tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032008.post6196846688738061943..comments2024-03-08T15:11:51.127-07:00Comments on Margaret Blank: Life in the Making: Order Out of ChaosMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032008.post-79475078709536769392017-11-06T18:22:41.624-07:002017-11-06T18:22:41.624-07:00Over time, I have come to the place where creatin...Over time, I have come to the place where creating something is in response to an urgent demand from deep down, something that calls to be expressed, generally in response to some tiny miracle I have noticed - the world in a dew drop, a collection of gulls, the light at a particular moment - I am draw to invest the time, energy, contemplation and celebration to give it form. The joy does not Shahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393771221528659747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032008.post-90396433379697426642017-11-05T06:51:20.018-07:002017-11-05T06:51:20.018-07:00What a beautiful landscape - the misty-ness of it ...What a beautiful landscape - the misty-ness of it takes my breath away.<br /><br />And re: joy - here is a quote from When Women Were Birds by Terry Tempest Williams that caused me to really think more about joy and what it might mean.<br /><br />"Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was the simple understanding that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world throughJudy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032008.post-5807510974709669882017-11-05T03:15:12.303-07:002017-11-05T03:15:12.303-07:00Difficult times require softening with beauty. You...Difficult times require softening with beauty. You have a knack for this.Gwyned Trefethenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13041159153171283941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032008.post-15687756079876367522017-11-03T20:02:23.844-06:002017-11-03T20:02:23.844-06:00Ohhhh I love this post! As you know I'm not t...Ohhhh I love this post! As you know I'm not the most cerebral artist and tend to be a bit pragmatic about it all, but I can tell you that I definitely don't use my art to express the darker aspects of this world that annoy me. Normally, for me its about putting together something of beauty or interest or when I'm lucky - both. Someone once accused me of being shallow and just Nina Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316034317827146338noreply@blogger.com