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<\/p>\nDuring this time of the year, the focus is on new beginnings, new projects, manifesting dreams, and I was thinking about what the future holds for us and future generations.<\/p>\n
Well, after reading the news this morning I decided it was time to stop and smell the roses so I turned off the computer and headed out to the studio.<\/p>\n
I pulled out a sheet of watercolor paper and began to sketch a portrait of my sister which then morphed into something completely different. I began to hear my muse whispering in my ear of ancient forests, beautiful winged beings, swirling colors of blues, russet and subtle shades of green sprinkled with lavender.<\/p>\n
What’s a woman to do? Go with the flow, of course!<\/p>\n
Below is a photo of the painting in it’s first stages.<\/p>\n
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Tree Guardian <\/strong>– Acrylic\/Watercolor Mixed Medium – 16 x 20 inches on watercolor paper<\/em><\/p>\n Merlyn in Calydon<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n “If you sit still long enough on the forest floor, the universe will approach you like a shy animal. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Breathe softly and don’t move:\u00a0 If encouraged it will nuzzle your open hand.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Open more! Open your heart … your head … your soul … all doors … all bars<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n that catch and trap and bind the wild and dreaming beast that sleeps in you.”\u00a0 – Mara Freeman<\/span> During this time of the year, the focus is on new beginnings, new projects, manifesting dreams, and I was thinking about what the future holds for us and future generations. Well, after reading the news this morning I decided it was time to stop and smell the roses so I turned off the computer and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,27],"tags":[33,413,415,411,72,412,428,814,414],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2540,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173\/revisions\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rosearizmendi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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