Milliande Blog

♥ the wildest ones

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There is a certain smell that enters the wood at this time of the year, some inner stirring of a recognized scent ..and I cannot resit walking into the woods, where the moss meets just the right amount of grass, where fir trees spread their height and only a few silver birches mingle inbetween .. thats where the wildest edible mushrooms like to make their homes for the season

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I grew up gathering wild mushrooms with my father teaching me the way of the woods, how to orient myself to aways keep the way home in the small of my back each time i took a turn to a well-hidden fungi hidden in the bushes

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when peeking this close around natures floor.. the tiniest of creatures make themselves known

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and faries can be heard giggling high up underneath their little umbrellas ..

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caught out by the setting sun .. an afternoons harvest

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prepared with a little melted butter ..wild edible mushrooms friend with a hint of garlic and a sprinkling of naughty nutmeg

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served with scrambled egg and mashed potatoes...and a side helping of dilled peas ... hmmm memories of childhood wonders recaptured

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A harvest of homegrown pumpkins gathered in the moonlight

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all in all a perfect day ending in a perfectly beautiful night

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♥ milliande

♥ The Sketchbook Project - Art House

Hi Everyone ...

and a ray of happy  joyful vibes to you .... yes YOU ...catch :-)

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*** A brilliant idea has been initiated by the people of "Art House" called
The Sketchbook Project

The Ideas is to " Be one of the founding contributors to The Sketchbook Library by signing up to receive a sketchbook, filling it up with art, and sending it back.

Your sketchbook will be among thousands of others that were made by artists from all over the world.

Visitors will receive library cards and be able to view the books at exhibitions around the country.

The goal of the project is to create a giant collective of sketchbooks from around the globe and make it accessible to everyone.

Each Sketchbook will be given a "Theme " to which one is invited to create art to.


I am quite exited by this project and have just signed up to participate ...

I have received my theme... yeah ... and have opened a subthread in THE Art Journalers subgroup in our art community for women, so that those who wish to play too, can share, support and encourage each other along the way and offer inspirational ideas for their themes ..

You will also be able to upload your photos of your process journal pages there or discuss ideas on how to fill your journal to complement your theme ....

You can read more on how to particpate here.

http://milliande.ning.com/group/theartjournalers/forum/topics/art-house-the-sketchbook

looking forward to having a go and seeing everyone elses art journal pages for their themes .....

My Theme is " Past - Present - Future" .. so a bit of a challenge for me, but it feels good to stretch my creative muscles

♥ milliande

♥ to be loved

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gently I turn my head

just a little closer

as my skin

meets the touch

of love

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milliande

♥ sights and sounds

I had a great time last night, heading out to Richmond in the South of London to a local acoustic music venue where I went to support the upcoming singer /songwriter
Rachel Gittus

I have had the pleasure of being invited to work on several photo shoots for her second album cover art which is a brilliant project to get my creative juices flowing ... after spending several days photoshooting amongst the reeds of a beautiful pond, climbing trees and getting my bottom wet for the sake of art and the perfect shot ..I enjoyed the opportunity to watch her perform live.. 2 of my favourite tracks are "gloria saville " and " postcard " .

apart from one song I am officially in love with the whole album ... which is rare ... :-) here

I invited Julia from our ning community to come and join us and we had a fun evening ... giggle she brought along her received  RAAK ( Rand Art Act of Kindness) having just arrived this morning all the way from Texas ...A beautifully decorated Gourd from Gloria :-)

Our feets were juggling to the sound of a great variety of live musicians ... with lots of friendly giggles in between

♥ milliande

♥ stitched

I had a lovely indian summer like day  ...woke up to a very warm breeze this morning and decided to pack a picnic and head down to the the beach .. we are lucky to live within 40 minutes drving distance to a lovely stoney beach full of driftwood treasures ....

We sunbathed all day , with a lovely but icy dip in the sea.... gorgeous...

