tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74817418788464424022024-03-13T09:25:07.398-07:00Natures Walk StudioThoughts from an artist, gardener and lover of all things green.Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.comBlogger931125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-20641435819677310572020-11-02T16:03:00.000-08:002020-11-02T16:03:09.712-08:00Art Every Day Month <p><br /></p><p>Art Every Day Month - Days 1 and 2 </p><p>Random collage work with materials not yet cleared off my art table. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWvMbXg97EH2oJfJlYiPYdrER09F6VKi9wb_4vv99y6IgBrvBdEvvBJ6wESPg1u6qh9iANALC_FYooGQc1PWj7RDEL1TaTxo8JRO4xwj9NoI6YBac-NAnCIPncnQ6l-JOr2haJ6Xpkew/s2048/Inspiration+small+collage+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFWvMbXg97EH2oJfJlYiPYdrER09F6VKi9wb_4vv99y6IgBrvBdEvvBJ6wESPg1u6qh9iANALC_FYooGQc1PWj7RDEL1TaTxo8JRO4xwj9NoI6YBac-NAnCIPncnQ6l-JOr2haJ6Xpkew/s320/Inspiration+small+collage+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e1PE_9ofK3GqCPMjcmwe1sy63latM-nnAlmSU9jIodeaz771NQT4LHQHRKh4osPEKCZe_DICe4YJ-hMeSnQnFOu35rzP3nSCN8ZdSwQCqycwgjuv5yKNN_btCEOjvbMmoTl5oxJtElk/s2048/Improving+Choices+small+collage+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7e1PE_9ofK3GqCPMjcmwe1sy63latM-nnAlmSU9jIodeaz771NQT4LHQHRKh4osPEKCZe_DICe4YJ-hMeSnQnFOu35rzP3nSCN8ZdSwQCqycwgjuv5yKNN_btCEOjvbMmoTl5oxJtElk/s320/Improving+Choices+small+collage+2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-32589184660899685832019-02-03T17:59:00.001-08:002019-02-03T18:03:02.550-08:00Free Stand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rummaging among collage scraps found this "Free Stand Ticket" received in an art trade some time ago. I'm working in a journal while a much touted game is playing.<br />
(Huge sums of money spent to see high priced men running around and tackling each other is a ridiculous thing!)Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-57782696540652453172018-12-09T20:52:00.000-08:002018-12-09T20:52:01.610-08:00Do unto others.... <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-64064295376874627712017-08-07T21:06:00.000-07:002017-08-07T21:06:26.045-07:00Blossoming in Nature<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-51752620285081868332017-07-26T15:05:00.002-07:002017-07-26T15:05:38.637-07:00Little Things<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-74263525593935752102017-07-13T08:01:00.000-07:002017-07-13T08:01:54.702-07:00In the morning... solitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-43390754332671992892017-04-24T17:55:00.002-07:002017-04-24T17:55:24.052-07:00Studio Destash - Mixed Media Technique Books <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I'm slowly cleaning out the studio and downsizing my stash of art technique magazines and books. While I've gifted some to friends, I have listed others in my Etsy shop.</div>
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These were the very first Somerset Workshop magazines. I believe they discontinued the Workshop magazines in 2013. <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Claudine Hellmuth is a favorite artist and I've referred to these books over and over these past few years... <div>
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While it's difficult for me to let go of favorite references, there comes a time to release the inspiration to other artists. </div>
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-8500439802439019002017-03-21T15:50:00.001-07:002017-03-21T15:50:43.681-07:0016 Photos in 16 Minutes #365phew #80A challenge on a day we were traveling home from my nephews wedding - take sixteen photos a minute apart.<br />
We were driving through Washington wine country... and not all were in focus, but they give a feel of the road traveled. :)<br />
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This last photo was several miles up the road - a rest area at the top of the hills between Yakima and Ellensburg. Besides a view back the way we came, it had a cryptic sign that warns to "Watch for Rattlesnakes."<br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Imagine a world where tolerance, acceptance, and kindness was lived daily. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Imagine no possessions</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">I wonder if you can</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">No need for greed or hunger</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">A brotherhood of man</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;" /><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Imagine all the people sharing all the world...</span></i></span></div>
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-53723441805195243382017-02-22T16:12:00.000-08:002017-02-22T16:12:49.814-08:00Eyes Closed Photos <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One of the daily prompts this past week (</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">from the year long class with Carla Sonheim)</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> was "Eyes Closed" photography. </span><div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I did this during our walk yesterday at our favorite bird watching park - Scudder Pond in Whatcom Falls Park. The challenge was to take without looking, after scanning the area first. So, high and low and all around. To my delight, a couple of the high photos have hidden hearts. You may have to allow a bit of poetic license, however I see them. </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-43135196840247083132017-02-06T11:17:00.001-08:002017-02-06T11:38:42.478-08:00Tutorial - Setting up your Google+ Brand Account<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I've just gotten into promoting my Etsy Stores on Google+. I started with my main Google+ account, but have just set up a "Brand Account" for my V</span><a href="http://naturegirl22.etsy.com/" style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">intage Shop</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> and am sharing to help fellow sellers. </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Note that I work from a Windows PC. </span></div>
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Dear World,
We felt we needed to say something while saying something is still allowed.
