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Trusting the validity of your visual memory !

Trusting intuition and memory both visually and in everyday situations.

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Karen Renna - So the mood is gentler and related to your moments with the family but the technique and need to capture an experience is definitely a Kollwitz sort of form- distilling it to its essence. There is a purity to your expression.

Sally - Beth,
I find snippets of visual stimulation cropping up in my work – a college textbook cover pattern from long before I was weaving with ribbon, for example. But in my case, I am not consciously calling up a memory in order to represent it. I’ll pay more attention and see if there is more of a correlation that I am not aware of!

Beautiful series.
(I must return your book!)

chironarts - Great Works, Beth!!!

Vacations work on "kairos" time!

It felt like a week away, but it was only two days! “Kairos” time is determined not by the amount of time you spend, but by your presence and focus. Sometimes when I am painting, a lot can happen in a half an hour and it seems like a couple of hours: or I can…

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Karen Renna - The road (life’s journey) goes ever on. thank you

Time…and time again… « beth vendryes williams - [...] Artist’s statement ← Vacations work on “kairos” time! [...]

Nina - Really beautiful, Beth!!! Glad to see that journey and Art are traveling well together. Thank you for keeping me connected to All. Blessings – ng

bethvw - Marisa,
It is good to get your response to my work!
I checked out your site andI just linked to yours on my blogroll.
Talk about finding time! What are you working on this summer? Where do you identify “kairos” time in your life?

Marisa - You’re always inspiring! I’m so glad that you’re finding the time to create your artwork and travel. As always, your work has such a light and airy feeling! Beautiful.

Remembering one moment in time…

late afternoon company It is early on a beautiful rainy day, dark and enveloping, chilly , yet I am fortunate enough to be able to wrap myself in warmth! I face the blank paper and draw out from my mind a memory of yesterday, a reflection on one small moment in time. Its importance lies…

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Karen Renna - reflection on a moment,
stay in a moment
catch a moment
hold the moment
breathe through the moment
live the moment
and let it loose