tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2269930380325048962024-03-05T04:56:05.058-05:00BEYOND WORDSKarin Bartimole shares her life and healing through creative expression. View her art journals and personal explorations as well as tutorials in book binding and mixed media art techniques to develop your own creative healing practice.Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.comBlogger419125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-13684459853239152842013-01-16T15:25:00.000-05:002013-01-16T15:38:10.768-05:00At long last...<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It has been so long since my last post, I'm not even sure how to begin again. The past year has been a mixture of challenges, joys, and frustrations - as I suppose all years are! But for me, that meant needing a period of time away from my blog. <br /><a href="http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Beyond Words</a> was intended to be purely a place for sharing my artwork. Over time, and a deepening of my connection to all of you, I shared more and more words. More and more of my life, but still it was primarily prompted by my art, an image, a visual representation of me, or my view of the world around me. Over the past year I stopped creating. My body, my hands, my energies limited my activity to the pure essentials. I fell into a depression at the loss of my artist self as I knew here, but had to accept my limitations, and find meaning through other avenues. </span></span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">Maki is now two years old, a <a href="http://www.ehow.com/facts_5128300_yorkie-poos.html" target="_blank">Yorkie Poo</a> rescue, from <a href="http://savingpawsrescue.org/" target="_blank">Saving Paws Rescue</a>, a local no kill, all volunteer organization. This little guy is full of life and energy, and there isn't a moment I spend with him that I don't feel anything but love and joy. He's been my life line during my toughest days. Of course, now that I'm feeling that I can get back to work he's a little reluctant to give up the full attention I gave him, but he's becoming a pretty good studio mate!</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-weight: normal;">I am glad to be back, and hope to share again soon because of frequent visits to my studio! I don't know how often that will actually be, but certainly not the daily posts of my earliest years, and not merely once every 14 months either! Thank you all who have reached out during my absence - it has meant everything to me...</span></h3>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-57014534796753505732011-11-15T15:30:00.001-05:002012-02-08T11:35:36.025-05:00Latest news!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;">B</span>eing the gluttons for punishment that we are - or so it seems - another home construction project is underway. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLnfn3CzBxOSyOUIu-f9qgK1rgOuo1TtVAsYqVmS-bKxgpRg9TALF0X_kANms7qjn0ctLEqcn5IpeMWg72TgpjoH1_kS1LE939qFZ1rel51QAhAOODLwm6J4RmdMVDeVtAk4cKPuYEgE/s1600/garage+redo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLnfn3CzBxOSyOUIu-f9qgK1rgOuo1TtVAsYqVmS-bKxgpRg9TALF0X_kANms7qjn0ctLEqcn5IpeMWg72TgpjoH1_kS1LE939qFZ1rel51QAhAOODLwm6J4RmdMVDeVtAk4cKPuYEgE/s200/garage+redo1.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RcSdNCV_EVKYaHeoxE9sRUidzdkKDrW3eVf6irv1rIOYFlpRZrP7GC0Wug68xbXwt51UEmCmTLC9M6EaLd3_zYWDdTPOX3dHwCfEhgpPK8Bfsrs0AKszbwo-0kdE6x6xbrAK733xt7k/s1600/garage+redo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RcSdNCV_EVKYaHeoxE9sRUidzdkKDrW3eVf6irv1rIOYFlpRZrP7GC0Wug68xbXwt51UEmCmTLC9M6EaLd3_zYWDdTPOX3dHwCfEhgpPK8Bfsrs0AKszbwo-0kdE6x6xbrAK733xt7k/s200/garage+redo2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><i>First to come down in the demo was the roof,</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><i>then the walls. We're keeping the back wall, and just adding to it...</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RcSdNCV_EVKYaHeoxE9sRUidzdkKDrW3eVf6irv1rIOYFlpRZrP7GC0Wug68xbXwt51UEmCmTLC9M6EaLd3_zYWDdTPOX3dHwCfEhgpPK8Bfsrs0AKszbwo-0kdE6x6xbrAK733xt7k/s1600/garage+redo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And then there's the studio news.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm still not moved in, but steadily, I'm working my way there.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><blockquote class="tr_bq">I had several built in pieces (shelves, work table, etc) built and installed but all of them are raw wood, and must be sealed and protected in some way before putting things away.<br />
<blockquote>The wood needed a lot of sanding, and I have to pace myself, so it's been slow going. But I'm getting there!</blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin95kf1uTQGnGUpizkmm4FqW5Xk10irV-P_UV3Ki2Og1AeJ4HkZ02zxPX50Gl0WjChVcLTfIr_e_0nZyvcGO2JMHnzOW2K8wXayAVQs6b5NPj8wxYNDCzVy-3DQx-S3HQzVqY-LUN4AdU/s1600/prepping.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin95kf1uTQGnGUpizkmm4FqW5Xk10irV-P_UV3Ki2Og1AeJ4HkZ02zxPX50Gl0WjChVcLTfIr_e_0nZyvcGO2JMHnzOW2K8wXayAVQs6b5NPj8wxYNDCzVy-3DQx-S3HQzVqY-LUN4AdU/s200/prepping.jpg" width="150" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JdkDwRo0mlpmkP0JITtoxL92ro0w7l7sUFS_-vI_Be0qONBi3FSkiPyvvcnFhL5nVoF3V0rXTZTqMdqFL-wyHDvKiRXQG0Kpx-Y4XdJkSnV4RRq_z7oWQt_kHWTmAvCl4iDQnUsDTz0/s1600/prepping+shelves+for+paint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8JdkDwRo0mlpmkP0JITtoxL92ro0w7l7sUFS_-vI_Be0qONBi3FSkiPyvvcnFhL5nVoF3V0rXTZTqMdqFL-wyHDvKiRXQG0Kpx-Y4XdJkSnV4RRq_z7oWQt_kHWTmAvCl4iDQnUsDTz0/s200/prepping+shelves+for+paint.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq">I like to layer washes of color, just like when I paint, to get a nice depth of color, but still allow the grain of the wood to show through.</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn2yXg5ps_qyjOxy3m1OqmwfOKasVsNl0Yl1XIeN41Uo1L3-HmIvYAK9hgGD1yAaQJYUh2xsU55uhG10KS_1rlyTAFaLEJFMZSA7FmljxC4poIiGRDOzwyr0NyDwWEKR9v22AK7DhzrQ/s1600/steel+wool%252C+%2526+1+coat+to+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGn2yXg5ps_qyjOxy3m1OqmwfOKasVsNl0Yl1XIeN41Uo1L3-HmIvYAK9hgGD1yAaQJYUh2xsU55uhG10KS_1rlyTAFaLEJFMZSA7FmljxC4poIiGRDOzwyr0NyDwWEKR9v22AK7DhzrQ/s320/steel+wool%252C+%2526+1+coat+to+go.jpg" width="240" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; color: black;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IkCyG7v6benxBC7TV7f0OeboiZUa1vyi4EDp8wIwwrpssvWthlqMnf2czI82rz28H3Br9ZfSzI2TBem7Ty29ql3n4GpY2BRf4f2xw9aWy0TlWrg7miQmN4IqqcqYn8Chkvs9YwMmdJE/s1600/2+coats%252C+1+to+go.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IkCyG7v6benxBC7TV7f0OeboiZUa1vyi4EDp8wIwwrpssvWthlqMnf2czI82rz28H3Br9ZfSzI2TBem7Ty29ql3n4GpY2BRf4f2xw9aWy0TlWrg7miQmN4IqqcqYn8Chkvs9YwMmdJE/s320/2+coats%252C+1+to+go.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq">I still have to go over everything with steel wool to bring up a good sheen, and it probably needs one more coat of color, then I'm on to the big work unit. Between this, and several health challenges, I have done virtually no art to share with you, but ideas and plans are whirring.</blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">I find that I've developed a whole new relationship with time. It's been forced upon me, but there was a time I know I would have fought it and tried to make it different. That would only have led me to some kind of catastrophe, no doubt! Today I must make a choice - focus on one thing each day, do it well, and be grateful I was able to accomplish that one thing. Yesterday, it was cooking a dish for dinner later. Upon completing the food prep and cleaning up, I had to sleep for several hours. If I run an errand, or have a doctor appointment, that is what I do for that day. So a few hours working on my studio is a very good day. I will simply need a great deal of these kind of good days before I am completely finished! I do hope and pray for a shift in my strength and energy, but I am incredibly grateful for the pain free use of my hands - the trade off is worth it, because apparently it is side effects of the treatment I'm receiving that are causing the fatigue and muscle weakness...</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">If I'm not back before next Thursday, I want to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Thanksgiving. I am so grateful for all of you, the care and support I receive from you, all that I've learned from you, and the ways you've each inspired me. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Blessings and love to you all!! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Brush Script MT';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 25px;"><i>Karin</i></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com50tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-14256332923949788962011-10-15T15:05:00.001-04:002011-10-15T15:06:38.578-04:00begin again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-vN_YNsjv5VQIBRLqWnGZ_B-CdE_f1ZcbudGgjjbgFj8dU9Zrrv3BvQDSHvlHJvVVjGHSsLzmTLPb6yQ0TRLtjqjpzhSaYnTQKktw0CqFT4j_aVIO31mzvTUpYmLdXyFmYY5dvYMbjQ/s1600/Begin+Again+2+detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-vN_YNsjv5VQIBRLqWnGZ_B-CdE_f1ZcbudGgjjbgFj8dU9Zrrv3BvQDSHvlHJvVVjGHSsLzmTLPb6yQ0TRLtjqjpzhSaYnTQKktw0CqFT4j_aVIO31mzvTUpYmLdXyFmYY5dvYMbjQ/s320/Begin+Again+2+detail.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-18591560650962270582011-08-13T17:14:00.105-04:002011-08-13T17:45:21.951-04:00comings, goings, and give awaysHi all, I've been off the blogging track for a while now, and I really miss everything about the give and take of sharing here. I will try to address my absence more soon, but for today let me mention some of the more significant occurrences this summer has brought.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">My father is home, doing well and on the mend.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<div style="text-align: center;">Our old gal, sweet Zana has died -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJoPX0FKyq_9klypThmugCBKtEJ2kRfSbpkME-SgdXTZ1JysNXktCx19pp-wT-9mE55b1_puJTG06_enpOSwhYnaIz_Ms2Dhk7vQjHE_T2AUIQQC4ik5dp7Shmh81Vrs1IZ1ThcuxI6Q/s1600/zanaheart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJoPX0FKyq_9klypThmugCBKtEJ2kRfSbpkME-SgdXTZ1JysNXktCx19pp-wT-9mE55b1_puJTG06_enpOSwhYnaIz_Ms2Dhk7vQjHE_T2AUIQQC4ik5dp7Shmh81Vrs1IZ1ThcuxI6Q/s200/zanaheart.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">her absence, still palpable....</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(we just passed final inspection this week -<br />
