tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36684864064990950782024-03-24T01:10:21.194-06:00Opened DoorJodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.comBlogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-45738306926067794532018-06-29T11:36:00.002-06:002018-06-29T11:49:25.630-06:00Making Space to Share Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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About a year and a half ago,</div>
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I took my girls to a </div>
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get together</div>
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at the newly built Red Owl Hall<br />
at Red Owl, South Dakota several miles off SD Highway 34<br />
along the gravel Red Owl Road.<br />
Little did I know,<br />
that day with my girls<br />
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of sharing art.</div>
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That day,</div>
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I met Hester Prouty</div>
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who quickly became</div>
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a kindred spirit,</div>
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sharing my love</div>
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for</div>
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making art,</div>
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making space for others to create in community,</div>
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and</div>
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turning creative projects into opportunities. </div>
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Right away, Hester began sharing ideas with me</div>
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and she introduced me to Kerry Burns in Philip, South Dakota.</div>
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Kerry had recently opened a coffee shop called ginny's</div>
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in a Victorian house painted deep green with purple trim</div>
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and transformed inside</div>
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with whimsy and charm and happiness.</div>
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<a href="https://www.ginnyscoffeehouse.com/" target="_blank">Ginny's Coffee House </a>{aka Bad River Coffee Company}</div>
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is located on Pine Street near the Bad River in Philip.</div>
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Kerry and her daughters have hosted several of my art classes</div>
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and a fun pop-up artsy event.</div>
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This year I will be there with my turquoise tent on August 11.</div>
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Hester recently jumped all-in</div>
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and set up space to share what she loves</div>
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with the Black Hills community</div>
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at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/proutypottery/" target="_blank">Prouty Pottery</a></div>
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in "The Gap" in Rapid City at the old Landstrom's building</div>
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at 405 Canal Street.</div>
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Her space is wide open with room to breathe,</div>
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high ceilings, brick walls, and industrial chic decor,</div>
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and a welcoming, inspiring atmosphere.</div>
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Check out this piece from Black Hills Fox:</div>
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<a href="http://www.blackhillsfox.com/content/news/Art-Beat-Prouty-Pottery--482982041.html" target="_blank">Art Beat Prouty Pottery</a></div>
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Hester and Joe are generous with their hands always helping me carry</div>
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my heavy and extensive amount of art supplies</div>
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and are generous with sharing connections.</div>
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At Prouty Pottery,</div>
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not only can you paint your own pottery,</div>
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Hester opens up space for other artists to share classes,</div>
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she has pottery wheel classes,</div>
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clay classes,</div>
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specialty pottery painting classes,</div>
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and she sells her handmade mugs, bowls and pottery pieces.</div>
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The space is loaded with possibilities coming to life.</div>
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Goodness comes from artistic entrepreneurs sharing friends and space and ideas.</div>
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I am so grateful for the connections I am making through Hester and Kerry,</div>
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and the space they both have given me</div>
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to share my heart</div>
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with others</div>
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seeking space for creativity.</div>
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I see hearts soften, </div>
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eyes open, </div>
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possibility unfold, </div>
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ideas and confidence awaken,</div>
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challenges overcome, </div>
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and memories made.</div>
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When you travel through Philip,</div>
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be sure and stop at <a href="https://www.ginnyscoffeehouse.com/" target="_blank">ginny's</a> for some Bad River Coffee.</div>
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My next class at Prouty Pottery: </div>
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Your Word,</div>
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a simple mixed media basics class</div>
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is Wednesday, July 25.</div>
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You can find all the details and reserve your spot here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.whiteowlwings.com/your-word" target="_blank">White Owl Wings Your Word Mixed Media Class</a></div>
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My next Big Bold Wildflower class will be at my home at Shaw Ranch on August 3.</div>
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Details and registration here:</div>
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<a href="http://www.whiteowlwings.com/big-bold-wildflower" target="_blank">Big Bold Wildflower Class</a></div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-2011819432926905172018-06-28T08:02:00.000-06:002018-06-28T08:02:29.983-06:00Meanwhile Back at the Ranch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last summer was a summer</div>
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of fervent prayer</div>
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at Shaw Ranch</div>
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on the western South Dakota prairie.</div>
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Some simple time outdoors</div>
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wonder</div>
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awe</div>
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things,</div>
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things,</div>
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to</div>
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with</div>
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abundance</div>
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presence</div>
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we enter His gates</div>
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with</div>
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thanksgiving</div>
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we enter His courts</div>
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with</div>
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thanksgiving</div>
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and praise</div>
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are</div>
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the pathway</div>
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into the presence</div>
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for me to get on that pathway</div>
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is</div>
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to grab a camera</div>
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go</div>
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in my </div>
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on developing a habit</div>
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of gratitude</div>
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of really seeing beauty in every day living,</div>
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take a look</div>
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at my online </div>
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creative living workshop</div>
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Beautiful Things</div>
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right here:</div>
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and</div>
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<a href="http://www.whiteowlwings.com/beautiful-things-online" target="_blank">Details About Beautiful Things</a></div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-66530656233127525892018-01-13T18:34:00.000-07:002018-01-14T18:03:36.537-07:00The Noblest of Arts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"The noblest of arts is that of making other people happy."</div>
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P.T. Barnum</div>
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Last Tuesday, January 2, was the last day of Christmas vacation</div>
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for my kids and my youngest had a gift card to the movie theater.</div>
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She had been wanting to see </div>
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The Greatest Showman,</div>
