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Nancy’s Bird Nests
Nancy Spahr’s current exhibit of multi-media bird nests in Staunton, Virginia, is simultaneously inspiring and delightful…and disturbing. Delightful because she combines surprising detail, careful research, and creative combinations of materials and media in her art work. Take a look at … Continue reading
Beauty – Where Have You Been?
If you ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it… But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life. (Frank Lloyd Wright) The US election in 2016 and its ongoing aftermath … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Musings
Tagged beauty, beauty as archetype, brokenness, chaos, core self, debris, desperate times, grace, idol, John O'Donohue, paradise, peace, perfection, pollution, Rumi, strife, transformation, uncertainty
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Chestnut Harvest
My Chinese Chestnut tree is finally beginning to bear a good amount of nuts. After a few frosty nights, about half of the nuts have fallen to the ground; the other half is still clinging to the tree. I collected … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Musings
Tagged burr, Chinese chestnut tree, Chinese chestnuts, cocoon, cupule, protection, seed babies, sensuous, soft womb, spininess
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Dots, Trance, and Magic – Aboriginal Paintings
Last week, I visited the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of the University of Virginia, the only museum in the United States dedicated to the exhibition and study of Australian Aboriginal Art. I was the only visitor for much of the time … Continue reading
Posted in Artistic Inspiration, Weekly Photo Challenge
Tagged abstract, Australian Aboriginal art, ceremony, Charlottesville, creation story, Jennifer Mintaya Connelly, John John Bennett Tjapangati, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, mystery, paintings, Puntjina Monica Watson, sacred site, secret, Seven Sisters, Univ. of Virginia, Virginia
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Hidden Beauty Along the River
A bit of cabin fever…. a drive along a West Virginia river…. After a brief warm period, ice was beginning to re-form along the calmer stretches of the river. The thin edges of surface ice surprised with their delicate filigree … Continue reading
Posted in Appalachia, Artistic Inspiration
Tagged crystals, filigree, hidden beauty, ice formations, icicles, magic, reflections, river, surprise, thin ice, West Virginia, winter, winter beauty, winter photography
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