How Great The Art

 I love Sunday mornings.  I love to reflect on the past week and look forward to the start of another.  What I learned this week painting, was what working on the minis, made me realize.  The first one I was looking at the flower more while painting and by the third I felt more free and the brush just took me to the painting.  I was in more of a flow.  So, the more time I take, the less I had to think about it, and could just enjoy it happening.  Like life, right? I learned from the computer there is a park in Roosevelt Island called Four Freedoms and currently has a staircase covered in a huge image of sunflowers in a field celebrating the 100th year of the womens' vote. It is also in Eleanor Roosevelt's honor.  So, I'll be sharing a lot of her quotes.  It was a good week for Ian as he was featured in a cover story in the Tri-City news.  Kaylyn  is busy working and taking good care of my grandson.  He is growing fast and has s...

A little funny how this plague is happening at the same time as Lent.  I think it is good, as I know it is a time of reflection for me.  I may not go physically to church.  But, I was educated for nine years through the church and graduated from a Catholic University.  A friend on Facebook shared the Lenten meditation for the National Cathedral in Washington DC . I signed up to receive the meditation each morning sent to my inbox of my email.  I was moved by each day, since it was not only a reading and a prayer, it was related to the pandemic.  Which, made the prayers more meaningful.  As, we move towards Palm Sunday this week, it is more intense following the footsteps of Jesus.  I also like the perspectives of all different religions and not just the Catholic.  I hope you visit the website.  But, most of all I hope you get there in person some day.  We took the kids there and spent the whole day, when they were about 9.  W...

It's raining, we are all in our homes, we are feeling non-essential, the weather doesn't look good for the rest of the week, we have heard hours of new conferences with an unknown outcome, and we wake up this morning not feeling our best selves.  What do we do?  Continue to do the same thing as yesterday?  Do you believe you can make the best out of a bad day or situation?  I do believe in the power of being true to ourselves and knowing we each have the power to pick ourselves up and make things better for ourselves, even in the worst of circumstances.  I believe we have the power to visualize what we want and get whatever it is.  I believe it,  because I use this technique all of the time.  I call it manifestation, not just wishing for what you want.  But, taking action from your thoughts to make things happen.  It doesn't mean I am going to close my eyes and think I am going to win the lottery.  For example, last night I cou...