Zen and the Art of Hippie-Living

June 7, 2011 Wholeness
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My thoughts this morning, whilst draining the first tea-cup of the day, are about how to be more Zen in my interactions with life. It was Mel that got me thinking about this first, in her post from yesterday, over here, about taking the time to make deeper connections with people online. And then, in [...]

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Tansy’s Photos

June 6, 2011 Wholeness
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Feeling all at sea. Like I don’t belong anywhere. It doesn’t help that I haven’t been shooting my cameras much lately and have no photos to work on or show here. I’m trying to fill the void with art instead. But I miss my cameras. It doesn’t help that the sun has stopped shining and [...]

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It’s just a Saturday and I don’t have a title

June 4, 2011 Art
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Meet my new friend. This is a vintage Nikon 8x Super Zoom Cine Camera, Super 8mm. He arrived, via eBay, a week or two ago, and I’ve been exploring the possibilities of using him. This week I got hold of the batteries that are needed to make the automatic exposure function work, and yes, it [...]

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Getting ready to get messy

June 3, 2011 Art
My Art Desk

My copy of Plaster Studio by Judy Wise and Stephanie Lee arrived today. Yippee! What could be better? There is nothing that inspires me more than looking through art books, and this is a really good one to add to my small but growing collection. It’s been total bliss for the last couple of hours [...]

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Something of a sea-change, or sickness

June 2, 2011 Art

I’m nervous as hell about this email. I feel like a fool for even considering submitting something to weloveyourbooks. It feels like a huge overleap of madness or ambition. At the same time, I’m really pretty pleased with myself. I did it. I submitted something. It may not get accepted, but I’m really glad I [...]

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