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- August 24th, 2008
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artists block and black widow spiders
First my newest embroidery. I was having artists block, feeling stuck, a bit down about my art, not going anywhere, not knowing what to do when I said Hey! I can do a picture about it. Because sometimes the best thing to do to get rid of a block is j
- August 20th, 2008
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mermaids
I love mermaids. I didn’t know this until recently when I looked at the work I had done for my last exhibition and realised there were loads of mermaids. I have dreamed of being a mermaid. I am not sure why the fascination. They are from the se
- August 18th, 2008
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united we dance
my new threadless design. From a brief about democracy. Its in the running at the moment so you can vote for it!!!!! I figured a worldful of happy people all dancing. That would be great, wouldn´t it? also photos from Naica which are caves here in
- August 9th, 2008
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three new things I know more than I care to about
squeamish people stop reading right here No 1… Tapeworms yes, when they appear squirming and wriggling in my puppies poop. Hold hand over my nose to avoid the stench and peer closely at these white moving things. What are they… little fla
- August 6th, 2008
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Zopilotes
Zopilotes is spanish for Vulture and these guys are turkey vultures who live in the mountains of chihuahua. I was getting the train back from Chihuahua city (awesome train ride, goes through what is called the Barrancas del Cobre. In parts deeper and
- July 24th, 2008
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where I work
First a picture I have finished about here. The frogs that come out of nowhere when the rain arrives. and as I said in my last post I took some photos of where I work a few days a week. I do translation and basic administration for supposedly thre
- July 22nd, 2008
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girly things
check these really cute shoes out! I want a pair. I have them in my favourites list and I go and look at them every now and then. It is a site called Fairysteps She makes them herself. You measure your feet and send her your measurements and she mak
- July 14th, 2008
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revelation #?????
had a major revelation recently about my art work. I was constantly painting people into my pictures (and a picture had to have a person in it) because I didnt feel as if I was really in the situation I was painting. I was painting myself in the pict
- July 12th, 2008
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toilet training…
… is a long slow messy process. Once again I am cleaning up piss at 3 in the morning and getting all stupid and baby talky when he actually does it outside.. who’s the good little puppy wuppy!! I am of the stick their noses in it, shout N
- July 7th, 2008
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life, death and all the other stuff in between
Life I went to Teotihuacan recently for a ceremony for the death of an old shaman woman named Sarita. Her son was there and his sons and wifes and all the people she had touched during her life whether directly, through the people she had taught and
- July 3rd, 2008
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and the rain it raineth
the rain starts at approx four o clock every day, the roads turn into muddy rivers, muddy rivers occupy any available downward trajectory. Its cold and wet and the thunder and lightning complete the picture. All the creepy crawlies are coming into th
- June 26th, 2008
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Rainy Season in Temoris
I am currently living in Temoris. Its in the middle of the mountains in Chihuahua and I love it. Its on the train line for the barrancas del cobre which is a huge canyon range strtching from the coast up to chihauhau city. In some places bigger and w
- June 22nd, 2008
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woodland bird
On the drive through dirt roads and tall mountains covered in trees I saw a log on the side of the road which looked like a big bird. You know the way that happens. I got a feeling of a huge bird under the mountains, asleep, or singing softly. And m
- June 16th, 2008
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Green Eyes
This is a notebook page that has followed me round for many years waiting for its time. I did paint an oil painting about it a few years ago but it didn’t quite get there. maybe I will do something with old green eyes now. Green eyes fell in l
- June 13th, 2008
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attitude adjuster
I got a comment from christina on the last post about living the attitude first and its actually quite true. Try this exercise. This is a technique used by actors to get themselves into how someone else thinks or feels about themselves. It stretches
- June 11th, 2008
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it’s time
There is a place just the other side of what we think is reality. It shimmers and shifts and none of our rules apply. Did you ever think about the fact that solidity is an illusion? that an atom is mostly empty space and it is only the electrical for
- June 7th, 2008
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my birthday portrait
I got a text message from my brother today that my birthday portrait was up on flickr. Its strange looking at photos of myself but I really like this one. His site is at Flickr his sets are down the side. Some great ones in most interesting and some
- June 6th, 2008
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its friday
wonderful! nap done and I am feeling a lot more mentally together. Teaching is exhuasting. I am out of practise of how to appear like the stern teacher and I used to hate that bit anyway and also with a strange class it takes a while to get to know t
- June 4th, 2008
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12 year olds and art
I am teaching in my mums school for three days. I have a bunch of 12 year olds. 6th class. Already they have lost the innocent magic of the really young and now are worried that they can’t draw and anything they do will not live up to their own
- June 1st, 2008
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Rainfox
When it rains white fox puts on her rain dress and goes dancing. Celebrate sadness, be happy you are crying, sadness is moving through you, you are not the sadness, but it is being cleared for something clearer and fresher. A peace, an acceptance of