may these 'hearts' bring you love, all you need is love . . .

in honor of the quiet Beatle who left this life 12 years ago (yesterday), 

but his message is more needed and appropriate than ever!!! 

George Harrison

February 25, 1943 - November 29, 2001

"With our love, 

we could save the world."

George Harrison

 

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may this dress motivate/ inspire you . . . .

“Today stretches ahead of you 

waiting to be shaped. 

You are the sculptor 

who gets to do the shaping. 

What today will be like is 

up to you.” 

― Steve Maraboli, 

Life, the Truth, and Being Free

I am needing a bit of motivation to tackle my humble abode that has been neglected during these past months . . . . maybe if I think of cleaning as 'sculpting' I might inspired/motivated ?!?! :)

wish me luck!! 

peace

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may this dress remind you of all your blessings . . . .

wishing all a blessed day of gratitude ~

'dress of plenty'  (2012)

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” —”

William Arthur Ward

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may these dresses celebrate the wonders of friendships . . . .

Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore - Cicero
“I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.”

Today was my official last day as the middle school art teacher at Dana Hall :( 

It was a day full of emotion, hugs and some tears, but all in all a lovely day. A perfect ending for a most amazing experience. And with that experience in mind, I am posting this dresscard, as I am hoping that this adventure will be everlasting: the friendships, the connections and all the experiences. 

During my stint as substitute I was blessed by being connected to Latin teacher supreme, Ms. Wellington. She was my co-hort in crime and my co-advisor for a wonderful group of 8th graders. Ms. Wellington made these past months wonderful, always patiently answering my constant stream of questions. She even brought her daughters to see my show, 'breaking open' - swoon.

She and my advisees surprised me today with a little good-bye party, complete with this awesome poster with dresses from all the girls and a dress made out of brownie cupcakes, made by one of my advisees and they were so, so good!!! As I said above, a perfect ending to an amazing experience.  And hopefully 'ending' is not the appropriate word?!?!?  there has been much talk of 'on-call' sub and one never knows. . . .

But I am aware that this experience is ending and I want to acknowledge how truly blessed I am to have this opportunity, especially at this time of serious transition in my life!! 

I am cleaning up the art room, getting it ready for the art teacher, collecting my coffee cups and clearing off her desk.  I'm not sure what is in store, but I know that i am truly grateful for these past months, being part of this very supportive community!! and hoping that these friendship are everlasting!!! 

Thank you & peace ~ 

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may this dress help you to reach for the stars!!!

“Every great dream 

begins with a dreamer. 

Always remember, 

you have within you 

the strength, 

the patience, 

and the passion 

to reach for the stars 

to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman 

 (American escaped slave, 

Civil War Soldier and Abolitionist, 1820-1913)

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may this dress remind you of the secret of life . . .

“Remember to breathe. 

It is after all, the secret of life.” 

― Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men

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may this dress bring you calm in your heart . . .

Peace. It doesn't mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your heart. - unknown

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may this dress encourage you to plunge in and DANCE!!! xxx

“The only way to make sense out of change

is to plunge into it, 

move with it, 

and join the dance.” 

~ Alan Watts

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May this dress make you STRONG!!!!!

for us all on our personal journeys 

“We either make ourselves miserable, 

or we make ourselves strong. 

The amount of work is the same.” 

― Carlos Castaneda

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May this dress help you to embrace change -

“Nothing is absolute.

Everything changes, 

everything moves, 

everything revolves, 

everything flies and goes away.”

Frida Kahlo

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may these dresses celebrate best friends!!!

(phew, got this online just under the wire . . .)

'life is an awful ugly place to not have a best friend.' Sarah Dessen

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may this dress accompany you on your journey . . .

Not until we are lost 

do we begin to 

understand ourselves.

Henry David Thoreau 

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may this dress help you to embrace chaos . . .

Chaos is rejecting 

all you have learned, 

Chaos is being yourself.

EMILE CIORAN, 

A Short History of Decay

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may this dress help you be harmonious~

Happiness is when what you think, 

what you say, and 

what you do are in harmony.

Mahatma Gandhi

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may this dress bring you a hug . . .

I will not play tug o' war. 

I'd rather play hug o' war. 

Where everyone hugs instead of tugs, 

Where everyone giggles 

and rolls on the rug, 

Where everyone kisses, 

and everyone grins, 

and everyone cuddles, 

and everyone wins.

Shel Silverstein 

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May these dresses remind you of the gift that good friends are . . .

this dressjournal page was made with the scraps
collected during a delicious day meandering
Newbury St. with Ms. Maya and a dear, dear friend

A good friend is 

a connection to life - 

a tie to the past, 

a road to the future, 

the key to sanity 

in a totally insane world.  

~Lois Wyse

I am so thankful for my amazing friends!!  

These past years would have been so much harder of a journey 

without these amazing traveling companions;

 those who are in the 'hood, 

those who are a phone call away 

and those wonderful new FB friends ~

it is remarkable the power of a simply 'like'. :)

  

Thank you all for being my key to sanity!!! 

