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		<title>CAA Art Sale</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:17:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey Everyone!
Its been a crazy long time since I posted here. I have lots of good things in the works, and perhaps a new website/blog in the new year. But for now I have been crazy busy getting ready for the Calgary Arts Academy yearly sale. I wanted to share some of the things I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shards of forest</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2011/03/shards-of-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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hmm. seeing these on the big screen makes me think I really need to get a better camera. Sorry for the photo quality. I hope you can just squint and hope to imagine what they really look like.
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		<title>whats an artist anyways?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
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been thinking about Brian&#8217;s post today.
been thinking maybe its not so cool to make stuff, unless I know what for.
been thinking maybe I need to think about stuff. Like, stop worrying about how to finish/package/sell more stuff, but instead to dwell in the realm of ideas, inspiration, education and service.
ideas that make visions, that make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:14:51 +0000</pubDate>
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I never knew how much having my own business would be a self exploration. It is always in flux, adjusting to my life, what is going on with our family and as I learn and grow.
I have been doing a re-evaluation of my objectives since we decided to move. Moving to a smaller place has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>moon painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This lovely painting was recently completed by one of my students &#8211; Fiona Purton.
It was started in a class before Christmas and she came over separately to finish it up. We started the project by taking an outdoor walk at night. The students chose one scene or natural place that evoked an emotional response. Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday&#8217;s quote. Time to own up.</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/mondays-quote-time-to-own-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Strive with thy power to paint thy likeness on the pages of the hearts with such beauty as to brighten the minds.  That beauty is the splendor of the Merciful and the glad-tidings of thy Lord, the Clement, whereby the faces shine with an eternal light in the course of ages and centuries.&#8221;
-Abdu&#8217;l-Baha
Just to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>from the studio &#8211; &#8220;Almost Winter&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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I guess I am really inspired by the seasons. I have been painting these tree paintings, and autumn just seeps in somehow. I&#8217;m not complaining though.
I chose to incorporate a line-drawing from my comic-book influence. Its looks autobiographical, but I hope its also somewhat universal. I actually really love what this little drawing has brought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday&#8217;s quote &#8211; Gauguin</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/mondays-quote-gauguin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Painting is the most beautiful of all arts. In it, all sensations are condensed; contemplating it, everyone can create a story at the will of his imagination and.. with a single glance.. have his soul invaded by the most profound recollections; no effort of memory, everything is summed up in one instant. A complete art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thursday &#8211; from the studio &#8211; &#8220;House in the Forest&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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I finally have another painting to post. In the past week I&#8217;ve started another painting frenzy.
This one is called &#8220;House in the Forest.&#8221; (yeah, I&#8217;m not so original with titles.) Watercolour on paper, 20cm x 30cm.
I started the whole tree thing while out on the coast. If you remember the paintings I did last winter, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday&#8217;s quote &#8211; Picasso</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of a bird?&#8221;
Pablo Picasso
Sometimes I do need to get out my head. Granted, I do think that you need to THINK about art, and about what you do, but we train our brains to think in only one way, I think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Adult Art Classes</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/my-adult-art-classes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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I wanted to share a little of what has been going on here on Thursday evenings.
Our little class has been going for six weeks now, and it has been a wonderful experience for me. I have been spending time, getting the space set for a class, tweeking here and there, adding lights, canvases, materials, easles. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Riverview artists group</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/riverview-artists-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
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I am so excited to introduce this group to you. I want to introduce it, though I may be almost as new to it as you are. But hey, we can learn together right? (oh, and above: that is a pic of some sea shells on the window sill, yearning for summer&#8230;.)
I want to showcase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the Ancient Mystery</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/the-ancient-mystery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead.. his eyes are closed.&#8221;
Albert Einstein
 The mysterious. How I love this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>charcoal</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/10/charcoal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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truth be told, I haven&#8217;t done much painting recently. I go through little spurts of art madness, and then I clean my house. for a few weeks. Right now, Im cleaning.
But that doesnt mean we are not making art.
We did charcoal drawing with the neighborhood kids today. Charcoal is fun. Messy, but the mess can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>art gallery trip with kids</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/art-gallery-trip-with-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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So. You want to go see some art at an art gallery in Calgary &#8211; and you&#8217;ve got two kids in tow&#8230; where can you go?
Said question is one I pose daily.
This weekend we were able to find a little solution.
