tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post4268330438222803475..comments2024-03-28T15:55:53.792+10:00Comments on down to earth: Is blogging art?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-30481559016547022542009-07-24T19:22:19.908+10:002009-07-24T19:22:19.908+10:00Thank you for the Margaret Olley catalogue link. ...Thank you for the Margaret Olley catalogue link. I enjoyed the warmth and vibrancy of her paintings and her use of light. I am not the greatest knitter in the world, but I am going to have a go at making my own cotton dishcloths, as your aticle made so much sense.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917542327482001911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-18495374794710853262009-07-22T08:59:26.833+10:002009-07-22T08:59:26.833+10:00Lovely thoughts!
I was at an artists' retreat ...Lovely thoughts!<br />I was at an artists' retreat years ago and was asked many times what my medium was. I now have the simple confidence to say-my life is my medium. I live as an artist throughout my days of homemaking. Through the little details of the day I am able to create beauty. Whether anyone else sees it, or appreciates it matters not. (Luckily, my family does!)Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03383635329315687176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-1099750563491678932007-12-24T03:20:00.000+10:002007-12-24T03:20:00.000+10:00Hi Rhonda Jean,I enjoy your blog so much, has a Tr...Hi Rhonda Jean,<BR/>I enjoy your blog so much, has a Treasure if info and teaching. Thanks for all the time and thought you put into each post. <BR/>I hope you and yours has a Merry Christmas and a Blessed new yr. <BR/>Blessins', LibLibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10854570178942602696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-6645414370952638902007-12-23T23:37:00.000+10:002007-12-23T23:37:00.000+10:00Hmm... like Bella and you, I have a fondness for p...Hmm... like Bella and you, I have a fondness for polka dots too! (Though in real life [off blog], it might be the last thing what anyone would expect of me! I am a bit of a plain Jane...)<BR/><BR/>Been asking myself if I mind that my blog is mostly done in little snippets, becoming more like one big over-sentimentally crafted greeting card of late?! But no, because it is serving it's purpose of moving happily through the dark season, I don't take it too seriously, and it can't become my life. The private one I live offline is more important. <BR/><BR/>But now that soltice has passed, and with the ringing in of the new year, the days will become longer and new happenings will begin to choose to share or not share. <BR/><BR/>For everything there is a time, a season, but then, is there time enough? Never quite enough, it seems. (Someday, I'd like to have enough to dive more into my secret fetish of polka dots! And believe me, I will!)<BR/><BR/>Which makes the time and effort you put into making your blog a useful one all the more amazing.<BR/><BR/>Time to end the rambling of words this AM!<BR/><BR/>Happy holidays to you, Rhonda Jean, and best wishes for many good things to come your way in the new year ahead.Wildsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08317552263657289647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-37585261771275763602007-12-23T16:56:00.000+10:002007-12-23T16:56:00.000+10:00I've never commented, but I do enjoy your blog, an...I've never commented, but I do enjoy your blog, and your authenticity! <BR/><BR/>Would you mind explaining what this means..."adopting ways of thinking that are not true to the reality of self."<BR/><BR/>I'm having serious issues with self image (at 27 years of age!), after having my fourth child, being shunned from a church due to different doctrinal beliefs, and trying to fit into a new church as over-weight and pimply faced. Before I reach too far into this quote, could you expound a bit?<BR/><BR/>Thanks ahead of time, <BR/><BR/>lost in the desert <BR/><BR/>(anonymous to your dear readers for now!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85878157611692926732007-12-23T13:33:00.000+10:002007-12-23T13:33:00.000+10:00I love Margaret Olley - and don't you just love th...I love Margaret Olley - and don't you just love the way she is like Berger Paint - she just keeps on keeping on. I love her living room. It is much photographed and she, herself, paints it over and over again. Those who are true artists do such wonderful things with their surroundings and - I must say - I am just so envious. One thing it proves is how important our surroundings are to us - emotionally, physically, psychologically, spiritually - and how much our surroundings say about ourselves. I feel that Margaret's place and space is an exemplar for us all. Thank you for posting about such a wonderful and talented woman.