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Intensely In the Moment

"Intensely in the Moment" - acrylic on gallery wrapped canvas, 16 x 20 x 1.5.  Ready to hang (Sides are painted; no need to frame - hanging wire is attached).  Available here and at Artfinder.


While we must hold onto our memories because they serve as guide maps to our futures, a truly meaningful life is lived intensely in the moment.
-David Stoner, The Dream


It is one of those weeks where I feel porous.  

Like all the things outside are felt deeply on the inside.  

Could it be the full moon?  Fall? The swirling, whirling world of all the things going on out there?  It seems synchronistic timing to discover this book of stories by David Stoner.  Each one leaves me deeply moved, reaching for the box of tissues and also grateful for the beauty of words expertly wielded and stories of vulnerability and pain gently told.
And, of course, it was week two of the Expressive Portraits course with Pauline Agnew, so feelings and paint became fodder for faces.  In this particular piece, don't adjust your glasses or your computer settings - it is intentionally blurred.  The requisite 80 million layers of paint, with several of the wet layers pulled left to right, up and down with a squeegee and a rubber wedge to draaaaaaaaaag the image into a slightly blurred perspective.   Which has kind of been my perspective all week!  So life imitating art imitating life.  Whoa!
Another exciting auction weekend coming up with Artistic Souls Gallery!  October 4-5.  Here's a sneak peek at some of my offerings. 
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The Voice That Speaks Inside

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Notorious

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Anything Can Be

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I'd Rather Play

8 Comments
Dotty Seiter - 5 years ago
holy crow, that curtain of hair, the bravery of draaaaaaaging, your porosity!

and a book recommendation to boot.

holy crow.
jen - 5 years ago
Dotty! "Holy Crow" - can I steal that? Love it big time.

Thank you...Pauline makes me feel braver than my usual measure. And the book - oh oh oh. So much weight, gently offered. Beautiful.
Carol Edan - 5 years ago
"a truly meaningful life is lived intensely in the moment." something to remember every day and every hour! Absolutely love squeegees credit cards hands on to move paint! Downloaded kindle sample, love short stories!
jen - 5 years ago
Carol! That's the ticket, isn't it? Remembering every day and every hour.

Squeegees and credit cards are the bomb-diggity!
Carol Edan - 5 years ago
My most favorite tool is a silicon 1.5" prinston spreader!
jen - 5 years ago
I will have to look for one of those, Carol!
David W Stoner - 5 years ago
Oh Jen, what a beautiful, moving, intense painting. "Like all the things outside are felt deeply on the inside." One of your many gifts is your skill at capturing and expressing these things that are felt so deeply on the inside. What a beautiful gift. Thank you. 🙏💕
jen - 5 years ago
David!!! Thank you, sweet human. Coming from a writer such as yourself, I am quite overwhelmed with gratitude! Thank you for inspiring this painting and so many new trains of thought with your book. I feel a kindredness to your words and cannot help but be influenced by them. xo

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