Healing through Art

[CeCee]

Okay Sonora - testing 123 here we go! Oops looks kind of big to me, but anyway I did it!


Garden Collection

Love,
Maggie

[Pamela]

Oh, Nancy....

Hi again, My Beauties,

I just want to pop back in here and pay a bit of a tribute to our Most Delightful Vineyardnancy on this beautiful Friday afternoon in the wonderful month of September....

My Nancy... I am intuiting from your blog on your Profile Page that you are a Teacher... Do you know that before I retired to paint full-time 5 years ago that I taught art for many years in the public schools here in Connecticut? I Did! And Maggie and Sharyn also taught, so you can be sure that they understand EXACTLY how you feel as you come home this afternoon from a long week of Teaching...

I feel that it should be stated here on this thread that Teaching is an Exquisite Fine Art and because you have embraced us all so quickly and deeply with your Fun-filled and Loving posts, I think we should honor YOU this afternoon with a bit of loving fun! I hope this little video brings a smile to your beautiful face, Darling Nancy! May you be Always Blessed for giving your heart and soul to the children...

Here you go, Honey... This one's for you...

YouTube - Earth Wind Fire September Video

Thank You, Dear Nancy... We Love You.

With MUCH Love and Gratitude,

Pamela

[CeCee]

Happy Friday, Nancy!!!

Ditto what Pamela said

[allenm]

Wow...I go away for a little while and come back to find such bounty!

Maggie...again thank you for your beautiful words...I find that I read them aloud to myself and look forward to each new poem...but seriously girl,do you sleep?

Sonora, your photos are beautiful and I love the idea of a collaberation with Maggie to creat a book...and please do add Gabriel's music to your MySpacepage...that would be fabulpus...thank you.

DeAnn, thank you so much for sharing your art. Your photos are magnificent and I totally understand that it wasn't easy to post. I'm so glad you did. tell us more about the history project and the shawls.

Pamela, thank you for your loving words...likewise, I'm sure.

What a great thread this is!

[zartgirl]

Me too!

Do you know that before I retired to paint full-time 5 years ago that I taught art for many years in the public schools here in Connecticut?

Pamela! I use to teach art also! The only difference is I taught at a private school, but you know what an impact teachers have on their kids in their classes? I recently visited the church that ran the school, and I saw one of my elementary school kids up in front as a young man singing a beautiful song with his Mom. Wow! After church he came up to me and said you were my art teacher back in third and fourth grade, weren't you? I said yes! He told what a difference I had made in his life during that time... then he gave me a big hug! He had remembered me! Well not that I am very forgetable? Especially since I drove a convertable sports car back in the day, and I would have to drive past the windows of many of the classrooms to get to the parking lot... every kid in that school knew the sound of my car and knew it was time for art! They would all stand up and run to the window to see me drive by! They all wanted a ride in my car, but that was not allowed... besides my passenger side door use to swing open on left hand turns and I would have to reach across and grab it! LOL!

Teaching is awesome! Way to go Nancy! That is a fine art!

Love Sj zartgirl

[Joel]

[Joel]

I feel about things that move melive

[S.J]

Beautiful!!

Oh Maggie, Loving your flower photography!! Stunning! Thank you for posting them. Flowers are some of my fav subjects

Thank you Pamela! Your words are so calming. That's an art talent in itself! I am glad this thread illicited such a long response from you, I always feel your posts are too short I love to read them!!

Thanks Joel, I'm glad you enjoyed them and the captions. Thanks for the panoramic night sky visual I try to caption wherever possible also helps if someone is choosing cameras. That's why I explained the grainy texture due to wrong settings etc.

I'm glad it is entertaining/educational too!

There's so much Happiness in this thread It's a Joy to be here, and an Honour to post.

(thank you for this Joel )

[DeAnn]

Pretty Pettunies Maggie. Thanks!

You are soooo right on about teachers. I went to 13 different schools from 1st thru 12th grades (military brat) and you know what---I remember every single one of my teachers, their names, their faces, the way they treated me and what they taught me. I was privileged in that the Dept. of Defense seemed to hire the best teachers for their schools.

There was the funny little English teacher that looked and acted like Truman Capote that us high schoolers tried to pick on the first day of school. It lasted one day. The rest of the semester he had us so enthralled with Literature that we were speechless. There was the Algebra teacher in junior high that took special time with every single student so that she made sure that every kid got Algebra. She made Algebra fun. Same with my Geometry teacher. Same with my art teachers. Same with my Spanish teachers. Same with my Science teachers---I mean we literally had a Blast doing dissections AND we always won the prize for best decorated class for school spirit day, woohoo!

There was the 4th grade teacher that realized I was coming into a new school and that I had never seen snow before. On break she took me personally outside and taught me how to make snowballs and throw them.

There was the 6th grade teacher that was full of the best hugs for all of us kids when we got frustrated. Gee, can you hug the students in this day and age?

All of my teachers, the good and not-so-good shaped me into who I am today. The fact that I can spell and fashion a legible sentence is a tribute to every English teacher I ever had.

What impact do teachers have on their students? Can't you tell?

So here's to the teachers who are dedicated, inspired and LOVE and respect their children---your children will NEVER forget you and will send thoughts of love your way for the rest of their/your life.
DeAnn

[Sharyn]

Hi DeAnn,

I loved your photos of your hobbies, particularly of your shawls! They look exquisite. I can appreciate all the work that went into them .

