R U OK
in the wake of the US election?
Tender Agenda
Sally Swain © original art
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Tender Agenda
Category Archives: Art of Grieving
Lateral Grieving for
the Queen of Blobbage (pronounced in the French way).
Lateral Grieving.
Lateral Grieving
for the Queen of Blobbage
Sally Swain © original art
Who’s heard of it?
Not you. Not me before now, because
Chip off the old block
Dad and me (and she) and creativity
Do you have a muse? Many ongoing muses?
Who or what inspires your creativity?
Dad and me
My original muse was
Oh Bowie Oh
Space Odditea.
That’s what I called my 2013 exhibition at
Beyond the Ordinary Teahouse. Surprise surprise – lots of teacups.
Would you like to see the painting I called ‘Space Odditea’? It’s never before been seen by non-Sally eyes.
If not now, when?
Space Odditea
Sally Swain © original art
I thought it wasn’t
Red Girl Paves the Way
Art and Soulie Spot #3
stories from the creative path
Friends, creators, Art and Soulies, you have Sarah Gibson’s Red Girl to thank for the existence of one-on-one Creativity Coaching sessions.
The amazing Sarah came to one of my groups back in 1998. Her partner had recently died. She kept asking if I would sit with her while she painted. I wasn’t sure. I’d been running groups for several years, but was unconfident, shaky, shy and couldn’t
The Joyful Art of Grieving
Joy? Grief? Huh? How do these fit together?
Let’s look at Hiromi Tango’s work.
Nature/Nurture (Green) 2015
Hiromi Tango
neon and mixed media
This wondrous, brave artist threads together
loss, wool and plastic
to create vivid sculptural installations.
Her current Sydney exhibition, Fluorescence, encapsulates Tango’s grief for her
Art and Soul Space 