Gaia: Dreams of Artists™ - FEATURE ON ARTISTS MAKING IT HAPPEN...

Re: Dreams of Artists on A Culture

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:02:50 GMT

Rory, That's great! A new production emerging. I wish you all the success that this leads to more and more gigs.

Rock On!

Re: Dreams of Artists on A Culture

http://jagthewolf.gaia.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:26:21 GMT

Playing an Acoustic set today 11/21 at 5PM for the ArtCrawl Festival...3210 Preston, Houston...
http://www.artcrawlhouston.com/

spellbinding 18ft picture of New York

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:23:46 GMT

Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire draws spellbinding 18ft picture of New York from memory... after a 20-minute helicopter ride over city

This is a write up on his work which I am proud to post this to Dreams.

Re: Hi...been a while....

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:17:19 GMT

Now that's a friend... I found it right away Mercale.Happy Halloween is coming up! I found this as a welcoming picture. And for the holiday, Nexus... I chose Corona of Blood. This week in America is Trick or Treat, vampires, werewolfs, costume parties, pumpkins, and candy!!! How to make this. [tastes better than it looks here.]

Re: Hi...been a while....

http://mercale.gaia.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:24:04 GMT

Just thought that I'd mention there is a small typo in the link Nexus shared above. It should be: http://www.redbubble.com/people/nexus7/calendars

Have a great day, All!

Jeff Stroud 2010 Calendars

http://HolEssence.gaia.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:04:08 GMT

On Friday I received my Jeff Stroud 2010 floral calendar. Oh my gosh, it's stunning! I am going to use it as a piece of art in my office at HolEssence. I ordered my calendar through RedBubble, the website where Jeff displays his work. Here is a quick LINK to his work - enjoy!

Re: Hi...been a while....

http://mercale.gaia.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:25:53 GMT

Hi Nexus :)

Congrats on your features! I'm on RedBubble too, so I'll be sure to look you up and add you to my watchlist!

Re: Hi...been a while....

http://jjs1952.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:51:34 GMT

Thank you for sharing your work here and connecting us to your gallery on Redbubble.com. I am on http://www.redbubble.com/people/jeffstroud
too. When was your feature in Solo? Congrats on that too. Frannie is all about furthering our exposure...

Great work, great to meet you...

I am Love, Jeff

Re: Dreams of Artists on A Culture

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:12:20 GMT

Believe in Abundance! That’s Abundance with a capital “A”. Part of our abundance is expressed by absence, in the NOT having the unnecessary, like the latest digital hoo-haw; it means as well as the Abundance of having a surplus of the things that really matter to each individual. And though some of these things we possesses are somewhat materialistic and could even be considered extravagant, those are not the things, which we need to place any real value on. Place a high worth on glamour, but not at the expense of actual value. For instance, we cam often wears big, showy earrings, but can proudly report that they came from “Tar-get”. Enjoy your car, lampooning the sort of people that take a well cared for any thing your proud to have seriously.

Many of one's life’s experiences have granted a lot of us an understanding and mastery of Abundance. Our faith and spiritual beliefs have given us confidence in the concept of an infinity of possibilities and limitless attainment, which are a kind of spiritual entitlement. Maybe we've had an innate understanding of this all of our life, and found agreement with profound ideas in the Bible. Certainly through the practice of a busy lifetime of application of the principle of abundance has shown the artist of any type of art form, that it is a winning and satisfying way to operate.

Where you get it or how is unimportant, that you recognize it and have it as a part of your daily life, where so many do not, is.

I’ve observed an amazing ability in a lot of artists to create their own world, liberally decorated with comforts, style and beauty, and share it abundantly with others. I’ve seen certain artists approach a project, such as remodeling a house, with no immediate way to finance it, then instantly attract the necessary money to do the job properly, without compromise or delay. I have witnessed this so many times; I recognize it as the expression not of poor planning or chance, but of a fully realized personal strategy. I delivered a lecture to 200 recently and asked for a show of hands on who's a starving artist. Only 2 hands went up. Yes, there are 2 to 2-1/2% in any group where this is a very true statistic. 20% are the effect of them but 80% give or take are making it go right. I have seen this over and over again. The secret... do not hang around suppression (sit on squash, cut down, refute, make less of type of "people".)

So, what is this idea?

If you ask those you admire and look up to as role models, more artists will say that the universe wants them to have everything they want. Not exclusively, but that all people deserve it as their birthright, as God’s creations. I believe in a God of plenty, of generosity, of Abundance with a capital “A”.

