Good grief! We’ve been getting our fair share of snow in Eastern Ontario.
There’s more to come which would be appreciated if one liked to ski. Baaa!
I can’t change the weather – just my reaction to it.
If one has the luxury and sufficient snack food preparations, there’s always the option to curl up and nap – or read a book.
One could also give in to the soft, white fluffiness as we anticipate the Year of the Sheep.
Aww-wuh!
If you like this illustration, hop on over to another blog where we admire the resident artiste’s other work, consider Lunar New Year celebrations and I entice you into reading my novel.
Thanks for dropping by. Bundle up before you head out.
I have been introduced to some interesting and extraordinary women over the past couple of months.
Our French conversation group consists of many artistic and philanthropic women who wish to expand their French language skills. Some want to improve due to Federal Government job security (a-hem) requirements. Some wish to communicate better with in-laws, grandchildren and other relatives. I am familiar with the latter.
I enjoy our weekly gatherings – mais Mon Dieu! – one is lucky to get in a few words if the “taking turns” concept is followed. The discussions eventually detour down the road of culinary delights. à chacun son goût
This week’s session skirted around religion, mutated bible interpretations, and language politics. Thank goodness one member jumped the queue (and my turn to share) in order to change the subject, to describe an extraordinary woman named Anita Moorjani. Anita is a former cancer patient and near-death survivor. She came out of her coma with some very wise words based on simple advice.
Another inspiring survivor is Allison Woyiwada, co-author and subject of the book “Allison’s Brain“. It was her love of music that brought Allison out of her muddled world.
I can relate to what happens to people who encounter near-death experiences, and the wisdom, the lessons they share after resurfacing.
Sometimes we get bogged down in the day-to-day survival, raising a family and making ends meet over the years that we forget some of that simple advice.
Sometimes it takes one or two extraordinary individuals to make us marvel at the ability of our bodies and minds to overcome hurdles, to beat the odds and embrace a new love for life.
I think that if you are able to create new life and nurture it successfully, you’re pretty damned amazing. If you are able to create art work, things of beauty, you’re pretty awesome too.
Who is your inspiration? Qui est votre source d’inspiration ?
One may think that the egg is such a small and insignificant object to have its own day. If you step back (and search the web) you will discover the egg’s significance to many cultures as the World Egg and the Cosmic Egg (not the band) – or Orphic egg. Then there’s the significance during Easter celebrations in the Spring.
To me, an egg represents:
Creation
Sustenance
Balance
YinYegg 1998 TAJ
It is quite impressive that something so small can have such enduring meaning and a positive impact on human wellness. Even with our wonderful advances in science, there is a part of me that respects the primitive explanations for creation, the stars and the cosmos. Way back then, we had no microscopes nor telescopes; we just needed to soothe our children, our communities with some explanation for things and celestial events.
Here are more photographs of a Yin Yang egg “YinYegg” that I created in/around 1998. It was quite a feat to create a 3D model while suffering from a snotter of a cold shortly after reading about Feng Shui and its philosophies.
I like to learn about different traditions, mythologies and belief systems. I do not subscribe to any although I was born and strictly raised in one. In a nostalgic vein, I am hopeful for the Catholic Church to evolve with the times on some of its doctrines. With the new guy at the helm, walking the talk, setting a course, I think they just may do it.
Aww-wuh! 
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