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the movie musical based on the life of P.T. Barnum,</div>
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the founder of The Greatest Show on Earth...the circus...</div>
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I had no idea the connections I would make.</div>
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Or the ways it would display</div>
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how each person in unique,</div>
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yet so much about all of us is the same...</div>
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Story does that.</div>
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It has the ability to reach </div>
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right into the depths of your core</div>
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and tap into your very own story</div>
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and create understanding.</div>
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It is why we love movies, a television series, our favorite books.</div>
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Why children love a bedtime story.</div>
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Why the Greatest Story Ever Told was about</div>
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the Greatest Storyteller,</div>
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who chose to teach us in parables.</div>
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This movie</div>
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reaches into a heart.</div>
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It reaches into</div>
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the struggles</div>
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of owning who you are.<br />
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This powerful video of the anthem of the movie "This Is Me"</div>
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says so much.</div>
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Take five minutes,</div>
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and you can't help but be encouraged.</div>
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Watch here:</div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLFEvHWD_NE" target="_blank">THIS IS ME</a></div>
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If you've ever struggled</div>
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to be comfortable in your own skin,</div>
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you will get it.</div>
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If you've ever struggled</div>
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to find your voice</div>
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and then</div>
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to find the courage</div>
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to use it,</div>
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you will get it.<br />
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If you've ever been afraid</div>
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of people seeing your weakness,</div>
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you will get it.</div>
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If you've ever been mocked,</div>
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you will get it.</div>
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If you have ever had your knees knock</div>
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when you had to get up </div>
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and give a speech,</div>
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or sing in a Christmas program,</div>
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or try out for a team,</div>
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or go for a job interview,</div>
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I think</div>
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you will get it.</div>
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If you ever were afraid to show your face</div>
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somewhere, sometime</div>
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in your past,</div>
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you will get it.</div>
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If you've ever had a dream, a goal,</div>
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that seemed impossible,</div>
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that </div>
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you were afraid to admit</div>
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was even a glimmer</div>
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in your mind,</div>
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you will get it.<br />
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Researcher, writer, storyteller, Brene Brown</div>
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says that we are hard wired for connection,</div>
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this movie taps into that need.</div>
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When I started school,</div>
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I was painfully shy.</div>
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At conferences, my teachers would tell my parents</div>
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that I spoke so softly that I couldn't be heard.</div>
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They struggled to get me to speak above a whisper</div>
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when I read aloud</div>
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in class.</div>
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On the school bus</div>
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I was too afraid to ask</div>
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if I could sit with someone,</div>
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so I would just stand and look,</div>
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until the high schooler in the seat,</div>
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would move their duffle bag to make room</div>
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for me.</div>
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I would hear them whisper to one another,</div>
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"She never says anything. She just looks at you."</div>
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And still,</div>
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I wouldn't speak.</div>
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I was scared of older kids.</div>
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But they were the ones who had the bus seats</div>
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when by the time I stepped up those stairs.</div>
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I struggled to say what I wanted.</div>
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I struggled to say what I did not want.</div>
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I wanted safety.</div>
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I wanted security.</div>
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I wanted belonging.</div>
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I could not find courage.</div>
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I could not find words.</div>
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Numerous times<br />
I needed to speak for myself,</div>
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but I did not.</div>
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Many times,</div>
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I have identified</div>
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with that</div>
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cowardly lion</div>
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in Oz,</div>
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who longed for</div>
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courage.</div>
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It has taken me my lifetime</div>
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to find my voice</div>
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and use it.</div>
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I have feared loss of connection</div>
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with the use of my voice.</div>
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Yet I am finding that </div>
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real connection,</div>
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true connection,</div>
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comes from</div>
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living in authenticity</div>
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with my actions,</div>
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my words,</div>
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my choices.</div>
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I know it will be a process</div>
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for the rest of my days.</div>
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Using my voice</div>
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to speak</div>
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truth</div>
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is a continual battle</div>
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of</div>
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faith</div>
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and</div>
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fear.</div>
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The Greatest Showman</div>
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tapped into all of this</div>
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within me.</div>
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I was encouraged.</div>
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To keep being me.</div>
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And to continue to encourage</div>
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others to</div>
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discover the treasure</div>
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of</div>
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who they are.</div>
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Hello 2018.</div>
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2017 has left me tired.</div>
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As I read </div>
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look at book titles,</div>
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I see that I must not be alone.</div>
