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"I do believe in an everyday sort of magic...the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like; the eerie appropriateness of moments of synchronicity; the whispered voice, the hidden presence, when we think we're alone." Charles de Lint

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

Art Journey

"Still what I want in my life is to be dazzled...to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even float above this difficult world." Mary Oliver

I haven't had made time for art lately as I focus on the other things that are right in front of me. I know I'll get back to it...and it's comforting knowing my studio is patiently waiting for me filled with nothing but potential!

But as I continue to sort through Margie's things....I found several pieces of my art: almost every card I've made her over the last six years since she has lived in Maine. 

Each card represents what I was creating at the time....
so they tell a little story of some of my art journey.


For Margie's 90th birthday I gave her 10 days of "9" things or lists. One envelope had a list of the full names of the nine children in my family and another had 9 word snippets from my sister Angie's stash.

One envelope had the doodle watercolor leaves with phrases that included the word 9 on the back.

The watercolor flowers had 9 fun words that I wanted to use more often on the back like plethora and poignant. 

I had a lot of fun coming up with it all! 


I added the leaves and flowers to the card tree. Why not!


Then I found a few more. 

Margie appreciated handmade things...and I loved having her along for part of my art journey.


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  1. dotty seiter: now playingNovember 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM

    MaryAnn, this post is a magnificent work of art in itself!

    I love the fusion of Margie's delight in the handmade and your irrepressible desire to to have your hands making things.

    From a woman named Jacomena Maybeck: "It was irrepressible, the desire to make things. She knew well enough not to worry when it went away, it always came back, like a welcome friend."

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    1. MaryAnn ShupeNovember 21, 2024 at 8:02 AM

      Thanks Dotty! For your kind words, and yet another perfect quote. Yes...the desire to make art will ALWAYS come back.

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  2. AnonymousNovember 21, 2024 at 9:02 AM

    I can visualize her smile as she received these cards, and yours when you came across them again. Love exchanged.

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  3. LouCNovember 21, 2024 at 2:48 PM

    I love your saying and colors today. And your tree❣️. What a wonderful way to celebrate a special life. I have years of handmade Christmas cards made by my sister in law that I always save. I think I’ll make a tree and send her a picture of them to remind her how special she is.

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