tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175777932024-03-13T00:58:31.663-04:00Room to CreateThis is what I do. ART with KIDS and Paint on people's walls! What can be better than that?!Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-12598343433262710962020-04-27T13:30:00.002-04:002020-04-27T13:30:55.829-04:00Pocket of Hope<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another piece in quarantine. I grabbed a few sticks I found in the art room, some paper Kathi had made and some felt, beads, feathers and put them on a canvas background.<br />
Felting is warm and the colors earthy. Took some of the wool and wrapped the sticks like a cocoon.<br />
After all, we are all cocooning at home.<br />
The Earth is in it's renewal. Flowers blooming. I hear birds earlier in the morning again.<br />
I'm grateful.<br />
Grateful I have an abundance of supplies, enough to choose from. Enough to do.<br />
I think the worst thing we can do is fall down the rabbit hole of despair. It is a slippery slope and when the slightest indication of it comes by, I turn on music, pick up a brush or a pen, read, do some yoga, listen to astrology or call a friend. Weather permitting, I go for a walk with my camera.<br />
I'm picking up old canvas too and reworking them, giving them new life.<br />
New life seems to be key. We get so comfortable in our old ways and I find as I get older, it's not so easy to find comfort in trying new things, new ways of doing things. <br />
The truth is, <i>for me</i>, I know the Universe provides. There is abundance if we tap into it and don't fall into scarcity thinking. Here is the part where we turn off the TV, get off FB or whatever else you're into and go do something creative. Go within and find your own truth, your own answers. Stop looking outside yourself, especially to the powers who are so confused, they cannot give anyone a clear answer. You and I know in our heart what to do. Listen to your heart. Have Hope.<br />
Namaste'<br />
<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-83715545914267994612020-04-21T10:09:00.000-04:002020-04-21T10:12:14.110-04:00Guardian of the Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is what I had on the easel at home. Edges need to be finished. She is put together from pieces I found cleaning my art room and recycling an old canvas. Home is key right now and I want it to be as comfortable as I can make it.<br />
There certainly is enough to do here and enough materials to keep me busy.<br />
I'm an introvert and I don't mind staying home for the most part. I do need to go out into nature.<br />
Yesterday I gathered some more branches at Read Sanctuary for my planned sculpture. It was a new area I hadn't been in. I have an idea for the gallery window, so if you're in the area, keep a lookout for it in the near future.<br />
I'm sewing masks. By hand! I think my machine needs to be oiled or something, but the good thing that came from that is that it feels like another form of meditation. Sewing while listening to music or astrology lectures. I am grateful for both right now.<br />
One thing I have noticed more is the awareness I have of how my emotions are affecting my body. Paying attention to this brings the awareness more quickly now that it did in the past where it was more accumulative. It became maybe a physical pain that made me take a look.. forced to look.<br />
Pay attention to what your body is saying to you.<br />
Watching news or any media produces feelings of anxiety and it sits in the body. I want to be informed but not overwhelmed by it. Limiting this intake.. <br />
Instead, creating something calms me. It quiets my mind.<br />
CREATIVITY IS THE ANTIDOTE TO FEAR.<br />
<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-35553195872858040832020-04-08T19:42:00.002-04:002020-04-08T19:42:26.494-04:00Nesting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sad day today.<br />
I did my laundry. Was a bit anxious because I went on the later side and there were more people than I expected. Grateful to have the gallery across the street to wait, but I also went to the post office. Thanks to Ada, I had a mask and felt a bit better, but noticed my emotions were a bit raw today.<br />
John Prine passed away. Kathi loved him and sang his songs and that's how I got to know him. Every time I heard him, I would think of her. I wonder if she greeted him.<br />
After laundry I needed to go to the bank.. which is drive-thru now. Coming out of the bank and passing the shopping center, I noticed a sign: FOR RENT.<br />
I lost it.<br />
So much loss lately. Tommy, then Alyssa and Maria, now John Prine. I'm not going to be surprised to see more businesses closing. It breaks my heart. Full moon. Aspects to Chiron. Not surprised at all about this build up and release.<br />
I needed to go home.<br />
I needed to walk.<br />
I needed home again. I turned the TV on. I turned the TV off.<br />
Art! That will help. And some music. And some tea.<br />
Tomorrow I will nest. The emotional intensity I was feeling out there in the world was too much.<br />
Trying not to touch shit, forgetting.. washing until our hands are raw.. yeah, better to be home. Nesting. Be like that osprey and create a beautiful nest. <br />
Create some jewelry. Make some art. Play.Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-37694161481010157982020-04-07T14:35:00.000-04:002020-04-07T14:39:50.496-04:00ReBirth<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the world begins to blossom with it's magnificent beauty, we are given an opportunity to do the same. We are given this time to rebirth ourselves if we take advantage of it. There is uncertainty, fear, and just so much confusion with various conflicting messages. We need to have one foot in this world to be aware, but place the other foot into your retreat from this craziness.<br />