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That seemed funny given the fact that I finished knitting my autumn wrist warmers and learned how to make a hat from recycled curtain material at our community camp ...

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I just snuggled down to a warm sauna to finish the day , ate a bowl of leftover Thai Green currey ..yum and now off to have girly night ...

...getting ready for some chartreuse nail varnish ...

♥ milliande

♥ busy hands

 

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Building Dens in the Wood

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harvesting my herbs today and hanging them up to dry  .... a little bit of lovage, some delicious peppermint, some chickweed, some pungent chives and ohh soo lovely lavender ... and rolled up some rosemary and sage smudge sticks to dry

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made some lovely garlic and chillies oil ... and an infusion of sage, rosemary and thyme with a hint of peppermint ... can you smell it ? :-)

♥ milliande

♥ an autumnal walk

Just returned from an autumnal walk ... the blackberries tasted oh so sweet and the sun tickled our faces through the leaf canopy of our local wood

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We did not find any mushrooms yet, if the sun keeps the warmth in the air a little longer we might be in for a nice crop of edible fungi this year.. I still have some dried ones left over from last year and they are simply yummy in a nice mushroom gravy

Which reminds me of my childhood when my dad used to take us in the forest ... bit by bit introducing the edible ones and teaching us how to always remember our way back to were we started..

ohh how I am so much better finding my way around a wood then in the city chaos of london ....

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I am trying to learn more about our local trees this year... identifying species that grow near us as somehow this year for me is about looking closely at what surrounds me ... explore that which is right under my nose and really get to know my place on this land ..

I am fascinated by Hazel wood ...the long slender stems that have such an unusal bark ...   working with wood  ... whittling and carving away at a found piece of wood can easily absorb my attention ... without an outcome in mind ..

I feel a shift, changes that are making themselves known in such subtle yet unmissable ways ...

..hmm i might try a blackberry and rhubarb crumble tonight ...

♥ milliande

♥ a little bit of Jazz

I installed a new app to my iphone ... JAZZ FM ... and came across this song this morning that made my toes tap ... It feels a little bit strange to be back at home .. after 6 weeks flocking in a field with creative friends ... one of them reminded me just how "strange" stairs feel under your feet when they have been tickled by nothing but morning dew covered grass ... A little bit sad today too...my summer hairbraid came out... and then the sadness washes away as i welcome a new season that is making itself known... changes ... always revolving .... nothing can be held onto ...i want to play with new moments of life everyday ... I like to comb my hair ...like to eat something sweetsmelling from an oven .... like to wonder what today will bring .... like to let go of anticipation the minute I catch a glimpse of it .... like to be ... me... ♥ milliande

♥ milliande on facebook

~ I have been persuaded ;-) to give facebook another try ... so if you like to catch up on my daily happenings that don't make it to my blog, photos from my summer fun in a field , general creative chitchat , news and updates from our art community for women and events throughout the year then please feel free to friend me here

milliande on facebook

~ I got back from another wonderfilled 2 weeks in Wales .... now its time to get reaquainted with homelife... and settling down for the beginning of a new creative season ...

looking forward to catching up with all of you

♥ milliande

♥ video summer so far

a little sum-up video for all of those who have ask me what its like ...on my summerfield ... a little glimpse at our fun ...enjoy ♥ milliande

♥ art journaling summer

Sitting in a Field it is great to have the limitation of a few simle colours of ink , a pencil and a sketchbook / art journal

drawn in pencil, with drawing inl brushpen and black pen and ink marker

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I love the way the second drawing has come out ... I usually rarely have the patience to repeat something twice, but the goal this year for me is to improve my figure drawing skills ... pleased with myself for perservering :-)

drawn in pencil, with drawing inl brushpen and black pen and ink marker

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Now this sketch i did whilst looking at Maya ...whilst it looks nothing like her...it gives me nevertheless good practice in proportion skills ..I am at this point not after likeness but improving proportion for human faces :-)

drawn in pencil, with drawing inl brushpen and black pen and ink marker

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I love the way images that are "not really " there emerge when i look at something else. Often I observe a figure...only take the seating postion etc..and then actual images turns into something completly different ..with just a hint of the original spark of inspiration ...