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It seems that a bulk of us</div>
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are craving slow.</div>
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Many of us are on overload.</div>
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We need to slow down.</div>
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To stop.</div>
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To see </div>
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the people</div>
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in our own</div>
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homes.</div>
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To look people in the eye.</div>
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Especially those we love.</div>
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Instead of staring at another screen.</div>
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2017.</div>
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It feels like a world away from where I was</div>
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when I started this blog.</div>
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My children are in an entire new stage.</div>
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So am I.</div>
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So is the world.</div>
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Hard, hard things happened in 2017.</div>
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Things that brought me face-to-face with fear.</div>
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I made good decisions and I made some poor choices too.</div>
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I sure do not have the energy that I used to have</div>
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for doing everything just right.</div>
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So I don't.</div>
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Some times I just get by.</div>
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Some days are wing and a prayer kind of days.</div>
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Some of my </div>
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in our Shaw family</div>
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lives happened in this</div>
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strange</div>
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I became an auntie to twins, a boy and a girl.</div>
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Our son turned 18 </div>
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to the tune of a mariachi band at Casa Bonita's in Denver.</div>
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My daughter experienced her first state track meet, </div>
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breaking a school record with her relay team.</div>
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Our family just enjoyed being together</div>
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at a Colorado Rockies game and the Denver Aquarium.</div>
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I realized the depths of my husband's dedication to me </div>
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as he cared for me after knee surgery in September.</div>
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I have lots swirling in my mind</div>
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about 2017.</div>
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But it all feels too vulnerable and tender to share.</div>
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So it must not be the time.</div>
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But I am ready</div>
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for a new year.</div>
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I am ready to</div>
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embrace imperfection</div>
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grace</div>
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for a life</div>
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that is always</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-45893834979747127462016-06-29T11:29:00.001-06:002016-06-29T11:29:51.088-06:00Art and Photography Workshop: Wildflowers and Winging It <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Oh. My. Heart!</div>
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My favorite part of summer</div>
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Prairie Wildflowers.</div>
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Give me a pasture of wildflowers and my camera</div>
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and you will find a happy Jodi.</div>
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from my book: Grassland Plants of South Dakota and the Northern Great Plains</div>
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by James R. Johnson and Gary E. Larson.</div>
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The top photo above of the yellow flower is a Prairie Coneflower.</div>
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*"Dakota and Lakota made a tea to cure aches of the stomach, head, or side;</div>
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coughs,</div>
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sore mouth and gums,</div>
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neck pain,</div>
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rheumatism,</div>
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arthritis,</div>
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mumps and measles,</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-88705910288082597572016-04-27T17:53:00.003-06:002016-04-28T10:59:24.299-06:00Crescendo: Homestake Opera House Benefit "Artument"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I was invited to be a part of</div>
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<a href="http://www.homestakeoperahouse.org/store/p18/The_Crescendo_Gala_2016_Fundraiser_Event.html" target="_blank">The Crescendo Gala</a></div>
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which is a fundraiser for the </div>
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Historic Homestake Opera House</div>
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in Lead, South Dakota</div>
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on June 3rd.</div>
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I am honored to be one of four fine artists</div>
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creating "Art-uments"</div>
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which are artistically altered</div>
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musical instruments</div>
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each of which</div>
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will be auctioned at the Gala.</div>
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My piece is titled</div>
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Live Your Own Song</div>
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and</div>
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it is inspired by my friend<a href="https://dawnwink.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"> Dawn Wink</a>'s novel <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meadowlark-Dawn-Wink/dp/1932636978" target="_blank">Meadowlark</a>.</i></div>
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<i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Meadowlark-Dawn-Wink/dp/1932636978" target="_blank">Meadowlark</a></i> is based on the life of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Wink/e/B0051IZQ82/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" target="_blank">Dawn</a>'s Grandma Grace</div>
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on the harsh early 1900's prairie of eastern Meade County</div>
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in South Dakota.</div>
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It is a raw and heartbreaking story,</div>
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yet one of deep resilience, strength, and friendship.</div>
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I chose a passage from the novel</div>
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Daisy encourages Grace to live from Song,</div>
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like meadowlark...</div>
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and that all creatures and people have their own Song,</div>
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they just have to find it.</div>
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<i>"Most people live their whole lives and never listen to the songs of life,</i></div>
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<i>not their own or any around them.</i></div>
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<i>Scares them too much.</i></div>
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<i>It's easier to go through life living the way everybody else expects you to.</i></div>
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<i>But when you're listening to your own song, Grace, you feel deep peace, right here."</i></div>
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<i>She reached out and placed the flat of her palm on the center of Grace's chest.</i></div>
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<i>...to live life in song, Grace,</i></div>
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<i>that's what the Great Spirit intended.</i></div>
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Meadowlarks inspire me as a birder.</div>
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They arrive with the announcement that spring is coming</div>
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and then in spring blizzard's harsh winds</div>
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they sing in defiance right in the face of adversity.</div>
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I love that.</div>
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Meadowlarks sing hope to all prairie dwellers.</div>
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The process of creating an "Artument"</div>
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began with a collage</div>
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a postmarked meadowlark postage stamp,</div>
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a job readiness program for female refugees from horrific, war-torn situations.</div>
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get some black sunflower seed and start feeding.</div>
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My Prayer for this class is inspired by this:</div>
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My Grandma Marj took me under her wing when I was a little girl.</div>
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She taught me the names of the birds and to appreciate the uniqueness of each one.</div>
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Each bird was a treasure.</div>