Allow yourself to just be. Breathe through the turmoil and stress. Refocus your breath on the beauty that surrounds you. Focus on what you can do, what you do have control over.<br />
You can take time for yourself. Cook a great meal if you are blessed to have food. We may need to find some creativity here. Do some deep breathing exercises, some yoga, some movement.. lots to find on you tube... or hey, make it up.<br />
What I'm doing is a bit of rearranging, reorganizing, putting a bit of order in my surroundings. I journal a lot. I read books that I've never finished or hadn't gotten around to. I paint, I color, collage, photograph my surroundings. I walk in nature to help ground me.<br />
I sit in silence.<br />
When is the last time you really got to do this?<br />
When the anxiety surfaces, and it does come up, I focus on my breath. I watch an astrology talk. It helps me to find some sense in all this. <br />
A lot of this time is spent is wondering. What can I do to help? Where will we all be on the other side? I look at a bigger picture (astrology), and know that we will come through this, just not the same. Some will be filled with grief. Some may find a new purpose or renew an old dream.<br />
Here's where trust and faith come in. Trust that you will know if your purpose has changed or maybe intensified.<br />
We have all been running ourselves a bit ragged. Use this time. Look at it as your spiritual retreat and nurture yourself. The quiet is the time we can hear spirit directing us. Listen deeply.<br />
Namaste' my friends.Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-86746588463469255082020-04-05T20:01:00.000-04:002020-04-05T20:01:42.866-04:00What day is it?!Here at home during this quarantine, I am revamping my environment. No easy feat.<br />
The art room is a great challenge but I'm weeding through it little by little.<br />
I'm hoping I come out on the other end a lot more organized and knowing what it is I actually have.<br />
It's like an excavation at times, rummaging through, discovering lost treasure.<br />
There is external treasure to be found, but along with that comes an internal one as well.<br />
What self-realizations will be discovered during this retreat, time will tell.<br />
Giving myself this sacred time to do all the things I've been putting off, catching up with myself.<br />
Time for self-nurturing, healing, and creativity.<br />
It's all a bit surreal at times, but I pray we all come out of this as best we can, renewed, refocused on what is truly of value and a better appreciation for what freedoms we had...<br />
I miss my art and yoga classes.<br />
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<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-70854489694777251472020-03-26T12:28:00.001-04:002020-03-26T12:28:52.922-04:00New Possibilites What to do with all that time on your hand?<br />
Oh, I do have a list. <br />
Time creating: painting, collaging, assembling, sewing, beading, journaling, reading, writing a book, John's and mine, photographing, printing, walking, yoga, learning more astrology, cooking, meditating...listening.<br />
The challenge is how to receive an income. Setting up a website, learning to communicate through zoom and Youtube and whatever else is out there.<br />
A new world with new possibilities.<br />
What comes out on the other end is anyone's guess.<br />
Namaste'Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-55156619768824770082016-08-05T07:16:00.001-04:002016-08-05T07:19:04.516-04:00Children at Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the first year I haven't worked at the Recreation Camp. I worked there for 30 years. I saw so many changes and now the big change was having a small art camp at the gallery. It's been challenging as to how to set up the room, but with 7 kids in the front, it worked fine. The best part is watching them create.. That's always the best part.<br />
I love sharing the creative experience.<br />
I love creating alone, but when it's a shared experience, so much more comes into play. Kids are so creative and so much looser than adults. They play more than we do and that is the key. I learn from them. They inspire me. So many times I have spoken, "I would have never thought of that!"<br />
Two weeks of camp left. So far, it's been a wonderful experience and have been quite impressed with the results of their art.<br />
Garden Theme: Steampunk birds, Garden rocks, either a flower pot or birdhouse.. and who knows what altered version of these will happen. Monday Aug. 8, 9, and 11th from 1-3pm $100<br />
Life is Sweet: Sculpey clay for small sweet things, painting of cupcake or ice cream cone, and crazy plaster cupcake... Aug. 15, 16, 18 from 1-3 $100.<br />
sign up on Room to Create face book page or call 914 645 2738<br />
<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-28204304411107898572014-12-13T08:43:00.001-05:002014-12-13T08:43:12.885-05:00Celebrate with us<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been quite a year!<br />
We have had such a great time meeting so many new people and many became friends.<br />
<i>That has been the delicious icing on the cake. </i><br />
Therefore, we celebrate this time of the year by GIVING to show our gratitude and love.<br />
Hopefully you'll be able to stop by to join in the celebration. We'll have baked goods by Jennifer Ricci,<br />
music by Demetri McMullen, Stefanie will have some Beautycounter products that offer us all a safe alternative to care for our body and Avra from Avra's Way will be doing some complementary chair massages! Can you say RELAX!!!<br />
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If you are in need of a gift now or at any time, we offer a very personalized service.<br />
Jewelry, inspiration bottles, and prayer / rosary beads can be made to order... Mandalas too!<br />
We offer classes and workshops and we have some very exciting one's coming in January.<br />
Now is the ending of the darkness and the coming of light.<br />