I love the mysterious " emptiness" bwtween the hands that emerged
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drawn in pencil, with drawing inl brushpen and black pen and ink marker

...milliande

♥ summer in a field

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... the summer sun is tickling our tastebuds ...

letting us drink in life to the full

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milliande

♥ a shared passion for art

Some of you may know that I used to own an art supply store for 10 years ... teaching workshops and spending lots and lots of time in creative pursuits ... then I become a mum , decided to homeschool my daughter and sold the store to my manageress ... who to this day keeps it running as a craft supply shop ....

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If I remember one person from those days... that could "match" me in my passion for art, my exitability for new products, my curiosity for new techniques and ability to just PLAY with a wide open heart to see what happens ...it was Julie ...

After selling my business we completely lost touch for 7 years ... and on a whim and a string of coincidences ..i decided to look her up last week ... and when we spoke on the phone it was like not a day had past... we giggled for an hour trying to stop each other from talking to fast in all the exitement ...

So we decided to hook up and have a day out .... which seemed to coincide being right the day after I met Julia ... having gotten home at midnight ..i was straight out of the door again at 9 am to "go play catchup with Julie ...

I suprised her by taking her to one of my favourite higgledy piggeldy little craft stores that reminded me soo much how our on little alladins cave of a store used to feel like ...

Would you like to take a peek ?




We drooled over colourful fibres, american magazines, beads and dyes, tempting templates and rows of fabulous books .... 2 hours later, overwhelmed but not yet finished ... we left our baskets in the store and took a lunch break in the courtyard of the adjacent coffee shop ...

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All day I struggled between calling her Julia ..having spend 12 hours with Julia the day before ..and now trying to get it right and calleing her HER name Julie ...:-) She was kind enough to invite me back to her home after our shopping spree where I got to view her amazing garden where a little river slowly meanders throught the undergrowth, the foxes come at dusk to get their food and the moonlight casts a special light onto her vegetable garden .... I felt really deeply joyful, glad to have connected with her again as we are truly "cut" out of the same wood ..as the saying goes ... As she cooked a delicious vegetarian stir fry dinner I happily sat in the garden creating a beaded bracelets with her stash of beautiful beads ... .... well i started off around 8 pm ... and many cups of tea , remembering anecdotes and sharings later ..i finally got home this morning at 1 am with a real big bellyful of happiness ...

♥ milliande

♥ meeting Julia from my art community

I had a lovely time driving up to a little place near Richmond Park, London called Petersham Nurseries .... a little garden/flower nursery place that had such a beautiful flair of the nostalgic olden days ... not that I got a chance to see that much off it ..giggle ..

Because I was here to meet Julia, who was teaching a watercolour beginner class, for a cup of coffee.

Julia has been a member of our Art Community for Women for a couple of month and we have gotten to know each other a little online and decided to hook up for a chat ...as it turned out a very LONG chat indeed .....

We had such a fabulous time , catching up as if we have been old friends for a long time ... I enjoyed watching her demonstrate some watercolour techniques to her group of women that had come to sit in the summer sunshine of this beautiful nursery to paint some wonderful shades of floral purples and pinks ...

~ whilst I was sipping my cappuccino and tasted some delicious homemade chocolate cake

The rest of the day was spend in giggles, pouring over art journals , sharing favourite books, ideas and feelings about our art community ,looking at her sketches , paintings ....moving from lunch , into more coffee at Julias house and finally to a beautiful Thai restaurant for dinner as our conversation was far from running dry ..giggle

It was nice to meet a kindred spirit in person ... much as i love the online aspect of our art community , to meet in person adds  the icing on the cake ...

and I have been hearing whispers that she will be sharing her watercolour "secrets" with our members soon ... so watch this space ;-)

What a lovely day ...lets do it again sometime

♥ milliande

♥ hair, handbags, homemade

SO here I am , all by myself .... maya and husband off on holiday in cyprus and time is a strange thing ... suddenly I become aware of all these little things I have been meaning to do

~~~ so first up ... had a new haircut and coloured it today ....

