tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post8341692600969746150..comments2024-02-21T08:09:35.889-08:00Comments on ZenDotStudio: WashedZenDotStudiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-1156059275831538052012-06-22T21:48:23.884-07:002012-06-22T21:48:23.884-07:00Lots of indoor time to ponder rain words! Someone ...Lots of indoor time to ponder rain words! Someone recently said to me "summer never starts here til July 15th"ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-83168596131751930152012-06-21T21:50:22.539-07:002012-06-21T21:50:22.539-07:00As I do not live too far from you I also get the g...As I do not live too far from you I also get the gray cloudy days..the joke here is that we will get our summer AFTER July 4th.. I love how you have come up with such wonderful words to describe our abundance of rain... and applied all as metaphors for life.layershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10991288165260934778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-87547115310709226232012-06-20T20:04:04.668-07:002012-06-20T20:04:04.668-07:00a rainpour, I love that. and yes I could use a lit...a rainpour, I love that. and yes I could use a little dancing myself. let's do the birthday boogie, shall we? and no we refuse to wear purple (well I guess I can only speak for myself!)ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-5372168525000424022012-06-20T20:02:14.144-07:002012-06-20T20:02:14.144-07:00thanks for that! His work is beautiful and I love ...thanks for that! His work is beautiful and I love his words that hold up his work. always inspiring to find dharma art!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-2273232382759351552012-06-20T16:31:19.679-07:002012-06-20T16:31:19.679-07:00Ah. I have to send you a poem... Into each life a...Ah. I have to send you a poem... Into each life a rain must pour...<br /><br />I love that you've said in one post what took me a week of writing to articulate! If I could find a good rainpour I'd go dancing!Genjuhttp://www.108zenbooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-82018681323960356592012-06-20T10:15:46.988-07:002012-06-20T10:15:46.988-07:00http://www.guylaramee.com/index.php?/lineage/the-c...http://www.guylaramee.com/index.php?/lineage/the-cloud-of-unknowing/<br /><br />You might enjoy this artist's paintings, Guy Laramme. I was initially attacted to his book carvings (landscapes, just wonderful), but his paintings of fog and clouds, and his affinity to Friedrich are also lovely. Speaking of painting the formless and the effect it has on the beholder.<br /><br />More here: http:/StoneCutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09263638528182941648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-15785765568677300082012-06-19T22:47:41.385-07:002012-06-19T22:47:41.385-07:00interesting. one thing I've been drawn to do i...interesting. one thing I've been drawn to do in abstraction is to kind of create the feeling of rock, as in cliffs. After looking at the one you mention I have a couple more tweaks for it. thanks.<br /><br />as I work I get to see what I like. It's interesting. I like subtlety. I don't want any brush marks and I want some feeling of mystery.<br /><br />I keep thinking my pieces lack ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-56874852627258912842012-06-19T08:57:51.439-07:002012-06-19T08:57:51.439-07:00You know I love the marble-ness of the one on the ...You know I love the marble-ness of the one on the easel! The stone carver in me resonates to the implied cracks and, well, marbling.StoneCutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09263638528182941648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-60790592336992395182012-06-18T22:32:52.821-07:002012-06-18T22:32:52.821-07:00thanks, Leslie, she too of the grey coast! I hope ...thanks, Leslie, she too of the grey coast! I hope you post about your exploration of non-toxic art materials. Just got a rabbit friendly gesso recipe from SoewnEarth. I think this is exciting territory!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-70434605675770590612012-06-18T22:29:23.500-07:002012-06-18T22:29:23.500-07:00Beautiful paintings of grey, the middle between ri...Beautiful paintings of grey, the middle between right and wrong, yin and yang, the color of compromise and I like to think, compassion. <br />Rain of many names...I like that idea. Rain between wind gusts predicted.Leslie Avon Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09235003342775117469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-31289199749625342502012-06-18T21:02:09.628-07:002012-06-18T21:02:09.628-07:00Thanks Jeane!Thanks Jeane!