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Thoughts, ideas, memories, poetry, short stories and some very elementary sketches
Welcome to My Blog
About Me
- Jeanne
- Fairmont, West Virginia, United States
- Things I love - thunderstorms, honeysuckle, lightning bugs, lilacs, birds, oceans, good books, warm summer nights, music.
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2008 ART GOALS
1. Don't be afraid of the drawing implements.
2. Make each sketch a joy, not a chore.
3. FOR SURE - Take Cathy's Watercolor Pencil Class.
4. Keep the sketch book in view at all times. (Out of sight, out of mind.)
5. Develop an Art notebook to add information provided by other artists.
6. If a sketch doesn't look like what it is supposed to look like--Try it Again, later.
7. Seek out constructive criticism and act on it.
8. Sketch at least one object per week (which hopefully looks like it is supposed to look.)
9. Continue to write stories and poetry. Draw a sketch to go with each.
10. Finish the year with a feeling of accomplishment for a job well done.
2. Make each sketch a joy, not a chore.
3. FOR SURE - Take Cathy's Watercolor Pencil Class.
4. Keep the sketch book in view at all times. (Out of sight, out of mind.)
5. Develop an Art notebook to add information provided by other artists.
6. If a sketch doesn't look like what it is supposed to look like--Try it Again, later.
7. Seek out constructive criticism and act on it.
8. Sketch at least one object per week (which hopefully looks like it is supposed to look.)
9. Continue to write stories and poetry. Draw a sketch to go with each.
10. Finish the year with a feeling of accomplishment for a job well done.
4 comments:
These days with so much going on around the world, it can indeed, look very dark and bleek - I think your poem is fabulouos!!!! And those bright lights ... yes indeed!
I love fireflies though this year there weren't as many. Probably because of our lack of rain. This little poem is very visual for me and I think it's really good!
I love it! Reminds me of catchin' 'em when i was a wee lassie! I spend alot of time writing haikus about everything; I love little poems!
Personally, I think you could improve this by not telling us the subject of your poem. Find a different way of saying it - this is really what poetry is about, the use of words, rather than our feelings (though obviously we convey feelings with them). Have a look at poets who use metaphor - Eliot's The lovesong of J Arthur Prufrock is good - it's about a man who is in love with a woman, has been for years, but is too scared to make his feelings known. It's deeply moving and full of fear and yearning, but never once does Eliot use the word love, or fear or yearning, nor does he directly tell us what the situation is - all is conveyed indirectly and through metaphor.
I hope this is of some help to you.
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