~~~ second up ... still holding on to a thread of patience trying to follow some sewing patterns . Having successfully PREWASHED lots and lots of fabric... then iron it with my new iron ( it took 4 hours) I felt ready to conquer my new handbag pattern ...

~ I got reminded of how I just dont do well with written instructions, there were barely any pictures and I struggled big time getting of the ground ...

~ It was quite an expensive pattern ( here in the uk) ...it had the full size print outs in them which was great ... but the instructions were just lines on lines of words with no step by step pictures etc ...i found it really hard to follow

~ I ended up using the main pattern pieces and then winging it when it came to assembling pockets and handles ... as I just could not make out the steps..nor find the pattern piece for the pocket

here are my altered  results

trying to make sense of the sewing pattern ... I wondered whehter I had chosen a project wich was a tad ambitious for me ... luckily ..with no one being home I could spread out on the floor, lay everything together and muddle my way through the handbag pattern pieces

I chose some japanese line fabric for the main background pieces ... I fell in love with this little linen with the delightful dots all over it and found a matching printed cotton with a flower meadow design on it

As I could not find the pattern piece or template for the inside pocket anywhere, I just used 2 recycled pieces of printed cotton that had been used for displaying fabric samples and I had picked it up in the fabric store's free basket ... they fitted perfectly

I lined the inside with a piece of brown linen I had found in a newly discovered fabric shop in Kingston ...

For this handbag pattern piece I used another japanese fabric linen ...this time with little strawberries on it ... and matched it with some vintage lace and a cotton flower print fabric

I was up until 1.30 am yesterday trying to assemble all the pieces together... giggle

~ In the end I am pleased with how it turned out, I loved the feel of it , glad that i did not add all the heavy canvas lining the pattern suggests as it would have made for a very heavy bag indeed ..

~ third up ... It looks really fabulous with my new tunic dress I made from my japanese pattern book ..

can you tell I am just a teeny weeny little bit
happily engaged with my sewing machine at the moment

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We have a new subgroup in our art community called
"What made you happy today "


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and this made me happy today


~ taking a peek into our freezer being really hungry ... to find a little tub of homemade Tavas my husband had cooked for me before he left ... labelled Sunday ..so I would have something nice to eat whilst he and Maya are away on holiday
( there are a couple of more labled friday and wednesday .. giggle)


awwww ..I feel loved



♥ milliande

♥ Waving Goodbye

It is 7 am in the morning ... 1 hour into having waved a teary good bye to Maya who is off on a holiday to the island of Cyprus with her Dad .

This is the first time in 18 years I am going to be in the house on my own for 9 whole days.

This is the first time that they are going and I am staying at home, usually it is me travelling the world while they stay at home... the business of traveling usually keeps me from missing them too much ... but here at home ..... ohhh the heart strings a tucking ....

And Maya had a new haircut yesterday .... ahh a mums heart ....

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as I am typing this the phone rings .... and my babe is calling me to tell me she loves me ..and is enjoying her breakfast at the airport ..

and texting me a photo



" I miss you mummy , but I am having sooo much fun ..."


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taking a minute to cry
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Love is ..... all that is




♥ milliande

♥ Pen and Ink

 

TABLE EMPTY
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To choose
emptiness lies at the centre of all possibility

To choose
I imagine a circle filled with
reflections

To choose
I sink into the knowing of
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CHAIR TAKEN
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Am I made
so vast
that to stand up
and see myself
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nothingness i came from




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I Prayed til dawn
then I watched my Self
rising

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♥ milliande

♥ Tapestry Print

My local Print Studio "Ochre's " took part in the Surrey Open Studios for the past 3 weeks.