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-14476416396260006822012-06-18T19:16:10.396-07:002012-06-18T19:16:10.396-07:00this whole post rests in such a peace filled space...this whole post rests in such a peace filled space - and the last painting is gorgeous!! all light and air and delicate lines, wonderful xoJeane Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027843717050683473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-72857513776225940432012-06-18T09:12:42.066-07:002012-06-18T09:12:42.066-07:00ah the calmness of fog, something in me finds it s...ah the calmness of fog, something in me finds it so delicious! enjoy your mystery shrouded day.zendotstudiohttp://www.zendotstudio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-67345356150653951172012-06-18T09:10:06.393-07:002012-06-18T09:10:06.393-07:00hello, always love to hear from new voices. and it...hello, always love to hear from new voices. and it is such a 2 way street. good to hear your words this morning as I've had an unexpected mini scrubbing this week. It can be so hard for us to see these things as helpful, but truly they are.zendotstudiohttp://www.zendotstudio.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-40818925098808454032012-06-18T04:03:56.523-07:002012-06-18T04:03:56.523-07:00I see fog! WonderfulI see fog! WonderfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-91193528026510413452012-06-18T01:40:16.501-07:002012-06-18T01:40:16.501-07:00Your way of writing is like gentle rain both sooth...Your way of writing is like gentle rain both soothing and refreshing, I have visited you for a little while and sense your calm, this is good for me, I have been in a situation where I've had a good scrubbing from life and can relate to the sentiment "difficulties can "wash" away things like hopes and fears and leave us with an equanimity" This rings true for me, I'm foxysuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620248626509576905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-24278615409817322182012-06-17T10:30:20.293-07:002012-06-17T10:30:20.293-07:00you are most welcome! always some teaching in what...you are most welcome! always some teaching in what goes on around us and inside us!ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-5739270216442610532012-06-17T10:28:26.463-07:002012-06-17T10:28:26.463-07:00thanks, Jann, I'm starting to feel a little le...thanks, Jann, I'm starting to feel a little less like I'm thrashing around.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-71147520908800292802012-06-17T10:01:21.273-07:002012-06-17T10:01:21.273-07:00Thank you for the link, Carole! I love your descr...Thank you for the link, Carole! I love your description of just listening and sensing the rain, as just raining, not something to label or judge. Kind of like life - life is just life-ing... It's just what it is, as you say.<br /><br />Ah yes, "washings" - have had a deluge of those haven't I :) Sometimes it does feel more like a drowning in the sea of life... I have to Mystic Meanderinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09746429719911446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-83445953966470162592012-06-17T09:39:07.339-07:002012-06-17T09:39:07.339-07:00Beautiful pieces!! I love the palette, the simplic...Beautiful pieces!! I love the palette, the simplicity, and the nuance of them!Jann Gougeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17732581136492605423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-82586803464478857692012-06-17T07:01:46.861-07:002012-06-17T07:01:46.861-07:00so we're not the only ones "waitin on a s...so we're not the only ones "waitin on a sunny day"? we do love our summers here in the northern parts of the world and look forward to them! and yet the great cycles of weather are unmoved by our longing and the damage we have done to these cycles is unremorseful in its response to our careless ways.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-30320357899051325242012-06-17T06:57:13.840-07:002012-06-17T06:57:13.840-07:00lovely to hear your fond thoughts on the monsoon s...lovely to hear your fond thoughts on the monsoon season. it expands my world to hear these. and it all makes me realize how we humans fill neutral events with the emotion of our likes and dislikes.ZenDotStudiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051368546505731081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-7266433590242647452012-06-17T03:38:04.059-07:002012-06-17T03:38:04.059-07:00RAIN,RAIN,RAIN..the whole world over. Here we have...RAIN,RAIN,RAIN..the whole world over. Here we have had a month's worth of June's average rainfall in 24 hours. My bro, in Melbourne, reports rain eclipsing years vof drought all over the state of Victoria....SO, everywhere, it seems..and they sang ...."THE BEST IS YET TO COME, AND BABY...WON@T IT BE FU-UN..?? Anyway, i enjoyed reading this "post"...IT WAS FU-UN !!!bernard hemensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610843552326869416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008721669500573823.post-2887518334949021992012-06-16T22:48:11.834-07:002012-06-16T22:48:11.834-07:00...ahhh I love this piece and the art too..Its so ......ahhh I love this piece and the art too..Its so interesting this perspective of feeling ugh about the rain. I've felt that too in New York during that wet rain/slush days. But its such a different experience here this part of India that I live in now. Monsoon is a whole season by itself, completely welcome after the scorching summer. We have a whole range of foods and entertainment come Between life's doingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15005334333404755960noreply@blogger.com