still a few loose ends to tie up but<br />
pictures and tour to come)<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">and my <b>50</b>th birthday -<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <i>woo</i> HOO!</span></b></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 14px; padding-top: 4px; text-align: center;"><i>(glasses c/o <a href="http://www.almostheavengifts.wordpress.com/">lyle</a> and <a href="http://thewholeshebang.typepad.com/">toni</a> - thanks gals!!)</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">but <i><b>loooong</b></i> past, is when I ought to have chosen the winner of my give away.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">so <i>finally</i> -</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">without further ado,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>hat </i>please.....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFusOJw4ro4iWIbkcr85d4SO4yVJJn_L-U4N-zEa4l9oeFdH0uAZT8p6UgqktvPnhASKErtGnJKh3l94TjIsIfxBdNJx9vvg5ztbRTKgDy-zToDhEDUI-g_hZP3SJAhl14Z_bXZzGcowc/s1600/Photos+-+653.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFusOJw4ro4iWIbkcr85d4SO4yVJJn_L-U4N-zEa4l9oeFdH0uAZT8p6UgqktvPnhASKErtGnJKh3l94TjIsIfxBdNJx9vvg5ztbRTKgDy-zToDhEDUI-g_hZP3SJAhl14Z_bXZzGcowc/s320/Photos+-+653.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and the winner of the garden journal (and seeds) is</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-v1yuqKSUFrGdnSIX_v4j0mNuJcbrd0AXpE6N9NCTjzApqeWXndYoJk-iK1OOeEH64UnR9admWw5646NLkUTkfzwjFW3lWlrDhmjhlBL3ig7I2rs9FzuJs5zE5Tv_kAXiiqz0Ucva6w/s1600/garden+journal1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-v1yuqKSUFrGdnSIX_v4j0mNuJcbrd0AXpE6N9NCTjzApqeWXndYoJk-iK1OOeEH64UnR9admWw5646NLkUTkfzwjFW3lWlrDhmjhlBL3ig7I2rs9FzuJs5zE5Tv_kAXiiqz0Ucva6w/s320/garden+journal1.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://anythingbutplainjane.blogspot.com/">Jane Wetzel</a>!!</span></b></td></tr>
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</div>And to celebrate the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> 3rd anniversary of my blog</b></span>,<br />
I drew a <i>second</i> name<br />
to win a second journal <i>and</i> book on bookbinding.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="http://artpropelled.blogspot.com/">Robyn</a>!!</b></span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks to all who participated,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here and on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks">Facebook</a> - your support means everything to me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more soon,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-38739788460138369472011-07-14T21:44:00.002-04:002011-07-14T21:44:52.385-04:00bring forth this mind<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwkt-bvFHCLtCEqVOCKtDM_l6Ysp7CcnWOP89TqctxroHWNziVM1jhFll-Q4udUbKA8CdFnRfng_yJML0kvwEHg3PmjohjdhirTkgCkAELocL0njT-x2UV0Tjho5vP_HCjyTrn7Riork/s1600/merciful+thought+detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOwkt-bvFHCLtCEqVOCKtDM_l6Ysp7CcnWOP89TqctxroHWNziVM1jhFll-Q4udUbKA8CdFnRfng_yJML0kvwEHg3PmjohjdhirTkgCkAELocL0njT-x2UV0Tjho5vP_HCjyTrn7Riork/s400/merciful+thought+detail1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On the 4th of July my <b><a href="http://www.clevelandmemory.org/roldo/">dad</a> </b>fell off his bike,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hitting his head,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">causing a <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001732/">subdural hematoma</a>.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Our family has learned a lot about the brain,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it's ways of self preservation -</div><div style="text-align: center;">how it shuts systems down while dealing with healing.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thankfully, my dad is now in physical rehab, having survived seizures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and come back from his brain's time out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still, surgery lies ahead, to drain away the blood</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and pressure that remains.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Your healing thoughts and prayers brought renewed life to <a href="http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com/2011/07/seeking-center.html">Zana</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's truly been amazing how she's rallied after I last posted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">So I <i>know</i> the power of your positive vibes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Please send them out for my dad</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.clevelandleader.com/taxonomy/term/130"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Roldo</span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">as he</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> works on</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> regaining his strength,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and making his way back home.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-81165553292183487102011-07-02T18:45:00.037-04:002011-07-02T18:50:02.279-04:00seeking center<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hi all,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">if you haven't noticed, it's July 2nd,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and in my last post I announced </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a </span><b><a href="http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com/2011/06/long-time.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">giveaway</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> which I was going to draw a winner for yesterday.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've decided to give you all, and myself, some more time</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">because a lot has been happening at this end that has left me in less than a festive kind of mood.</span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Zana</span>,</div><div style="text-align: center;">our pup of 18 years, is in her days of decline.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She's got cancer and is having a great deal of difficulty with normal life functions.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She still has a good appetite, but I've been hand feeding her every bite.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes she walks, and unsteadily follows us around the kitchen;</div><div style="text-align: center;">most times she must be carried around and held while she drinks,</div><div style="text-align: center;">or goes to the bathroom - a rather frequent occurrence.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Her care has been my full time job.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then this week she slowed <i>way</i> down.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I really thought her time to cross over was about to happen on friday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The giveaway slipped my mind,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the timing for it feels wrong,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">so I think I'll do the drawing when it feels right.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I just don't know exactly when that will be!</span></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been working on this mandala over the past week</div><div style="text-align: center;">while Zana sleeps.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has brought me a great deal of peace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and pleasure.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">While working with so much color</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I thought about our endless games of frisbee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and her whirling dervish greetings</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">when returning home after being away</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">for even an hour!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">sweet dreams dear girl</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-80640629451555557862011-06-09T15:45:00.000-04:002011-06-14T15:42:47.880-04:00long time...<div style="text-align: center;">It's been over a month since I last posted,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and</i> since I have made any art.<br />