I have always thought the &#8220;Eau Claire market circuit&#8221; in an under utilized aspect of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>expressive gestures</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/expressive-gestures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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&#8220;Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence. &#8220;
- Henri Matisse
I sometimes like to think about the difference between drawing and painting. I am not sure that there is one, but at times I am convinced that I dont want to &#8220;draw&#8221; with paint &#8211; but I want to &#8220;paint&#8221; with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>being an artist&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/being-an-artist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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there are days, like today, that I cant believe how lucky I am to be doing what I do. I mean for a job. Somehow, the universe has created a little micro-planet on which I can paint, be with my babes, teach art to amazing people, design projects, and just live my dream&#8230;(and receive an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>nature mom</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/nature-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
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so I finally birthed this one.
It took me all week. Thats what that last post was all about. I repainted it twice. I bet you didn&#8217;t think you could do that with watercolor did you? Well, neither did I. But I am glad I did, because I am really like the aged, warm affect it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>wish lists</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/wish-lists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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a big pile of soft wool to sew all our winter clothes. in the above colors of course. Im dreaming of raw edges, simple lines, soft fabric and lots of layers. no hemming, or surging, just straight lines. we&#8217;ll all match.
wishing for world peace.
(If you dont put that near the top of your wish list, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>lots to learn</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/lots-to-learn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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theres this zing, when I am paitning, and its going so well, and it happens so fast, and it feels so great to just get the paint on, and every stroke just&#8230;uh&#8230;
every stroke just feels so&#8230; uh&#8230;
AAAAHHH, no!!! I dodnt meant to put that there!
no!! erase, erase, earse, EERASSE!!!
OK, its OK, I can just get [...]]]></description>
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		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/419/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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inspired by the prairie sky.
cleaned my kitchen floor with my baby.
read a little.
listened to music
sorted winter clothes
making chicken curry for dinner
looking forward to seeing my sister and brother-in-law tonight
getting ready to pick up M from school.
&#8217;s been quiet, and oh so sweet these couple hours&#8230;
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		<title>design again</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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I did a little designing this weekend. I forgot how to do it its been so long! Turns out &#8211; I needed a brush in my hand. I was drawing and sketching, but feeling so stunted until I put a huge piece of paper on the board and just got wet paint and swished my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>spotless glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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This one says &#8220;The glassware was spotless.&#8221;
I got the idea for a wall &#8211; hanging hero from &#8220;The secret History of the Authority &#8211; Hawksmoor&#8221;. He sits on walls too. The clean glass ware refers to the text I posted on a previous painting.
Again. So much fun. Loving this green color.
We are off to print [...]]]></description>
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		<title>more time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Here is another one for the Comic show. These are so fun. I started only doing three, but I think I will do more. Aside from the fact that I wish I was going to a life drawing class&#8230; I love the immediacy of these and the themes&#8230; This one says &#8220;I wish I had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>out late</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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This little painting was so fun to do. I am so pleased with it (can I say that about my own work?- Um, I just did&#8230;) Every time I do comic stuff I wish I was going to a life drawing class. I LOVE life drawing. Maybe in the next few months I can make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>portrait &#8211; Me and the hubby</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I painted this portrait in the last couple days. Its a self and husband portrait, which should be easy to do. I know you are all thinking I am making it easy on myself by painting my family, but I gotta start somewhere! Well, this one was hard to get myself to look like me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>first class!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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Now here is Em&#8217;s. I liked painting this a lot. I was thinking about how I have been avoiding this watercolory-washy look, because for me its easy. Its what happens when I paint with watercolor. Its fast, bright and immediate. And its kind of a one-trick pony after a while. So I have been avoiding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>portrait  Marcel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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so here is my first attempt at a portrait. I am doing these from photos, which is a little different for me. Actally its something I did a lot of in the past, and I sort of got bored of. I mean, if you develop your &#8220;copying&#8221; skills to a certain level, you get to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>third times a charm</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/09/third-times-a-charm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
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I just completed the second attempt to paint a portrait of my sister and brother at their annual Jane Austin holiday in Bath. I am so disappointed with both. Its so strange. I am happy with most of the painting except the faces. And in both of them its like I did the same thing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title></title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Wow. I wish I had something creative and inspiring to write everyday!! Im trying!
