Tag: lovingkindness

• This Home Has a New Sparkle, A Secret View to be Shared

  

  So what does this do? I wanted to share with you what it looks like inside…It’s been mostly small ways of decorating. There’d been a question from myself to myself: Why am I not really sitting or outside on the balcony on beautiful days? —I realized I just wanted a small pillow for the back […]

  10/01/2022 7:37 pm

  my photography, interior design, memoir, home, artists, massachusetts, love, lovingkindness, secrets, decor

• Into a Pile of Books Today, I Kind of Just Dove In…

  

  This is Peeko’s back to school photo, ‘tho he should be in focus…He loves literature and poetry, esp. the playful childrens’ rhyme kind. But he also doesn’t have a set class time, and he may walk out when he wants to. Happy to dive into the box and pretend to spook the viewer! I wasn’t […]

  09/26/2022 5:47 pm

  childhood, childrens books, lovingkindness, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, peeko, poetry, silence, uplifting, yoga

• “The Pinnacle”

  There was a plea from you to forget the scales as the music fell from all around you, and little cue notes drifted into my sleep, like windows in my dreams looking out, and you smiling through you as you know you are the dream come true, the scales returning to the music and world, […]

  09/24/2022 7:58 am

  beauty, benevolence, dreams, friendship, love, love poetry, lovingkindness, music, my dreams, my poetry, philosophy, soulmates, uplifting

• “A Wish in a Spiral”

  It is not the heat of high summer, It’s the morning dropping cool so soon, and she has me see what’s sweet, feel sweet and fun… My heart’s spinning fast and warm again like a little music box that’s just been spun, my eyes and lashes, my nose, and the tiny teardrop shape just above […]

  09/24/2022 7:29 am

  beauty, catholic, lovingkindness, morningtime, my poetry, poetry, spirituality, uplifting

• 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

  art, artists, creative process, home, interior design, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, night, poetic, self-care, wellness

• 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

• Nature Plays The Same Notes

  

  After I completed my painting the previous night, this afternoon, Friday, I went out for a celebratory walk in the bright sun. I found nature playing the same notes, blossoming with the colors that inspired my latest painting from imagination: Fresh Strawberries and a Flower Bouquet by the Window. In my art, the mood felt […]

  09/10/2022 8:27 am

  art, beauty, flowers, full moon, fun, heavenly, home, lovingkindness, massachusetts, memoir, memoir stories, moon, my photography, narrative, nature, poetic, poetry books, uplifting

• 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

  abstract, abstract expressionism, creative process, dreams, fantasy, fruit, full moon, garden, gratitude, love, lovingkindness, memoir, my art, nature, night, poetic, positivity, soulmates, still life, supportive

• Queen Elizabeth II and a Teatime Afternoon

  

  I’ve enjoyed this teacup for awhile, without knowing anything about the people specifically, but because my grandma in law, Arlene gave it to me, the one who lives in Massachusetts nearby, who’s married to my grandfather in law, Gerry. In a burst of great excitement moving through their dining room, she’d said to me; “You […]

  09/09/2022 2:17 pm

  antique, boston, catholic, england, english education, english literature, full moon, heavenly, history, home, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, scotland, spirituality, tea, teatime, vacation time

• Peeko, and What We’re Up To

  

  Update Thurs. 7 am: Peeko is feeling better! 🙂 He ate all of his late dinner and all of his breakfast today. … Today’s ‘one thing or two’ main project picked for the day and that’s all—in bold—among other things I may pick to do: *a fully physical day: yoga—extended hold of each stretch. eating […]

  09/08/2022 8:27 am

  art, beauty, home, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, peeko, poetic, relaxation, self-care, self-reflection, teatime, wellness, yoga

• A Pocket Page: ‘The Pansy’ in Color

  

  Jade

  09/07/2022 6:43 pm

  art, garden, home, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, massachusetts, my drawings, secrets, uplifting

• Poetry Books: Goldenrod and The Book of Love, and More

  

  The title poem of Goldenrod by Maggie Smith reminds me of my time as a very novice student of nature last year. And I’m not purposely or only picking gold-colored things for the blog :), but I won’t outright deny a gold-colored thing for variety either. My brief reflection of the book: Goldenrod by Maggie Smith (2021): […]

  09/07/2022 6:38 pm

  21st century, art, book reflection, book review, creativity, fashion, free verse, fun, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, medieval era, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, night, ohio, philosophy, poetry, poetry books, poets, rumi, uplifting

• Peeko Creates His Own Retreat

  

  (photo found from yesterday; lighting a little brightened to match reality) Speaking of all my “pocket talk” with my pocket sketchbooks on the blog drawings of flowers and leaves out in the field: My cat Peeko added to his cat tower…and created his very own hammock! from beneath the seat of my chair, and it’s […]

  09/03/2022 10:18 am

  art, boston, dance, home, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, night, peeko, poetic, rest, vacation time, wellness, yoga

• 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

• I Found a Fluffy Flower

  

  On my walk just now, I found a fluffy white flower… It is very soft and wonderful, you see. Jade

  08/31/2022 2:45 pm

  fairies, gratitude, lovingkindness, meditative, memoir, memoir stories, my photography, narrative, nature, self portraits, wellness

• “Hold Me Closer” Britney Spears and Elton John’s New Song, Thrilled About Books in the Night, and My Mom Comes to Visit!

