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2013-05-18 04:07:45 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Woohooo photos and art framed, business cards and card reader are at the ready and the price list is done.  Ready for Savor the Flavor tomorrow with +David Kipp & +Heidi Hirschbach 

2013-05-18 03:53:53 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

“Look at the sky: that is for you. Look at each person's face as you pass on the street: those faces are for you. ... Remember this when you wake up in the morning and think you have nothing.”
— Miranda July

2013-05-17 19:13:43 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Art supplies here I come

2013-05-17 16:33:11 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

"Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it."

- Bruce Lee

2013-05-17 14:10:22 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 10 +1s)

2013-05-17 14:05:17 (7 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

For the lovely +Tamara Pruessner and #floralfriday
#hqspflowers #allthingsorange  

2013-05-16 14:43:00 (17 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Zen & The Busy Brain.  Mixed Media.  Pen & ink, iridescent watercolors, acrylic skin. +Christine Cantow Smith +Christina Lihani +Yanik Falardeau +Ola Birch +Heidi Hirschbach +Ardith Goodwin

2013-05-16 01:16:50 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

OKKKKK for those of you wondering where your photo albums are now and how to share them, here is the process:

Go to your profile -------->>photos-------->>>albums and upload/share from there.

2013-05-15 20:32:45 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 18 +1s)

Happy Birthday to my dear friend +Alan Shapiro You were one of the 1st persons I met here on the G.  I was drawn to your heart via the beauty of your art.  Thank you for your guidance, the way you foster humanity and for the friendship always.

#AlanShapiroBirthdayStyle

2013-05-15 17:39:21 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

Considering setting up an Etsy shop for my tangle drawings and to make digital downloads of my images available.  Have any of you lovely folks done digital downloads on Etsy?  If so, how is it going for you?

2013-05-15 04:22:07 (5 comments, 3 reshares, 6 +1s)

Sometimes an Animated GIF just doesn't tell the whole story
Plus the associated laughter is pretty cool too.

thanks to +M Monica for posting the GIF that got my search for the video started :)

2013-05-15 04:06:52 (2 comments, 2 reshares, 1 +1s)

Considering setting up an Etsy shop for my tangle drawings and to make digital downloads of my images available.  Have any of you lovely folks done digital downloads on Etsy?  If so, how is it going for you?

2013-05-14 16:05:37 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

+Olav Folland +kat Folland My blog post about the collaborative art that Olav and Kat are doing.  So exciting to see my work interpreted in a different fashion

2013-05-14 11:20:04 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

The Hand of Fate

Thanks to +Paulissa Kipp for the intricate, and challenging artwork.  It took a couple of takes before I decided that this is where I wanted to go with it - straightforward on the surface, but the undertones speak so loudly.

I believe this is her original piece, but she can correct me if I'm wrong.  I've had trouble getting access to a color printer until recently.
https://plus.google.com/116071275946594200077/posts/GQQeX1gFHU5

2013-05-13 19:26:22 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

#rapeculture I urge each person to take the time to watch this documentary tonight.  I participated in the panel discussion as a survivor when the film was shown in my community.  

2013-05-13 18:19:52 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

I needed a new mantra for today in light of a new round of uncertainty and a bit of doubt:

I am proud of myself. I am interesting, not a cliché. I am artistic. I can be whoever I want to be and not what I ever expected I would be. Nothing like I ever imagined my life would become but better. ~Paulissaism   #paulissaism  

2013-05-13 11:56:11 (15 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

Good morning, my lovely friends!  The sun is shining and it is going to be 82 degrees today.   Love it!  Today is all about tort law (prepping for next week's final), gessoing pages for journals so they're ready for Saturday's art show, a little gardening (time to plant the flower seeds) and work this evening.   What does your day look like today?  Waving to the crew including:  +Juliane Clausen +Julianne Boyle +Adam Boenig +miriam dunn +Heidi Hirschbach +Janice La Mere Hackney +William McGarvey +Lorie Wren +Shelly Gunderson +Farzana Shan +Sherrie von Sternberg +Jason Kowing +Gillian Jane Birch Campian +Christina Lihani +Christine Cantow Smith +Christopher Vallo +randy mccumber +Paul Bucalo +Pam Adger 

2013-05-13 03:25:39 (9 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

What's Right With Me Moment inspired by +Jason Kowing 's beautiful post  found here:  https://plus.google.com/106488284533523054088/posts/bYfALVeJLwA

Today was a gorgeous day:  sunny and in the 70s.  A beautiful day to enjoy mother (Nature).  I am proud of myself for how far I've come in my approach to Mother's Day.  While Mother's Day is still a source of anxiety due to my background, today I was able to change the story and focus on who and what nurture me.

