Something simple is beautiful.
Everyday magic, a great debate, winter serenity, stunning tapestries, believe it or not embroidery, beautiful subway art...
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Happy Sunday!
I give thanks to Mother Nature for the serenity as I walk through the bush near a Billabong. The birds singing and gentle rain ripples on the water’s surface.
The shade from the gum trees and cooler air, their sweet fresh scent that’s stronger when it rains. One of my new years resolutions was to get out in nature everyday, and I’m achieving that so far!
My youngest son has been making damper recently. It's his simple recipe: self-raising flour, water, and lots of butter, and he always makes it beautifully!
It's delicious, especially with jam and butter! Here's a version you might like to make, and a gluten-free recipe.
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In this week’s issue.
Find everyday magic in a thoughtful journaling practice, the great debate of whether the fiber arts or baking is a better hobby to have, and a stunning photography collection celebrating the theme of winter serenity.
Some thoughtful suggestions on collecting colors for your artmaking, and a meditation on the life (and death) of a book.
Book covers as an intricate art form, circular woven wonders, stunning tapestries in the miniature and abstract form, believe it or not embroidery, and mushroom wall hangings.
Around the world in nine coffees, the silent book club, pixelated wonder, quirky games, and beautiful subway walls covered in art.
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The intuitive artist pays attention.
on intuition, practicing art, and a thoughtful prompt from a contributor, Alex Bertram, on everyday magic for your journaling practice.Suleika wrote an mini essay at the start on jellyfish, and this beautiful passage highlights their contradictions, which applies to so many things in life!
“So this week, I painted jellyfish, and I fell a little bit in love with them. They’re beautiful—translucent, iridescent, even bioluminescent. They seem mysterious and contradictory in that they’re so placid and seemingly peaceful, but also threatening.”
Which one is more worth your time?
swears fiber arts are a far better hobby to have than baking, and here, she makes her case. She’s very right (and warmly funny!) 😊One of her reasons was:
“Storage - you may think baking would win out in this category, but you’re wrong. I can only store baked goods in the kitchen, like the counter or freezer. Bowls, flours, all that other stuff? Also in the kitchen. I can store fiber art supplies anywhere. I have my fiber art stuff in the living room, the bathroom, the guest room, the office, the bedroom…”
Finding serenity in winter's chill.
is at it once again with her latest stunning collection of nature photography. It seems she’s incapable of taking a bad photo!My favorite in this post has to be the one titled “Found a reindeer.”
Color is everything in art.
shares her fun practices for creating and collecting color palettes. A great post full of advice, not just for painting and design!I liked her suggestions of taking photos of interesting scenes and color combinations when you’re out and saving them in a folder on your phone.
As your collection of photos grow, so does your source of inspiration!
Old books go back to their roots.
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writes about bringing life and literature full circle with the art of composting old books. Beautiful photography!I also loved this quote:
“For years, images conjured in books created magical places in my imagination and now the placement of these books has created a setting in which I can imagine.”
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