Tag: Joy
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Joyride
The ABC Chronicles Life is a joyride when you have the right mindset. It’s all about shifting your perspective—viewing your journey as a thrilling, adventurous road trip rather than a desperate race to a nonexistent finish line. I’m back with the letter ‘J’ and keeping it short, sweet, and joyous. I’ve revamped a couple of…
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Measuring Joy
I was going to say that I’m reverting to my childlike thoughts and images, but I suspected that could sound strange because I’m not 100% sure I’ve ever really graduated to the world of “adult” thoughts and images. Anyway, I started this illustration before Christmas, to post at Christmas. I really liked where it was…
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The Funny Side
Does Anybody Remember Laughter? Robert Plant I signed up for a fabric designing tutorial recently and the woman who authors the website and videos (Bonnie Christine) offered her readers a free gift – a printable pdf of daily art prompts for the entire year. This morning I decided to mull through it and I thought…
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Emotions: Joy
Find ecstasy in life; the mere sense of living is joy enough. —Emily Dickinson I’ve been thinking a lot about the purpose of my blog. What is it exactly? I know, right? I’ve had many objectives since I started—from journaling about the story of my recovery, to photography, art, poetry, a bit of fiction (still…
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ABSTRACT JOY
Find a place inside where there’s joy, and the joy will burn out the pain. JOSEPH CAMPBELL I thought about JOY all day, ever since I saw the prompt for RDP Saturday. I had visions of a glorious stained glass window—and what I imagined was quite beautiful. My mom and I finished our shopping today…
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House of Joy
Hidden in the sticks, Forbidden love, house of tricks, Lonely man finds joy. I’m sorry. A little rough around the edges there, but what the hell. Couldn’t resist. I’m finding solace in humor and lightheartedness these days. Anyway… this is a recycled image from the old copper mining town of Jerome (Arizona), once known as…
a sprinkle of faith 