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She taught me to build a bird life list.</div>
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I will share this with you and you can begin yours if you haven't yet.</div>
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Thank YOU for bringing</div>
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Consider Birds together in my mind.</div>
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For the legacy of Grandma Marj.</div>
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May this journey begin </div>
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to unravel the threads </div>
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that have been tied tightly in knots</div>
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of anxiousness, worry and endless striving</div>
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that always felt "not quite enough"</div>
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in my life, some family members,</div>
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May the knots</div>
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untangle,</div>
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each of us</div>
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the abundant life</div>
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unforced rhythms of grace</div>
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that You offer.</div>
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May a legacy of grace fly forward</div>
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on wings</div>
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value,</div>
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This is my prayer for Consider Birds</div>
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and the lives it touches...</div>
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Amen, Jesus.</div>
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This has been growing in my heart since I was a little girl.</div>
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I had no idea what a beautiful thing God would do with it all...</div>
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including the pain of my migraines</div>
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which made me pay attention</div>
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My video message to you about supplies:</div>
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Following are photos and a list of suggested supplies for Consider Birds.</div>
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*2x4 or 2x6 inch board cut into squares or rectangles</div>
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*Stretched canvas 5x7 inch or preferred size</div>
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*old weathered pieces of wood</div>
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Paper: scrapbook papers, old books/dictionaries you can tear up, vintage papers, wallpaper books</div>
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You will need a computer to watch videos and a printer to print PDFs of vintage bird images and poetry that I will share with you.</div>
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I use a vintage typewriter for text in my art, but you can download a vintage typewriter font for your computer and print from there.</div>
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*Gesso: white, black and clear</div>
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*Plastic palette knives or just a plastic knife</div>
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Suggestion: Use a 40% off one item coupon at <a href="http://www.michaels.com/">Michael's</a> and get a <a href="http://www.michaels.com/liquitex-heavy-body-artist-acrylic-paint-collection-set/D003177S.html#q=Liquitex+heavy+bodied+paint&start=22">starter set</a> of Golden or Liquitex heavy bodied acrylic paints. You can mix and make your own colors from a basic set.</div>
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*Hammer, needle nosed pliers, scissors, sandpaper (100 grit)</div>
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*found or collected objects like sticks (sanded), heart shaped stones or stones of a certain color, beads, buttons, safety pins, clothes pins.... just fun objects you might have or find.</div>
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Various Rubber Stamps with patterns and perhaps birds.</div>
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*<a href="http://www.michaels.com/sculpey-3-oven-bake-clay-8oz/M10139206.html?dwvar_M10139206_color=Translucent#q=Sculpey&start=6" target="_blank">Sculpey Clay</a>, white, 8 oz.</div>
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<a href="http://www.michaels.com/recollections-necessities-chipboard-kit-small/10259618.html#q=Recollections+Chipboard&start=14">Recollections Chipboard Kit</a> for creating a bird life list book.</div>
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<a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Simply-5.5-x-8.5-Sketchbook/21982842" target="_blank">Spiral bound sketchbook </a>for gratitude journal and prayer projects. (See video.)</div>
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When I walk,</div>
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Things that are simple.</div>
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Some gratitude.</div>
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Signs of hope.</div>
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To attempt to</div>
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on windy days</div>
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that</div>
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Pooh bear</div>
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The more it BLOWS</div>
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The more it GOES</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-3111670693610936942016-03-29T09:01:00.002-06:002016-03-29T09:25:28.552-06:00Digging Deeper Into The Pain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So last week,</div>
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I was feeling pretty great that I had gone 10 days</div>
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migraine free,</div>
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pain med free.</div>
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I'm still 19 days prescription pain med free.</div>
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But I had a headache </div>
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Wednesday</div>
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today,</div>
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pain.</div>
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even though I have frustration,</div>
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I am at peace for the moment.</div>
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I am just curious</div>
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I am wondering what the message of the pain is today.</div>
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I am trying to give myself grace.</div>
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It is leading me to things.</div>
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Good things.</div>
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Taking care of my diet and getting exercise </div>
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have overall benefits</div>
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So I eat greens, greens, greens.</div>
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spinach,</div>
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iceberg lettuce,</div>
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watercress,</div>
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B12, B6, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Niacin.</div>
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Superfoods.</div>
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Peppermint oil.</div>
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This is hard.</div>
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imperfectly.</div>
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I acknowledge all of it</div>
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in my writing and creating,</div>
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trying to lean into it, listen to it, learn from it</div>
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rather than rage against it</div>
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I am gently seeking</div>
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in the Bible,</div>
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looking at the birds,</div>
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and kindly</div>
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putting together creative opportunities</div>
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for others to join me</div>
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in the fruit</div>
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Not doing art,</div>
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not sharing and teaching also,</div>
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a frantic, pressured pace.</div>
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Some days are good.</div>
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I feel good and hopeful.</div>
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Digging deeper into my heart and mind,</div>
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beyond the physical</div>
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into emotional and spiritual</div>
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looking for clues in all of it,</div>
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that show me</div>
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how to be well,</div>
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live well,</div>
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work well,</div>
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love well.</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-71835554541930883562016-03-14T16:44:00.003-06:002016-03-14T18:01:03.973-06:00Backwards Progress<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This is Part 2 of dealing with migraines.</div>
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Part 1 is here: <a href="http://jodeneshaw.blogspot.com/2016/03/backwards-steps.html">Backwards Steps</a> </div>
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I'm walking.</div>
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I'm taking steps.</div>
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Forwards and backwards.</div>
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The backwards steps are to strengthen muscles</div>
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to hold my spine in place</div>
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in various places,</div>
