Monday, 13 January 2025
Friday, 10 January 2025
My Artist Voice #33 January 10, 2025
+ ordered Yasmin Boland's 2024 Moonology diary + ordered Virginia Rosenberg's 2024 calendar journal - faithfully worked through both all year :) I seemed to be completely out of synch for the astrology of the year, so the moon one was easier to follow, yet I still feel disconnected from the moon cycle (because I usually only get to see the actual moon 3 or 4 times during the full cycle?)
+ volunteered to be a beta reader for Charlie O'Shields'
novel - feedback sent Feb 5
+ 22nd Anniversary of owning The Chautauqua Jan 19th (cut
out council minutes, created comic strip for each issue for entire year,
applied for Special Measures for Journalism grant & told I was ineligible, online
donation plea blitz July & Aug, "Save the
Chautauqua" Art Sale, down
to 600 copies in Aug, down from 12 pages to 8 pages in Nov, Christmas greeting insert dropped from 20 to 16 pages, became a vendor at Amy's Bakery in Delburne
+ Laura Rose's Honey Pot program completed February 23 -
erotic dance (Feb 8-Apr 24)
+ Recipes, Remedies, & Rituals Ayurveda self-paced
course - completed February 23 - personal portion size
+ signed up for Hillary Faye's Eternal Beauty program -
completed Oct 27
* Kiala Givehand's 7 Books in 7 Days course (from 2020) completed Dec
13
+ renewed
+ Wondercafe2 header artist commission payment of $170 for 4
headers (Mar 30)
+ some gravel on labyrinth path (spring)
** new rear brakes on car (April 25) new tires and tie rods
replaced on car (May 7) new battery in car (July 6)
* watched the entire Calgary Stampede rodeo and chucks on TV
(July 5-14)
++ Winner in Charlie O'Shields' World Watercolour Month draw
(mini watercolour set arrived Aug 1)
+ yard/garden - finished planting June 14 - finished harvest Oct 8 - 5 qt dandelion tea, 11 cups dandelion broth, 24 cups dandelion syrup, 9 cups lilac juice, 17 cups of lilac syrup, 13 cups rhubarb juice, picked 19 C raspberries (froze 12C), 5 C Nanking cherries from a friend & made 6 C juice, picked 15 cups cherries (5C to Mary), 18 cups juice, picked 2 doz apples - 10 cups of apple juice, 4 cups of grapes - 11 cups of juice, lots of potatoes, 5 onions, 20 small beets (roasted), 2 cups small carrots (tiny jar of freezer pickles), 22 very small cobs of corn, 3 cantaloupe, 4 honeydew, 1 watermelon, parsley - dried, beet greens - 1 pint dried, carrot tops - 1 pt dried, 8 cups mountain ash berries from Niece & neighbour - made 15 cups of juice
+ Niece here - Mar 27, May 3 (bday card), June 7 (dropped off pasta), July 16, Aug 3, Aug 20 (birthday), Aug 31 (potatoes all dug), Nov 26/Dec 3 (quick stop), Dec 21, Dec 25 (w/Sis - xmas)
+ published artist letter monthly :)
+ daily(ish) creativity: 155 mini collages / 4 watercolour play (both sides) / 9 pages watercolour play self portraits
(18 total) / 14 pages watercolour archetype faces (28 total) / mini watercolour book
/ play in 4x6 watercolour paper pad (15 pages both sides) / MOVE painting / PATH
painting / 2 MOON paintings / Buddha painting (smashbook) / BODY painting /
FLOW painting / MAP painting / Rise Above painting (smashbook) / Shine Your
Light painting (smashbook) / GROW painting / Grounded Energetic Flow 16x20
canvas / Lineage Unleashed (smashbook) / HEAL painting / Painting Happiness
mandala 13" canvas / SMILE painting / watercolour paper envelope booklet /
mini sky journal / HUG painting / 2 Painting Happiness mandalas / EXPAND
Solstice mandala / Art for Self Care cards: 5 on ipad, 5 with tombows, 5 with
Inktense / Artpreneur Affirmations journal / taped back-to-back journal /
crochet food project (2 ice cream drumsticks, 3 ice cream sandwiches, 4 fortune
cookies, 2 wrapped candies, 2 strawberry candies, 2 chocolates) / 8 covered coathangers
+ mantras/kriyas - planned to do all year, but stopped in
April/May...stopped daily yoga and qigong around the same time
+ 20 (22) jigsaw puzzles completed
When I went through my Basket of Possibilities, I found 6 items I had completed in 2024 - I didn’t pull the item from the basket and do it, but rather, realized after the fact that it had been done.
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Wednesday, 8 January 2025
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Friday, 3 January 2025
January 3, 2025 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
There is a saying
in the art/crafting world that goes something like, “shop your stash.” Basically, it means to use whatever supplies
you have on hand, rather than going out and shopping for all new supplies.
That was pretty
much the way my sister and I were raised.
No matter what we needed, for any situation (birthday gift, craft
supply, etc), we were to see what was in the house first. If we weren’t able to find what we needed,
and we absolutely could not substitute, adapt something else, or make do
without, only then would buying something be an option.
As I have been
going through Mom’s (and Gramma’s) belongings these past 5 years, it’s been
amazing how much of what I’ve needed has already been in the house - I just had
to take the time to look before I headed off to a store.
As I continue
organizing the house, I want to use more of what I find, “shopping my stash,” so
that the items can have new life breathed into them, and be enjoyed again.
Happy New Year!
Beth
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December 20, 2024 Chautauqua
Beth's Ponderings
In university I
took a course on the history of family life through the centuries. What I found interesting was that many of our
most “cherished” North American traditions originated during Queen
Santa Claus as a
jolly old man dressed in red is newer, and the result of marketing more than “tradition.” Whereas St. Nicholas, or versions thereof,
have a rich history that’s been around for centuries.
Not knowing the
story behind traditions can make people disregard them, or else cling too
tightly to them.
“The Greek word for Christ is Christós, and the first letter of Christós is Chi. In Greek, the word for “Christ” is Χριστός. Written in the Greek alphabet, Chi is essentially the same as the English letter Χ, according to YourDictionary.com. X became an abbreviation for Christ, and Christmas became Xmas.” A tradition that has been around for centuries. May you all have a very Merry Xmas Season!
Beth
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