at the same time?
Yeah. I reckon so. It’s called Divine Play. Or ‘Lila’ (which means Divine Play in Sanskrit). Or Creativity.
Ancestor Boat
Sally Swain
© original art
I travelled to
Can you be sacred and silly
When Going Down the Worry Gurgler,
Remember to Trust in the Life Force in Each of Us.
Did I tell you last week
that the longest painting title ever would be surpassed? Yes. I do believe I did. Last week’s little picture, no bigger than a handkerchief, has been quantitatively overtaken by this week’s painting.
When Going Down the Worry Gurgler, Remember to Trust in the Life Force in Each of Us
All Those
Creative Life Force
You have it.
Whether it’s a flare or a flicker;
a surge or a trickle;
an ebb or a flow,
you have Creative Life Force.
We all do.
Here’s a little picture, no bigger than a handkerchief, with an absurdly long title.
Title to be revealed…read on…
Sally Swain © original art
Want to know the title? Get ready. Grab yourself
Art and Soulstice
To share or not to share my shadow side?
To show or not to show
the art that is darker, grizzlier, more sombre?
It’s a true dilemma that niggles at my artist (and social media) self.
I trace the dilemma back at least 28 years, to the success of my first book, ‘Great Housewives of Art’.
Great Housewives of Art
cover of very first edition
Grafton HarperCollins
1988.
Sorry about slightly crooked photo. I have a slightly crooked relationship with this creation.
This book blessed and
Seeing the Sound of a Storm
Do you ever see sounds?
Sound of a Storm
Sally Swain © original art
excerpt
Sunday morning.
Time to meditate.
Wild wild wind and squally rain.
Listen listen.
Am I scared?
Should I be?
Love + love + love = joy of creativity
I love a cup.
I love a place.
I love making art.
Put three passions together and voila!
Teacup at Killcare
Yellow is the Colour of Hope
The Not-Very-Big Reveal.
Remember the Secret Art of Hope?
Shhh.
Yellow is the Colour of Hope
Sally Swain © original art
Breakthrough Art Festival exhibition was a huge success, raising over $25,000 for NSW Cancer Council.
I held
What was Lost has been Found
Read all about it below
and let’s complete our celebration of One Year of Blogging in the month-of-May
But first…
Can you be lost and found at the same time?
Sure.
Here’s my paintage (painting + collage)
Lost and Found in the Forest.
Lost and Found in the Forest
Sally Swain © original art
And here’s the story behind the picture.
Are you a Bird Nerd?
BirdWoman O’Clock
Sally Swain © original art
Let’s look at Bird O’Clock Two
and continue to Celebrate Creative Community
as we mark One-Year-of-Blogging in the Month-of-May
Are you a Bird Nerd?
Am I?
Could
Bringing Creativity to Everything. Even the Sticky Stuff.
Especially the Sticky Stuff.
Is it wise to incorporate a copyright statement on your blog?
I was badly bitten during the success of my first book, ‘Great Housewives of Art’. Oh. I will have to share a couple of the images so you know what I’m talking about. How about three then?
Mrs Renoir cleans the oven
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Mrs Gauguin has a tupperware party
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Mrs Picasson dusts the mantelpiece
from ‘Great Housewives of Art’
(HarperCollins, Viking Penguin, Doubleday)
Rather large success led to rather large rip-offs. But even thinking about this topic makes my stomach squirm with grey nausea.
Breathe, Sally, breathe.
I would love to live in a
Art and Soul Space 