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in particularly, my foundation... my bum</div>
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and to strengthen myself into better health.</div>
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Taking steps.</div>
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Literally.</div>
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Figuratively.</div>
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Physical steps.</div>
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Mental processes.</div>
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Prayer. Even imperfect, messy prayer.</div>
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Thoughts.</div>
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Actions.</div>
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Letting go steps.</div>
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Taking new ground steps.</div>
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Slowing down some things.</div>
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Accelerating others.</div>
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Accepting that I do get migraines.</div>
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Accepting that they have robbed joyful moments.</div>
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Accepting the anger that has surfaced with that.</div>
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Accepting limitations.</div>
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Accepting possibilities too.</div>
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Accepting that more tea and less coffee is better for me.</div>
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Accepting that I cannot keep up a certain pace.</div>
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Accepting that a slower pace does not mean poorer quality, but could mean better.</div>
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Accepting that there are times for good enough instead of excellence.</div>
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Accepting that excellence can begin with taking care of the little things</div>
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like my health,</div>
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or accepting that my health is a big thing</div>
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little</div>
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I am accepting myself.</div>
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Fully. Deeply. With love.</div>
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Taking time to walk</div>
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means less time for other things.</div>
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I am learning to accept that this is ok.</div>
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toward</div>
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Chiropractic.</div>
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self-nourishment</div>
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I had a moment this week</div>
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when I had this vision pass through my mind</div>
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of Jesus</div>
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taking me by the shoulders,</div>
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looking me square in the eye,</div>
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"Just stop it. Stop doing this to yourself.</div>
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Matthew 11:28-30 came to mind as I walked this week.</div>
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The phrasing in The Message.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span class="versenum" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 22px; position: relative; text-align: start; top: 0px; vertical-align: top;">28-30 </span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: start;">“Are you tired? Worn out? </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: start;"><i>Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. </i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; text-align: start;"><i>I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. </i></span></span></div>
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life stealing.</div>
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me</div>
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abundant</div>
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I am learning that</div>
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taking care</div>
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of my human self</div>
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nutrition</div>
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even just walking, </div>
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rich</div>
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Fewer migraines.</div>
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Down to one headache last week from three in previous weeks.</div>
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Much less pain medication.</div>
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My bum doesn't hurt as much.</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-20414854014688557022016-03-05T10:40:00.002-07:002016-03-05T10:43:27.237-07:00Backwards Steps<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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good things.</div>
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But, here I am.</div>
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To tell my little story of pain.</div>
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I "deal with" migraines.</div>
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I struggled my first two years of college.</div>
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I remember going to the U of Wyoming campus clinic in Laramie,</div>
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I didn't think so.</div>
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He did.</div>
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His orders: </div>
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take four ibuprofen </div>
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every day regardless of how I felt.</div>
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Stay ahead of the pain. </div>
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And don't take so many credits next semester.</div>
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For the past 10 years, I have noticed patterns.</div>
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Fluctuation in hormones: migraine.</div>
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Public presentation: migraine either right before, during or the day after.</div>
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Opportunity to share in art: migraine</div>
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Christmas Day: migraine</div>
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Treatments vary</div>
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and I do all of them:</div>
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chiropractic care</div>
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essential oils</div>
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bio-freeze</div>
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There have been seasons in which</div>
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disappear for long stretches,</div>
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or show up,</div>
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with predictability,</div>
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one day a month.</div>
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In fact if I look over the past six months,</div>
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almost every opportunity to share</div>
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goodness,</div>
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to share my artwork,</div>
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even to have my family</div>
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at our new home for Christmas,</div>
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a long awaited moment,</div>
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that I then medicated</div>
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All very good moments.</div>
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Joyful things.</div>
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People I love.</div>
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Coming true.</div>
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Accompanied with pain.</div>
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Followed by medication.</div>
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Rest.</div>
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And slow, hesitant returns to </div>
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"the land of the living".</div>
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Three weeks ago,</div>
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from five years ago.</div>
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My chiropractor ordered an x-ray.</div>
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Currently my sacrum (otherwise known as tailbone)</div>
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instead of pointing down at the ground.</div>
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I could describe all the rest of it.</div>
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Simply put.</div>
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The adjustments are painful.</div>
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The day after is painful.</div>
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But hopefully,</div>
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I will find relief.</div>
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my orders to </div>
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"tuck my tail":</div>
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walk daily,</div>
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some of it</div>
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backwards.</div>
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Along</div>
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with other "tail tucking" exercises.</div>
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Physical therapy</div>
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will be added to</div>
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chiropractic treatment.</div>
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The hard part:</div>
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finding ways to manage my stress,</div>
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be with my family,</div>
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and </div>
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to teach, create art, create videos,</div>