Let's look to lightness, let's share our inner light.<br />
Be the Light!<br />
We would love to see you!<br />
Namaste'<br />
<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-27411058104145546442014-06-01T09:28:00.000-04:002014-06-01T09:28:21.232-04:00Opening Reception June 21 2-4pm<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We'll be having an opening on the Solstice.. refreshments will be served and hopefully some music too :-)<br />
We have new art: new pottery, new mandalas, new cards... lots of great stuff.. jewelry, dream bottles.. and keep your eyes open for upcoming workshops!!!Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-37919838721292670242014-05-30T08:56:00.000-04:002014-05-30T08:56:33.105-04:00Birthing the Creative Self<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After purging, clearing off my desk, I am back to </div>
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I love the insightful messages,</div>
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the sudden "remembering"..</div>
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The Inner circle, the creative will </div>
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brings expression out into the world.</div>
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We give birth to our creativity.</div>
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When we are in this space of love</div>
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we can then express this creative self out </div>
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into the world, </div>
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bringing this love energy with it.</div>
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The outer journey may reflect back to us</div>
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separation,</div>
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a split heart.</div>
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We then return to center</div>
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to find our wholeness</div>
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and continue this cycle of </div>
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going with in</div>
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to bring </div>
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love</div>
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out into the world.</div>
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It's the only way to peace.</div>
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Peace within</div>
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Peace without.</div>
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Love within</div>
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Love without.</div>
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Namaste'</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-7234936322348260532014-05-18T09:32:00.003-04:002014-05-18T09:32:48.628-04:00Coming Full Circle - Solstice Celebration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Next opening will be on the Solstice, so come on in and feast your eyes on some art.</div>
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Need a graduation gift?</div>
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Celebrate the lushness of life</div>
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Namaste' Art Lovers</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-4363032355995761922014-05-16T08:46:00.004-04:002014-05-16T08:48:31.888-04:00Surrounded by beauty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To be filled with gratitude</div>
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for all the blessings that surrounds me.</div>
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I begin my day saying Thank You.</div>
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Red Cardinal singing outside</div>
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my window<br />
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Thank you.</div>
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The morning coffee brewing</div>
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that my loving husband has made,</div>
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Thank you.</div>
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Begin each moment with loving gratitude.</div>
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With those eyes, how can we not see </div>
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the world around us </div>
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mirrored back with the same.</div>
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Spring, in all it's glory,</div>
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Thank you.</div>
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You are beautiful.</div>
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Let me shine that beauty that is within</div>
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out into the world</div>
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just like you.</div>
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Namaste'</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-64613420041281027812014-05-12T07:43:00.000-04:002014-05-12T07:48:06.994-04:00Choose Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Right now I am hearing the song, "Sound of Sunshine" and what can better be defined as this then a flower.</div>
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It's a love song.. Flowers are love songs. </div>
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This is a Margaritta: Spoon Flower and I planted it outside Room to Create.</div>
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Spring seems to be the time of year that I hear God speaking the loudest. </div>
