tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post2798559172048490543..comments2020-07-01T10:35:09.578+00:00Comments on My art grows around me: This is what I am todayMarjojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12640985618819395961noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post-8700917815658593852008-01-18T13:53:00.000+00:002008-01-18T13:53:00.000+00:00There is little i can say except to send love and ...There is little i can say except to send love and blessings and reiterate kruses sentiment that although we haven't met your voice, presence and art is very much with me, felt and touched. <BR/><BR/>Best<BR/><BR/>N xNathan Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07411576546189931006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post-67358708541309280172008-01-18T00:59:00.000+00:002008-01-18T00:59:00.000+00:00i'm struck by your ability to put this in words wh...i'm struck by your ability to put this in words while you are in the midst of it. a sign that your creativity, the crafting of sentences, is strong even when the love of making is temporarily in another room with the plinds down and 'do not disturb' on the door.<BR/><BR/>i have been in that black place though not for some years now (not lastingly) so i feel for you enormously.<BR/><BR/>when i'm like that i stop breathing and let the blackness surround me, i wait till my body insists on breath and focus briefly, truly, on what that breath feels like as it flows. and repeat. <BR/><BR/>everything else is excluded from my brain so it's the only time i can get in touch with that clarity of moment without art diverting me.<BR/><BR/>somehow that used to help, a little. i will be wishing you well daily and hoping your sleep brings relief until the darkness fades.<BR/><BR/>a link for sometime later, 2 hair embroideries...<BR/>http://lauranormandin.com/pages/hair_emb_main.htmlCallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11276876280803790049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post-20427437300165189232008-01-16T22:05:00.000+00:002008-01-16T22:05:00.000+00:00Hey you...Nice to have you back.I also fight the b...Hey you...<BR/>Nice to have you back.<BR/>I also fight the black dog at this time of year. <BR/>Whisky, cake and a damn good book are the only remedies.<BR/>(And kind thoughts from un-met friends who treasure your words and work) :-)Susan Krusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08244475165823968529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post-25368176975191262022008-01-16T19:06:00.000+00:002008-01-16T19:06:00.000+00:00i want to say it is okay to let oneself be in this...i want to say it is okay to let oneself be in this state...but do not know if that is really the healthy way about it...?<BR/> <BR/>oh Marjojo...it is strange to hear from you the day before receiving such thought-full deeply satisfying feedback (struck and moved, to be so understood like that) and then the next day to know that you've been struggling in this darkness. i wish i could be quicker smarter in responding with more insight to offer.<BR/><BR/>i hope that today is a better day for you - checked the forecast and it looks like the sun has been out where you are, so that is good, isn't it? last week, it got so warm here, i was so deliriously happy feeling that brief moment of spring coming. false alarm, but nonetheless, a reminder of what to look forward to, or at least remembering how nice it was/could be. <BR/><BR/>i believe you are living out your new year's resolution. it takes courage to share this, and maybe even more so to confront oneself so directly and openly with what isn't always so light and beautiful. doesn't it? <BR/>i have to admit i was a bit struck when you said not even your art meant anything to you. i think the world of you in terms of what it means to be an artist, so for you to say that kinda shook me in my own head for a second there. but i see you as you are however you are and i still marvel at your whole being...redreddayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592274116116396624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3828886149891259713.post-32968152272513662972008-01-15T15:13:00.000+00:002008-01-15T15:13:00.000+00:00I know I know I know.....not in this full version,...I know I know I know.....not in this full version, only the small one....so hard to crawl out of the deep hole with your own help, you won't believe in anyone telling you, that it's possible.<BR/>But please, don't take all your energies to describe your state...feels like a sad dance....perhaps, like a lesson for yourself:....describe the most beautiful thing you can imagine at the moment with every small detail with every thought and feeling related to this thing...like a meditation.Use the most beautiful words you know!<BR/>Tell the ghosts to go home.....<BR/>You've got these tiny wings, isn't it?<BR/>A big big hug!!!!!Ursula Achtenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12978137253135755217noreply@blogger.com