Tag: creative process
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Snowfall during Morning Tea with Handwritten Letters
Morning tea during snowfall, fluffy, twirling snowflakes; my cat Peeko is smiling at his reflection in the tv screen before he reclines for a nap. I sometimes sit in bound angle pose or butterfly pose in yoga, perfect size in this spacious chair, soles of the feet touching together, feels good for the hips, lower […]
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Vacation
Peeko listening to a naptime story rest, sit, meditate, paint a little, walk. look at the sky, draw, notice scenery, sketch a scene, yoga stretch, continue to eat tangerines, tomatoes, drink green tea, make scrambled eggs with baby spinach, dinner meals. See how many cups of water I am actually drinking in the day, dawned […]
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One Question
—What do you enjoy besides painting or writing or the fine arts? One thing: I really like fashion; I will need to find an outfit for a “Glam Christmas party” I received an invite to, and casual fashion is fashion too; I’d not heard of an event like that. But I like it. I got […]
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“Dream Catcher”
“Dream Catcher” by Jade Nicole Beals –for Kira hear me read the poem: You are a few years younger than me, and you’d already felt much wiser. I remember when you sent me a poem; I thought, is this by William Shakespeare? It can’t be for me? It is so good. It was in the […]
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3 Things to Do Today in Balance
…feat. photo: for a future project, this Jane Eyre I was given, with the gold stain. The idea: Write a “found poem,” but I will not cut out or glue any words from the actual book, just look through it and arrange the words I will write on my own paper. 🙂 After a needed […]
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NaNo More
I just got in from a walk a little while ago before I had lunch. It’s literary salon Tuesday :), I wrote more of my novel draft this morning; I find the Word Count actually is very helpful for pacing. In a long work of fiction, events can happen more slowly than one may be […]
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Music to Walk to and More, Two Songs I Am Listening To
I walk to this 🥰😍🎶🌤🌅 another one 🙂 for today, writing! I want it I do it 📓I’ll read the book; I’ll write one too😊☺️😊 Great beat to walk to 🎶🥁😊🕯…✒️💕 Jade
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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’d painted the back canvas on this one with dark brown and white paint: my way though is to leave the back bare, unpainted overall […]
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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 […]
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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.—But I am currently writing a short story, and I may […]
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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 […]
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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.
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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 […]
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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 […]