The Temple

The groves were God's first temples.

~William Cullen Bryant, "A Forest Hymn"

This 8 x 10" original acrylic painting on wrapped canvas is available for $50 plus shippiing through paypal or personal check.  Please email cori-lynn@msn.com for purchase interest.

The Web

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself

like a spider in all directions

 an adhesive web of love,

and to catch in it all that comes.

~ Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

This 16' x 20" original acrylic on wrapped canvas is available for $75 plus shipping through check or paypal.  Email cori-lynn@msn.com for purchase interest.. 

More to it than Dreaming

Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.

~Anais Nin

We learn early to be dreamers.  From the time we are first asked "What do you want to be when you grow up?" we are learn to get out the giant sketchpad in our hearts and brainstorm.  What if?   It's playful, fun, imaginative.  It's creative, thinking of something different than what currently is.  It's a necessary step in the growth process.  But there's more to it than dreaming.

From dreaming, we must believe.  Not necessarily believe that our dream will come true.  Although we are told to do this all the time.  Unfortunately, life events happen.  Not all dreams do come to actualization.  Believing a dream will come true and then it not happening can set a person up for giving up on dreaming entirely.  No, the belief I'm talking about here is belief in the possibility.  For if a dream is possible (not plausible, mind you)... if a dream is possible then it is worth undertaking.

And from belief, we must focus.  Put all that imagination into action.  Begin taking steps.  Big steps or small steps.. any step is better than no step at all.  Focus and begin to create a path for yourself.  It's no surprise that words action and actuality are so similar.  Go do it! 

Set of 3 Mixed Media Inspirational Word Magnets

$15, $3 shipping

2" x 2.5"

Wooden hearts painted and adorned with thread, letter cutouts and beads.

Message me at cori-lynn@msn.com for purchase interest.

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A Little Mingling...

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

 ~William Shakespeare

Earlier this week I went to visit a friend, a knitter, who has a debilitating disease making it difficult to continue her handiwork.  She was kind enough to donate all of the yarns she is no longer able to use to my artistic efforts -- bags and bags of precious yarn.  For her, the experience was a relief and a release... more space in her home and the feeling she was donating to an artist friend who can really use it.  For me... very mixed feelings --  a bit of guilt taking such a wonderful material without giving something immediately in return and a sense of creative curiosity with these new yarns I've never used before.  And of course, just a bit of sadness being reminded that one day I, too, will have a body that begins to fail me.  I, too, will have to exhange some creative expressions for others.

This is the first piece I made from the yarns I was given, so it is extra special.  It was a new experience for me to use so many different kinds of yarn in one piece.  It felt like I was painting with yarn.  Wool, acrylic, and soft nylon ribbon - a blend of her special pieces with some I had.  Spinning the thread of ambiguous feelings into colorful brightness...

 

Large Mixed Yarn Ruffle Crochet Cowl

8" wide with an additional 3" ruffle

45" circumference around the neck

$35, $5 shipping

This cowl can be worn several different ways. Hanging low down the front, it goes just below the breast line. Or wear it high, with ruffley goodness around your neck. Big enough to wear over a coat, or nice over a turtleneck!  Email cori-lynn@msn.com for purchase interest.

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Spread Some Heart!

Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier.

~Mother Teresa

I like to infuse accessories with meaning and tiny reminders.  This one has hearts encircling the wrist - some pointed inward, others pointed outward.  It's a reminder, when worn on your dominant hand, that as you work throughout your day, to make your work be an offering of love and care  ... whether it is office filing, giving someone a plate of food, or putting your hand on someone's back.  Likewise,  the hearts that point towards the self are also a reminder to also take care of yourself.  Seek relationships that nourish your soul and refill your spirit when it is deplete.  For this in turn, allows you to give back to others.

handpainted wooden bangle size M

$20 plus $5 shipping

A total of 8 hearts encircle the bangle in colors of fire and deep violet. A nice chunky bangle with an inner diameter of 8 1/4 ", outer diameter of 10" at it's widest and height of 1 3/4".  These photos were taken prior to adding the satiny protectove coat to prevent glare.   Send me an email at cori-lynn@mns.com for purchase interest.