I don’t myself know how to talk about God and garner a lot of instant agreement, but I have broken it down to my satisfaction without having to know or defend the whys and wherefores of the authorship of this universe.Really, it’s as plain as a kid making a crayon drawing. Something can be made out of nothing. Happens every minute of every day. As a former kid with a long gone crayon or two, I can attest to it with confidence.

This world has a lot of creations and creating going on. Where social or artistic creations are not flourishing there is usually trouble being created, at least. The level of quality of creation has everything to do with the kind of shape that particular part of the world is in.

There are many forces, it seems, that would try to negate this simple fact.
Sometimes, because of economic pressures, advertising, and other manipulations, we begin to feel that everything is running low. Everything can be seen in the physical universe to shrink, break down, if but slowly and become scarce. Whole industries start and thrive because of real or imagined scarcities, which seem reasonable because of the self-evident rule of gradual decay.

It’s a safe bet that any object in this world is going to need a call to technical support one day. Even the Egyptian, who somehow managed to sculpt things out of granite, would recognize the need for spackle.

And it seems that few opportunities exist to witness the opposite effect, the creation of something. Where they do exist and can be seen, they are considered to be remarkable, otherworldly, magical or unbelievable. Some people consider creation to be kind of edgy and dangerous. And there have been tricksters, con men who “created” things out of thin air… or your thinning wallet.
The universe is large, so we are reminded, but earth seems to be all we ever experience of it. Really it is a vast thing, full of more objects and conditions than anyone can easily envision.

And an infinity does exist, of creatable things. And abundance is the result. And who does the creating? Well, apparently God does. But, so do you, and I. It’s all around us, once you start looking.

Somebody created all the money that has recently “disappeared” or the debts, which are popping into existence daily. I guess God could take credit for the invention of money or sub-Prime mortgages, but I don’t think that would be very canny public relations. I seem to remember that actual human individuals might have had something to do with that concept, and for the various currencies and chicaneries that exist today.

So, if money can be created, surely anything can be.This still doesn’t answer the question of “How does one live a life of Abundance?”

The first thing to do, is conceive that this Abundance really can be so, that the scarcity of things might not be as true as the apparency would lead us to believe. I think this is an innate thing for people to do; when we say, “it’ll all work out” or “it’s going to be fine” we have done a little creating right there. We decided, in a way that fundamentally is no different than Michelangelo deciding, “I’m going to make that sibyl’s garment pale rose” that something is going to happen, just because we say so.

What follows then, of course, are steps to bring the final result about, but the initial thought is “It shall be”. Voila!

So, a world of abundance may not seem like the world you currently live in. But I have seen artists intending to pull things out of the hat that no hat could possibly contain, and not once but many, many times. And we can happily share all that we have yanked out of the void and into this physical plane.That’s Magic with a capital “M” Hope this feels inspiring. We do create, we are important and are listened to. Splurge on create.
~KES from one of my blogs...

Re: Hi...been a while....

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:41:57 GMT

Thanks for the beautiful site and congratulations on being featured on a e-art zine. That would be fun to read if you get that link as well. Liza started a thread here on exchanging links to help drive traffic to each others website. Please get in comm with her as well. I look forward to routing into the redbubble & checking more of your work.

Your work... so professional. I will route in and friend you there as well soon.

Re: Dreams of Artists on A Culture

http://nexus7.gaia.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:35:55 GMT

Yes, it would be great if artists could be valued as much as docotrs and lawyers....

Hi...been a while....

http://nexus7.gaia.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:33:07 GMT

...since I dropped in.

I am feeling excited by two things at the moment: the first is that I got featured on an e-art zine called Solo at a website for artsits called Red Bubble and secondly, I have also managed on Red Bubble to put together 4 calendars of my artworks!

3 feature my mixed-media collage pieces on paper using bastardised marlbing techniques, the other is a collecion of colour drawings in pen, ink and pencil.

Please take a look:

http://www.redbubble.com/people/nexs7/calendars

BLOG ACTION DAY - PREPARATION

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:34:32 GMT

BLOG ACTION DAY
Hi Lovely Gaia!

It's Jessica.

So, next Thursday October 15th is Blog Action Day, but we like to spread it out and make it Blog Action Week here on Gaia. You can even see our lovely little logo marking us as participants on the main site.

