How to Paint Peace

Some things can only be said in pictures and metaphors. They are the language of the unconscious, transmitting preverbal wisdom directly into our hearts and souls.

Self Portrait

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A self-portrait at a retreat brought out the artists in all women. At first a bit hesitant, we quickly had fun and started painting a vision that we don’t often share. How do we see ourselves, not with the eye, but deep inside us?

Wordless Wednesday

Courage to Ugliness -Why you should paint an ugly picture

My first and second attempts to draw and paint were brutal, I stumbled and crushed under my own expectation, the perfection I had in mind didn’t happen. My painting was unclear and ugly. The beautiful scene I had pictured, had become a nightmare on canvas.

Wordless Wednesday

Kids around the world during the lockdown

A 14-year old girl in Sri Lanka. She is an only child and feel lonely right now, she missed dancing with her friends.

The Apocalypse

This is the apocalypse
A daffodil has poked its head up
from the dirt and opened
sunny arms to bluer skies
yet I am filled with
dark and anxious dread
as theaters close as travel ends and
grocery stores display their empty rows
where toilet paper liquid bleach
and bags of flour stood in upright ranks.

DIY Easter Table Decoration

How easy and cheap it can be to decorate an Easter table.

Just open half of the raw eggs in a carton carefully with a spoon or knife -just on top of the egg- the next time you make breakfast. Wash the empty eggshells carefully, let them dry and paint the outside in a shiny metallic color. Gold, pink, blue -whatever you prefer.

Smart Ass Tuesday

The Highest Court

A high court
rules over our lives
and is the final judge
in all quarrels, we cannot
solve otherwise.