King of the Hill

King of the Hill

This is an abstract acrylic painting of my ex neighbors house. I could stand on my front porch or on the side deck and look up the hill and see his large A-frame house. It didn’t really have many trees or bushes or landscaping to anchor it. It looked a little strange and isolated up there in the moonlight on that hill.
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No Show in New Hope, PA

New Walls for New Hope

As long as the in-scene art world has willing and able participates that cooperate with the gallery owners and pay the fees and submit to the terms, and are willing to play the game, the in-scene-art-world managers and makers will continue to hold the trump cards and win. They will decide who gets seen and who doesn’t. who’s in and who’s out.

If the artist would fire the Gallery owners and art promoters then the beautiful people wouldn’t have anyone to exploit.

That would really change their in-scene-art-world and their pockets and their posture, in fact how would they pay their rent???


You too could succeed in becoming a professional artist in the in-scene-art-world if you know the right people and have the right look and know your place, and have money to spend.

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ART with a PURPOSE

A Blog thats VASTLY Different

What’s all this blogging about? Who’s reading all this stuff? Everyone has a blog these days. And it isn’t just blogs, there are so many little groups and clubs and links and favorites. Information overload really. There’s My Space, and Facebook, and Squido and Stylehive and Flickr and on and on. There is an unsearchable amount of information in the world and case in point, on the internet. Who could keep up with all this flurry and really who would want to?

Do we really need all this zoom, zoom, zoom of facts and links? Good question. And again, I am not going to blog about blogs. Blah, blah, bloody blah!
Sometimes it makes me want to go inside and shut the door.

But when you find a resource that is lovely to look at, chuck full of helpful information, and is also entertaining, now that is a blog worth reading.

Take VAST for instance. Here you will find an absolutely beautifully, well done group blog that has a high grade quality look and an intensely creative pulse about it that could make even the most uninspired and non-artistic person want to paint a ceiling and grow a beard.

V.A.S.T is a collective group of creative souls, who make up the Visual Art Team at Etsy. (which by the way, rhymes with Betsy. In case you were wondering.) VAST members are shop owners at Etsy who choose to congregate as a collective body, a Team.

Take a second to check us out by clicking the link below. Get the hazelnut brewing and relax a minute. This is a blog worth reading.

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Got GIFT?? Be thankful not Arrogant.

When and How will your creative seeds grow and bloom?

You may have thought about and loved writing all your life, you’ve loved books and the stories they tell and even how the words can come together in a group to say or not say something. Maybe you’ve learned to think poetically and words dance and change and become colorful and vibrantly take on a face and even a scent, so much so that yes, now you can see, taste and smell that image your words brought to life. You find that you can and in fact, must write.

Gifts and talents are given to us. We can learn a skill and develop technique, but we cannot learn a gift. We can’t pay someone to make us gifted. Some, in fact have wonderful gifts and no training. One never knows how a gift will be discovered, or when.

I think for many of us, those discoveries come later in life when we are our true selves, healthy, adjusted and simmered down. We are vessels for our gifts. It is not about us. It is our view and thought and emotion (or lack thereof), it is our bent and our take, our expression on things, that is our part. We get to pick the paint color. But we cannot give ourselves a gift anymore than we can give ourselves life.

I think there is a great deal of arrogant self-acclaim in the literary and art world. I see it and hear it, but it is not beautiful. There isn’t anything at all attractive about a talented person who believes they are great. However, it is not bragging to admit a gift or a talent because it was given to us, the gift comes through us and we get to express it.

Ever heard a great singer singing? They were blessed with that voice. Of course they can work it, but even if I worked it, and worked at it, I would not be a great singer singing. Sigh!!

I took piano lessons and I can still sit down at my piano and pick out a similar sound to what is written on the page, but I am not gifted with musical ability. Even if I did practice, practice, practice, I am not a musician. Is it ego that wants credit or something else, insecurity maybe? What’s wrong with being gifted and talented?? You are gifted or you are not.

These are just my thoughts, something I've been thinking about. What do you think? Agree or disagree?

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Where do you put the FILM??????

Digital Cameras? Sure, why not? But where do I put the film??

That was the most puzzling thing to me. I do understand it now. That is after my daughter explained it to me and gave me a quick demo.

It was a gift for Christmas, my daughter lovingly gave me, and then told me to go read my manual.

She still asks if I have been reading it, my manual that is. Digital cameras do not require film.

For those of us who remember when nobody had a color T.V., and as teenagers we played 8 track tapes in our boyfriends GTO’s., this is not such a strange question.

It does take a little experimenting to learn all the ins and outs, but I do have the manual!

I know that my cats will be pleased when I stop bothering them. You would think that they have such hectic schedules and really just can’t spare the time to model for me. Whatever, I know better.

I also think that maybe the bathroom is not the most desirable place in my home to practice, really, I can do better than that. I love my camera. I will read my manual and I promise, no more shower curtain backgrounds!

Happy New Year everyone. Peace.

Whats Faith Got to Do with IT?

What makes Beads of Faith Jewelry different is that the entire basis for the business is to help others.

Beads of Faith has a different look and is built upon a different concept. Beads of Faith
donates 20% of every dollar to missions and hunger relief organizations; and that is how
Beads of Faith is sowing seeds for BODY & SOUL. Food for the belly and hope for
the heart.

It looks different because I do not use kits or patterns and I do not duplicate any piece.
At Beads of Faith the jewelry really is one-of-a-kind. (like me, smile)

I wish that for every dollar I spent (on beads), 20 cents was being used to help people.
I would feel much better about my purchases too. Life isn’t just about you and me. There are other people in the world that are hurting inside and out, dying inside and out.

We can all do something. I think women really like knowing that they are helping others with their jewelry purchases. They are not just buying earrings, they are buying earrings, rice and hope.

I think today’s world asks more of us as consumers than to plaster our cars with
little slogans and bumper stickers, but to make a real contribution for change. What good do the colored ribbons really do anyway? Do they provoke me to act? That is the bottom line. If you really want to raise awareness, put your money where their mouth is.

When you make a purchase at Beads of Faith, you are helping: the Karen Hill Tribe people, who are highly skilled at making handcrafted beads and pendants from high quality sterling silver. You are also helping a self representing artist work at her craft, and you are helping missionaries teach the Gospel and build houses and schools and medical centers and give medical care. And you are helping to end world hunger.

Yes, I know that it is only a $20.00 pair of earrings, but seeds are tiny little things when
we plant them, but then they take root and grow and grow and blossom. Just like the mustard seed. Just think of the impact we could have on our world if every business would give 20% of its sales (not profits).

There are so many good causes to get behind. Like finding a way to drive without
killing for oil. Think about that for a minute. Wouldn’t that be wonderful if we could
just say, never mind, you can keep your oil, we’re going to stay home and plant and
harvest soy crops and hemp. Hello?

Buy handmade. A good place to start is http://www.etsy.com/. And an even better idea, go to my shop at http://www.bethsbeadsoffaith.etsy.com/

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