Speaking of teachers - have you seen the video I posted in the Compassion - Make A Difference thread? If not, it is worth checking out - a lovely story! Here is the link below:

http://www.energeticforum.com/personal-development/865-compassion-make-difference.html

Love, Light & Blessings,
Sharyn

[CeCee]

with Love and Gratitude

Joel says:

Thank You Joel! Soul artist - I like that
I so love nature and the inspiration it brings me that it makes perfect sense to me to work with these incredible artists and join my words with their works. I have been blessed to have found such a close and loving connection with both Pamela and Sonora that my heart just bubbles over with gratitude and joy.
Screensavers - hmmm - another wonderful idea! I have created some Powerpoint slide shows with Sonora's pics and my writings and would love to share them but not sure how to go about it through the forum. I did try to upload one picture with a writing overlay - it looks wonderful but the I got an error message.
Your thoughts about the water crystals and healing art brings so many, many thoughts and ideas to mind. I have always written thoughts of gratitude and love on my water bottles and glasses and just this morning had a thought to stick those words right on this computer screen [luckily I have them in easy peel off format] . To me there is nothing more 'healing and caring' than to pour myself a drink of water in a beautiful glass with those loving words surrounding it.
I also created a symbol I use on mail etc. with a gratitude symbol inside a heart - would love to get it made into a logo or a seal or even shaped by gold or silver into a pendant to wear. Something I think others would enjoy as well. I did talk to our local jeweller and she is investigating to see if someone can do it for me. When I sent out the recent Reiki certificates I sealed the envelopes with the symbol infused with Reiki blessings - just another wonderful universal flow of love.
Sorry, I seem to be going on and on here.
Just really wanted to say thanks and that I am looking forward to getting to know you better as well.

Love, Light, Gratitude & Joy,
Maggie

[CeCee]

Sleep? Thanks to PATHS

Wow...I go away for a little while and come back to find such bounty!

Maggie...again thank you for your beautiful words...I find that I read them aloud to myself and look forward to each new poem...but seriously girl,do you sleep?

Sonora, your photos are beautiful and I love the idea of a collaberation with Maggie to creat a book...and please do add Gabriel's music to your MySpacepage...that would be fabulpus...thank you.

DeAnn, thank you so much for sharing your art. Your photos are magnificent and I totally understand that it wasn't easy to post. I'm so glad you did. tell us more about the history project and the shawls.

Pamela, thank you for your loving words...likewise, I'm sure.

What a great thread this is!

Hi Allen,
Thank you again for your support and encouragement. As to your question about sleep I actually sleep a lot and very soundly, thanks to PATHS My writing is done very quickly - it just spills over or flows out of me, so I can't take any credit for agonizing over words etc. Once I write the poem, I never edit or change a word - it is like I need to honor exactly what comes forth. Each time I read them I see something new and different and I feel so blessed to have this wonderful opportunity to express my heart.

I visited Gabriels youtube and WOW he is amazing! I can't imagine how he can move his fingers so quickly and make it all look so easy. He is hypnotic to watch. It must be such fun to have such talent at your family gatherings, I can just envision a musical interlude around the backyard barbeque

Love, Light, Gratitude & Joy,
Maggie

[CeCee]

Oh, wow wow wow you are all so amazingly talented. I am in awe of your artwork Pamela, your photos Sonora and your words Maggie. I LOVE art of any kind. Love it! And Allen, your son's music is awesome!

My family is full of great artists. I had the talent and then went different directions with it. (Well, I'm the only one that could ever play a musical instrument, so I'll count that as a plus haha)

Sonora, what magnificent camera do you use? It is film or digi?

My daughter will be going to school for photography, graphics design and art next year. She has inherited the great family talent for art.

Please keep posting all of your creations. I am blessed to have this glimpse into your worlds

I very humbly give a link to my hobbies page
PictureTrail

You all are STARS---you shine so brightly and cast your light on others so that they can bask in the glow.
Thank you for sharing your blessed creations
DeAnn

Hi DeAnn,
I absolutely love your artwork! The shawls especially are incredible. I really love the grey one - I believe you said it was your favourite.
I'll share a funny story about my knitting ability [or lack thereof]. When I had my son many, many years ago - I had this idea to knit a scarf in our university colours of blue and gold. I thought 'wouldn't that be cute' Well, I began the process and it was coming along fine - I kept knitting, and knitting and knitting, and knitting - soon it was over 6 feet long. Then my problem arose - I did not know how to get it off the needles. Eventually I found someone to help and that scarf became the hit of the family. I had pictures of the kids with it wrapped around, and around, and around. My fondest memory was looking out the window one cold snowy day and seeing my son who had taken the scarf and wrapped it around his little sister to protect her - it was long enough that he was gently leading her down the sidewalk to home. Now days, of course, in my grown up wisdom, I would never have a scarf that long I've never knitted since.
Love,
Maggie

[S.J]

Wish I was more help re: attaching a powerpoint slideshow to this forum, Maggie! Maybe someone will come along with more technie knowledge I'd love to see the photo alteration, please can you send it to me?

[Pamela]

Whew!

Hi My Sweet Ones...

I'm just popping in for a few moments to send you all some Love! I am off for an overnight to Newport, Rhode Island and, with luck, I will be able to make some good pics!

Oh, Joel... I sent you a private message about your most delightful inspiration which has got me all-atwitter! Have I told you recently that I think you are BRILLIANT? I DO!!!

I'll be back soon, but in the meantime, I will be doing MUCH thinking our Joel's divine concept... And....I wish ALL of you Precious Beauties a Gazillion Blessings!

With Much Love and Gratitude,

Pamela