We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged Dictators before, but this is new for us. For its history our nation has been led by men who, despite their varying flaws and deficiencies, some of which were quite disturbing—were by and large, normal human beings. Whatever darkness in them, they had at the very least, a baseline of humanity and decency that more often than not insured rational behavior.
This man is not normal.
He is unstable, malignant, devoid of integrity—and he does not speak for us.
Please understand that nearly three million more people voted for his opponent Hillary Clinton than for him. (Yes, we realize this is completely screwed-up). Millions more voted for other candidates, and sadly nearly 90 million of our people did not vote at all. The point is, the vast majority of Americans are not with him. He does not speak for us. His America is not our America.
Over the past week, we’ve watched long erected pillars of our Republic bulldozed in the stroke of a madman’s pen. We’ve seen the very hallmarks of who we are as a nation tossed in the garbage; the celebration of diverse coexistence, the open welcome to the oppressed, the guarantee of unalienable rights for every person, the same access to health and opportunity and safety afforded to everyone, the freedom to speak without censor or restraint. At this moment these are all in great jeopardy.
Things we took for granted in our leadership: things like goodness, wisdom, and basic truthfulness are no longer in play, and as things are eroding quickly we wanted to let you know that we’re sorry.
We’re sorry that our apathy and laziness have yielded such a reckless, impulsive, small man to steward this nation.
We’re sorry for the jagged, bitter ugliness that is characterizing us in these moments.
We’re sorry to those suffering greatly, who have braved such peril to seek refuge here and who’ve now been turned away based on the faith they profess.
We’re sorry to our Mexican neighbors who’ve been fashioned into convenient villains for erecting a grandiose, wasteful display of false protection that we do not want.
We’re sorry to Muslims everywhere who’ve been used as pawns to generate irrational fear among those already susceptible to bigotry and discrimination.
We’re sorry to the leaders of the world, who instead of being met by level-headed, measured, intelligent dialogue, are now greeted with the social media rantings of a furious child.
We’re sorry to those who now experience the Christian faith as a racist, Nationalistic bully pulpit wielded with malice toward the very diverse Humanity Jesus lived and died for.
We’re sorry to people everywhere whose lives are made more tenuous, more violent, less safe, less secure than it has been before.
We want you to know that this is not who we are. It may be who this man is. It may be who those sharing power with him are. It may even be the tens of millions who originally voted for him (though that support is vanishing quickly among those who not among the religious zealots and extremists).
But this is not America. It is not the steady, strong beacon of freedom that it was intended to be. It is not the America our people have fought and died for. It is not the one first formed in the crucible of oppression and cast into the words of our ever-disregarded Constitution.
This is not our America. Our America affirms the inherent, priceless beauty of every human being. Our America declares that no person is ascribed less value because of their skin color, religion, gender, financial means, sexual orientation, nation of origin, or any other variable. Our America is home for those seeking hope and joy and rest.
And we are going to fight for this America. Through political channels and through grassroots activism, through the use of our Press and of our personal voices, we’re going to expose this man’s incompetence, call out his heart sickness, and condemn every violent, reckless, vicious act when it does not reflect our hearts and our will. Please do your best to disregard anything that comes from his mouth or those loudly and continually parroting his propaganda. They have proven themselves mortally allergic to the truth.
And we hope that in whatever way you can, that you will stand with us. We know that we have made this mess ourselves. We understand that you have your own problems to contend with, some far more urgent and pressing than this, but we believe that we are a single community; that we are tethered together in our Humanity, that we are in real-time crafting the life our children and their children will inherit.
Dear World, we’re sorry and we hope you’ll endure these days with us.