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Reading,<br />
resting,<br />
and simply taking in the nature around me<br />
have been how i've been spending most days.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>a bit of the front yard</i></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have deeply missed the making of art,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the sharing,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and the exchanges between us.</span><br />
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Through it all you have continued to stick with me<br />
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waiting patiently,<br />
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and this I deeply appreciate.<br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">In thanks, I'd like to host a little</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">give away!!</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">Since it's the garden and yard that have been my balm,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">(especially since the temperatures have dropped - whew!!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">I thought I'd give away one of my garden journals.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The cover was made from cereal boxes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">paper machéed with brown recycled craft paper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then painted and stamped with acrylic paints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Inside the covers there are a couple of pockets,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to store seed packets.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've included some special seeds for you!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some of my long time readers may remember my <a href="http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-24-natures-bounty.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;"><b>pepper plant</b></span></a>,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">which is now going on three years of productive life,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">along with a few of it's offspring!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>As long as you have a sunny window, and remember to water,</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>I can almost guarantee you'll have some yummy</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>baby peppers for your salad - year round!</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>full story and history of my pepper plant friend can be found</i> <b><a href="http://aviewbeyondwords.blogspot.com/2008/11/november-24-natures-bounty.html">here</a>.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><b><br />
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</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">So, if you'd like this garden journal, and want to plant some</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">pepper seeds of your own leave me a comment here,</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">You have until July 1, </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #eeeeee;">which gives us both plenty of time :)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hope to be here again before then,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">but if not, good luck!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-89291901454551110262011-05-05T14:37:00.002-04:002011-05-05T17:27:10.480-04:00fun news!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DGgdmp1dWpU0lVtWiAx5xZmqBTT0Mu9nMpqhvFeRXPItKul8Y3gij6UMIwM8DyLxVPDYTnWSIqb0nA88THg62DEKNhuei3I1QZ1Vv42gBBmpa6is7gqxDwaN9un29yf4TaFRSMBbN_M/s1600/SF%252CTF+detail-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DGgdmp1dWpU0lVtWiAx5xZmqBTT0Mu9nMpqhvFeRXPItKul8Y3gij6UMIwM8DyLxVPDYTnWSIqb0nA88THg62DEKNhuei3I1QZ1Vv42gBBmpa6is7gqxDwaN9un29yf4TaFRSMBbN_M/s640/SF%252CTF+detail-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in 2009 I was contacted by <a href="http://www.carmentorbus.com/">Carmen Torbus</a> to be included in a book she was working on.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm excited to share that her hard work has been born and is now available for ordering!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Unique-Discovering-Inspiration-Techniques/dp/1440308160/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304527594&sr=1-1"></a></span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Unique-Discovering-Inspiration-Techniques/dp/1440308160?ie=UTF8&tag=bw0f-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Artist Unique:</span></b></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Unique-Discovering-Inspiration-Techniques/dp/1440308160?ie=UTF8&tag=bw0f-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Discovering Your Creative Signature Through Inspiration and Techniques</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=bw0f-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1440308160" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important;" width="1" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">In my contribution I share one of my favorite techniques</div><div style="text-align: center;">for achieving texture and color variations in acrylic painting</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as book covers like this.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I am sure you will recognize a number of the 15 included artists</div><div style="text-align: center;">as some of your favorite fellow artist bloggers!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">For a complete list, and links to their blogs,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you can visit <a href="http://www.carmentorbus.com/">Carmen's blog</a> and check out her side bar!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-40056517303534536742011-04-19T07:49:00.000-04:002011-04-19T07:49:47.434-04:00waste landHi all,<br />
I wanted to alert you to what looks like a fascinating and inspiring documentary that's airing on PBS tonight. In honor of Earth Day, it is the ultimate recycled art out there! <br />
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Artist Vic Muniz goes to the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro to visit the worlds largest garbage dump, Jardim Gramacho, where he creates the most beautiful and amazing portraits of the people living there. He "paints" these portraits solely using the garbage from the dump, and all proceeds from sales of these portraits go to help improve the lives of these people. Here is a taste of this inspiring, joyful and heartful work.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is probably</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">my favorite kind of weather!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Misty, foggy, hushed...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mysterious, magical, silvery,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">gray.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure it's all that easy to tell in these photos,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but that's the color I've chosen for my new studio walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A soothing, silvery, gray</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's coming along, slowly but surely!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The painting isn't complete yet,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and there are still bath fixtures and lighting fixtures to be installed,</div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as the built in shelves and work surface,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but it sure is taking shape!</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;"> ~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~⍣~</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #0b5394;">⍣~⍣~⍣~ </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On another note,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd like to share about some good works with you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Sisterfriends </span><a href="http://bellasinclair.blogspot.com/2011/04/nana-korobi-ya-oki.