"A Year to Live!"

"Venice Reflected"

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A Year to Live!

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist."

                                                                                                ~Jack London

Exercise is good for us--we know this.  

It creates 

flexibility, 

stamina, 

and maybe best of all--can be energizing! 

Energy to live our lives in a full out fashion.

Exercises of the mind can do the same. 

 Imagine that we had one year

 of harmonious,

 peaceful, 

pain-free living

 left

 and we had to work during this time 

(not run around the world running up our credit cards:))

 --what would we do?

It's an interesting exercise to take on--

Making a list of what you would do--

And  making a list of what your life would be like if you continued in "business as usual".

Then compare the two.

I'm interested to hear what reveals itself to you from the exercise:))

"Give up the desire to survive, so you can know the ecstasy of thriving."

                                                                                                    ~Chin-Ning Chu

Note:  The above "exercise" is from "Do Less, Achieve More" by Chin-Ning Chu--a book I am currently enjoying:))!

And a special creation for you--

To inspire

Because when you walk in the path that is yours alone

You will bring hope to people 

and to places  you may never know

For you are on important business

The MOST important business of your life

To do that which really matters

Knowing that a single beam of light (you)

can change

E v e r y t h i n g

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"The Bored Room" SOLD

"The Bored Room"

6 x 12in oil on museum quality panel

$350

This original Just SOLD--Prints Available/Click Here

  I happened to catch sight of an Eddie "memo" earlier this week:

sTrAteGeriE MEetiNg at 1 n thE BoreD ROom 

Apparently a Bored Room is a Board Room which happens to be my Bathroom.

Eddie says he does some of his best thinking there.

I say

that's not saying much.....

Please Note:  This is No. 21 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series.  To see the entire series, now available in print, click here!

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"Dreaming of.... a White Catmas?" SOLD

"Dreaming of....a White Catmas?"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

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Since hearing of his rating on Santa's Naughty/Nice list (see latest Eddie installment), Eddie has been hustling his buns all week.

(It is now obvious---he CAN get by on less than 16 hours of sleep).

*Meetings with Phyllis in **"The Bored Room" (his spelling, not mine)
 

*Contracts examined, letters written.  **"The Fine Print"

*Even flowers for Phyllis for all her hard work (never mind he swiped them from my desk)
**"Flowers for ME??"

Apparently, after all that,  a plan has been hatched. 

Whatever it is, it seems to be in the box that Eddie and Phyllis have been moving all over the house--window to window, front porch to back porch, waiting for the FedEX man. 

Even I am stumped this time, and I know Mr. Smooth Fur pretty well.....

What does Eddie, the classic re-gifter, have IN that BOX???




Please Note:  This is No. 20 in the Eddie and Phyllis Series.  To see the entire series, now available in print, click here!

A Very Special Note and Warning: The above titles marked ** denote upcoming paintings in the Eddie and Phyllis Series:)))


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"And the Answer Is"

"The Scent of Lavender"

NOW AVAILABLE IN PRINT!

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And the Answer Is

It's not a career,

 it's a life.

Everything we do is an extension of the heart, 

the soul within us, 

and it all must come into alignment.

It is not separate.

If you are uncertain, insecure, the cure is not to add more things to your to do  list.

The real work is to go inside, get quiet, spend time there.

For learning to do more 

in less time 

is not the answer.

Understanding what matters and doing THAT

is.

In Other News:

Get ready for a whole slew of new original oils heading your way, including a last ditch effort from Eddie to get back into Santa's good graces:))!

Monthly Drawing Give-a-Way for November and December, coming up--could be a fine art print from Dreama's Print Shop, A Digital Version of The Artist's Toolbox, or a 2012 Colors of the Heart Calendar--make sure you are signed up to receive my blog to be eligible (sign up box in upper right corner of my blog's home page/ click here)!

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"Individual Greatness"

"Sunny Side of the Street, French Style"

6 x 6in oil on museum quality panel

 SOLD

Now Available in Print/Click to Visit Dreama's Print Shop

There is a naïveness, a childlike approach that happens when we first try something new like painting. 

We are simply happy with the process. 

We enjoy the results and are eager to do it again. 

Somewhere on the path though, we start to pick up the fears, perfections, patterns of the collective art world around us. 

We "grow up". 

We become fearful, stilted, stymied, and sadly we are confirmed in our thinking

  Given a nod that this is how it works.

Sometimes it feels as if the collective way of thinking and approaching your gift is to give you just enough hope to keep you alive, 

not enough to thrive, 

or experience JOY, 

 just enough to keep you from starving to death.

Is  this really how our lives are intended to be? 

Is this where collective thinking  about what "great" art is, leads to?

So that you can see how far from the mark you really are 

and how unlikely you are to ever get there?

Reconnect.

Return.

Remember why it was that you became an artist.

Define.

Name.

Embrace that story of who you are.

Return to the Source.

All the JOY, the smiles, the passion of when you first began to paint emanated from somewhere within you. 

Shove back the crowd of collective thinking of what art is.

Allow room for your Source to breathe your gift.

Rest in the knowledge that you have been given exactly what you need

 to be the artist that you were born to be. 

Change the collective thought

live into

your individual greatness.

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"Eddie is 40 Percent "Off"--Which Explains A Lot"

Well, I have some pretty doggone exciting news.  

After many hours of long work (me--working, Eddie--napping)

Dreama's Print Shop

is loaded up (110 images if you're counting)
and ready to roll out....

Fresh Cut Flowers

(Gallery--Click on Image)

Catalicious Cats, 

(Gallery--Click on Image)

Eddie and Phyllis

(Gallery--Click on Image)

Lavender Fields Galore
(Gallery--Click on Image)

and Places We Love in France and Italy

(Gallery--You know what to do:)

Now all available at Dreama's Print Shop!

And you are not going to believe this part,

 starting this very minute

--Eddie has agreed to a 40% discount, 

good 'til Midnight (11:59 to be exact)  December 11th, off  your order.  

You just have to put in Sleighbell40 as the promo code on your checkout. 

 And delivery is guaranteed by Dec. 24!!

 I think (know) that Eddie is working hard to redeem himself on Santa's list, which explains the big kick-off sale:))).
Personally, I haven't been this excited since Eddie told me had gotten a job that required him to be on the road all the time (it didn't work out as it involved being a long distance hauler and Eddie got fired for trying to shift gears using his tail)....but that's a whole other story.

To go to Dreama's Print Shop, just click here:))  

And tell them Ed sent you 

(he says according to Phyllis, he has to have some really big numbers to get off Santa's naughty list....)

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"It's Not Looking Good" SOLD

"It's Not Looking Good"

8 x 8in oil on museum quality panel

$350

Well, just as Eddie feared--Phyllis, on the good word of one of the elves, 

delivered the alarming news today. 

Santa does keep a list. 

And forget whether he checks it twice or not---the one with Eddie's name on it is, well....

suffice it to  say 

Santa is storing it digitally due to the length of it.

I didn't know cats could sweat 'til today.....

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