Please join us and get ready to take part in this global conversation about Climate Change, one of the most important topics facing our planet today. It impacts each and everyone of us, from the air we breathe, to the water we drink, to the cars we drive. We're starting off early and making this Friday Five about climate change and the importance of taking part in this world-wide-web dialogue.

1) Do you drink bottled or filtered water?

2) Have you ever used solar power? (for a calculator, your house, in a place you visited?)

3) Do you ever worry about polar bears?

4) Have you ever seen or been impacted by extreme weather? (hurricane, flood, drought, typhoon, tornado, wildfire or freeze?)

5) Do you like to recycle, save water or energy, compost, turn off the lights, etc.?

Let us know for this Friday Five...and get ready to share your thoughts with the world. next Thursday

Re: Gaia networking features organic living with Lee O'Hara

http://organics.gaia.com — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:55:46 GMT

Thanks so much for your posts. The feature answers a lot of this Meenakshi hosted. It is true the soil is the key and NOT allowing any chemical or toxins as you start your garden. Some foods travel up to 1,500 miles by truck, stored in gas products, to make it to the local market so in what ever town you live in buy from natural food stores, local farmers markets or start a garden on a small piece of your back yard...even patio depending on the space.

There used to be several brands of apples. Thanks for bringing back the awareness.

Re: Gaia networking features organic living with Lee O'Hara

http://jagthewolf.gaia.com — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:29:57 GMT

Well you know something because we are from the same Country, I had the very same experience, when my Uncles from England would visited Guyana and they would bring back apples and grapes..I swear the taste and smell were different once I came in US. I will have to give the organics a chance and see if I can feel that taste..amazing how our childhood memories can influence our behaviours..
Thanks for the advice...see me running to the grocery store...lol....

Re: Gaia networking features organic living with Lee O'Hara

http://goddess2day.gaia.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:35:46 GMT

Hey Lee, here I am. And I think I have a question for you. Let's see.

Okay, but it comes with me having a flash back into the past. I remembered when I was a child (approx seven or eight), my aunts and uncles who lived in Canada brought me back some apples. It was quite a treat. And the reason it was such a treat was because apples were banned in my country at the time. And the taste of this lovely fruit was indeed out of my world. I so remembered the taste and smell of those apples. Talk about forbidden fruit, eh :)

However, when I came to live in Canada, I found that apples didn't taste the same. And it was like, huh? What the heck? Anyway, it continued to mystify me for a while until I bumped into the same kind of apples in one of the organic grocery store here in Ca.

And surprise, surprise, it tasted and smelled just like the apples I had back home. Needless to say, I have been hooked on organically grown produce ever since.

My question is this? And people might think I am crazy. What the heck, I am crazy, but I have been wondering whether it was indeed the organics involved that influenced a different flavor and smell of the apples.

Hope I am right but I could be wrong because I have no clue whether Canada grew organic apples over 30 something years ago.

Anyway, just wanted to share this with you as well.

Amy :)

Re: Gaia networking features organic living with Lee O'Hara

http://Meenakshi.gaia.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:29:46 GMT

We are so fortunate that you are giving your time to this, Lee. You are such a wonderful community member, and we wanted to share this aspect of you with others on Gaia.

I am learning so much from featuring you, about the how tos of organic gardening and bringing your values into daily life.

Gaia networking features organic living with Lee O'Hara

http://organics.gaia.com — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 05:51:46 GMT

Dear Friends,

This week, Gaia Networking Group is organically cultivating on Gaia. We would love your questions,comments and tips added this week. Drop in and add your take on organic eating & growing. I will be there to help out.

To your health,
Lee

Up coming exhibits

http://joyart.gaia.com — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:47:08 GMT

Chords, a portrait of Nina Simone will be on exhibit at the African American Arts and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton Street San Francisco, Ca. 94102. The exhibit showcases 26 artists paying tribute to songtress, musician, Nina Simone through various forms of media. The opening is Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6-8 p.m. the exhibit will continue to December 6th.
Beautiful Flower, portrait of my daughter will be a part of a group exhibit. Figures and Faces, juried by George Rivera of the Triton Museum of Art, will showcase 96 works. The exhibit is held at the Pacific Art League, Palo Alto Ca. 668 Ramona Blvd. The reception is August 7, form 6-9 pm. The show runs until September 1st.

Re: Dov's Art Gallery

http://kathysmith.gaia.com — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:33:29 GMT

Thank you.