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My eyes are feasting on the beauty surrounding me.. color generously displayed in all it's glory. </div>
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I love color. </div>
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You can see this on the walls in the gallery. Color speaks loudest to me and if you would like to be embraced by it, stop in and fill your creative soul with it.</div>
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Although we usually have music on, I want to take it up a notch and bring more sound into the store. </div>
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We have some windchimes hanging outside when we are open and my talented son is working on making some to sell.</div>
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Sound and Light. </div>
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Energy of Love. </div>
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This is what we all feed on. </div>
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Eat well.</div>
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Namaste'</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-88443261606990941562014-02-25T08:30:00.002-05:002014-02-25T08:30:36.934-05:00Awaken to Love<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Awaken to Love</div>
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I put myself inside a box, </div>
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but like Alice,</div>
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I have outgrown it.</div>
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Open up, expand, push through the illusion.</div>
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There are no walls-</div>
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just space.</div>
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Openness.</div>
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Expansiveness.</div>
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I can do whatever I can imagine my Self doing.</div>
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Being.</div>
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Seeing it all in a higher Truth.</div>
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Believe in the Miracle.</div>
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Stand tall, move forward - outward - it's all here for </div>
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the taking, receiving, giving - </div>
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it's all the same.</div>
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It's scarcity, contraction, and fear that keeps us in the dark -</div>
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but Light allows us to see the Truth eventually.</div>
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We just need to open our eye to it.</div>
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and our heart..</div>
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mostly our heart.</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-10549248977496277562014-01-26T20:06:00.003-05:002014-01-26T20:06:59.090-05:00Mandala Workshop and Art OpeningI have my computer in the shop.. it's the one with all my pictures on it. I have a laptop that I need to learn to navigate better and I guess somewhat forced into it.. but in the meantime, Room to Create will have our next opening on Saturday, Feb. 8th from 2-4.<br />
Without my computer and my favorite program, I had drew my flier and it was quite fun..<br />
We have some new art and new gift items.. New earrings arrived from " The Zone Tripper's Wife" aka Kiot (Jake :-) His work is original.. one of a kind chain maille jewelry. Very unique.. just like Jake!<br />
Along with the new jewelry, we also have gemstone bracelets and necklaces.<br />
Rose quartz and Aventurine are 2 gems for the heart chakra.. perfect for love.<br />
Gemstone bracelets can also be custom made.. just let me know and we'll design it together.<br />
I've been working on new Dream/Inspiration Bottles..new shapes too. Perfect for your Valentine.<br />
Playing with Paint and mixed media.. works in progress.<br />
New painting from Robert Schaad.<br />
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The following day on Sunday, we are having a mandala workshop from 3-6. Space is limited, so if you are interested please send me a message. I have a few spots left. Cost is $25 and includes materials and refreshments too. Mandalas have been used in meditation and for healing.. both Eastern and Western traditions. They have become an important tool for centering, calming, focusing when the world gets too chaotic for me.. They have also become a form of prayer for healing in others.. I do not mess with what works. Art heals!<br />
Namaste' art lovers.. stop by the gallery to say hello<br />
<br />Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-91771462549266781072013-12-01T09:25:00.001-05:002013-12-01T09:25:11.671-05:00For Now<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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<span style="font-size: small;">Being in the present moment</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Not wondering about the future</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">or </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Reviewing the past</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">just </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">being here now.</span><br />
