Monthly Archives: August 2015

Stepping off the edge

Last night was really hot, my brain was fried from work and even though I’d had a very restorative dinner with Mom and the sunset I saw afterwards, my thoughts were everywhere. I had a postcard to write and get … Continue reading

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incoming monday postcard

Thanks to Deb for the card and inspired-by-card poem! Last night I took myself to the Sunday NaNoWriMo group because I thought it might be a few weeks before I come up for air again. Did my Sunday and Monday … Continue reading

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Thrown into the quote box

The art of creation lies in the gift of perceiving the particular and generalizing it, thus creating the particular again. It is therefore a powerful transforming force and a generator of creative solutions in relation to a given problem. It … Continue reading

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Learn to draw

This was one of the books offered by the New York Public Library in a collection on how to draw. You can see and flip through the whole book here or see all the NYPL’s suggestions here. They allow as … Continue reading

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From the Quote Box

To not to have entirely wasted one’s life seems to be a worthy accomplishment, if only for myself. — Charles Bukowski

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