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work with photographs,</div>
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do the things I love</div>
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in a way that does not</div>
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aggravate the condition</div>
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and </div>
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bring on</div>
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more pain.</div>
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I am</div>
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discouraged.</div>
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I am frustrated.</div>
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That every good thing,</div>
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it seems every "yes"</div>
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to a great opportunity</div>
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brings</div>
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with it</div>
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physical pain</div>
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that steals my joy.</div>
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Certainly I battle</div>
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voices of condemnation</div>
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in my mind</div>
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accusing me of</div>
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phrases and words like</div>
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"collapsing under pressure"</div>
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"you can't cut it"</div>
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"choke artist"</div>
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"weakling, fragile, pitiful"</div>
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"you can't handle anything"</div>
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"other people have it worse, quit feeling sorry for yourself"</div>
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"suck it up".</div>
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Certainly, also,</div>
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I will make the best of it.</div>
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I love walking.</div>
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I seek ways to press on and press through.</div>
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Certainly,</div>
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I pray.</div>
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But</div>
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I struggle here too.</div>
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My faith for physical healing</div>
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is</div>
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almost none.</div>
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that God would rather teach me something</div>
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through my pain</div>
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instead of outright</div>
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healing me of it.</div>
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but</div>
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I ask without belief.</div>
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Really,</div>
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I don't know what to pray</div>
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about it anymore.</div>
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I ask for prayer.</div>
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People pray for me.</div>
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The pain comes.</div>
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The pain goes.</div>
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I still believe in Jesus.</div>
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I still trust Him.</div>
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I still have faith.</div>
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My pain and health are here.</div>
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My faith is there.</div>
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They seem to be in separate compartments of life.</div>
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I don't know if that is right or wrong.</div>
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Probably wrong.</div>
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But it just is like this right now.</div>
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I own it. </div>
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I'm not going to pretend.</div>
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I've tried to push health and faith</div>
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together and they seem to spring apart</div>
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like pillows pushed together</div>
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and then released.</div>
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Somehow,</div>
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I hope to find ways to work,</div>
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to say yes,</div>
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to experience life, </div>
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without a guarantee</div>
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of physical pain</div>
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to accompany</div>
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what should be moments</div>
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of celebration and joy.</div>
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those moments that should be</div>
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most filled with celebration and joy</div>
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feel robbed</div>
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by pain.</div>
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That makes me angry.</div>
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I am tired of my joy being stolen.</div>
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I am tired of opportunities being painful.</div>
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I am tired of holidays with my family being painful</div>
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or lost in a fog of pain killers.</div>
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I want to enjoy life.</div>
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I hesitate to set goals now</div>
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because of fear it will</div>
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be so pain filled that I will fail</div>
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or I will work through it just to make it through</div>
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until I collapse in painful exhaustion on the other side,</div>
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or again fogginess reigns because of medication.</div>
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Maybe I say yes to too much.</div>
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Maybe I say yes to the wrong things.</div>
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Maybe I over work in my brain.</div>
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Maybe I have too much anxiety and not enough faith.</div>
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Maybe I just need to "chill out".</div>
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Maybe . . . . too much of this and not enough of that.</div>
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I just know that I am trying to let myself heal</div>
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and find solutions </div>
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and get better</div>
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all the while feeling like I am not </div>
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doing enough,</div>
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earning enough, </div>
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working hard enough.</div>
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I am trying to find peace of heart, mind and soul</div>
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while trying to get better.</div>
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Just keeping it real, my friends.</div>
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We all have stuff.</div>
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I know you do.</div>
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And I want you to know that I do too.</div>
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It is living life in this world.</div>
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I will find a way.</div>
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And you will too.</div>
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Always seeking </div>
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beauty in the mess, </div>
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the chaos, </div>
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the pain,</div>
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the uncertain,</div>
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the confusing.</div>
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It is there.</div>
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It is here.</div>
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I know it is.</div>
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And I will keep seeking</div>
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God,</div>
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love,</div>
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beauty,</div>
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life.</div>
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I will.</div>
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So here I go, walking backwards,</div>
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and the cows watch me with</div>
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curiosity</div>
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and it makes me smile.</div>
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There, right there,</div>
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beauty.</div>
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Heart shaped stones and little bits of nature.</div>
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Beauty in the midst of it all.</div>
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Hello!!!</div>
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Happy 2016!</div>
