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Tag Archives: painting
I Wish I Had Known!
Jean Paul Sartre wrote: “We are our choices.” I don’t agree with what he wrote. If it were true, would I choose to be a widow? Would I choose to lose a loved one? I don’t think so. In fact … Continue reading
Name Your Dream
“Imaginary Lives: If you had five other lives to lead, what would you do in each of them?” asks Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way. Then she writes: “Name your dream. That’s right. Write it down. “In a perfect world, … Continue reading
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Tagged Academy Award, art, artist, book, civil war, dreams, Exhibition, grandparents, home, Oscars, painting, parents, story, Viola Davis
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Loyalty Integrity Honesty Dignity
“The human journey is so short. We no sooner realize that we are here than it is already time for us to be leaving.” John O’Donohue For the past two weeks I’ve been contemplating writing an article for my blog. … Continue reading
You Were In My Dream
You were in my dream last night. In my dream I was asleep when I heard a noise like someone talking. I woke up and walked to the sitting room. I saw you standing by the window overlooking the deck, … Continue reading
Just Keep Creating!
In the wake of what happened in Paris, I would like to add my voice to the millions of others and offer my condolences to the families of the artists killed and their loved ones. My late husband was a … Continue reading
Happy Breathing!
I hadn’t realized how true Anton Chekhov was when he wrote: “Any idiot can face a crisis; it’s this day-to-day living that wears you out.” For the past few months now, I am facing a crisis. The problem of the … Continue reading
Say Yes Quickly
I grew up in Lebanon at a time when people didn’t have much understanding about art and were bullied for being Artists. As a child and later as a teenager I had this passion and love for writing and writers. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, artist, creative writing, dreams, inspiration, life, love, painting, people, relationships, school, thoughts, writers, writing
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But If We Wait
“Are you ready?” Klaus asked finally. “No,” Sunny answered. “Me neither,” Violet said, “but if we wait until we’re ready we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives, let’s go.” Lemony Snicket A few years after settling in Montreal, … Continue reading
If Only
Not long after I had moved to Montreal, at a social gathering, my friend introduced me to this great woman, a university lecturer and writer who reminded me so much of Simone De Beauvoir. A few months later, I met … Continue reading
Harmony
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” Thomas Merton When I read this quote last night in my ‘quotes notebook’ I thought of my late husband. I didn’t need to read a quote to think … Continue reading