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Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-53552023083125441942013-08-30T09:34:00.001-04:002013-08-30T09:41:37.582-04:00On the Easel....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The collaboration is not finished, but I needed to work something out of my system and not on that particular canvas... sooo, here I am taking a round canvas with one intention.. originally a mosaic.. and finding myself painting on it for another reason.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feeling super sensitive lately and needing to deal with my emotions in a peaceful way.. I take to the canvas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It started out pretty abstract, thinking I would focus on the elements.. wood, metal, earth, stone, water... notice no fire.. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I painted for a while.. the stone, the decaying wood, barren landscape.. some metal bars and not sure <i>what</i> is there in the middle :-)... It felt so desolate, the decaying wood, the stone, maybe a barren planet.. I played with these round balls, beads.. connecting them.. feeling a need to be connected.. trying to connect to the "whys".. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I played with the orbs.. creating a pearl.. purity.. emotions.. truth.. and added the shell, the misplaced shell.. the separation from it's home.. Pearl in the sky.. the sea of skies.. Can we drop you in this pool and watch the ripples?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All actions create a ripple..many ripples we do not know of.. extending outwards to unknown places.. we are so unaware..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And then we remember that all things change.. it never stays the same and we must move with grace through these changes.. move beyond all that we see as "wrong", "bad", unjust... and find the center of peace within. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Butterfly goes through some very deep and magical changes.. we gain hope...Find that pearl deep inside and know, we are all children of the Universe.. we have our gifts that no one can take from us.. no one can take that which is deep inside each of us.. our truth, our faith, our love.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hold on to that deep inner truth and know all will be resolved in time.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Namaste' Butterflies</span>Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-12426537423258519062013-08-18T16:21:00.000-04:002013-08-18T16:25:15.459-04:00Art reflects Life<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had wanted to paint a bridge, a rainbow bridge moving off into the distance, but instead it ended up as a wooden bridge with some "fire guardians" on to the side. Due to the circumstances of life this past week, I guess burning bridges was on my mind. Ironically, an astrological aspect had come into my email with a quote about "not burning any bridges" after I had painted this. This made me question that process...<br />
We want to release the pain so badly, that we are too eager to burn those bridges.. and maybe at times, that is exactly what we should do. We cannot go back and must move forward and learn what we need to from the experience so we don't repeat it.. Release and let go.. Maybe the best way to do that is to burn it away..Pick up the Torch.. Use that light to carry us forward, to transformation.<br />
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We have choices in life. One of the greatest choices we make is choosing how we think about things. We can see our self as separate .. apart.. or a part of something much bigger. Separation is what seems to cause the pain.. resistance, judgement, criticism.. gathering our pain and throwing it back out into the world.. WE don't want it .. here YOU take it!.. and we just pass it around like a game of hot potato.<br />
How do we disengage from this?<br />
How do we reconnect and go back to that awareness of Oneness. Honoring all of life. How do we get back to living in Grace.. to be in spirit.. inspired.. Ride the Great In-Breath of God...<br />
How do we ascend? <br />
Through knowledge, knowing, experiencing, feeling, loving... doing what we love and being in that "moment" of Being. This is where we find our bliss, in those blessed moments of love that removes all other distraction.<br />
We need to release the burdens, ask forgiveness.. begin again.<br />
Replenish ourselves with the Holy, the Sacred.. the Inner Stillness.. The Divine Self that is at One with All That Is.. yes. here is where we all want to move towards.. peace. love.<br />
Ah, what a painting can teach us..Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-49884564765396601282013-08-11T08:12:00.000-04:002013-08-11T08:12:18.940-04:00Art as a Channel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had an art student on Saturday and while she was focusing on her painting, I worked a little bit on this one. She liked the flower pots I did in the upper left corner and added plants to her work as well. It's a wonderful thing to be inspired by each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After she left, I worked with more focus and of course that is when the painting began to speak, to reveal and bring insight.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I began to see a story develop, a message brought to light.. what needs to be brought to attention in my own life? What needs to be birthed? Transformed? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What am I willing to stick my neck out for?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to say there may have been more pondering than painting :-)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I love is the anticipation of where it will go next...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Namaste' fellow travelers.</span>Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-16635468996773512552013-08-04T07:32:00.001-04:002013-08-04T07:59:01.107-04:00And the painting speaks...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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After the background I painted, John started it off while I was working at camp.<br />
