Oh no my tail has gone?
April 10, 2010
Last night I had a dream that I remembered, you see I hardly ever remember them, once every 3 months if I am lucky, they are so illusive normally, but last nights has stayed with me for most of the day. Partly because I wanted to capture the feeling, and two it was rather disturbing. It started with myself as a mermaid, nothing really new I dreamt of these before but this time it was so beautiful, my tail was long and glossy and I could feel the power as I swished it around. Everything felt smooth and silky and laying back in the water looking up at the suns ray filtering down into the blue depths I had a strange feeling, looking down I could see my tail floating away, and felt bereft……….. I was sobbing and beginning to sink and my heaart was so sad, but then I realised I had two legs, long and lean and could swish them back and forth, and then I remembered I could walk on land and felt so excited, as I broke the surface I awoke…………
oil pastel, pencil sketches, made into pattern on illustrator
I am Love, a must see
April 10, 2010
What an extraordinary film, a true cinematic experience. Emma, played by Tilda Swintnn at first is as cool and austere as the home she lives in but then something happens, she falls in liove, and everything becomes alive, the photography is stunning, the soundtrack just beautiful.
A film not to be missed.
Good days, dark days, some ok days
April 9, 2010
Today has been all three combined, the sun is just going down after a beautiful spring day, a GOOD day. Designing, creating a bistro today was mixed with a real passion for expressing the feelings when first entering a room that makes one feel special, but in getting there I have been back to places that bought on my perfectionsism, a small little girl with no power, feeling helpless and reacting within my adult self. DARK day. It was she who felt helpless that left me with feelings of “must be in control” something I have been working on letting go. All is well most of them time, but when it comes to getting everything in order I can somethimes get very anal about everything and become too perfectionist, this stops the “flow” and i get so frustrated. Anyhow the days work is done, I am now at home, and getting ready to go out to cinema. Going to see the new Tilda Swinton film, a perfect start to the weekend. Any thoughts of perfectionism are now far from my mind.
The image is oil pastel sketch, scanned in and made into a pattern on illustrator. its called “Plaything”
Is this the last piece of the jigsaw?
April 7, 2010
THE ODD ONE OUT
oil pastel – mixed media
Black or white, life or death
April 7, 2010
Questions, questions, in my head questions…………… there are black ones and white ones, these are easily answered, short one word answers, yes or no, live or die, but its those murky grey ones, the ones that lie in the seemingly unconscious that just sometimes flicker like a naked flame, seem bright and ripe for life. These are the difficult ones, for just as I am about to pluck them they diminish, in to the gloom they banish themselves, unanswered floating in the void. Are these the ones that need to die, or are they the ones that will give me the answer that I never tire of the search……….
The image here is one of my pencil drawings made into a repeating pattern, one of black and white, life and death, one must have many deaths in order to give birth to new growth
The following quote is one I repeat very often
“What must I give more death to today, in order to generate more life?
What do I know should die, but am hesitant to allow to do so?
What must die in me in order for me to love?
What not-beauty do I fear? Of what use is the power of the not-beautiful to me today?
What should die today? What should live? What life am I afraid to give birth to?
If not now, when?
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Pond life – Crown Prince
April 6, 2010
I have been playing again, the image of this frog ( an image I took of a friend of mines aquatic frogs………. Wanted to make them look special so tried a variety of creative ways to elevate these little creatures to a higher position in the pond world hierarchy. I really enjoyed the time spent……….. what do you think?
VOGUE ITALY MARCH 2010-SHOT BY TIM WALKER
April 1, 2010
wow, I came across these most delicisous images today, I find them so inspiring, so much so that I have already sketched the wonderful folds, curls and curves and want to incorporate them somehow into a painting, maybe pen and ink sketch with watercolour, not sure yet……… watch this space, it will be something creative, so thanks to Klosset Blog for scanning the voque images into your blog, and thanks to Tim Walker for photographing these splendid images for Italian vogue.
See even more of them here http://klosetkase.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/vogue-italy-march-2010-shot-by-tim-walker/