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Bella Sinclair</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"> </span>and </span><a href="http://cesandherdishes.blogspot.com/2011/04/seven-times-fall-down-get-up-eight.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Ces Adorio</span></span></span></b></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;">have joined forces to bring together their generosity, hope,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and amazing talents in order to help the people of Japan</div><div style="text-align: center;">effected by the tsunami.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I encourage you to visit them</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">and consider making a donation of $25, or more,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">to the <a href="https://american.redcross.org/site/Donation2?idb=0&5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394;"><b>American Red Cross</b></span></a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">When you do, they will match donations (up to $200)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and gift you with some of their inspiring work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's a win win!!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-45034211545831040732011-04-06T18:00:00.001-04:002011-04-06T18:02:09.643-04:00breaking open<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">whether witnessing it in another</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">or feeling it within yourself</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when it happens,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">it is so dazzling!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even if it hurts,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBh_UdWqbgTid-vVGMBeNRtbEa4nWCV65NM1BJCWSs-7j9g3gdxqbHOYtZVmqh_g_XGlz4Rghiw_rLCuTTz1E6AZKdZNiWSnrM-NfuI8fSlyVVZHV1YdiYTIdYm90WMt67TfRv46caiw/s1600/breaking+open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBh_UdWqbgTid-vVGMBeNRtbEa4nWCV65NM1BJCWSs-7j9g3gdxqbHOYtZVmqh_g_XGlz4Rghiw_rLCuTTz1E6AZKdZNiWSnrM-NfuI8fSlyVVZHV1YdiYTIdYm90WMt67TfRv46caiw/s640/breaking+open.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hearts crack open</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">and healing happens...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-68427347334558020822011-03-31T21:45:00.001-04:002011-03-31T22:00:15.134-04:00so grateful<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTodM8xzoL9zetgqq2xMaxoVAH-Mtqh5WPEPBPHxKbWkoy0Uq0lLtYeRKFHGkz21oQmq4IS-FuEUdELTwpPaJM8gLwm8iDNdbZXwsQUlgDn85nyWR9VmOVUxnPT6lnwEogZQxVU_wnR6E/s1600/hope+spring+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTodM8xzoL9zetgqq2xMaxoVAH-Mtqh5WPEPBPHxKbWkoy0Uq0lLtYeRKFHGkz21oQmq4IS-FuEUdELTwpPaJM8gLwm8iDNdbZXwsQUlgDn85nyWR9VmOVUxnPT6lnwEogZQxVU_wnR6E/s320/hope+spring+1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I woke up today feeling really good!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It felt good to feel good,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the first time in weeks. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So here is my mandala in honor of birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every day, I turn to my bird feeders, no matter how I'm feeling,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they bring me joy. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They bring flight to my imagination,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">help guide my mind, and help it to soar </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">above and beyond worries, complaints, and sorrows.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am always grateful and delighted by birds!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrA86Z4ABP0HXYlekOCiAtsc78WcZdBrXs-mTeeVNvxFCFK1b404Hj3Qx1TYE9uKaA_9KJpMIWeoYHGJdbf_RNGeYJHxW-BLJCGMm7gYWztRSQp0yElr6rLNpzuzBNVWzuQ9uTMVGBsc/s1600/hope+spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrA86Z4ABP0HXYlekOCiAtsc78WcZdBrXs-mTeeVNvxFCFK1b404Hj3Qx1TYE9uKaA_9KJpMIWeoYHGJdbf_RNGeYJHxW-BLJCGMm7gYWztRSQp0yElr6rLNpzuzBNVWzuQ9uTMVGBsc/s640/hope+spring.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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I am also extremely grateful to the good samaritans that rescued our 17 1/2 year old dog, who wandered out onto our busy street and was lost this week, when reckless workers left our back door open to the elements... but we are blessed to have her back, safe and sound, and a bit weary after her 19, or so, hour adventure!<br />
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</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-65589905473612785042011-03-01T15:40:00.001-05:002011-03-01T15:40:00.220-05:00the introvert<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX7sBH3iPsgwJO8dJUy-roO25L3qtjA0208Jez6vtnkpl8cIL4Qsm2k1rhYljhS_4j_szyZWvAlpdkYwH8dn0K6SKWkPJSakMfJONAH3a1aRMdT8dNYO5SzBY7wbiCZbVRTZwXx8wyrA/s1600/introvert_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfX7sBH3iPsgwJO8dJUy-roO25L3qtjA0208Jez6vtnkpl8cIL4Qsm2k1rhYljhS_4j_szyZWvAlpdkYwH8dn0K6SKWkPJSakMfJONAH3a1aRMdT8dNYO5SzBY7wbiCZbVRTZwXx8wyrA/s400/introvert_3.jpg" width="145" /></a>I know I've been neglectful of my blog lately, and it's taken me all these weeks to finally truly understand myself (duh!) and why it's been so difficult to come here - why the thought of writing or expressing myself just brings on waves of exhaustion and sadness.<br />
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Day in and day out I have a house full of contractors, plumbers, floor layers, the electrician - all or a combo of the above, coming in and out. Tarps covering the kitchen floor, the stairs, the hallway (which have felled me twice); saws buzzing, hammers pounding, saw dust and plaster dust through out, for well over 6 months now. <br />
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I do best alone. I <i>need</i> time alone, so that I can be fully present and myself when I am with others. It's something I know about myself; it's one of the main reasons I knew I could never be a mother and chose not to have children. I could not be a 24/7 presence in another's life. So after living in a hotel (full of people) for 8 weeks, and being around people daily during radiation treatments for 6½ weeks, I came home to this daily full on assault to my senses - the noise, the smells, the need to engage and communicate, to smile, be patient and communicate through a process that sometimes feels down right tortuous to me. All of which I know most people would be feeling excited about, and at least grateful - after all it's going to all end as a studio for me!<br />
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The problem is, my energy is so depleted, excitement is the last thing I'm feeling. I know it'll come, eventually, when I'm in the process of using the space, and I have some time to refuel. Right now, I still find I need to sleep several hours a day - I simply shut down. I do things like fall asleep on the phone when my husband calls to check in at lunch time - I simply can't control the depth of this fatigue.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafEH2ghNRMQLZSM2GfojlPj8w14h1Hf1Vyj_jjwJXLqn7dtpmCe7Vm08SynKdQDTmU9NRenaUxVWcQNA3FJU_ES42G4ypWN3md8epaujnClEJDXBJpMPvksNqj50-tOIynCwSp-SfjR4/s1600/introvert_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiafEH2ghNRMQLZSM2GfojlPj8w14h1Hf1Vyj_jjwJXLqn7dtpmCe7Vm08SynKdQDTmU9NRenaUxVWcQNA3FJU_ES42G4ypWN3md8epaujnClEJDXBJpMPvksNqj50-tOIynCwSp-SfjR4/s320/introvert_2.jpg" width="233" /></a>Happily, last week was spring break for several workers and they took family vacations, plus we had to wait for some supplies to come in for finishing the floor, so I got nearly the whole week off to myself. The first couple of days I still slept - a lot, but then images began to return, and a desire to paint, to stay awake all day long! It was lucky, because I had signed up for a workshop which I was able to attend this past weekend, down at the Center for Book Arts, in NYC. I will share more on that in the next day or two.<br />
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Now, however, it's back to the new normal - workers have returned, and I am practicing patience with a better understanding of myself, acceptance that this is just how I roll, and until the construction zone returns to home zone, I will have less presence here, because I run out of socializing energy by the time the house is empty again! <br />
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We are getting there, slowly, but surely. The floor is down, tile up, painters will be coming soon, then the built ins and finishing elements and we'll be done. Should be fast, right?! yeah... So far it's been a 3 season project, started in the middle of the summer. yeah, I'm ready to be done!<br />
