Tag: creative process

• Drawing and Portraits, What Artists Might Like to Draw with

  I love to paint, and I also found that I love to sketch on the go, and draw. Drawing, sketching, and painting all enhance each other and develop different artist skills, while each creates a different artwork or result. I drew May Ziadeh with pencil in my pocket sketchbook…I loved to do that, and I […]

  09/25/2022 8:57 am

  art, artists, creative process, drawing, fun, Kahlil gibran, may ziadeh, portraits, uplifting, wellness

• Decorating Writing Notebooks and a Petite Painting (Hidden for Now)

  …I didn’t write today, but I got my notebooks ready with decor and labels. I write in these, a notebook for poetry and another for fiction, in pen by hand and may type up complete versions afterwards. (But now, look away, these are secret things.) Today, I didn’t do sitting meditation; I did walking meditation. […]

  09/24/2022 4:17 pm

  art, creative process, italy, massachusetts, memoir, morningtime, secrets, wellness

• Open Windows

  I had accidentally spilled paint years ago on the wooden easel I’d had packed away and maybe another chemical too (Spills are safely cleaned off the surface right away). I decided not to keep it with the fumes. But I got my blank canvas, supplies, imagination, and many open windows…:)

  09/16/2022 1:47 pm

  art, creative process, home, memoir, memoir stories, poetic, wellness

• My Wooden Easel and Art Supplies

  

  I brought in my portable wooden easel tonight. I cleaned it well with natural soaps and water, cleaned, neatened bristles, and arranged all my brushes, and set up all paints inside. I also placed on my blank 9 x 12 canvas, deep cleansed and airing out the wooden easel with the cool open window. I […]

  09/15/2022 8:02 pm

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• Three Lessons and No Painting, Yet

  * Three Lessons I Learned Today with Art

  09/15/2022 4:47 pm

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• A Petite Canvas: An Abstract Painting in the Making and Two Other Art Forms Calling

  I am working on a small (9 x 12) canvas for my baby nephew to display in his nursery; today is the second day I am working on it. I’ve felt most drawn to abstract art now, which is a spontaneous art for me, and I found I like it best done with a calm, […]

  09/15/2022 3:27 pm

  abstract, art, creative process, fiction, lovingkindness, memoir, morningtime, short stories, uplifting, writing process

• Inspiring Spaces: An Amethyst Heart and Other Photos

  

  On this blog, I may share a photo of a new arrangement or design in my home. It can refresh your mind to have things set nicely, and often it doesn’t require much addition, but making some space or arranging, for artists working at home or anyone. I tilted the amethyst gem crystal an upright […]

  09/14/2022 3:54 pm

  art, books, creative process, egypt, garden, home, interior design, literary salon we keep, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, peeko, short story books, wellness

• An Art Gallery Weekend, A Reflection on Beauty, Luminosity, and Happiness in Art

  

  featured artists, Rich and Shana, this weekend, and me centered Saturday I spent the afternoon at the local Art Gallery and Studio and it’s been a busy, connected time with the artist friends there, and those words don’t always come together in other ways, which I love about this. I had just finished my recent […]

  09/12/2022 12:07 pm

  art gallery, beauty, book reflection, book review, creative process, creativity, fairies, fantasy, friendship, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, naomi navik, novels, pablo picasso, philosophy, poetic, portraits, sketches

• Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window

  

  “Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window” by Jade Nicole Beals Sept. 8, 2022. 11 L x 14 W sides painted, signed and dated on back by me. *I will mark paintings as ‘available’ to purchase, unavailable in private collection, or temporarily unavailable if the painting will be part of an art show […]

  09/09/2022 10:46 pm

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• The Mansion Where May Ziadeh Lived and Her Refrain I’d Heard in My Heart Answered

  

  November 26, 2021 (up to date: September 9, 2022) This is the Ziade Palace where poet and author May Ziadeh lived (b. 11 Feb 1886, d. 17 Oct. 1941) in Lebanon. The green gate lead up to the upper floor of the palace and it was said May had lived on the first floor with […]

  09/09/2022 12:00 pm

  20th century, art, brooklyn, catholic, creative process, egypt, home, Kahlil gibran, lebanon, marie hadad, may ziadeh, meditation, poets, spirituality, still life, tea, wellness

• Pocket Sketches from the Field

  

  I packed a small bag and sketched in my pocket sketchbook at La Salette shrine and retreat center yesterday evening. I learned about sketching, everything is practice, find shade first in the field for comfort if hot, pick something and don’t worry about variety for sharing with others after, sketch what you’d like at the […]

  09/01/2022 12:07 pm

  art, boston, creative process, flowers, garden, my sketch, nature

• About The Flower

  I was happy to find the fluffy flower; I was also a little sad because the wind kept blowing its feathers and it was a very shady spot with little light and more than enough heat and humidity. I may go back to the spot today. I worked on my painting in progress and will […]

  09/01/2022 8:32 am

  boston, creative process, flowers, food, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, nature, poetic, prose poetry

• A Paintbrush and a Novel

  I will begin writing my first novel and painting for my next art show I’d like to have, so the blog pace will slow (of course it needs to ;), but the site will be open, about painting and my novel in progress, and more. I will tell you one thing about the novel right […]

