Wishing all a most wonderful and unapologetic 2018!!

There is nothing more beautiful 

than seeing a person being themselves. 

Imagine going through your day 

being unapologetically you.

Steve Maraboli

and see my art blog, virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com, to learn about 

#Oneword365.com, the brainchild of Alece Ronzino, and something

I'm going to try in 2018.

What would your one word be as you head into 2018??

namaste 

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May this dress remind us to forget our perfect offering and let the light in!

'eggshell bustier ...' the full story of this sculpture is posted today on my art blog, it is long but interesting :)

"Forget your perfect offering

There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in."

Anthem ~ Leonard Cohen

Below is a link to the sermons from my church, the UUAC, First Parish of Sherborn, and if you click on this link:
http://uuac.org/worship/sermons-2013/
then click on

Dec 22

That’s How The Light Gets In by Dr. Stephanie May & Rev. Robin Bartlett

to hear a beautiful sermon about this time of year, redemption, forgiveness and faith.

and here is the link to the story of the above dress...
http://virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-bustier-is-leaving-building-story.html

Lyrics

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

We asked for signs
the signs were sent:
the birth betrayed
the marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
of every government --
signs for all to see.

I can't run no more
with that lawless crowd
while the killers in high places
say their prayers out loud.
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
a thundercloud
and they're going to hear from me.

Ring the bells that still can ring ...

You can add up the parts
but you won't have the sum
You can strike up the march,
there is no drum
Every heart, every heart
to love will come
but like a refugee.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.
That's how the light gets in.

#thisismyreligion
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may this dress be a reminder that each day is a new beginning, a fresh start ...

" Write it on your heart

that every day is the best day in the year.

He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day

who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.

You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.

Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;

begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit

to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,

with its hopes and invitations,

to waste a moment on the yesterdays."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today's featured dress is an 8 ft tall dress made of eggshells, created for the installation, this comes from within, that I constructed in the gallery at Medicine Wheel Productions, in 2009. 

Here is a link to a piece written by a wonderful author Tariq Zayid, describing the experience of the installation.

http://virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com/2009/10/tomorrow-this-comes-from-within-comes.html

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Today, let's celebrate my dad's birthday

happy birthday daddy!!! XXX

and for my dad's gift I wrote him a story of a childhood memory.

I posted the story on my art blog. 

if you want, click on the link below and have a read.

peace

virginiafitzart creates: A story for the birthday boy ...:

'the day it snowed and snowed and snowed ...'

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today, remember the importance of the beginner's mind . . .

'always beginning . . . ' © v.fitzgerald2015

and if what Jessica Hische says is true:

“The work you do while you procrastinate is probably

 the work you should be doing for the rest of your life.” Jessica Hische

then check out my art blog to see what i'm destine to do for the rest of my life :)

peace

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May this post bring you joy, love and thanks #fromthelandofdragons

As my way to THANK everyone who has been so responsive and encouraging about my most recent obsession, my #fromthelandofdragons series, I wish to offer 4 of the top favorite images, matted and frame ready for a holiday special price of $48 (including shipping). Click HERE to go to web site: Link

link to webpage: http://gallery55.homestead.com/Virginia-Holiday-Sales.html?_=1418848398222

I will be running this offer through the end of the year, however for those who

may want to gift one of these print I will be send your orders out on Saturday/priority mail. 

More details and information is on the web page.

Any questions either leave a comment below or email me:

va.fitzgerald (at) comcast.net

click here to see an album of most of the photographs from this series on flickr

there is a bit of a longer tale about this offer :) for those who are interested

just click here to go to my art blog!!

Happy Hanukkah, Blessed Winter Solstice or Shabe Yalda, Happy Celebration of Lights & Sinterklaas/ St. Nicholas' Day, Happy Newtonmas, Merry Christmas & Happy Boxing Day, Happy Kwanzaa,  Bodhi Day, Pancha Ganapati & Happy Festivus, Joyous Chalica and peace and love to all during this month of celebrations and good cheer!!! 