My art classes start this week. I am so looking forward to them. You can still register. I am spending time getting ready, getting supplies and such. I am dropping paintings at the library show. And well, its going to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>good friends</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/08/good-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
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And here, my sweets. Another painting. This one is a watercolour. Its big. It was so fun to paint, and has inspired me so much. (Even though I was so sad when I thought the final glaze wrecked it &#8211; another lesson learned). Anyways, this is painted for the library art fundraiser. And is my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>comic &#8211; finally!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/08/comic-finally/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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Here is another painting I just finished. It is going in a little art show at a comic shop in Edmonton &#8211; called &#8220;Happy Harbour&#8221;. Its depiction of the superhero mom, at a early point in her superhero career. She is dealing with her ability to actually get stuff done. The text from it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>new cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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We went to edmonton this weekend and enjoyed ourselves. I loved the downtown farmer&#8217;s market on Saturday. It made me wish we had something like it here in Calgary. I had a little money to spend, and was trying to figure out what to buy. It made me think. My practical self says I should [...]]]></description>
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		<title>another painting &#8211; heavenly forest</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/08/another-painting-heavenly-forest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided from this point on, to ignore the cheese-o-meter. I mean, so far, it hasn&#8217;t served me very well any ways. If I want butterflies, pretty birds and flowers &#8211; I shall have them, and no more criticism&#8230;
Good. That said, this painting is really fun. I thought it was totally destroyed, many,many times, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>studio space</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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I was inspired to take this photo of my newest studio space. For me, this has been a very productive set-up. I mean, it used to be a little challenge to negotiate play time and art time. Now we all play together. I can replace the head, pull apart pieces and continue a conversation about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>scroll three</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
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I am pumping these things out. I am so inspired. Its so nice to have a little project. I found moving the play room into my studio was actually the best thing for productivity. Its amazing how much painting I can get done in between fitting the lego guys head on, and attaching the trailer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Im at it again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
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and then I did another one. This one has a nostalgic, ethereal feeling to it. It reminds me of the beach, the mist and Tofino.
Can you tell I am missing it already? Its rained almost the entire time we&#8217;ve been back, not to mention its been crazy busy trying to get this business started. Its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>sacred scrolls</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 22:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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I want to do a lot more of these. I did this one in the week we have been back. I was so inspired while away, I had to make it in a baby-grabbing, dangerous-ink-balancing and scary-needle-dropping frenzy. But I am so glad I did.
I had this idea before I left, and had made one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>big news</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/08/big-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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I am so excited to announce that my website for my school is up. Thats what I have been working on the past few days. I also have to mention that I am scared, and nervous and totally overwhelmed at the thought of it&#8230;but I am aware that this is the time to take the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the art of it</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/07/the-art-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here in Tofino I feel intimidated by the art of it. Its a complex feeling, but so intense its hard to ignore.
I wonder how others feel when presented with profound natural beauty. Awestruck? Mystified? Emotional? I feel all these things, as well as a surging impulse to take it in, to process it and to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>portfolio of dreams</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/06/portfolio-of-dreams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
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You may have read that I am designing an art curriculum. Its an organic process, that will involve a lot of discovery and flexibility once I begin to use it, but for now I am at the theory stage, figuring out what to include, how to sculpt the time we have together, to get the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>to give</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/06/to-give/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
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we appreciate where we are in retrospect. I give thanks everyday, and yet its hard to see what I have while within it. From the outside, it is easier to see.
The babies are candy sweet. Loud, full of life. Spit-fire rockets. tufts of hair behind the ears. Einstien questions&#8230;&#8221;Mom? how do plants grow?&#8221; &#8220;what is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
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I find myself on yet another journey. So many souls now are looking for work, for ways to serve the world, to utilize their talents, and to support their families. I, happily, find myself among them. Right now I am OK with that, as I feel now is a time for following dreams, and finding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painting out doors</title>
		<link>http://www.lilacwindow.com/2009/05/painting-out-doors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 18:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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There are moments, out there, when I actually have a minute to paint.
It could have something to do with the welcomed arrival of another young family in the campsite next to us, whose lovely son shared trucks and hours of play with our three year old. We do our best, but I think that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Jian Ghomeshi of CBC&#8217;s Q, and a &#8220;letter of the day!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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The following letter was read as the letter of the day, the day after Jian and the Q crew visited Calgary, in the summer of 2008. I attended the live recording and got to meet Jian, who is a hero to me, for supporting the arts in Canada.
&#8220;The local people you interviewed were talking about [...]]]></description>
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