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</div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">If you'd like to test yourself to see where you are on the scale of introvert vs extrovert, you can take a free test</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i><b><a href="http://www.queendom.com/tests/access_page/index.htm?idRegTest=697">here!</a></b></i></span> </i><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-41707157318163076522011-02-05T16:30:00.002-05:002011-02-05T17:46:58.981-05:00fizzle... fizzle...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnNQ-G80b6pAdA7ZxxEjn6PDxg17SsSSEO6xzDf7z0tJ7vaQi8Kgm0jTJjYcmxrzPSCOL1IJvlp5eWgj9ziJpEpqOinh_AaNyhGyF4sP3CxiZunvWCAoIysYJkFt2RXGZdMwRQYy00Ug/s1600/VB13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnNQ-G80b6pAdA7ZxxEjn6PDxg17SsSSEO6xzDf7z0tJ7vaQi8Kgm0jTJjYcmxrzPSCOL1IJvlp5eWgj9ziJpEpqOinh_AaNyhGyF4sP3CxiZunvWCAoIysYJkFt2RXGZdMwRQYy00Ug/s400/VB13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">I started off 2011 feeling pretty peppy, and my enthusiasm led me to an online class called </span></span><i><a href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/classes/blastoff.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Blast Off!</span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> a class for artists</span></span></a></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> from Art Biz Coach </span></span><b><a href="http://www.artbizcoach.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Alyson B Stanfield</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">. </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The class is a lesson packed, inspiring guide for setting forth a concrete plan for your professional artist self. Through gratitude, commitment, vision, organization, planning and a number of very concrete valuable assignments artists are guided to create better relationships with money, and learn to create a Plan for strengthening themselves as the professionals they truly are, freeing themselves for more time in the studio to create. After all, that's what we all want, isn't it? </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">The class began January 5th, and our first assignment was to begin a gratitude journal. Great start - check. Assignment two, create a vision board - figure out what your dream life is - picture it. Can you?! Write it down and then collage it.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Okay, now my juices are flowing, bubbling, giggling and glad, and I write and write and begin to cut and collect. The next day my hands are barely able to open and shut, so I know I need to take a break, but we get a new assignment that looks like a lot of fun - creating affirmation cards for ourselves. I can at least write some affirmations down... but not really - just holding the pen is difficult, and I find myself feeling defeated when I try to do my gratitude journal daily. I find myself feeling ungrateful and whiny, to be honest.</span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Pain colors </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">everything</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">I know many of you out there dealing with chronic pain and conditions, and I bow to your strength and endurance, grace and positive attitudes, because you inspire me and help to keep me moving along! But here I hit a patch that threw me off course for a bit. The domino effect was set off - pain, the weather, stressors from the construction zone and a few other factors, and I felt my body slipping away. I needed rest, and all I could do was sleep...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">and the class moved on without me. I downloaded each day's assignment, and read them or listened in iTunes, I wrote my daily gratitude, but mostly I ended up in bed! It's often hard to remember there is still a whole lot of recovery going on inside of me, as different toxins and drugs work their way out, and hormones do their whacky dance through my system, and I try to cleanse and wait it all out!!</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">But little by little, every day, I'd drag out my vision board, and spread it out on my bed (my make shift studio for the time being!) and I'd dream...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">and it nearly took a month, but I finished it yesterday, so I may just Blast Off yet!!</span></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"> So 2011, off we go!!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wrkSH3DPQYQiG-2x6kIjI33BTWERrhO0SRj1vUobT_BEwHZs0CtjHhzaMKdczxHLbq1T9EpvyhJVRNtnaLtI8Ju9wXOx56N_MXzt6hyphenhyphenrzPy25fmtCaZh_HbDh4_FVUsJrYCeu8sT3Qw/s1600/Vision+Board+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8wrkSH3DPQYQiG-2x6kIjI33BTWERrhO0SRj1vUobT_BEwHZs0CtjHhzaMKdczxHLbq1T9EpvyhJVRNtnaLtI8Ju9wXOx56N_MXzt6hyphenhyphenrzPy25fmtCaZh_HbDh4_FVUsJrYCeu8sT3Qw/s640/Vision+Board+2011.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">now on to those affirmation cards...</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-8182855610883843832011-01-19T11:30:00.023-05:002011-01-19T11:33:52.287-05:00Behind the walls...<div style="text-align: center;">Today a new shift in construction is underway up in my studio.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The laying of the radiant flooring has begun at long last.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I have to admit, part of my absence here is due to simply feeling</div><div style="text-align: center;">worn out by having disorder surrounding me, in every room of my home,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for over six months now - not to mention the months preceding</div><div style="text-align: center;">that were all focused on chemo and radiation.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There hasn't been a window of opportunity for me to simply be</div><div style="text-align: center;">in my home feeling the triumph of having overcome a huge challenge,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and to then restore. Instead I've been in a holding pattern that </div><div style="text-align: center;">I am doing my best with.</div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>charms</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table>Doing my best often means closing my eyes to the chaos surrounding me - literally. I nap, even through hammering and drilling and sawing and stomping!<br />
I know there will come a time that I will be ecstatic with my new studio,<br />
I'm just feeling really tired now.<br />
Naps are a good thing!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Studio Intention Charm</b><br />
in a tin</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;">My hands have not been at their best either,</div><div style="text-align: right;">so I haven't been able to paint or draw,</div><div style="text-align: right;">but I created this little Intention Charm,</div><div style="text-align: right;">to store behind the walls of my studio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ZWYTMb8tQtF_jH89SFVfE8-w8Q0ozRa1cNq5f6KiBVY3k1191G4stkWMHO_0twqmKqiduq64s-wv0rnf4KScStvFJxW01wH6uZWT3SQRPYkTKtbdOSObF-FQli-MxjdWlhy1xymSjk/s1600/studio+charm1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ3ZWYTMb8tQtF_jH89SFVfE8-w8Q0ozRa1cNq5f6KiBVY3k1191G4stkWMHO_0twqmKqiduq64s-wv0rnf4KScStvFJxW01wH6uZWT3SQRPYkTKtbdOSObF-FQli-MxjdWlhy1xymSjk/s320/studio+charm1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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It's filled with words and images that inspire me,<br />
and will set the tone I hope for in my studio,<br />
and to share with others there.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>open tin,<br />
bottom and top</i></td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-596862002962051782011-01-04T15:20:00.001-05:002011-01-04T15:20:59.664-05:00takin' shape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything or shared an update on my studio, so below are some pictures of the progress!! I think it'll probably be another 8 weeks. We still have heat, flooring, built ins, bath fixtures, and a few other finishing details to go, but walls are up and lights are in - just look at all the lights!! They are LED and when our electrician had them all on he took out his meter and found we were using the equivalent of two 100 watt bulbs! (Not all bulbs are in yet, but wow!)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>eco-friendly soy based<br />
insulation spray foam</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">light fixtures still in boxes,<br />
waiting for installation!</span></i></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am feeling better and better with each passing day. Still have to watch my energy, as I forget I'm still recovering from this past year's adventure - and my hands are still not up to art making condition, but give them the time it takes to finish a studio?!? then we'll be talking! Until then...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wallboard delivery!! The only way to get it up to the 3rd story was to feed it through one of the studio windows, because our stairwells are too narrow, and corners too sharp a turn. All furniture will have to be built up there, and left!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Curt & Robert (he's peeking through the A/C closet wall, to the left)<br />