As part of the activities we held a monoprinting taster session all visitors to the studio could partake in. Each person was given a small 10cm square piece of foamboard to engrave a design into ..then 3 colours of ink could be applyed with a brayer roller to create a unique image .

Last weekend the unveiling of the Tapestry print took place at the printmaking studios ..it is interesting how 2 common denominators ...size and color..could create such a unique print collaboration that ties all the diverse elements together into a unique whole ..

here a peek at some images of the tapestry print unveiling..

~ Members of Ochre Printmaking Studios ~




Julie ( on the right) the owner of Ochre Printmaking Studio - which is an open access studio where we all get to play

The lady in the middle runs the Lockwood Day Centre ... a centre for adults with learning disabilities that works in a co-joined partnership with the Lockwood arts Centre and Ochre Printmaking Studios





The Tapestry Print




It was funny ... Maya had attened the opening day of our exhibition and participated by making her own piece of the tapestry print . The Final Collaborative piece was assembled by several members...and when I took a peek ...Maya's and My Print were snuggled up right next to each other :-))


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I will be uploading a video tour of the printmaking exhibition and a little look at the making of the tapestry print tiles  a little later on today if you would like to take a peek


♥ milliande

♥ A Day in Motion

Over at our Art Community for Women we are running a photography prompt on MOTION

A Sunny Summer Afternoon yesterday and Maya is on the move .. she loves expending her energy through motion, is rarely still and imitates every animal she encounters in her wake ...

I love the way she smiles her way through the day ...experiencing everything the the fullest ability of her senses ...

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I stumbled across this musician, Marcio Local , today ... and was stitting on my computer chair with my bottom cheeks dancing to the samba rhythm ..

Music evokes motion .... evokes e-motion ...and a response from my senses ...i feel the beat, I feel the passion ...and my body responses ...

This made me think of the many little moments of happiness that a day can bring ..but that often escape with barely a glimpse given to acknowledge them ....

It is with a sense of gratitude ... that i open a new subgroup at our artcommunity for women ... the celebrates the little moments of happiness TODAY  ...

A Song ..
A Dessert
A Hug
A Smell
A Purchase
A Thought
A Touch
A Visual
A Phonecall
A ......

This is a place to share TODAY'S moment tiny moments, jump for joy moments and glimpses of happiness almost forgotten




What made YOU happy today ???






♥ milliande

♥ ILLO Friday - Drifting

I have always wanted to try the Illustration Friday Prompts ... so this week I have given it a go .. quick 10 minute sketch for this weeks
Illo Friday Topic " Drifting"

♥ milliande

♥ pochee no 7 - japanese sewing books

~ Japanese Sewing Books have such a beautiful aesthetic feel to them ... I love many of the free flowing designs... the way they are tailored to offer a loose , comfortable design , yet with little feminine touches like added lace and felting details

~ I am not very well versed in sewing to a pattern or following a design ... but I am hoping to learn a little more this year -- giggle and i am starting out with patterns that are written in japanese ...

~ However all the japanese craft books are beautifully illustrated, with lots of step by step details that make it easy to follow the instructions by visuals alone ...

~ For my first project I have decided to take a linen/cotton blend trouser ( pants) that I already own and alter the length to make it suit the style I like. I am adding a cotton lace edging trim for a delicate touch

~ i you like to take a look at the japanese sewing magazine pochee no 7 and how i altered my pants...

take a peek at the little video

♥ milliande

♥ dancing with light

.... Respond ...reflect ..... interact ....

... playing with my shadow
....playing with light that dances .....
unaware ...i move....

... awareness made visible in the breaking of white into colors of light .....


...what is it that i can see

... what is it that i can perceive

... what is IT ...

that permeates me ... the everything ...the all ...

REFLECTED ....


♥ milliande

♥ the "I" paints

♥ layers of perception
My latest art enquiries take me to places of communication, cosmic communications ... the interplay of microcosm and macrocosm ... where the circle begins and ends and never is anything but itself ...

