Oh yes I am … and so are you!
I Am the Place Where God Shows Up
Oh yes I am … and so are you!
When Art Gets Personal
Not all of my work is for public consumption. There are pieces that are of a more personal nature and some serve a more practical purpose. For the more practical, personal items I do sometimes use patterns.
For the last two years I have needed to come up with a better way to block the sun from making it difficult for Bob to see his computer screen. I had a temporary solution in the window, but had never gotten around to coming up with something better. That is until… I felt the need to express my personal opposition to the Confederate flags and other offensive symbols and signs in our community. That window does not face the road, so very few people will ever see it, but I have at least made my stand.
The dove pattern comes from Stephanie Kepecs and Joanne Perlmutter and is called Love the Dove. It is available free from Sewing with Nancy.
The word peace with the cross is my own handwritten and drawn design, if you can call it that. It’s actually more like a doodle.
The photos were taken in my studio before it was hung in the window because these were better quality photos.
As artists the temptation to use our skills for others or to make money sometimes becomes so strong that we forget to sometimes just do what we love and have fun or express our personal beliefs and convictions. So what do you do when it’s not a matter of pleasing someone else or making money?
The Morning Walk
Our first summer here I was very diligent about getting up for sunrise. Last year, not so much. Flooding in the area where I normally walk prevented getting the shots of sunrise of the lake I love so much. Then as the weather got colder I moved my morning routine inside and began the day with yoga.
Today I decided to go outside while it was still cool and took the camera along. It was cloudy so I pretty much gave up on getting good photos. Until I walked down the end of the dog walking path and turned around to come back. Then I saw an amazing sight. The sun reflecting off the clouds. While not the spectacular sunrises I love to capture, it was beautiful in it’s own way.
I’ll leave it to you to find the lesson in this one. It is there, but it might be different for you than it was for me.
Here are some of the photos for you to enjoy while you figure it out.
Thought for Today
“Say Yes to Life. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.” — Henry James
Thought for Today
As you awaken, may your dreams greet you by name, and may you answer, “Yes!”— Mary Anne Radmacher
Thought for Today
“Our task is to say a holy yes to the real things of our life.”
Natalie Goldberg
Thought for Today
“When we learn to say a deep, passionate yes to the things that really matter, then peace begins to settle onto our lives like golden sunlight sifting to a forest floor. ” — Thomas Kinkade
Thought for Today
Copyright 2014 by R.A. Robbins
“Saying yes means getting up and acting on your belief that you can create meaning and purpose in whatever life hands you.” — Susan Jeffers
Thought for Today
“One way we can know that we are aligned with the life force that is God is that we feel more and more alive. Notice what gives you aliveness and what diminishes you, deadens and numbs you so that you only skim the surface of life. Begin to say yes to what quickens and energizes, to that which brings joy and gratitude.” — Mary Manin Morrissey
This is What Can Happen When we Say YES!
This is a powerful talk called Silence Shouts YES given by Kimberly Braun at TEDxSarasota. You won’t want to miss this inspiring story of what happens when we just say yes to Spirit and to life.
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