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I have returned from my</div>
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for the little Facebook challenge I am doing.</div>
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I got down on the ground to get a good view of the snow blowing in the wind.</div>
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Here is our road to our home</div>
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that my husband and son</div>
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Isn't this lovely?</div>
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Toby the beagle decides</div>
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A clean beagle.</div>
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Today also happens to be my husband's birthday</div>
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announced by the beagle:</div>
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So here's our latest photo together...</div>
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Happy Birthday, Jim! </div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-75858651487247742222015-06-05T18:13:00.000-06:002015-06-05T18:31:13.261-06:00Live in full color.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Live in full color.</div>
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To me, it's the same message as living wholehearted or living all-in.</div>
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It is how I most want to live.</div>
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However, in life there are seasons</div>
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living half-hearted,</div>
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of</div>
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going through the motions,</div>
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grief for all manner of losses.</div>
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Sometimes it is in these seasons,</div>
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that I find a deeper faith,</div>
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more rock-solid truth,</div>
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my core values,</div>
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how I want to live,</div>
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how I don't want to live.</div>
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There are seasons and color pallets of rest:</div>
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grays, muted beige, white, neutrals... </div>
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like the gray-toned flowers collaged onto this piece.</div>
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We need some of those seasons.</div>
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And some of them we just have to go through</div>
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whether we need them or not,</div>
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and certainly don't want them.</div>
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And then,</div>
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there are seasons</div>
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of feasting</div>
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on</div>
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color.</div>
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Of submerging yourself in the deep end of the pool.</div>
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Of letting the heat and the wind and just whip your hair.</div>
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Of breathing in deep the scents of summer flowers.</div>
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Of taking big gulps of iced cherry limeade.</div>
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Those seasons are good too.</div>
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This art celebrates</div>
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those all-in,</div>
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living in full color,</div>
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rejoicing and doing good seasons.</div>
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Here's the photo from <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/154529830935726549/">Pinterest</a></div>
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that inspired this art.</div>
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<a href="http://www.godtube.com/watch/?v=JMBB21NU">The Motions by Matthew West</a></div>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtoBu9Er0jY">On Fire by Switchfoot</a></div>
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Look 'em up!</div>
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They remind me that I do have choices.</div>
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That I have to take risks</div>
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These are some works in progress.</div>
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Lately I am loving new mediums in my art:</div>
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It sounded absolutely beautiful.</div>
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The sun was shining. Snow was melting and the birds were so happy</div>
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Do you know what made me happiest?</div>
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That she <i>heard it.</i></div>
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Oh, my friends, that is why I share my pictures and stories </div>
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about birds,</div>
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about heart-shaped rocks,</div>
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about sunsets,</div>
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about dewdrops on blades of grass,</div>
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about sunshine on barbed wire fences</div>
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about my faith.</div>
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Because I want you</div>
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to see it and hear it too.</div>
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I want you to see </div>
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the sacred,</div>
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the beautiful,</div>
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the holy,</div>
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the breathtaking</div>
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in everyday</div>
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It is May.</div>
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May is the month of migration and also of nest building.</div>
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Fill your feeders with sunflower seeds and suet</div>
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I'd love to see and hear about the birds you see too!</div>
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Meadowlarks are singing.</div>
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Morning sunshine makes everything golden.</div>
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There is a faint hint of green whispering its presence from the ground.</div>
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Mama cows look with suspicion upon me walking </div>
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even though I'm on the other side of the creek and the fence.</div>
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My heart swells.</div>
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Oh. My. Heart.</div>
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It is full. It aches with fullness.</div>
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Spring.</div>
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Tomorrow is the first day on the calendar.</div>
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But there are no hard lines to seasons.</div>
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They blur together as one fades into the next.</div>
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at each season change</div>
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create a longing in my heart.</div>
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I hear you</div>
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Even though I do not see you yet</div>
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You stir in me</div>
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a longing</div>
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for innocence</div>
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for fascination</div>
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for belief in wonderful magical things</div>
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for deep unfailing love</div>
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I do believe this will</div>
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Putting my work, my pictures, my words out there</div>
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It still opens my eyes to new places to stretch my wings,</div>
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to new butterflies flying in my stomach,</div>
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I am reading <i>The Secret Garden</i></div>
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by Frances Hodgson Burnett</div>
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to my daughters at bedtime.</div>
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It's my first time reading it too.</div>
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It takes place in England in an endlessly large manor</div>
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on the moor.</div>
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The story refers to the moor often.</div>
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We are at about the halfway point in the story.</div>
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<i>What's the moor, Mom? I don't get it.</i></div>
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<i>They live on the moor.</i></div>
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I get that.</div>
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I understand that bit of perspective.</div>
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I love this prairie for much of the same reasons:<br />
the boy with sky blue eyes and red cheeks<br />
from being out on it all day long<br />
and the green that starts to peek through<br />
and the robins and birds<br />
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And I love what reading to my girls does.</div>
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That it inspires imagination and curiosity.</div>
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How much more fascinating is it to discover a "moor"</div>
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when you've read about it in a story</div>