♥ Microscopic cell structures ...going inside the cell.... seeing the building blocks that are energetically all the same...  we are all made up of the same stuff... a tree... a stool.. a breath ....

... the archetypal angel paints an Oak tree in its microscopic view ...

♥ going even deeper into the quantumphysical nature of the movement of a cell ..an electron .... observed it behaves completly opposite than in its unobserved state ... ahh who is the keeper of the truth ...can i lay my eyes on it at all ??

... the archetypal female ... senses that which is larger than herself .... feels the cellular awareness that belies the body's solid nature ....

♥ communication .... cellular communication ... cosmic communication ...

who is talking to whom when all there is is the "I" that paints .........

♥ milliande

♥ london love

ahhh i love the city ... living fairly rural most of the time ..stepping into the city is like entering a different world
"the lens" subgroup at our art community for women is holding a turquoise/orange photo prompt ... i had fun paying attention to color combinations whilst cruising through london yesterday..here are some of my favorite shots...

 

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shot out of the car whilst stuck in a traffic jam - view of st pauls cathedral london
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london is easily walkable in many places but stunning views can also be had from its myriads of roofgardens
we are lucky that our apartment block has a large roofgarden that is especially fun to use in the summertime when the air is clear ...
here a peek at the view from the top



on the right in the distance one can spot the london eye wheel on a good day



a london walk





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♥ dragonfly kisses

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dragonfly kisses


♥ sprinkler dances




♥ getting prepared for summery love :-)



it is on days like these,
when the sun shines soo brightly
when squiggley giggles peek through water droplets caught in the excitement
when laughter comes from deep in the belly

that live blooms to its fullest joy


♥ milliande

 

♥ sp minus tooth

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Self Portrait -- minus Tooth

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It has been a hard few days .... if I have one fear left ..its the dentist ... having had some treatment problems 10 years ago i still have an incredible fear installed in me when it comes to having to "open wide" and let someone yield spikey things in my mouth

...and now this ..

I have lost my front tooth ... due to an abscess in the rootcanal that has caused the bone to let go of the root in places

I had a gruelling 5 hour dentist appointment yesterday .. where they drilled away to their heart contents whilst my toes curled and my husband had to hold my hand just to stop me from fainting outright ....

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Letha suggested Gas and Air treatment to calm me down ...giggle... which reminded me of a time 9 years ago someone tried to do that during the time i gave birth to Maya ..and I passed out ..literally ...gas and air and my constitution are not particularly compatible




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after the dentist i had to go and walk ..just walk it off so we went to a shopping centre and maya did her best to cheer me up ...:-)


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but now for the worst ... they have only managed to put a temporary filling into the hole as the abscess is too large

...i am having to take antibiotics to reduce the swelling of the abscess ,
...  i have to have 6 more sessions over the next 8 weeks trying to rebuild the rootcanal
... they are going to x-ray again next week to determine whehter that cause of action is possible
... if it does not return to a managable position,i will have to have an operation whereby they cut through my gum to restructure the toothhold from inside for a crown

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i am breathing, and imagining the sound of the water drill to be waves at the ocean
i am focussing on my feet ...and their rootedness into the all that is
i am learning to observe my fear amidst the pain
i am hurting

but i am feeling stronger
and more able to witness and engage this body's fear

and i am wondering about the magnificent variety of possible experience life can throw at me...


.... or am i throwing it at my SELF :-)))

♥ milliande

♥ extending myself

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there is a moment
when the heart recognizes itself
in another


there is a moment
when connections run deeper
than the naked eye


there is a moment
when all surrenders to itself
fully aware

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♥ milliande

♥ kissed by a sunray

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kissed by a sunray
i pay attention
to the warmth that it spreads
beneath my skin

warmth at times
i feel hiding
peeking out from a lattice woven
behind my knowing

resting in a moment
i catch awareness
l a soft whisper releasing itself
within the heart


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♥ colourful self

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colour is my a playground
she soothes this tired eye
on a dusty day
and like a windswept emotion
she catches her breath
and returns me to freedom


♥ milliande

♥ stencilry ~ lesson 2

~ so what is a girl to do ... she wakes up on a sunday morning after a rotten night riddled with flu but filled with dreams of stencil adventures....