I'm so blessed!!!

peace

may this dress bring you quiet strength, through love and nurturing ~

I am an example of what is possible

when girls from the very beginning 

of their lives 

are loved and nurtured 

by people around them. 

I was surrounded by 

extraordinary women 

in my life who taught me 

about quiet strength and dignity.

Michelle Obama

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may this dress bring you a blessing . . . .

“When we lose one blessing, 

another is often most unexpectedly 

given in its place.” 

~ C.S. Lewis

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may this dress bring peace . . . . world peace ~

. . . so that we can stop making veterans

 and we can just celebrate them!!

It isn't enough to talk about peace. 

One must believe in it. 

And it isn't enough to believe in it. 

One must work at it.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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may these dresses celebrate new beginnings . . .

What we call the beginning is often the end. 

And to make an end is to make a beginning. 

The end is where we start from.

T. S. Eliot

today 'breaking open' closes ~
an ending, yes, but a beginning too!!! peace

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may this dress be a reminder . . . .

"A good life is when 

you assume nothing, 

do more, 

need less, 

smile often, 

dream big, 

laugh a lot 

and 

realize how 

blessed you are 

for what you have." 

~Unknown

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may this dress accompany you as you go!!!

“You have brains in your head. 

You have feet in your shoes. 

You can steer yourself 

any direction you choose. 

You're on your own. 

And you know what you know. 

And YOU are the one who'll decide 

where to go...” 

 Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Today's daily dress inspiration was inspired by my 7th graders' perspective drawings. I am creating a bulletin board to to showcase these beauties and I wanted to title the board, 'Oh, the places you'll go', because each painting represents a new and exciting adventure!!!

Each student created a 'road' or pathway, working with perspective.  Once the trees and buildings were  basically correctly drawn, I have let them go wild with the watercolors.  I am getting wonderful results.  The variety is lovely - different skies, different seasons and some have varied the middle 'pathway', making it a river or railroad tracks.  

Oh' the places one can go with art supplies!! 

Happy Friday!!

peace

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may this dress help you to know your purpose . . . .

"I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, 

and we all have a different purpose… 

When you connect with that love and that compassion, 

that’s when everything unfolds.”

 – Ellen DeGeneres 

(Comedian/Personality/Philanthropist and 

a person who puts her money where her mouth is ) ~ 

Ellen DeGeneres gives $10,000 to waitress who paid soldiers' tab

(click above to view clip)

I stumbled upon this clip and was very touched.  I don't have a TV so I hadn't heard of this story.  But when I watched this short exchange I was moved.  Not only by the generosity of the waitress but by Ellen commitment to kindness.  Especially since the soldiers were concerned about their lunch bill because of our government's shutdown.  It just seems to highlight the absurdity of the situation when a woman who doesn't have much financial security helps the solders who are being penalized for working for an institution that were playing petty games with people's lives, saving and financial security.  And I ask what was gained or even learned by this tactic?!? It saddens me that egos and hubris seem to mean most in our government.

In fact I have seen this quote of Ellen's begin a sentence earlier:

“I work really hard at trying to see the big picture and not getting stuck in ego. I believe we’re all put on this planet for a purpose, and we all have a different purpose… When you connect with that love and that compassion, that’s when everything unfolds.” – Ellen DeGeneres 

I felt that for my daily dress inspiration that the ego part of the quote wasn't that important, but as it always happens, I now see that it is important.  

Thank you and peace ~ 

and don't forget this is the last weekend of 'breaking open' at Fountain Street Fine Art.  I am hosting an evening reception, tonight, to keep the gallery open later.  Please come by if you want.  

Also regular gallery hours are:

friday 11-5

saturday 11-5 (i'll be gallery sitting on 2-5)

sunday 11-5

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may this dress bring you heart . . .

The Journey 

by Mary Oliver

One day you finally knew

what you had to do, and began,

though the voices around you

kept shouting

their bad advice-

though the whole house

began to tremble

and you felt the old tug

at your ankles.

“Mend my life!”

each voice cried.

But you didn’t stop.

You knew what you had to do,

though the wind pried

with its stiff fingers

at the very foundations,

though their melancholy

was terrible.

It was already late

enough, and a wild night,

and the road full of fallen

branches and stones.

But little by little,

as you left their voices behind,

the stars began to burn

through the sheets of clouds,

and there was a new voice

which you slowly

recognized as your own,

that kept you company

as you strode deeper and deeper

into the world,

determined to do

the only thing you could do-

determined to save

the only life you could save.

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may this dress bring you moxie . . .

left in a local library's dictionary

“The question isn't who is going to let me; 

it's who is going to stop me.” 

Ayn Rand

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may this dress bring you Delicious Ambiguity!!!

my contribution to the holliston high school's interactive mural at last weekend's holliston open studios ~ can you find the dress?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Life is about not knowing, 
having to change, 

taking the moment and 
making the best of it, 

without knowing what's going 
to happen next.

Delicious Ambiguity.” 
~ Gilda Radner
Gotta love Gilda!!! xxx

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today remember how special you are!!!

“There is something you can do that

no one else can do just like you 

so love your life!” ― Joyce Meyer

make sure to come by the market and see what
some of these artisans can do that no one else can do :)

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