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Difficult Mom
My mom may be unable to stay in her apartment. This is hard for us, harder for her. Fortunately, not one of her friends, doctors, nurses, etc., disagrees with us, which helps to make the decision clear-cut. Still, is is … Continue reading
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Jai’s Death
I’ve had a pencil sketch of Jai in my moleskin for two years. I sketched it from one of the last pictures we took of him. I penciled it just after he died, and I’ve been unable to finish it. … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art journal, journal, loss, memory, painting, ritual, virtual sketching, watercolor
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Painting Savitri
I often see this face when I am just waking up… She finds ways to get up over my head and stare down… A cheery cheery face. Painting Savitri is pushing me to learn and experiment, especially when it comes … Continue reading
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Lojong: 31 Benefits of Practice
I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are less about straight Buddhist teachings, and I think able to be shared … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, journal, lojong, meditation, pen & ink, ritual, tonglen, watercolor
Tagged #egoclinging, #sevenpointsoftrainingthemind, #trainingthemind, #weepingbuddha, buddha, buddha ball, lojong, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, Seven Points, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, zazen, Zen Buddha
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3 Palms and 5 Strawberries
Such a busy week with a deadline that was moved up! Still did a bit of drawing… down time… Thankfully it is lightening up a bit! I’m thinking I am in Californian apparently… the California of my childhood! Deserted beaches, … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday!
Our babies are a year old this weekend! Hard for me to believe they were never ours… So glad we found them! We know less about Sammy’s birth, but we’ve always thought the old man was born in the sign … Continue reading
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Squirrelly Savitri
She gets into goofy moods and has her way with my Uggs. When she has had her head in my boots for awhile she looks a bit like she is on drugs… same as with my out-of-the-box wool slippers! Wool … Continue reading
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Lojong: 30 A Joyful Mind
I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are less about straight Buddhist teachings, and I think able to be shared … Continue reading
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Tagged #egoclinging, #weepingbuddha, buddha, buddha ball, lojong, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha
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Valentine’s Day Kick-Back
After the month we’ve had, when Valentine’s Day came around all we wanted to do was completely veg out and not see a single human being except each other all day! We also didn’t want to mess with our bodies … Continue reading
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Lojong: 29 Put No Mind Before Your Own
I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are less about straight Buddhist teachings, and I think able to be shared … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, journal, lojong, meditation, pen & ink, ritual, tonglen, watercolor
Tagged #egoclinging, #weepingbuddha, buddha, buddha ball, lojong, Maezumi Roshi, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha
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California Poppy
*home home home* Nothing quite says home like the flowers I used to see in spring in California! Behold the California Poppy! *i think i gave her a bit of an art nouveau feel* To hear about classes, follow me … Continue reading
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Lojong: All Dharma Agree
I’ve studied through the slogans a dozen times in my life; these are my musings on the slogan currently, not a formal interpretation. For that reason they are less about straight Buddhist teachings, and I think able to be shared … Continue reading
Posted in art, Buddha, journal, lojong, meditation, pen & ink, ritual, tonglen, watercolor
Tagged #egoclinging, #weepingbuddha, buddha, buddha ball, lojong, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha
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Shells
Middle of the night Shells; ink and watercolor. To hear about classes, follow me on Facebook or check out my new, improved dkatiepowellart.com “Memory is more indelible than ink.” Anita Loos, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. “I think not….” Me… why I … Continue reading
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Tagged #deatramentisink, #Hahnemühle, #Lamy, #MGrahamwatercolors, art journal, conch, Daniel Smith watercolors, De Atramentis Tobacco ink, Nostalgie Sketch Book Journal, ocean, Sennelier, shells, watercolor
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Pink and Orange Posies
New Nostalgie Journal… at the new moon I played with pen and a wet brush and moved the Nemosine inks around… After they dried I added watercolor to deepen. Made up flowers are posies! I try to do SOMETHING daily! … Continue reading
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Lojong: How to Live and Die
For most of you these postings will be a departure from my normal artful posts, but for some who follow zenkatwrites, they will be familiar. This is an unfinished lojong (Buddhist) journal I was in the middle of when work … Continue reading
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Tagged buddha, buddha ball, death, lojong, Neocolor II, Okina Journals, pen and ink, tonglen, watercolor, weeping buddha, Zen Buddha
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Sketchbook Project: My Prayer for our Ocean
Last night I mailed in my submission to the Sketchbook Project, the project out of Brooklyn whereby people from all over the world buy a small sketchbook, fill it, choose to have it imaged or not, and it becomes part … Continue reading
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Nostalgie Journal 10-2017
This journal started in Diwali, and continued to just after the New Year. I anticipated that it would be about light and ritual and women… There was instead a good deal of unanticipated loss. I withheld many pages from this … Continue reading
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Thai Buddha
Like my Quan Yin posted previously, recently I’ve been adorning my Thai Buddha with my gaspeite and Hill Tribe OM necklace. I’m not sure why I do this… It isn’t necklace storage. I like the play of the green on … Continue reading
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