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I love native art from around the world. Starting with this beautiful fine art from the Caribbean I want to check out a number of sites and let my readers see what I’ve finding.

There’s something luminous about the paintings on this home page that I find quite appealing. When you can get a flavor of the artist’s environment just from looking at their work, I think you’ve really captured something wonderful. The rich colors and wonderful sense of design is especially appealing.

Thank goodness for the internet! It’s marvelous to be able to take a virtual tour of all that’s being created around the world. It’s easy to start feeling a little insular, but there is so much being done by the artists of every country that I think all of us should take a “tour” once in a while.

Posted April 23, 2009 Comments(0)

I enjoy staring out the window. Maybe it’s my basically lazy nature, but I find a lot of loveliness in my own yard, and don’t mind taking the time to let it sink in.  I heard about a woman that wrote an entire book based on the comings and goings of her family, and how she watched the world go by as she sat by the window shelling peas and folding socks.

Apparently she didn’t even read it for a number of years, thinking it was just a day by day boring account of a tired housewife. When she finally started back at chapter 1, she was astonished by her accomplishment and could see the loveliness in her own words. She rarely left the house, and most of her time was occupied with picking up toys and cooking. Yet she created a beautiful and meaningful story for herself and her children- one I’m sure they treasured forever.

I love things like this!

Posted April 7, 2009 Comments(0)