tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post2567380196163243285..comments2023-05-26T10:59:55.287-04:00Comments on "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" -Mary Oliver: the price of artJessica Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08944990982584233095noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-36710672135433539632011-09-02T06:07:50.891-04:002011-09-02T06:07:50.891-04:00Both those paintings your girls made are lovely --...Both those paintings your girls made are lovely -- that one on the right even has perspective. And such breezy, Easterish colors! LOVE them.<br /><br />I needed this particular piece of art today -- this post about the value of beauty-questing. Thank you.Janethttp://acrossthepage.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-32579788827080197402011-08-26T19:22:40.301-04:002011-08-26T19:22:40.301-04:00So THIS is what you wrote at naptime?!
I love eve...So THIS is what you wrote at naptime?! <br />I love everything you've said here, every word. And those last two sentences made me catch my heart in my throat. Gorgeous truth.<br /><br />p.s. You didn't tell me you'd been painting again? I must be talking way too much and asking too few questions. Next time, my house, and we'll sit and talk art. :-)Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05488509129367354455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8235467623093506583.post-36468336372874948812011-08-26T16:05:14.569-04:002011-08-26T16:05:14.569-04:00For months and months after we built our house, ou...For months and months after we built our house, our backyard was a tangle of unsightly weeds... like weeds as tall as my house weeds. It was not a matter of weed pulling, rather a matter of weed grading and clearing and underbrush removal. So. It took us a while to save the money to do it. While we waited, we referred to our backyard as a butterfly garden. It made us feel much better about things.<br /><br />And also, I find that if I feel the need to create, I best follow through. The house, with it's constant occupants, will always be in need of something - some cleaning, some repair, some something. The work will never be finished. So if I wait to create until the work is done, well then. I never create and my well of happiness remains dangerously low. (At the same time, I must admit, there are days that I have to clean to keep my well full. Because a clean space makes me happy too. It's all about balance, I think.)Jenny P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16632739365854048008noreply@blogger.com