are installing the wallboard. Only half of the lights are exposed here -<br />
they'll be cutting out holes to expose the rest!<br />
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I think it's too confusing at this point to explain what each space is, but I'll try a little. Eventually I'll take you on a video tour, and it will all make sense.</span></td></tr>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am very happy moving into this new year, which is filled with potential. I am grateful to have you all here with me on this amazing journey and I look forward to sharing a great deal more of it with you! I have big dreams for this space and you are part of them. Blessings of great joy, wonder, creative explorations and well being to you all!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Happy New Year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">❤</span></span><span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-20196594349919825322010-12-13T19:12:00.004-05:002010-12-13T20:00:04.771-05:00ascension<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge82pK97PW1ojlsbwB0PSr2TEzHMyS2VvPFFkDpM_N0jI6Dy-LcX4Hq6zUW0ohKeYwheCa3yqtuxedUCByB0kwe_F27A55lNUglsrQjP1r00mtiziYBN5HlJQ6TrCym5fkPygHQdoR4-4/s1600/ascension+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge82pK97PW1ojlsbwB0PSr2TEzHMyS2VvPFFkDpM_N0jI6Dy-LcX4Hq6zUW0ohKeYwheCa3yqtuxedUCByB0kwe_F27A55lNUglsrQjP1r00mtiziYBN5HlJQ6TrCym5fkPygHQdoR4-4/s640/ascension+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Greetings all!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> It has been nearly a full month since my last post and I am beginning to feel myself ease back into my life, and rise to the activities that bring me fulfillment.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> To get to this place I had to make a big decision for myself. I decided to stop the treatment laid out for me by my oncologist - no more drugs. I did my best, and tried to follow the protocol set before me, set before virtually </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">all </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">patients with my diagnosis and tumor type - but</span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> my</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> body has, in no uncertain terms, fully rejected them. I have never spent more time sick, vomiting, depleted - chemo was not as bad for me. Nearly daily migraines and a debilitating fatigue that left me sleeping close to 18 hours a day for several days on. This was no way to live, nor does it feel like "beating cancer". Daily I would be living with the belief that</span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> I might have cancer again; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">believing</span> </span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">that there was something real lurking out there, lying in wait, telling me I had to poison myself to prevent it from setting up residence. That would be the only reason for continuing - if I assumed I would likely be ill with cancer again, and I do not wish to live my life that way - under the thumb of fear and 'but, what if'... So I have decided</span></span></span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 25px;"><b>enough is enough.</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">That night I woke around three a.m., and for the first time through out the past year of discovery and recovery from breast cancer, I felt a panic take hold and a feeling that I was very close to death.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> I took several deep breaths to ease my pounding heart down to a more normal pace and pulse, and I reminded myself of the reasons I had made this decision. Of the hours of laying in bed simply sensing the passage of morning light, to afternoon, to evening, and back to darkness... the hours of sameness, alone and unmoving turning into days. I brought my attention into my hands, swollen and useless with pain caused by the side effects of </span></span><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0000982" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Arimidex</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">, and thought "how can you ever be an artist again on these meds?" I reminded myself that I had vomited up four of six days dinners following the last </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leuprorelin" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Lupron</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> injection I had received (used to force my body into menopause), and that nothing tasted like itself anymore, that food and meal times had become stressful and unpleasant. That I had to sacrifice the feeling of <b>being nourished</b>, body and soul, to ingest *medicine* that made me <i>un</i>well, left me no quality of life, and lasting destructive side effects (like heart disease, diabetes, bone loss...) all so that I could live in the fear of <i>maybe</i>. Where is the reward in that? This seems like living an</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">invitation</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">to cancer to me. </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Prior to my decision I had done a lot of searching for alternatives to following the protocol laid out for me. I had looked for articles supporting my decision and I didn't find anything. I found a lot of other women in chat rooms, miserable, depressed, and hopeless, but no clear alternatives. No healing plan for me to focus on and follow. The morning after those panicked thoughts of death visited me in the middle of the night I found myself on Amazon, where I quickly happened upon a dvd titled </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016K3EMO/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00132XZFQ&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0SG3SFQ4RZEW5SQ0SCH2" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Healing Cancer </span></span></a></span></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0016K3EMO/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B00132XZFQ&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=0SG3SFQ4RZEW5SQ0SCH2" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">From The Inside Out</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">and a book titled </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gerson-Therapy-Nutritional-Program-Illnesses/dp/1575666286/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292276124&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">The Gerson Therapy</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">and suddenly a healing direction was presented to me, and excitement filled me, as it does when you know</span></span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>part one of </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lbs8xkWtIA"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Healing Cancer </span></span></span></a></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Cancer-Inside-Mike-Anderson/dp/B00132XZFQ"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">From The Inside Out</span></span></a></span></b></i></div><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> All this has taken place during the last couple of weeks. I painted this journal entry last Wednesday evening, in response to my decision process. The following day, before I had a chance to post it, I came down with a powerful stomach flu - as though my body needed one final mighty good purging, and oh boy what a purging it was! With fevers of 102℉ soaking me in sweats, and an inability to even keep water down for a couple days, I moaned and groaned and <i>really</i> felt close to death! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px;">I am now <i>thoroughly</i> cleansed, cleared and taxiing for take off 〜 〜 〜 〜 〜 〜 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px;">☀</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> I thank you all, so <b><i>very</i></b> much, for sticking with me patiently as I've been doing my personal healing thing, for stopping by and leaving me your kind and caring thoughts and prayers, for being in my life. You are my keystones.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> I sense I'll still be a bit slow around here for a little longer, as I regain my strength</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px;">and find my new balance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 16px;"> while learning and incorporating some immune boosting practices - but I hope to get a few more posts in before the New Year. I will give you an update soon, on the seemingly never ending construction zone above my head!! I believe I said there would be wall board going up the last time I wrote - well it was only just delivered today, so in "construction time" I think I've only been gone about a day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"> Wishing you all well, and sending out a big embrace with a lot of grateful love, Karin</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com46tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-43881131289188913962010-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:002010-11-14T11:16:41.807-05:00Today, it's all words...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's time to make it official. I need to put my blog on hiatus.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Unfortunately, I was rather naive in my thinking, and completely uneducated when it came to living with, and through, the treatment of breast cancer, complicated by an inflammatory disease.</span></blockquote><br />
<blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday was the one year anniversary of learning that the lump in my breast was cancer. Today I feel the impact of that news far more deeply than I ever thought I would. To keep things simple I'll just say that I continue to have a very difficult time tolerating the side effects of medication that I need to take to combat the chance of recurrence. That chance is significant enough to make this process worthwhile, and allowing time is the only way to see it through. What energy I do have is needed to keep myself going through the renovation process, which continues, but seemingly at a snails pace. </span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If I have a great day, I may dive in and happily create and pop myself in here, but I need to lift the idea of having a blog from my shoulders for now. I will miss you all, and I hope to return sooner than later (and I most certainly will return!), but my heart and hands need a rest, officially.</span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I do move in and out of<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"> </span></b></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1648202595&ref=profile"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Face Book</span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"> </span>more regularly and casually, if you'd like to connect with me there.</span> </blockquote><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Until a time not so long from now, </span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> I take pause, </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">with peace and love, Karin</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com51tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-70678076543997663512010-10-31T18:00:00.000-04:002010-10-31T18:00:23.322-04:00hidden treats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6ie_SdjRkhNCyx6p4iXlY-5dJ9CbIOu6s5gJOBIM2odm37f_GPkgnJf33sjY-xzSXVNB3AjUOVycM_wcOwPglEPNi9K6AuijWF4pxP7CMa7vZTH-6ZGBYgrehiREtLu6a5wclJLiCBE/s1600/attic+finds+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6ie_SdjRkhNCyx6p4iXlY-5dJ9CbIOu6s5gJOBIM2odm37f_GPkgnJf33sjY-xzSXVNB3AjUOVycM_wcOwPglEPNi9K6AuijWF4pxP7CMa7vZTH-6ZGBYgrehiREtLu6a5wclJLiCBE/s640/attic+finds+1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><blockquote style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My husband has been cleaning out the old fiberglass insulation in the eaves of our attic, and tucked beneath it all he's found some of the history this house holds. Maps from National Geographics in the '40's, which are in great condition. I see some books and collage work in their future!! He found a number of mud wasp nest beginnings, and a few odds and ends we can't identify, but a whole lot we can as well! </span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Click on photos for closer view.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tally-Ho playing cards,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">actually printed in New York;</span></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PYrilA1B5vcOI3NPFmPvV8-swXWr_0Iu7ePTocApIOotXpHyfq1XM01Ovqg3AO_B3-J9hbm9xsx3bOlXuzVhdASM5y8aZ-o9z9yZBD6f5h2U-MquMMARCTaBWv1LUQVD9PcklZsYcfY/s1600/attic+finds+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3PYrilA1B5vcOI3NPFmPvV8-swXWr_0Iu7ePTocApIOotXpHyfq1XM01Ovqg3AO_B3-J9hbm9xsx3bOlXuzVhdASM5y8aZ-o9z9yZBD6f5h2U-MquMMARCTaBWv1LUQVD9PcklZsYcfY/s320/attic+finds+4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and financial and insurance statements from 1932-34 for a Dr. Ernst Gundelfinger and Alice (née Hirsch) Gundelfinger. With a quick online search, I found them both in someone's <a href="http://familytrees.genopro.com/121139/Holzinger/"><b>family tree</b></a> records! They were married in 1922, while the completion to the building of this house was in 1923, so I'm wondering if they may have been the builders, and if this was their first home together! I also found references to Alice as the vice president of the New York Society of Craftsmen in 1957. By then her address is listed as being on Central Park Ave in NYC, but I wonder if the very old, and beautiful easel I found, in our attic when we first moved here, was hers. Can a house attract similar kinds of people over the years? Dr husband, artist wife - I wonder what they'd think of our attic renovation becoming an artist studio! </span> </blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Most of the banking papers are Alice's, c/o </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Angelo Hirsch - perhaps her father?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> One draft from "The Chase National Bank" of the city of New York, dated May 5, 1932, is for $1,936.00, so she was obviously pretty well off, in her own right. These were all in her maiden name, though dated 10 years into her marriage. When I first was going through them I thought she and Dr Gundelfinger may have been from different periods in the house, because the names were different, but later I found some for Alice Gundelfinger as well. Perhaps they were inheritances from her family. One was "in settlement of this account by draft on Zurich to American Express Co in Zurich..." anyway, I'm amazed at what can be found in about 5 minutes of searching and reading online! Both Alice and Ernst lived long lives - he until the age of 85, and she was 92.</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The blue sheet of paper is a list of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">freshmen </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">classes at Yale, in New Haven CT. It's signed by <i>Paul Talmey</i>, with checked off classes he's chosen in the school year 1926-27. Could be that his family was the first to reside here - I don't know. I couldn't find anything, other than a very current Paul Talmey in Colorado. I'll have to get into the city records to figure out everything about this old house!</span></blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And now changes are being made and we are making our own history.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The stucco is on, and the roof is complete!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's hard to see, but the new dormer roof is a </span><a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_2331311_install-standing-seam-metal-roof.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">standing seam</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> copper roof.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjygDJNQFO172xSuzdADY845Pf1xlKk1_PcfFGEBtbaVBtsPkseamfNDILyx0brHoEBV7OE2bcJZ-00P9xjGb814uYd3duV013HwWG8vtFPo3Ra7TlziAXR5IYvMow-t6W1cjdTJWMSxg/s1600/renovation+exterior+done4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjygDJNQFO172xSuzdADY845Pf1xlKk1_PcfFGEBtbaVBtsPkseamfNDILyx0brHoEBV7OE2bcJZ-00P9xjGb814uYd3duV013HwWG8vtFPo3Ra7TlziAXR5IYvMow-t6W1cjdTJWMSxg/s200/renovation+exterior+done4.jpg" width="197" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC_uxkoktcjc4QCVwfliAZz5PkdSRxMNIIEasCsL42WJpKWrZkjD3cZLWB2PiktOWgk-hEegKCKZusZnpXcYz_0q6SKOkJpVVFWRdQSduBHS2nRkVL7dfID7H37GuGl9A8Mi4ErIL8zk/s1600/renovation+exterior+done3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIC_uxkoktcjc4QCVwfliAZz5PkdSRxMNIIEasCsL42WJpKWrZkjD3cZLWB2PiktOWgk-hEegKCKZusZnpXcYz_0q6SKOkJpVVFWRdQSduBHS2nRkVL7dfID7H37GuGl9A8Mi4ErIL8zk/s200/renovation+exterior+done3.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Next spring the the whole house will be painted, so the windows will get the blue trim, and the walls will all be the same color, but I think they did a good job getting the stucco texture to match, so when it's painted it will all blend and look like it's always been this way!</span></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't have anything new to share inside, things are looking much the same.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tomorrow <a href="http://www.thegreeninsulationco.com/"><b>insulation</b></a> begins getting sprayed in,</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">which will probably take all week. Once they finish, the walls can go up and things will begin to pick up. Walls, lights, built ins, radiant heating in the floors, the floors themselves, bathroom tiling, and lots of finishing details... