had all of that in little doses.

My current thinking is that everyone did the best they could at the time.

Because I love writing and know how powerful words are, I can understand how they sit in your subconscious.

On level one Committed to Change! Be the Sacred Observer.

I sometimes think I don't know what my beliefs are. So today, I will listen to what I tell myself, what are the words I use to describe myself. Listening to the internal dialogue and observe the language and words I use will give me an idea of how I feel about myself and what I believe.

changing your language can change your life.

I am lonely can become I am open for love.

I am exhausted can become I am recharging

I am slow moving can become I move at my own speed.

I am in pain can be my body is telling me something.

I am a bad speller can be I love spell check

my arts not good enough can be you are learning to express yourself better each day.

Today

observe your life while you hold the thought that the events of your life today are neither good or bad, they are just the events of the day. They are only good or bad depending upon the meaning that you give them.

Make a list of your faults, and see how you can turn them into a positive.

Core Beliefs is a notion that you have held so long and repeated so often that it has become entrenched into your subconscious mind.

These things take time to write down and think about, and continue to think of how I am going to change these core beliefs.

I invite you to go through this book with me. I would love to form a support group here.

Soul Coaching, 29 days to discover your authentic self, Denise Linn

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Dada Art

Dada

1916-1920

Zurich, Berlin, New Your

I must confess I do not know much about Dada artwork.

The Fun Fact I found about where the word Dada came from,

"The origin of the name Dada is in dispute. The most popular theory is that "Dada artists randomly stabbed at the French-German dictionary and hit the word "Dada," French for hobbyhorse. The other is that the word is simply nonsense or babble, reflecting the artists' attitude toward fine art."

Well there you go!!!! I like the babble myself.

It was during World War 1 that these artists came on the art world. They created provocative, contradictory, and irrational art. Their art was a way to protest against the war.

Dada artist did not seem to have a specific medium or standard to their work. More like chaos was used to create collage, paints, and sculptures. They were not interested in art for arts beauty. No, they were more interested in making the viewer think. They were more engaged in discussions of poetry readings, and performances and images that mocked the government, art world, and contemporary culture. I believe they were using art to make a political statement.

The Dada artist were the founders of what later became Surrealists artists.

Selected artists of Dada:

Jean Arp, Hugo Ball, Marcel Duchamp, George Grosz, Raoul Hausmann

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-652-s&va=dada+artists

Something to think about today.

Where can you find artwork that may be political or provocative,

 contradictory?

Do you consider it artwork if it is not beautiful?

Have you ever made artwork that was a statement of current affairs?
These are my two paintings that were influenced by current affairs.


Tsunami, acrylic, Jean Hart

Cow in the field, Jean Hart

2013 the year of the Water Snake

Helping Hands

 

 

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Soul Coaching 28 days

Soul Coaching 28 days to discover your authentic self.
by Denise Linn

The spirit of Air

Healing, by Jean Hart

First week  is Air, for the next seven days when you first wake up in the morning, focus on the air around you. Take a deep breath and be aware of the physical air that surrounds you. Inhale self-acceptance and exhaling self-judgment. 

During Air Week

• Assess and evaluate your life.
• Clear out your clutter
• Make commitments that empower you.
• Do things you have been putting off or make a plan for doing them.
• Organize papers/answer letters/ make postponed calls.
• pay bills or make a planned schedule to pay bills.
• Organize your home and office space.
• Examine your core beliefs.
• Breathe/become aware of the quality of the air you breathe.
• Notice the sounds in your environment/listen to inspiring music.
• Sing/shout/use you voice.
• communicate your truth.

 

This is me, Jean, on my first night when I picked up the book, Soul Coaching, 28 to transform your soul, by Denise Linn.
I was playing around with my kindle when I saw that I could take pictures with it. So, the idea accured to me, that I should take pictures each day and lets see if there's a change in my appearance, attitude, aura.....I don't know what to expect but  I've had a hard 5 years. I had a partcial hysterectomy, one year of antibodies for a bladder problem, knee surgery, later a slipped disc. I have a disc that is pushed forward that causes pain. I'm 15months into a 24 month PT Program. I'm exercising and do small house chores. While all this is happening, I have continued to paint and show my artwork at exhibits and shows and create a online store at www.zazzle.com/jeanhar1*. But still there is so much emptiness inside me. So much loneliness.Don't get me wrong here, I am liked by many, loved by some and I love all the people in my life. So, I'm thinking my soul is in need of some S.O.S. and TLC.

Day 1  Good Morning, I start my day close to 5 A.M. I'm ready to start reading, writing, and doing whatever my first day is going to be. Today's exercises are probably the most time-consuming of all exercises for the month.  Life Assessment: Stark honesty about where you are, be honest in your self-appraisal. Well, really, does anyone look good at 5 in the morning. Here, I go. Affirmation for the Day" My evaluation of myself is not who I am." Today, Periodically take deep breaths, visualizing life force energy filling your lungs and your body."  I have committed to Change! so I'm hoping to have time to do all the levels in the exercises each day. Write out your intention for the next 28 days, assess your life in terms of health, relationships, finances, career, creativity, and spiritual fulfillment.

My list was terribly long.....and the next part was to write a plan of small steps to improve the areas that needed help. Helping to discover where you are now and where you would like to be. The list is long. But what I came up with was a list of things for me to do each day to help my soul reach her truth. The Soul loves the truth......I have a journal I use for this, It's marked Personal and Private, I can not be responsible for hurt feelings it you trespass and read my personal and private thoughts!!! 

1. No, I will not be sharing those oh, so private thoughts here either. I thought I could but, it just doesn't seem right to bore you with them. What I will share is the process in the book, and each days assignments.  What will I be working on. The list in the book is so long, I can not believe someone can change all of that in just 28 days. I have picked a few that struck me, and maybe later will come back to pick up a few more.
2. Self esteem
3. worry/frustration
4. anger/irritation
5. shame/guilt
6. fear of failure/success/taking risks/self motivations
7. relationships with friends
8. relationship with the Creator
9. forgiving myself
10. my past
11. job/work/career/      and physical health
 
 

 

That's quite a list.....It's never easy to look at ones life and assess it for a truth without being critical. So my assessment, was pretty harsh on myself. The little steps each day are small, but necessary.
Denise has a on line website you can visit to help with support while going through your 28 days
http://soul-coaching.com/

I plan on visiting this site the whole 28 days. It took my 3 days to get through the first days assignments. The Assessment of my Home was so intense but it truly gave me a vision of where to start.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

Fine Art Friday, Mary Cassatt

Fine Art Friday

Mary Cassatt,

I love her work. Her paintings have such a true connection with family, mothers, daughters and life.

She was considered an Impressionist who dealt mostly with motherhood.

Even though the Impressionist movement was a group of mainly French artists Mary Cassatt and just a few others came from other countries.

Mary Cassatt was an American artist who eventually left the Impressionist movement and claimed to not belong to any movement.

She is a wonderful inspiration to all artists.

Here is a complete biography of her life.

http://www.marycassatt.org/biography.html

 

Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy her artwork, she is well worth the time to sit with her masterpieces.

 

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-701-1-s&va=mary+cassatt+paintings

Day Dreamer, pastel, by Jean Hart

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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