tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post5143824345176083027..comments2023-04-17T04:07:00.879-07:00Comments on Sweet Red Clover: Sweet's Year in ReviewWeird Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741606743077510556noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-10565745999596244602014-01-05T02:58:18.794-08:002014-01-05T02:58:18.794-08:00Also, when I saw your retrospective I realised tha...Also, when I saw your retrospective I realised that I must have been following your blog from about the start!? I think you and I must have started this journey together! xAmanda Colouring Inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671295817430039312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-15795964368655975162014-01-05T02:45:16.887-08:002014-01-05T02:45:16.887-08:00I hadn't thought about it like that but actual...I hadn't thought about it like that but actually yes, you're right. I think the stuff you learn with art does become quite deeply embedded. I think the fear comes from the fact that I forgot all the stuff I ever learnt from the courses I did at college/University. I don't think I would be able to recall a single thing about Psychology or Law! But art is different because you learn through doing and, more to the point I think, you learn it because you WANT to learn it! Also, I guess that a huge amount of the stuff you and I have probably both learnt about is to do with materials! I doubt we could ever forget what brand of pen we like best or how to make some kind of paint do something we want it to do on a certain type of paper! <br /><br />I also have a habit of visiting without commenting. I will try to also comment. I always want to say a lot but then don't get the time. I should just say 'hello, I visited, this is brilliant'. I'm actually writing this now as Alexander is playing happily...but now my Mum has just asked me to help her take down the tree so I'm going to have to sign off! xxxAmanda Colouring Inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13671295817430039312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-84853979361623836742014-01-01T08:47:47.031-08:002014-01-01T08:47:47.031-08:00Thanks Marilynn! I can't lie, you made me get...Thanks Marilynn! I can't lie, you made me get a little bit misty eyed...ok...A LOT misty eyed. It makes me so very HAPPY to know that I have inspired somebody, even if it's in just a small way. That is a huge part of my hope for this blog, that someone will see it and know that if I can do it they can too!<br /><br />Thank you for the Gregg love! He is blushing! :) I would LOVE to see your Gregg if you want to share him! <br /><br />Good luck with the clorganizing (cleaning + organizing...clorganizing...it's a genius word of my own invention)!!! When you are done and you've got a tidy space, you will feel so inspired to be creative that you will dig right in and make it messy again! :) (That's what happens to me EVERYTIME!) So I hope you have fun cleaning your mess and then making it a mess again! <3Weird Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741606743077510556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-20025849808139898852014-01-01T08:38:56.644-08:002014-01-01T08:38:56.644-08:00Thanks! It was fun to see how much was accomplish...Thanks! It was fun to see how much was accomplished throughout the year, wasn't it? Just for the record, you fabulous thing, your art it most definitely ART! ART with a capital A-R-T! Your work is GORGEOUS! And when I think about the fact that you did it while being pregnant, with all the hard parts about pregnancy like morning sickness and being tired from MAKING A HUMAN BEING (definitely worth it in the end...Alexander is such a cutie!), I don't know how you accomplished so much! <br /><br />I don't think you can forget the art stuff you learned. Your hand and arm might get a little out of practice, but your brain has suction cupped itself to all that good info you've gathered and, since it's something you love and makes you so happy, your brain isn't gonna let that stuff go! And just think, in just a short amount of time (before you know it), Alexander will be old enough to hold a crayon or have a go at finger painting and you will be able to share your love of art with the tiny human you love! ...I hold to the fact that you did so much art while you were pregnant that it is impossible that he will not have the art bug too when he is old enough!<br /><br />I hope you will keep blogging, even just once a month...sometimes a few times a month is all I can muster and I don't even have a tiny human to keep up with (I'm just lazy...there, I've said it...)...I like to see what you are doing (even though I am the worst at commenting...add that to the new year's resolution list: get better at commenting and not just looking!) and how you and Little Man are doing. <br /><br />I know that 2014 is going to be wonderful for all of us...I just KNOW it. Optimism is abounding in me right now (and that is so NOT like me), so it just has to be true! Big smooches for you and Alexander! <3<3<3Weird Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741606743077510556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-88926323727772936652014-01-01T07:15:28.409-08:002014-01-01T07:15:28.409-08:00I love that you took us back through your wonderfu...I love that you took us back through your wonderful growing year! I came in the same time Gregg did, I fell in love with Gregg and have been searching for my own Gregg ever since (found one I sort of started). This was an AWESOME and INSPIRING blog, thank you so much for sharing you and your growth and your art! I'm going to go straighten up my mess of supplies and quit making excuses. ♥ marilynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894452069434763692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-32867458720834843842013-12-31T17:51:43.890-08:002013-12-31T17:51:43.890-08:00Thanks! I can't take the credit for the idea....Thanks! I can't take the credit for the idea...I stole it from Lucy at attic24.blogspot.com (it's a crochet blog)...gotta borrow those strokes of genius when we can! :)<br /><br />I'm sorry you were feeling bad this month for KIOS...you were like me, we did a half-marathon! :) But it's a good thing we started KIOS, because we've found each other and get to bask in our mutual awesomeness! :D<br /><br />I haven't heard of that 30 Day Journal project! I will have to check it out for sure. I am super guilty of making it part way through and then wimping out (because of general laziness...and full time day job...but mostly laziness)...but the way I see it, it gets me to make more art than I would have if I didn't attempt the challenge!<br /><br />I know that 2014 will be a good year for both of us! I just know it! I keep thinking about my word of the year, condition, which has a lot of different meanings for me...and parts of it are health related, eating better, stopping smoking (I got a e-cig...I'm hoping it will work for me too!), making myself sleep, and just baby steps toward better health in general. I was in the hospital a couple months ago on a morphine drip for several days...and I do not want to have to go back if I can avoid it...although I have to say the morphine made me sleep like a baby, which was REALLY nice! I am sending good vibes for 2014 to be awesome and full of good health and good friends!!! <3Weird Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741606743077510556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507963275303411330.post-7939154421418642322013-12-31T15:22:46.045-08:002013-12-31T15:22:46.045-08:00Wowsers!! What a great idea to take a look back a...Wowsers!! What a great idea to take a look back at the year that way, lovie! Plus since I only started surfing here with KIOS this past month, I got to like see all the good stuff from prior. So glad you started the blog and have continued sharing your heART here. December was really hard for me to keep up each day with KIOS, but I loved that even when my energy tanked and I was stuck in bed, I could surf around and read. Decided to do the 30 Day Journal project for January as a way to keep the inspiration going maybe... have you seen that one: http://www.lisasonora.com/blog/root-30-day-journal-project/ My 2013 was just too curtailed by the chronic stuff, but I guess it was partly about learning to live in a new way. I hope 2014 brings me a more practiced way of living with it and continuing to build community in the ways I can. Sending so much love your way!!Kara Chipoletti Jones of GriefAndCreativity dot comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110578035201758404noreply@blogger.com