Today's blessings:

Shooting images of my neighbor's tulips
Walking residents along the labyrinth in the courtyard and pointing out the birds
Being taught how to cast on in knitting by a resident who held my hand and told me to relax 
Coming home to a mowed lawn, clean laundry, dishes done and dinner cooked by my husband

I found peace in the day regardless ofbackgr... more »

2013-05-12 15:18:07 (5 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Spending Time With Mother (Nature)    #mothersday  

For me, Mother's Day is bittersweet due to an abusive background.  But this year, I am changing the story around it and re-defining mother.  Read on to see what I've learned:

Spending Time With Mother (Nature)
 
Today is Mother's Day in the United States.  A day to thank Mom for all she has done to bear us, for the sacrifices, the love, the meals, the guidance and for her presence.  Mother's Day has a long and interesting history.  Mother's Day began as a progressive movement advocated for by a handful of activist women.

In 1858, when Anna Reese Jarvis, a young Appalachian homemaker, organized "Mother's Work Days" to improve the sanitation and avert deaths from disease-bearing insects and seepage of polluted water.  Anna began giving carnations to mothers in herMethodist ... more »

2013-05-12 04:23:42 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 13 +1s)

Last night we attended In My Father's Eyes, a historical drama by playwright Mary Kathryn Nagle, at Fort Omaha, my college campus.

  Fort Omaha is best known for its role in the landmark trial in Omaha in 1879 of Ponca Chief Standing Bear. In 1877, the Ponca Indians were forced by the U.S. Government to give up their homeland and move south, leaving behind most possessions and journeying on foot the 500 miles to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. Chief Standing Bear wished to honor the request of his dying son to be buried in his homeland by the Niobrara River. As Chief Standing Bear and a burial party of 30 Indians started North, the Secretary of the Interior ordered General Crook to arrest them for leaving the reservation. General Crook followed orders to arrest Chief Standing Bear and place him under guard at Fort Omaha. However, General Crook’s sentiments were with Chief StandingBe... more »

2013-05-12 03:30:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Possible trigger alert  This video is long (19 minutes) but watch all the way to the end.  It poses such an interesting question, but more than that, it so uniquely helps us understand the problem of homophobia by switching the roles of… everybody.  Well worth the watch

2013-05-12 03:00:00 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

"You’ll need to doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs. Most people do just the opposite. They doubt their beliefs and believe their doubts." From yesterday's Daily Hope. Simple, yet profound.

2013-05-12 00:46:43 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Views from today's Florence Days parade.  Florence was the Mormon Winter Quarters and is home to the Florence Mill, one of the nation's few standing grist mills.  +David Kipp and his lodge walk in the parade today.  Sunny and gusty - just right for a parade.

2013-05-12 00:20:25 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Anyone else noticing that G+ is taking foreverrrrrrr to load pics into albums.  15 minutes for 3 pictures???  Not the browser; they loaded up quickly everywhere else but here. 

2013-05-11 23:55:27 (3 comments, 3 reshares, 4 +1s)

Need some feel good fun?  Watch this - bet you'll be singing in between belly laughs!

2013-05-11 20:22:50 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

“The most courageous act is to think for yourself. Aloud.” -Coco Chanel

2013-05-11 13:23:56 (8 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Gorgeous day for a parade.  Come out to Florence Days.  Parade begins at 1 PM down N 30th St.  I will be there, camera in hand.  +David Kipp   will be walking with Florence Lodge

2013-05-10 04:05:19 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

2013-05-09 20:17:03 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

Mary says what really needs to be said:. . . "if you really, really like an artist’s work, and you have a little extra spending money, show your support, not just by liking it, but by putting your money where your like is!" 

How do you support your favorite artists?

2013-05-09 04:05:26 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

Holes of Happiness

This is short, but sweet, little film about public reaction to some pothole gardens that have been planted around East London. More here: http://thepotholegardener.com

I hope you peeps are all happy and well. :)

2013-05-09 11:47:29 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

What happens when 73 Google Plus Female Photographers, Artists and Writers get together and do a book for charity?  How We See It...the nature of our worlds is the result. Just published on Blurb.com +Blurb Books This book benefits the +HWSI  #HWSI  charity, the NOW Love Your Body Foundation (http://loveyourbody.nowfoundation.org), an organization that deals with body image issues and eating disorders.  100% of the profits of this third HWSI book will go to charity.  The book is now available on Blurb in the hardcover version and a PDF version with an eBook version coming shortly.  I am sure that the ladies involved with the project will be sharing this project with all of you as well.  Thank you to all 72 of you! You are all wonderful, and your work and support of this project is incredible! 

