"Frontier" ArtFull Moment Message by Emmie Derise July 27, 2011

About this Week's ArtFull Moment: "Frontier!"

The trail we leave for the ones who come after us will be faint if we travel it only once. But if we return again and again, the way will be clearer for others. The view in this week's Moment is of the northern end of my beloved Gisela Valley, toward an area called Hell's Gate. For now, this is as close as I can go. -- Emmie
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ArtFull Moment Message for July 20, 2011 "Hooray"

Good morning! Here is the link to this week's Moment:

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July 13,2011 ArtFull Moment Message: "Necessity"

If it's Wednesday, there must be an ArtFull Moment happening !  To see the entire Message, follow this link

Wednesday, July6,2011 ArtFull Moment Message: "Breath"

 Friends, here is this link to the ArtFull Moment Message this week. Enjoy!   Emmie
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"Potential" ArtFull Moment Message June 8, 2011

Wax and wane, Ebb and flow. Potential changes, too, you know."

About this Week's ArtFull Moment:  "Potential"

What a waste it is to mourn lost opportunity, or to waste one minute of wonder about whether we have achieved all we could. What if Potential itself is mutable? If we see that our Potential changes over time, and that all we can do is the best we can do for today...well, THUD! That was one big bag of baggage that just hit the floor, huh.

This sunset rose will bloom tomorrow. That is its potential.

Hello? Anybody out there? Have a great week!

Emmie

From Virginia in Washington:
Hi Emmie, Wow what a message! I agree, we have to let stuff go and enjoy the moment. How did you capture that beautiful rose with the sliver of a moon? Fabulous!Virginia

 

Thanks, Virginia.  I was lucky there was just enough light left to catch this shot, puny moon and all.

I am so glad you like this idea.  Somehow, we believe that we have only one Potential, that it's given to us when we are young and we spend life trying to live up to it.  Must be part of that Puritan ethic so imbued in our culture.  I think we have many potent potentials, every day a new one.  The potential for this evening rose is to bloom the next day. But we are not the rose.  We are the gardeners.  The current potential is the only one that matters, because it's the only one we can do anything about. Wish I could have found a highly succinct way to say that.  Might come to me for a future Moment. Have a great week ! Emmie

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 ArtFull Moment Message "Play"

This week's Moment brings you wild & crazy color, courtesy of a Red Bird of Paradise plant, also called the Peacock Flower. Nothing shy about this caesalpinia pulcherrima. I hope you took some time to recreate yourself during Memorial Weekend.   Many of us are working harder & longer than ever.  It's easy to postpone play, whether it's the vigorous kind, or the relaxing kind.   I am guilty of that.  However, if I can dazzle you for a Moment, that's fun for me.  How did I do this week?  Emmie

"Voice" ArtFull Moment for the week of May 25, 2011

Hi again.  It has been a while since I have posted in here.  I  think I have figured out a way to include this blog on the web site for Estrella Fine Art and ArtFull Moments.  Maybe this will help to create some conversations.

Meanwhile, I keep on creating ArtFull Moments Messages, GIVING them away in the Wednesday emails, and more people than ever are accepting. I guess that is some sort of progress. My Facebook ads have brought many new subscribers, and I am grateful for that.

I have noticed the web is INUNDATED with preachy advice givers. That inspired this week's Moment. I never presume to dispense Wisdom...Words words words. I'd rather connect you to your own wisdom, say just enough for you to take it the rest of the way. Maybe take you someplace new via the photo, where you can reach a new vision for yourself. This could be an odd idea. Odd or not, it seems worth doing.

Another odd thing: No one has bought anything from the brand new Online Gallery, as of yet. Maybe the new subscribers did not scroll down to the bottom of their welcome emails to notice their 20% off coupon. No one has replied yet to the little survey on the web site, where I ask questions about how you like what I've done, and what can I do better. Is anybody OUT THERE? If an artist screams in a forest, but there's nobody to hear her, does she make a sound? Where does her voice go? Emmie