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may this dress bring us insight . . .

'do they know its christmas . . . ' (2008) 

 “I've learned that you can tell a lot 

about a person 

by the way (s)he handles these three things:

a rainy day, 

lost luggage, 

and 

tangled Christmas tree lights.”

Maya Angelou

to read more about this sculpture, click HERE 

to go to the blog post about its genesis.

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may this dress help us to let go and trust the process!

dress made while waiting for car salesman to help me . . . .
they seem to love to make you wait at car dealerships!?!?

Allow

There is no controlling life.

Try corralling a lightning bolt,

containing a tornado. Dam a

stream and it will create a new

channel. Resist, and the tide

will sweep you off your feet.

Allow, and grace will carry

you to higher ground. The only

safety lies in letting it all in –

the wild and the weak; fear,

fantasies, failures and success.

When loss rips off the doors of

the heart, or sadness veils your

vision with despair, practice

becomes simply bearing the truth.

In the choice to let go of your

known way of being, the whole

world is revealed to your new eyes.

Danna Faulds

"Poems from the Heart of Yoga: Go In and In"

as many of you may know, my beloved van died at the end of April which propelled me on a soul-searching journey.  It took me seven weeks to find a new 'peace mobile' and during that time I learned a lot about myself and trusting the process.  

Below is a small photo essay of 'odyssey to replace my Odyssey', 
and for those who are interested, I will be writing a longer and more detailed version on my art blog.  But suffice it to say, this was a major lesson for me in trusting the process, trusting the universe, believing that everything is unfolding as it should!!! and to just let go and trust 

(but oh boy, this is a hard one for me, hence why I choose this poem) 

peace and happy Sunday!! 

the Odyssey could go no more on her own :(

pulled out the trusty bike and rediscovered
how much I LOVE riding my bike, but it wasn't too
helpful when i needed to do carpool duty :(

and so it began . . . .

After weeks of searching, hours of test driving 

and many fruitless negotiations,

with the help of Nathan at Wellesley Toyota 

I found my car!!

me and a very patient man.

my new baby, Cypress Pearl,  parked in my drive :)

the first bumper sticker is already on, and
I think the sentiment,
 Let it be, is totally apropos !!

Let it Be!!!

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may this dress celebrate our strength and resilience!!

'carbon footprint dress* -  fountain street fine art'
2011

Adversity is like a strong wind.  

It tears away from us all 

but the things that cannot be torn, 

so that we see ourselves as we really are.  

~Arthur Golden,

Memoirs of a Geisha

*This dress is part of my carbon footprint series, created during my two person show with the lovely and talented Lisa Barthelson @ Fountain Street Fine Art in 2011.  

The 'carbon footprint' dress is created during a certain set time at a certain place.  

The dress is formed by the footprints of the people who walk on the 'dress', which is formed on a heavy artist paper which is attached to the floor, on which I form a stencil made of tape.  

The tape is then removed once the allotted time is over exposing the clean paper and the remaining detritus from the bottoms of people's shoe is a dress shape.  

To learn more about this process and series click here to read more on my art blog - www.virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com

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may this dress bring you peace . . .

'hot rock' dress, dover, ma
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 http://virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com/2013/07/when-despair-for-world-grows-in-me.html

The Peace of Wild Things

BY WENDELL BERRY

When despair for the world grows in me

and I wake in the night at the least sound

in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,

I go and lie down where the wood drake

rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things

who do not tax their lives with forethought

of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars

waiting with their light. For a time

I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

peace

may this dress bring you clarity . . .

Live your life from your heart. 

Share from your heart. 

And your story will touch 

and heal people's souls.

Melody Beattie

(& if you are curious on my 'art blog' is the story behind today's daily dress inspiration.)

www.virginiafitzgerald.blogspot.com

peace