Kudos to the Montreal Museum of Fine Art for allowing physicians to write prescriptions for free admission to the museum. And kudos to Mayo Clinic for its art program. From the beginning, Mayo Clinic believed that art can uplift patients and foster healing. Whether it’s Rochester, Jacksonville or Scottsdale, Mayo Clinic displays a wide range of artwork for patients. The Rochester site published a brochure for a self-guided tour of artwork. I live in Rochester and every time I’m at Mayo, I take the time to look at the artwork.
Yes, circles and competition. Visual art is a metaphoric language. Might be "Mind prepares All." And now, where is all of this taking you? Where do you live? Career, retired? I studied Pueblo Pottery in 1997 and on for about 10 years. One aspect of the Pueblo Pottery circle is the line is not completed, the opening releases the spirit. Plenty of poetry in art. I'll share some pictures of Pueblo Pottery for your enjoyment
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I just posted this to my personal FB page, @jenniferhunter !
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@healthytoday It seems this time of year the Circle that is life comes forward. Things are in hibernation or covered due to the weather and snow. In the warmth of spring and summer, things will spring forward once again in the great Circle that is. This time of year my Zentangle and my quilts tend to take on a rhythmic and circular pattern to them. As the Native Americans believe, so I believe. I have a tattoo on my left wrist that was done in 1986. It is a band with flowers and leaves, the stems twining around. However, there is not a completed Circle because as I told the artist, "there has to be space for the spirit to get out".
Ginger
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@gingerw Thank you for your insightful words. I have started working in pen and ink and I really find it calming. I call them doodles. They are much like zentangle. The rhythm is what I find calming. Also much easier to put down and pick back up. When I close my eyes I can still see what I am working on and it fades in and out. Helps bring on the sleepiness.
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@parus Indeed the doodling is very rhythmic and soothing. I find Zentangle and the repetition of lines and the swirl of pen to paper to be hypnotic and very calming. In my crochet work, the rhythm of the hook and the yarn together will almost invariably put me to sleep after about 45 minutes! As a passenger in the car, with my crochet, I'm a happy camper and asleep after a short amount of time. My husband says I never drop the hook or the yarn I just fall asleep very quietly. He knows I'm rarely so relaxed.
Ginger
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@gingerw I,m going to have to try this the weekends are boring fkr me so will get into doodling
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@jenniferhunter Beautiful painting, and beautifully written story to go with it. You are surely a person of many talents, both creative and scientific.
JK
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Lioness, I will be thinking of you today! I am a doodler! My boys used to enjoy the doodles that made while having long phone conversations. When they came home from somewhere, they would comment, "You must have been talking to (Name) today."
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Read somewhere that doodling/drawing etc. is as relaxing to the brain as meditation.
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@healthtoday I read the same thing somewhere long time ago I know tge adult coloring is for me so will doodle this weekend before the Rams-Cowboys game
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@rosemarya I don't think I have doodled in years, probably because these days when I am on the phone I don't need to be stationary. Also, it seems that although I prefer to speak on the phone, most everyone else likes to text. I think being on the phone is probably a universal time to doodle.
JK
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@Contantandwell some people say that also I have done the more complex but prefer the animals
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@jenniferhunter Hey Jennifer, I think you could have easily become a writer (or still could!). You not only have artistic skills, but literary ones as well. I so enjoyed your discussion about the portrait. You go girl! Good for you!……..Karen
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