He began with a grid, then added a branch and faces, very much like his works on paper, but now with a brush.<br />
Saturday was rich for painting and I saw the theme of "connection" developing. Branches moving into vines and hair, tangling and intertwining , morphing into a garden. Yes, The Garden of Eden.<br />
Snakes, watchful eyes.. I look for symbolism.<br />
Stepping back, an archer's bow revealed itself.. what was it aiming at?<br />
An apple of course.. the apple of love. What it wants is to break it open.. who holds the apple?<br />
(We both know who.)<br />
Who is the shooter? Me.<br />
I am aiming but looking away. I have the lotus growing from my head, my muddy thoughts, wishing for clarity, spirituality.. so I adorn myself with pearls, blue pearls, a personal significance. <br />
Ananda, from the Blue Pearl, years ago, is responsible for my introduction to Abraham before he was so popular, bringing me deeper onto that spiritual path.<br />
I wanted to bring things upward and moved there by painting some leaves. <br />
Starting from the girl behind the tree who has a guilty look about her.. maybe she is Eve, hiding in the garden. She wants to transmute all those worried thoughts, shed that which no longer serves her.. she want to transform into a being of beauty and lightness. She has dreams of ascending, shedding her skin, leaving behind her cocoon, but she is too rooted..<br />
She wants what we all want, to shed our skin, leave behind our cocoons and become that which we are intended to be.. Beings of Light.<br />
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John: "This piece is about the theology of hope. Some say love is the answer and I would have to say, attentiveness and awareness of others. It's about caring - how much we care for our brothers."<br />
I ask the question, "How aware are we?"<br />
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Art brings awareness, insight, and with a collaboration like this, it opens up a dialogue for both of us into a deeper, meaningful relationship of our shared love.<br />
Namaste'Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-79164470268092727892013-07-31T16:13:00.002-04:002013-07-31T16:15:42.143-04:00On the easel - a collaboration<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had an idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought it would be fun to do a project together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">John and I have worked on a piece together a few times, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">he would start it and I would finish it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This would be different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's not paper and marker.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We would go back and forth with it and adding what we desired.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We both picked out a canvas, 24 x 30.. inches.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I unwrapped it and decided I would start by putting on some background color.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Instead of painting my usual blues, I asked John what he would like as a background and he suggested the color of the walls.. in the gallery room which is yellow or the studio room which is pink.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I chose both plus white.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We both liked the results and I just sat and stared at it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">coming up with </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">images, (volcanoes, spirits, fish..) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and feelings of where it might go from here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Potential.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I felt it had an ethereal feel.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"Genesis" said John.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More ideas flew through my head.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought of attachment, both emotional and physical.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the ride home we discussed it as if it were a marriage. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My work, his work coming together as one creation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have excitement and anticipation for this new creation </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and what we will give birth to.</span></div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-59094893118843645972013-07-04T09:14:00.000-04:002013-07-04T09:14:39.538-04:00Inside Out Opening Reception at Room to Create<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Creating art is always an inside experience.</div>
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What I propose is to share what is inside each of us and bring it out into the world.</div>
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Our message to our self from the process of creating may be something that will be important for someone else as well.</div>
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We do not always know how we touch someone else by our "being" in this world. Sometimes it is just a simple kindness that is a gift for someone else.</div>
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We do not always know how our art effects another person, so I see Room to Create as a vehicle for your creative expression.</div>
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Room to Create showcases local artists and we would love for you to come and enjoy these beautiful expressions of our inner selves, our joys, our pondering, our truth.</div>
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Maybe it will inspire you to create something for yourself.</div>
