This week, for Throwback Thursday, I publish a post from July 2016 about the memories of a much loved childhood book, The Splendour Book of Ballet, now a vintage book, by Shirley Goulden. I write about the significance of this … Read More
“Are the days of winter sunshine just as sad for you, too? When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing … Read More
The land of ice and snow inspires me “We come from the land of the ice and snow/ From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow.” ~ Led Zeppelin, Immigrant Song. “I come from the land of ice and … Read More
Playing in a sketchbook is good therapy. Have you had days when… Nothing seems to go the way you want it to? You have many projects in various stages of completion, but you don’t feel like working on them? The … Read More
As I have spent the last three weeks teaching at the high school where I worked almost my entire career, I am immersed once again in adolescent drama. I remembered a pastel painting completed in 2017, and the quotation that … Read More
This month, Jennifer is one of two guest artists at Louise’s ARTiculations. If you wish to be featured as a guest artist in a future post on this website, please contact me. Do visit previous guest artists published in 2018 here. … Read More
Challenges bring about change. This post was previously published in January, 2017. Change is needed for growth. Artists and creatives embrace challenges because without them, we remain stagnant. “If we go for the easy way, we never change.” – Marina … Read More
Guest artist AprilDesigns from Nova Scotia, Canada, has had a lifetime of learning and working as an artist. This month, she is one of two featured artists at Louise’s ARTiculations. If you wish to be featured as a guest artist … Read More
“The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.” ~Ezra Pound (For Throwback Thursday, I look to one of my early posts as a blogger published in … Read More
One year ends and another begins…with a giveaway As I close off 2018, and prepare for 2019, I am ever thankful for you, my friends from near and far, who have been loyal readers of my blog, or who have … Read More
Handmade gifts with meaning… Are you like me and treasure anything that has been handmade? Do you keep the rock your son painted when he was small? Or the jar craftily surrounded by glued sticks that chubby hands brought home … Read More
The forgotten women who unscrambled secret codes. New documents are surfacing, and researchers are interviewing the few surviving women who were instrumental in decoding enemy messages in both World Wars. The brilliant work of these dedicated women is … Read More