For you folks, at Illustration Friday, here's my idea of round, plus something extra! This is an extremely busy time for many people, running round with end-of-year activities and holiday stuff, me included! So, I'm happy to offer some beauty and words to live by. Here is the first of (18) inspirational card series, I'm launching: Dream Sequence #7 - Inside Text: "You soar above life's chaos" ©Indigene Theresa Gaskin Price: $5 per card - 5" x 7" Card Shipping is Free in the U.S.A. and Canada I will be featuring all (18) cards through my blog posts, Facebook and Twitter. All cards are $5 each, the messages are inspirational and the art ... Continue Reading »
Journal
Vanity or Confidence…
Illustration Friday's prompt for creating this week is vanity. It got me to pondering whether confidence is sometimes mistaken for vanity. Of course, I know the definition of vanity, but there have been times when I've mistaken someone for being vain, and after getting to know them, I realized that they had a confidence of self, that was enviable. Which brings me to my next pondering...do we see vanity because we envy the confidence of an individual? The lesson learned for me, is not to judge, since it is only when I get to know the person, do I begin to see the true self, and there have been times, when I would have missed out on knowing a ... Continue Reading »
Still Questioning…
"Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything." - Ernest Gaines I remember as a child, being asked to stop talking in class, a few minutes later, when the teacher turned away from the board, she asked me, "Are you still talking?" I remember looking at her perplexed and then replied, "Yes, because you're asking me a question, and I need to talk to answer you." Hmmm...I was sent home with a note from school that day! :) (Image: ©2011 Indigene - Title: "Dream Sequence 11") We are told to question everything, yet we are sometimes ostracized as being too inquisitive, attention-wanting, time-suckers, with a ... Continue Reading »
Inspirational Fuel
I love winding down on Fridays, I look over my week's work and feel a sense of accomplishment and order. Did I get everything done? Nah...that never happens...that's what's so wonderful! I wake up in the morning, grateful for another day and I get to start all over again. The days, when I'm stumped or can't get the creative flow going, I look to my fuel packets...my art journals! :) I either create pages in my art journal or I look through art journals, I've created in the past and that usually gets me going. It's good to revisit my art journals from time-to-time. I especially look through all of them, at the end of the year. This year ... Continue Reading »
Scattered Thoughts and Actions
I have been super busy! Attending workshops, creating new work, gearing up for my Holiday Studio Tour, conference calls, video summits and taking care of my daily business routines! I've also spent some incredible time with new friends and old friends, (Thank you, awesome goddesses, you know who you are); which always fills me with love and adrenaline...:) My thoughts have been scattered, but focused...is that possible, you ask? Yes, because these scattered thoughts and actions are an abundance of energy, that I believe are coming together, to bring another dimension to my life, creating richer experiences for me. They are only scattered, ... Continue Reading »
Temporary Blog Hibernation
I've been in hibernation, as far as my blog is concerned. I will remedy that immediately! I try to blog weekly, but I've been working very hard on some left brain activities, like updating my office systems, reorganizing my files (yes, again) and adding more art to my inventory! I'm also preparing for a Holiday Studio Tour, releasing a new product line, working on my newsletter to my collectors, creating a new painting series and attending some workshops! So that's what I've been up to, instead of blogging, I've hardly had time to think! I need to get a lot done before the winter blahs and then my bear-like tendencies will be in full effect, ... Continue Reading »
Faces, Places & Things
("Dream Sequence-13"- 3"x 7" - Mixed Media/paper) You ever wake-up in the morning and feel like you've just come back from an exciting place? Or know that your dream had some significant meaning, and you try to hold on to it, to remember it, before it fades away? I do that often, in my dreaming and at times, in my conscious life. Dreams are especially hard to hold onto, with its colors or lack of color, feelings, sense of place, things and sometimes people. Which is why I keep a pad and pencil, on my night stand, to capture all the symbolism of my dreams. I think, that's why I'm mesmerized by faces, places and things. I find faces ... Continue Reading »
