Tag Archives: creativity

100 Questions/ 31-40

Posted on August 8, 2017 by anyushka

31. What are you grateful for? My education.  32. Whom are you envious of? People who walk around without painful family baggage that would impede their ability to relax and let themselves fall into their lives, trusting that somehow it’ll … Continue reading →

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High Voltage

Posted on July 14, 2017 by anyushka

  Details of “Contagion”, Laurel Holloman (Oil on Canvas)   This painting is such a blast of vibrant, electric energy – a sharp, wild current… A sudden joyful rush of blood to the head… Sparks. Ignition.  I had no idea Laurel … Continue reading →

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Bluebell Heaven II

Posted on April 30, 2017 by anyushka

From there: To here:  

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The Broken Beautiful

Posted on April 6, 2017 by anyushka

That which is Christ-like within us shall be crucified. It shall suffer and be broken. And that which is Christlike within us shall rise up. It shall love and create. Michael Leunig

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Finding My Keys

Posted on April 2, 2017 by anyushka

Though Tish Warren has a beautiful chapter on losing and finding keys in her book Liturgy of the Ordinary, I found myself thinking of keys in a different manner this week as I drew them. As pilgrims, much like Christian … Continue reading →

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Praise Ye The Duchess

Posted on February 4, 2017 by anyushka

Today I raise a toast to those who created a Polari Evensong at Westcott College this week.  I applaud their freedom, their courage, and their creativity.  What a fantastic way to channel their anger. We don’t need to appease our oppressors.  We take … Continue reading →

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She Sits Like A Bird

Posted on January 16, 2017 by anyushka

She sits like a bird, brooding on the waters, Hovering on the chaos of the world’s first day; She sighs and she sings, mothering creation, Waiting to give birth to all the Word will say. She wings over earth, resting … Continue reading →

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Facing Change with Creativity

Posted on November 20, 2016 by anyushka

Here’s an excellent, wise post, shared via How to face change. — Danny Gregory: I was in Berlin on 11/9. I woke up at 3:30 am, picked up my phone, read the election results, and discovered that the world had … Continue reading →

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It Is Poetry

Posted on September 4, 2016 by anyushka

bell hooks

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Purpose

Posted on August 18, 2016 by anyushka

Originally posted on welcome to my little piece of quiet:
I’m going to make everything around me beautiful – that will be my life. -Elsie de Wolfe

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