http://www.blurb.com/b/4293600-how-we-see-it-the-nature-of-our-worlds

2013-05-08 12:02:15 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Be kind to ALL parts of yourself  (These words apply to you guys as well)

2013-05-08 10:58:18 (6 comments, 1 reshares, 16 +1s)

2013-05-08 03:03:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

"Remember, it's only in the black of night you can see the stars and those stars will lead you back home. So don't be afraid to make mistakes, to stumble, fall, cause most of the time the greatest rewards come from doing the things that scare you the most. Maybe you don't get everything you asked for-- maybe you'll get more than you ever could've imagined. Who knows where life will take you. The road is long and in the end the journey is the destination." ~One Tree Hill

2013-05-08 02:29:57 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Damn straight! 

2013-05-07 20:55:57 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

2013-05-07 20:46:42 (18 comments, 7 reshares, 2 +1s)

TRIGGER ALERT FOR SOME IN CIRCLES.  The EX for target practice? 

2013-05-07 18:04:35 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Itching to get your hands on the third How We See It book coming out later this week?  Stay tuned for details on this great Google Plus Female Photography, Art and Writing project that benefits the NOW Love Your Body Foundation.  Some of your favorite female photographers, artists and writers have contributed to this third book that will be published on Blurb.com.  And be sure to circle the +HWSI Page for more information on this project. 

2013-05-07 01:53:17 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Good evening friends,

It has been a busy day and it isn't over yet :~D  Lots of playing catchup from the worknights:  wading through email, prepping submissions, writing, doing art for an upcoming show and prepping for my tort law final.  How was your mornafteve? 

2013-05-07 01:30:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

And... we're open! Thats the good news. The bad news is that I can't seem to find where to set up discount coupon codes. As soon as I get help with that A 25% code has been set up under GPLUSROLLS (my sneaky tribute to +Olav Folland.)

Here, have a look around in the meantime:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadingAndBeing

If you have a request or an idea, feel free to convo us there or plus mail me here. There another half-dozen or so pieces that are ready or nearly ready for sale, but are waiting for my hands to recover from this much typing. (I don't type WPM as much as minutes per word.)

#BeadingAndBeing  

2013-05-07 00:02:45 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 1 +1s)

Loving this rhythmic meditation.  Rocking meditation?  Oh yeah

2013-05-06 13:51:52 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Metallic Monday ~ #metallicmonday  with +Thomas Raschbacher 

2013-05-06 13:49:13 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

+David Kipp goofing around at the Nature Connect Lego exhibit
Manly Monday  #manlymondays   w/ +Alan Shapiro +Kjetil Greger Pedersen +Mark Rodriguez +Barry Blanchard and +Dave Daniels 

2013-05-06 13:41:18 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 20 +1s)

Macro Monday ~ #macromonday with +Kerry Murphy +Jennifer Eden & +Kelli Seeger Kim 

2013-05-06 13:54:26 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Something a little different for Lily Monday ~ #lilymonday with +Ray Bilcliff & +Bob Rutan

Also for #monochromemonday with +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson +Manuel Votta +Steve Barge +Nurcan Azaz 

Waterlily 10,598 pieces from the Nature Connects Lego Sculptures exhibit at the Lauritzen Gardens.

2013-05-06 12:04:12 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

"Art can be the practice of transforming life, improving our inner state of being each day. And who then is an artist? He who lives life with authenticity is already an artist. And each artist, with practice of his craft, can create his own masterpiece." ~acropois.org

2013-05-06 03:23:38 (6 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one who doesn’t struggle is the one who doesn’t grow. So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign — celebrate your struggle. - Neale Donald Walsch

2013-05-05 14:30:41 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 12 +1s)

Jada Pinkett-Smith on "The War on Men Through The Degradation of Woman"

Speaking against human trafficking

"How is man to recognize his full self, his full power through the eye’s of an incomplete woman? The woman who has been stripped of Goddess recognition and diminished to a big ass and full breast for physical comfort only. The woman who has been silenced so she may forget her spiritual essence because her words stir too much thought outside of the pleasure space. The woman who has been diminished to covering all that rots inside of her with weaves and red bottom shoes. 

I am sure the men, who restructured our societies from cultures that honored woman, had no idea of the outcome. They had no idea that eventually, even men would render themselves empty and longing for meaning, depth and connection.

There is a deep sadness when Iwi... more »

2013-05-05 13:30:45 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 3 +1s)

2013-05-06 13:41:46 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Sean Kenney is a Lego master who brought his work to the Lauritzen Gardens.  500,000 Lego bricks, 27 sculptures.  Just gorgeous work.  A few live plants and koi thrown in for good measure.  For more information about the artist, check out http://www.seankenney.com/