~ she wakes up ... she coughs.... and it is dawning on her...that maybe just maybe ..a littl eouting would do her good ... wink wink .... so she persuades her husband to take her in the car for a little trip... for some "fresh air"  ...giggle...... all the while her brain goes round and round thinking where one might obtain spraypaint on a sunday morning .... AHA ...and off they drive to the CAR MERCHANT ...for some car spraypaint .....

~ when a girl got to art a girl got to art ..whatever it takes ...

~ that trip exhausted me ...phew.... little nap ....and off we go to burn some plastic ...

.... here are the results for Stencilry - lesson 2 .... playing with masks and a few photo's of my makeshift "spraystation " :-)

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~ I reclaimed and recycled
an old pallette from a builders merchant and propped it up on 2 wooden chairs to make a spray table ...
~ i quite like working at that height and the size is brilliant for keeping everything close at hand :-)

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♥ milliande

♥ stencilry ~ lesson 1

~ I caught a glimpse of Nona's message about the fab Stencilry class that Mary Ann Moss
is running ...

~ I have been waiting to take a face stencil cutting class with Gary Reef ... it has not happend yet .... registration was still open albeit i was one week late ...but hey ..i could catch up..... so I jumped at the opportunity

~ then it hit me ---said flu bug ..... yikes... i am sitting here ...teeth shattering , sweat dripping .... but i sooo  wanted to do this class...

~ so with no energy to go off to find supplies I had to make do with ...1 10 year old spraycan in burgundy, i spritzerbottle with black calligraphy ink , an old crochet doily, some lace and various acrylic paints ...

~ I cut some simple mask stencils ... and completed lesson 1 -- to make a portfolio that will hold our stencilry art journal pages... phew  ...back to bed .... sweating it out and dreaming up stencil ideas :)

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♥ milliande

♥ peeking at myself

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somewhere over the rainbow
the light kisses my forehead

blue birds fly
and dreams are dreams ...
nothing more, nothing less

you find me
right here
way up high

and the dreams i dare to dream
are mine
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♥ morris dancers

HOW TO TRANSLATE INSPIRATION - INTO A PIECE OF ART

 ~ There are lots of places that offer art challenges etc, but what I think is missing is the sharing of "In between Steps" ... not just the final image

~ Often the challenge is set ... art images and photos are shared but it is difficult to see how an artist got from inspiration to final artwork and one is left wondering

~  I would like to open an "Art Experimentation" group, setting art prompts with a twist....

~ Celebrating the Process --- before Finished Result ...

~ Sharing the Steps taken .. from the incurring of an idea...to the processes involved in creative thinking, honoring intuition and sourcing of techniques .... to move from inspiration to translate visual and emotional responses into a piece of ART~

~ Inspiration Outside of The BOX ( whatever box that is :-)

PROCESS - Taking a look at form, observation, movement, colour and shape ...


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Art Prompt ~~~~~~~~ ~ Take a look at the video

~ be on the look out for form, movement, color, shape and your emotional responses
~ share your first impressions

*** " I see ..."
*** " I feel ... "
*** " I imagine visuals like .."

~ share the moments that inspire a visual ( whether that be the final project or not ..lets observe and share our process ...

~ start making marks, lines , abstracts that respond to your first impressions ... share

~ develop a concept of how an artwork might be derived from this inspiration

~ Discussions and communal feedback are actively encouraged ...anything goes..this is like an artful brainstorming session ..so lets play

~ play and view the art gallery for this prompt here ..Morris Dancers Art Prompt Gallery

♥ milliande