Tag: thoughts

  • Youthful Enthusiasm

    Youthful Enthusiasm

    “Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Youth” is a touchy subject. Women (and men) spend a lot of money to look younger – hiding wrinkles, dark spots, gray hair, no hair… the list goes on. When I explored Y words, I fell in love…

  • Anatomy of an Umpire

    Anatomy of an Umpire

    My thoughts for this post hit me immediately when I was browsing through the U words.  The choice: Umpire. Now… I realize that the girl in my illustration looks more like a referee than an umpire, but that was intentional. The difference is a lot like “you say tomayto” and “I say tomahto.” No matter…

  • Tantrum

    Tantrum

    -Also Known as Throwing a Wobbly- I did a complete 180 on this one. Initially, I was going to do an illustration of a Treasure Chest. My chosen ‘T’ word at the time was Thesaurus. It was a happy idea. The chest was full of words and jewels (which I may use later)… and my…

  • Me and My Shadow(s)

    Me and My Shadow(s)

    So… my S word today is Shadow. I thought of the idea for this image after creating the laughing girl in my post… The Best Medicine. So, when S rolled around, I had to do it. I looked into Jung’s idea on the shadow – as it refers to “the unconscious aspects of the personality…

  • Within Reach

    Within Reach

    My ‘R’ word turned out to be a little tougher than I anticipated. The image not so much… but in figuring out what thoughts I might have on the word REACH. There are a ton of cheesy quotes I thought about using, but reaching for the moon or the stars is so common and overused.…

  • Shhh…

    Shhh…

    “Silence is a true friend who never betrays.” -Confucius I’ve started at least 3 illustrations before this, just for this particular post in my Blogging through the Alphabet Series… the letter Q… and the word that I’ve chosen which is… Quiet. I thought of this one while lying in bed last night, and it was…