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as does the garden for Mary and Dickon and Colin.</div>
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<i>"When you see a bit of earth you want, take it, child, and make it come alive."</i></div>
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It's not really mine</div>
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and spending time there makes me come alive.</div>
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-69086933757717086632015-02-02T09:54:00.002-07:002015-02-02T09:54:36.249-07:00Creativity: Planting Seeds<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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At times I feel like I should pinch myself</div>
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when I'm in a room with a group of people</div>
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"making stuff".<br />
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I love it.</div>
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This Saturday</div>
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was a fun morning for</div>
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my mixed media basics class called</div>
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Building Blocks.</div>
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I found out later from my friend Susanne</div>
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National Inspire Your Heart With Art Day.</div>
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How perfect.</div>
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That could be my theme.</div>
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That is how I want my life to be.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A reminder made by Julie.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little cutie made by Jennifer to hang by her doorbell. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of loveliness made by Julie for her daughter. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another one put together so beautiful and rich by Melody.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Precious time spent together. Fills MY heart too!</td></tr>
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I have a couple spots left<br />
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Jodene Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17706882588403242743noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668486406499095078.post-62588262030390486142015-01-12T16:59:00.003-07:002015-01-13T11:35:40.584-07:00Artsy Building Blocks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Back in December,</div>
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with a wonderfully brave and creative</div>
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group of women<br />
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After 2 years of holding classes,</div>
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mixed media basics class.</div>
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Building Blocks</div>
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Here's a peek at our beautiful time together.</div>
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If you missed out</div>
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or you want to make another set,</div>
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join me at Renae Meisner's Create!Studio in Rapid City,</div>
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on Saturday January 31, 2015,</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joey's selected words on a background of maps...oh, how I love maps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That Monica knows how to choose color...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love how my art "students" become my friends.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lynne brought her own stash of goodies to work into her projects. You can do that! What would you bring?</td></tr>
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I am addicted to online art classes.</div>
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It's a wonderful thing to have access to</div>
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<a href="http://jeanneoliver.ning.com/">Jeanne Oliver</a> offers some of my favorites.</div>
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Her <a href="http://jeanneoliver.ning.com/group/woodland-girls-and-other-natural-curiosities">Woodland Girls</a> class for the fall season was particularly enjoyable.</div>
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Over Christmas break, I sketched and painted</div>
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My youngest peeks at my work</div>
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She begins to sketch in her new sketch book.</div>
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Immediately, she is frustrated</div>
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because her girl doesn't look like mine</div>
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"Oh," I said, "but yours looks like Picasso."</div>
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"What is Picasso?" she asks.</div>
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So we go to Pinterest and look up Picasso's work</div>
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some of which "freaked her out"</div>
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"That is WEIRD!" she says about several.</div>
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<i>My prakdes Picasso ART BOOK!</i></div>
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"I want to make a book like you do," she tells me.</div>
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"When you tape a picture on one page and make it on the next page."</div>
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We take a look at my <i>Studying Under The Masters</i> art journal</div>
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when I was learning about Picasso.</div>
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We select some Picasso work from Pinterest</div>
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Here is what she did:</div>
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how it never looks exactly like the original artist</div>
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She learned above that charcoal can be messy</div>
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OR you can make bold lines with</div>
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a permanent marker</div>
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and then fill in the color</div>
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like this one below.</div>
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that we never would've discovered</div>
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without looking at the work of another artist.</div>
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I'm trying to get out of my own boxes.</div>
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Adding sketches to my collage.</div>
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Learning about </div>
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shading</div>
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barely used box of oil paint sticks</div>
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And I find that she watches me.</div>
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She learns.</div>
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I find that when I learn the personal journey and story</div>
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of an artist,</div>
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storytelling that they do</div>
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as I study artists</div>
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that I would never hang in my home</div>
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As I hear and read and explore</div>
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an artist's journey</div>
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I see that</div>
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observing their work</div>
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is like reading an autobiography</div>
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Some parts are pleasant,</div>
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some I identify with,</div>
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some parts are difficult to walk through,</div>
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some cause outright joy,</div>
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agony.</div>
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I am </div>
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learning more and more</div>
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that art more than technique</div>
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but is a</div>
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language</div>
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for</div>
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communication.</div>
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Not simply about making something beautiful for the wall</div>
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although</div>
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that can be a result.</div>
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hangs on a wall.</div>
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processing.</div>
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Working through life.</div>
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Expressing emotion</div>
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triumph and tragedy.</div>
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This week she launched</div>
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which is a walk in discovering your identity in Christ</div>
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through the personal stories and creative projects</div>
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The class above in which I learned about</div>
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For crisp crunching under my feet.</div>
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For copper colored grasses and weeds.</div>
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For coffee steam on my chilled eyelids</div>
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closed above the cup.</div>
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For tractor rumbling and crashing of corn</div>
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into the feeder</div>
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filled for spilling out to hungry cows.</div>
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For the creak and slam of the door</div>
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For crisp winter mornings.</div>
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That shock my lungs alive</div>
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