  08/30/2022 8:31 pm

  art, creative process, dreams, fantasy, fictional, fun, memoir, my dreams, uplifting, writing process

• My Replenish and Restore Index Cards—for when things are very exciting & stimulating—even if good

  

  I wrote this for Artists or Authors or anyone designing a schedule, and if not doing that daily, some ideas for relaxation are here for anyone. I thought of this idea today, as I can be very excited by creativity…information…ideas…comments to and from…on my screen, and then become stimulated (‘tho often starts in a good […]

  08/19/2022 5:27 am

  artists, creative process, handwritten, interests, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, poets, psychology, self-care, wellness, yoga

• New Fantasy Novel Found at the Bookshop, A New Poem Sent In, The Fun of a Giveaway I Had Not Won

  

  This is the new book I found Uprooted by Naomi Novik at the bookshop last time, by an author of our time, fantasy genre. I picked it based on the cover first and then the line on the cover: ‘enjoyable fantasy with the air of a modern classic.’ I am currently reading the book (Aug. […]

  08/17/2022 2:28 pm

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• Wildflower Field with Fragrance and Dance— I Love Like This

  

  ^ I love: like this…Love: like this. (my photo of a wildflower field tonight) I worked on my still life painting today. It’s midway in progress (maybe)…It’s an imaginary room and arrangement that came to my mind. The room appears with my brush, the flowers, too; it is funny how I can’t tell if I’m […]

  08/09/2022 5:36 pm

  art, creative process, garden, literary salon we keep, love, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, poetic, soulmates

• I Was Trying to Paint a Room, but the Mood Came First

  

  🎨paint on hands, not so bad. My art in progress on table. The painting I’ve been working on is coming along at The Gallery, a Sunday of realizing I was trying to see this physical room I’d imagined, to paint it how it appeared, but today I found that starting with the mood and rich […]

  07/25/2022 12:21 pm

  art, art gallery, artists, boston, creative process, memoir, memoir stories, philosophy

• As I Was Thinking About the Beginning…

  

  …of the very short story I am beginning to write, I’d found what may be the ending to it, and then I added to that line, and sat here with it in mind.

  07/22/2022 4:01 pm

  creative process, creative writing, dreams, handwritten letters, letters, lovingkindness, meditative, my photography, self portraits

• A Soothing Space

  

  My bedroom library retreat is complete. 😊 I took things away that felt crowded, then rearranged the things I had kept (and felt good being near) before adding anything new over time. Over the winter, I readjusted the bookcase myself with a hammer, screws, and a screw remover to heighten the shelves to look more […]

  07/21/2022 8:28 am

  art, boston, catholic, creative process, home, interior design, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, simplicity, wellness, yoga

• A Portrait of Peeko, Reading The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James as Much as I Want To

  

  “What would you like to say to your fans?” I said to Peeko, and snapped this photo.😊🐱^ * The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James is so funny. I’d found myself more irritable overall though when I was following strictly the schedule for the Goodreads group, Old Books, New Readers, and I thought I […]

  07/12/2022 7:27 pm

  19th century, art, creative process, english literature, literary salon we keep, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, novels, peeko, poets, reading, wellness, writing process

• Rose Honey in Poetry by Christina Rossetti

  A city plum is not a plum;A dumb-bell is no bell, though dumb;A party rat is not a rat;A sailor’s cat is not a cat;A soldier’s frog is not a frog;A captain’s log is not a log. * A rose has thorns as well as honey,I’ll not have her for love or money;An iris grows so straight […]

  07/11/2022 11:10 am

  19th century, christina rossetti, creative process, literary theory, nature, poetry, poets, sky

• Memorable Quotes from The Portrait of a Lady

  

  (My cat Peeko napping with the lounge-clothing I’d laid out ready to put on after my bath that day.) I am reading The Portrait of a Lady (1881) by Henry James with a Goodreads book group. It’s great so far, especially the dialogue; I’d like to share a couple of quotes that stood out to […]

  07/09/2022 2:31 pm

  19th century, art, benevolence, classics, creative process, english literature, henry james, literary salon we keep, medieval era, novels, peeko, wellness

• ‘Victorians’ Learning, Peeko’s Window Throne, and Calming Things

  

  *reading from a poem video now included* My cat Peeko was very impressed with the cover of this book Victorians as I learn a little with historical research, and I think I know which topic I’ll look for next, but I will browse the books next in person. (I’m in the ’collecting and gathering’ stage […]

  06/30/2022 9:36 am

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• Tell Me About You

  There might have been a small overflow of posts from 10 yrs ago or more come up in your email from the blog this weekend from when I was updating my WordPress plan…These were posts mysteriously restored and not an avalanche of relevant news, my apologies. I wrote this About Me yesterday to share on […]

  06/20/2022 5:22 pm

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• A Picture of a Moment in My Life in Words

  We’d recently had the shower/bath tile wall re-grouted. The workers arrive and knock, I open the door, I am probably half their height as I say hi and welcome them in. They step inside to see a giant, fluffy gray cat running away into a back bedroom at top speed, gaining more speed gradually, tripping […]

  06/20/2022 5:22 pm

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