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Room to Create offers studio time for just that.</div>
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On this 4th of July, I am grateful for the opportunity and freedom to create.. </div>
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to express ourselves in all our glory!</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-1243205591022062352013-05-06T08:22:00.001-04:002013-05-06T08:22:02.037-04:00Alchemy of Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What brings you to your deeper Self?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What transports you out of the daily busyness of Life </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">into your deeper Soul purpose?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What takes you there.. What transforms you.. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What causes you to see the magic in life?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A paintbrush, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Camera,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Knitting needles,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hammer and nails,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Needle and thread,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pen and paper,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Poem....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Go there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let the alchemy of Art, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Creativity bring transformation into your life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When you feel that magic</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Share it.</span></div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-46814691353115502372013-05-05T09:25:00.002-04:002013-05-05T09:30:19.275-04:00Earth Prayers: June 8 at Room to Create<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It gets pretty disheartening when we see the injustices in life around us.. sometimes they are too far and out of sight.. and other times they are at our front door.</div>
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We can complain.</div>
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We can do something about them.</div>
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It feels at times that it is too much for us and we become overwhelmed by it.. How can I, one person make a difference. But it is exactly that.. each of us, one by one, making a small difference that adds up to a greater difference.</div>
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One small thing.</div>
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Each day.</div>
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Maybe it is a physical thing you do. Pick up a piece of garbage on the sidewalk instead of passing it by.</div>
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Maybe it is mental.. a change in attitude.. a perception that changes, so that we can change how we see what others may be seeing.. less judgemental. </div>
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How can we judge what another is going through? How can we be more compassionate?</div>
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It is through creating art that helps me change.. how I change my vision, my perception, of why I am here on this planet. It is through art that I am working on being more whole, more divinely connected, more community minded.</div>
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Our next opening, Sat. June 8, will be on the theme of how art heals ourselves and the planet.</div>
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As we become more balanced, more whole, we help to bring this wholeness into the world we live in, even if just our own neighborhood. </div>
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When we connect to the divine within us, and come to realize that we are all in this together, we can live a more sharing and compassion life. Help each other more and be kind to each other. </div>
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Smile first. See the response.</div>
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Art brings healing. When I heal, I can then help in the healing process of another.</div>
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When my well is replenished, I can help another drink of the well.</div>
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Art has been my resource to connect.. to myself, to others. It is my way of bringing about change, bringing beauty into the world and exploring a healthy way of self-expression.</div>
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I would like to share this with you.</div>
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Today, do one thing differently.</div>
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Smile first.<br />
Namaste'</div>
Doe Grozs Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986707158689837224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17577793.post-48804568504193128132013-04-27T07:50:00.000-04:002013-04-27T07:50:06.505-04:00New additions at Room to Create<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are now carrying Wishflower Studio's very cute and whimsical artwork. Libby is a mosaic artist that I was first introduced to at a client's home. I saw a frying pan with mosaic bacon and eggs and thought it was a most unique idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Her mosaics can be seen at Lyndhurst craft fair in May. In the gallery, we are carrying her new fairyfly pendants and collaged pieces.. very cute..</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Come stop by the gallery.</span></div>
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