<BR/><BR/>Blessings, bliss, and may Christmas and the New Year be a fruitful season for you and yoursAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972285659958872775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-29326058415595165042007-12-23T12:58:00.000+10:002007-12-23T12:58:00.000+10:00addit, I too love polka dots!! And I love the mix-...addit, I too love polka dots!! And I love the mix-match fashion style of Margaret too<BR/>BellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-25547515542042151142007-12-23T12:56:00.000+10:002007-12-23T12:56:00.000+10:00Oh I do love Margaret Olley! I remember seeing a p...Oh I do love Margaret Olley! I remember seeing a photo of her in the newspaper and her beautifully wrinkled face showed a well-lived life and wished that we had more respect and recognition of the wisdom in those wrinkles. Instead, we seem to idolise youth, botox and cosmetic surgery. Gee, the paintings in the catalogue were absolutely beautiful.<BR/>BellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-8294870798750856192007-12-23T11:05:00.000+10:002007-12-23T11:05:00.000+10:00Hi Rhonda Jean :) A lovely post, this! I think it ...Hi Rhonda Jean :) A lovely post, this! I think it is a gift to be able to look around at our everydays and see the beauty and joy in them. Simple, true hearts loving and living and working and sharing. Love, Q<BR/><BR/>By the way - I love your new look :)Quinnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446233534591572279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-85755285209984107662007-12-23T10:31:00.000+10:002007-12-23T10:31:00.000+10:00Wholeheartedly yes, I think it is! I have a BFA a...Wholeheartedly yes, I think it is! I have a BFA and an MFA in art, and I have chosen to express myself through blogging and documentary filmmaking. (I feel that my blogging is a part of my career as a documentarian.) <BR/><BR/>Bloggers make graphic design choices (colors, typefaces, photographs), and we make many artistic and conceptual choices when we create and represent our worlds. I lay out my photos and re-do the look of each post until it's 'just so' - I'm sure I'm not the only one who does that! It's a beautiful, wonderful art.<BR/><BR/>What I like about the blogging medium more than any other, is that we can interact with our readers - no other medium has that ability in such an instantaneous way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-79683304666245598812007-12-23T10:27:00.000+10:002007-12-23T10:27:00.000+10:00Rhonda, your blog is the joy of sharing your life...Rhonda, your blog is the joy of sharing your life with those from all over the world. It is an art and it teaches those who read the blog that there is joy all around us-all we have to do is slow down, live simply, and we will find not only joy but also new friends! I hope you and your family and all your readers have a peaceful and joyful Christmas!Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03314290576757837045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-39864521613373859432007-12-23T09:42:00.000+10:002007-12-23T09:42:00.000+10:00Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your lo...Beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your look at life in its every day form.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05392565909659168486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-77063839507194422032007-12-23T08:33:00.000+10:002007-12-23T08:33:00.000+10:00I think we can all find beauty and art in our ever...I think we can all find beauty and art in our everyday lives. With modern art today as I understand it, saying something is art is good enough for it to be art..blogging is a way of expressing ourselves, our feelings, our emotions and a part of all our lives. Just beacuse we don't present it in a gallery and labbel it doesn't mean it isn't art ... good blogging really is an art :)Lishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066863074405512584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5089828552519076506.post-39093289680973617652007-12-23T08:27:00.000+10:002007-12-23T08:27:00.000+10:00Rhonda Jean, what a beautiful post!I hope that blo...Rhonda Jean, what a beautiful post!<BR/><BR/>I hope that blogging is like art in that it makes us reconsider our surroundings, to see the everyday in a new light.<BR/><BR/>I certainly appreciate finding little bits of beauty in my day and it's even better to share these bits with kindred spirits.<BR/><BR/>Even if they're on the other side of the world!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08455517419708043340noreply@blogger.com