With Despair and Hope in equal measure, in Peace and Unity with you,
The American Majority
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We know many of you have lived under malevolent, unhinged Dictators before, but this is new for us.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For its history our nation has been led by men who, despite their varying flaws and deficiencies, some of which were quite disturbing—were by and large, normal human beings.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Whatever darkness in them, they had at the very least, a baseline of humanity and decency that more often than not insured rational behavior.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This man is not normal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He is unstable, malignant, devoid of integrity—and he does not speak for us.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please understand that nearly three million more people voted for his opponent Hillary Clinton than for him.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Yes, we realize this is completely screwed-up).</span><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Millions more voted for other candidates, and sadly nearly 90 million of our people did not vote at all.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The point is, the</span> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">vast majority</span></em> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">of Americans are</span> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">not</span></em> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">with him.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He does not speak for us.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">His America is not our America.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Over the past week, we’ve watched long erected pillars of our Republic bulldozed in the stroke of a madman’s pen.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’ve seen the very hallmarks of who we are as a nation tossed in the garbage; the celebration of diverse coexistence, the open welcome to the oppressed, the guarantee of unalienable rights for every person, the same access to health and opportunity and safety afforded to everyone, the freedom to speak without censor or restraint.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">At this moment these are all in great jeopardy.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry that our apathy and laziness have yielded such a reckless, impulsive, small man to steward this nation.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry for the jagged, bitter ugliness that is characterizing us in these moments.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to those suffering greatly, who have braved such peril to seek refuge here and who’ve now been turned away based on the faith they profess.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to our Mexican neighbors who’ve been fashioned into convenient villains for erecting a grandiose, wasteful display of false protection that we</span> <em style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">do not want</span></em><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to Muslims everywhere who’ve been used as pawns to generate irrational fear among those already susceptible to bigotry and discrimination.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to the leaders of the world, who instead of being met by level-headed, measured, intelligent dialogue, are now greeted with the social media rantings of a furious child.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to those who now experience the Christian faith as a racist, Nationalistic bully pulpit wielded with malice toward the very diverse Humanity Jesus lived and died for.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re sorry to people everywhere whose lives are made more tenuous, more violent, less safe, less secure than it has been before.</span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We want you to know that this is not who we are.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It may be who this man is.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It may be who those sharing power with him are.</span> <span aria-hidden="true" class="blast tbn-flight-sentence" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It may even be the tens of millions who originally voted for him (though that support is vanishing quickly among those who not among the religious zealots and extremists).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I am marching in my town of Bellingham, Washington today with the Women's March on Washington! May those participating remain peaceful, respectful and safe. </span><br />
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Helen Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06926976940208563539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481741878846442402.post-43069708254532236712016-12-22T16:06:00.001-08:002016-12-22T16:06:26.681-08:00Torchbearers of the Heart<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Day two of <a href="http://theradiantmama.com/OP/winter2016/" target="_blank">Women Unleashed </a>Online Retreat included a guided journey by Shiloh Sophia - an intentional creativity exercise on Torchbearers of the Heart. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">These are my torchbearers. This was done in about 10 minutes using waterproof pen and watercolor paints. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Amazing for me because #1 - I tend to avoid drawing people. #2 - I rarely create artsy things quite so spontaneous and in the moment. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">It was fabulous creating it. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">I need to do more of this. :) </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">Here is the beginning. It's painted with two colors of acrylic, a metallic teal and blueish green. This shows much bluer than it is in real life.... my phone camera just don't do greens well. I just used random brush strokes and then while wet, made bubble wrap texture. I used it like this for the opening session. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">These ornaments measure 3-7/8 x 2-7/8 inches - collage melded with beeswax, mounted on heavy mat board and backed with decorative paper. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">All are available in my <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/NaturesWalkStudio" target="_blank">Etsy Shop</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">You deserve to be celebrated as the special person you are. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">If your friends (and family) don't treat you that way, go find people who will! </span><br />
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Inspired by <a href="http://www.kellyraeroberts.com/" target="_blank">Kelly Rae Roberts</a> through <a href="http://journal52.com/2016/11/19/week-47-community-project/" target="_blank">Effy Wild & Sarah Trumpp</a> at Journal52</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In the numbness of despair, what I can do is to fight for justice and acceptance; to do all I can to make sure those hard fought for freedoms are protected for <u>all</u> Americans, and all humankind. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>where there is darkness, light; </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>where there is sadness, joy.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>St. Francis of Assisi </i></span></div>
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