  Aug. 31, 2022 First, I am very pleased with the air at my apartment home as last week I professionally deep cleansed the fireplace we don’t use (and is off)…a real professional will come in time (inclusive), but it is wonderful what a difference it makes. It feels like a whole new landscape or planet […]

  08/31/2022 11:00 am

  art, books, boston, fantasy, fashion, flowers, fun, home, library, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, monet, morningtime, music, novels, pop music, wellness

• A Pair of Leaves in the Rain

  

  back inside, the lamplight showed the page in a warm light I wasn’t planning to sketch or even paint today, but the fire-alarms were going to be tested today, and began, so I grabbed my purse, pocket sketchbook, a book to read, pencil, and sharpener that were on my side table. I was going outside […]

  08/22/2022 5:47 pm

  art, beauty, faith, fashion, home, love, lovingkindness, memoir stories, my sketch, nature, poetic, unity

• La Salette Shrine and Retreat Center: Talk…—and Sketch

  

  …And now it’s tomorrow, and I have two little true life stories to tell. But first, this is the setting where I am now as I tell them: I’ve just finished all of my green tea this morning from this little mug that I was going to rinse in the kitchen when I noticed how […]

  08/22/2022 9:21 am

  art, beauty, books, boston, catholic, fairies, fun, garden, gratitude, heavenly, home, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, meditation, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, my sketch, nature, peeko, philosophy, self portraits, spirituality, teatime, uplifting, video, virtue, wellness

• :*

  

  A yellow gold white gold rope chain, 💕💕from Dan, with one of my favorite pendants & my other favorite amethyst hearts (my birthstone) from Dan from 10 yrs ago I can wear. I’d lost my jewelry in a pockets display I’d had for many years that had ripped and jewelry got lost in the new-made […]

  08/20/2022 4:07 pm

  birthdays, fashion, gratitude, heavenly, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, self portraits

• From My Biggest Sketchbook: Presenting…Peeko

  

  He was so pleasantly surprised when I began to sketch him tonight! His mouth slightly opened and he bowed his head too, smiling the whole time, and winked at me dramatically a few times too. (Live) in the moment, no photo—Peeko. Aug. 19, ‘22 Now I will go! and continue using those index cards I […]

  08/19/2022 7:51 pm

  art, fun, love, lovingkindness, memoir, memoir stories, my sketch, peeko, uplifting

• Good Morning! : Miss May’s Flower Art

  

  I completed this flower art today I’d made for author and poet, Miss May Ziadeh. I’d collected flowers over the seasons, a couple fallen onto my path outside, and pressed them in a book for her… and then I’d made her a celebration memorium at my home where I’d read Miss May (as she was […]

  08/19/2022 11:05 am

  art, catholic, flowers, friendship, gifts, gratitude, haiku, handmade, interior design, Jane Kenyon, love, lovingkindness, may ziadeh, memoir, memoir stories, morningtime, my photography, nature, poetry books, secrets, soulmates, spirituality

• 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

• Notice: & with a favorite poem, or three

  

  (morningtime feat. photo, my cat Peeko 🐱 who helps me at times to complete one thing at a time—here, he’s a teatime supervisor ☕️ (he’s just had his breakfast and his daily brushing), a poetry book 📙, and a music box 🎶; you’ll see.) Last night, around midnight Something feels wrong now without a subject, […]

  08/18/2022 9:01 am

  arabic, beauty, benevolence, english, farsi, food, love, lovingkindness, medieval era, memoir, morningtime, music, my photography, night, peeko, persian, philosophy, poetic, poetry, poetry books, poets, rumi, spirituality, translations, wellness

• Morning Sketch from a Field Afternoon: treasures

  

  I drew this sketch this morning, with my morning tea, from a few first sketches I’d drawn yesterday—(it was still a heatwave, so I’d gone back in after a little while even with my water canteen.) I drew with pencil, eraser, and pocket-book in a little spot in nature where I could kneel beneath this […]

  08/17/2022 8:29 am

  art, boston, henry james, literary salon we keep, love, lovingkindness, my sketch, nature, novels, poetic

• Soft Gaze, Highway Pace

  

  So much to say; words are only one way.

  08/14/2022 6:35 pm

  leaving space, lovingkindness, my photography, poetic, self portraits, sun