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think we'd be lucky to see completion by Thanksgiving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I can't be tricked :)</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-48454101176150835942010-10-27T21:40:00.002-04:002010-10-27T21:40:02.905-04:00transformation<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Over the past few weeks I've been under the weather due to another attempt at taking </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/tamoxifen">Tamoxifen</a>, a tool I was told would be essential for my arsenal against breast cancer recurrence. Unfortunately, the side effects were unbearable, leaving me without the ability to sleep or eat for days, among other things.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Tamoxifen is the only option for premenopausal women, so now I'm adjusting to the new *option*. I am being forced (via injection <a href="http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-6888-Lupron+SubQ.aspx?drugid=6888&drugname=Lupron+SubQ">Lupron</a>, every four weeks) into menopause, and soon will be trying out another drug, called <a href="http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-4511-Arimidex+Oral.aspx?drugid=4511&drugname=Arimidex+Oral">Arimidex</a>.</span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">So what I'm working on now, aside from adjusting to waves of nausea and fatigue from lack of sleep, while moving through the house accompanied by a fan to combat the feeling of being over heated (no hot flashes, just sweating HOT!!), is my mind set that this <i>forcing</i> is okay. That I'm helping, and not hurting my body. I need to consistently work on my thinking, so that I don't refer to these medicines as toxic, or think of them as poison, as my body tries again and again to reject them. Vomiting is the clearest sign of physical rejectionand the way a body protects itself</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, to me, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and I've done quite a bit of that - so I'm back on anti nausea meds, and reframing my mind set on these medications. Transforming the idea that they are <i>forcing </i>my body harmfully, and instead believing they are working on creating a most undesirable environment for cancer to set up shop in my body. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am being protected by powerful medicines. The strongest of which I feel comes from each one of you. You who connect with me here, who have been through what I am going through, who send me your messages and prayers, who make me laugh, and think, and care, and believe... I thank you.</span></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">much love,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><i>Karin</i></span></div><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-10734100707204960572010-10-16T18:32:00.001-04:002010-10-27T21:41:02.682-04:00<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-67322772564330263972010-10-05T12:00:00.007-04:002010-10-12T16:15:13.121-04:00I am worthy<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">if you're anything like me, you have been met with challenges throughout your life that have made you question your own worth. like me, you've probably been through a multitude (100's?!) of therapeutic modalities to heal from traumas, abuses, injuries, and illnesses. you've learned a lot and healed a lot, and you know that your life has meaning. you have even experienced self love, and you believe in your own value. still, self sabotaging habits find a way of popping back up, or those niggling voices that arise challenge your ability to fully succeed, setting off a tidal wave of worthlessness.</span></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">how do these worthless spores get re-planted if we've done so much healing? no matter how far we go to dig them out, and pull and rip at them, why do they re-sprout? just how deeply do their roots run? how do they survive, unwatered, kept in the darkest corners, in the depth and cover of shadows? can we remove them from cellular memory and create new neural pathways when our earliest, preverbal lesson was "you are worthless"? </span></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">i believe thoughts and feelings of worthlessness are a matter of life and death.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">worthlessness = death</span></span></b></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">the topic of self worth has been coming up a lot for me, in conversations with friends, on blogs and in other readings, and it's really gotten me thinking. when i'm experiencing ongoing pain i tend to feel pretty worthless, and as we've been undergoing this massive construction project, primarily for my benefit, rather than feeling excited and inspired, i have begun to feel guilty and unworthy - worried that i won't be able to use it to it's full potential, that it's all a waste, because pain has been steadily increasing, while i have been doing less and less. my hands have developed additional conditions, even though i haven't been using them, and more surgeries are being recommended. while my rational brain knows better, the parts of me still unhealed, blunder on, buying into self doubt.</span></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">i know where the roots of my damaged self worth began. they started early, and were delivered powerfully, laid out during the first few months of life. i remember clearly the bars of the crib surrounding me, the early morning light shining through the window. i can see the nail bitten hands gripping the pillow as it was lowered and pushed into my face, and held... here my vision goes black and ends. (this memory, experienced as repeated flash backs, was bravely verified, for which i am grateful.) i have numerous memories of the abuses inflicted upon me by my mother, a then violent and depressed alcoholic, of many years. and though she's recovered, and we've done a great deal of healing in our relationship and i love her, the early lesson i received was "you should be dead", and it was delivered by the person who brought me into the world, with life. a pretty conflicting message to untangle. </span></div></blockquote></div></div><div style="font-family: Times; text-align: justify;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and even though my thoughtful mind is aware of all this, and i know i am safe and well loved and happy to be alive, my body hasn't gotten the message. i've got an auto immune disease, which is basically the body responding as though there is a threat, so it sends out the army to attack and protect - but all it ends up attacking is itself. then i get cancer, because maybe "you should be dead", and my body thinks i'm not really supposed to be alive after all. that's what i've been thinking. </span></div></blockquote></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia;"><br />
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</blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">perhaps a lot of bodies out there are doing this to themselves, with or without the help of the minds that live with them. i wonder. this article from </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">USA Today</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> made me believe i'm on to something: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20100816/apa16_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip"></a></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1363579837"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">Childhood Trauma Stays With You</span></span></span></b></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">,</span></span></span><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/life/20100816/apa16_st.art.htm?loc=interstitialskip"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"> it can hurt health and shorten life</span></span></span></i></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. There is also evidence that we can go back even further, to the time spent in the womb. According to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Time Magazine</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> this week, in</span><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2020815,00.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"> </span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2020815,00.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;">The Womb. Your Mother. Yourself.</span></span></span></span></b></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">, the influences of the mother's well being during pregnancy help form a child's future health, their brain wiring, and human qualities.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">over the past few months, i have been through a great deal. there is no point to facing and living through life and death situations if we don't use them to deepen our understanding of ourselves, our place on this planet, and our connection to others, is there? as I heal myself, my mother heals, and as you do your healing we come together, and the universal mother heals. together we all learn how to share real nurturing with one another, to receive and give more fully.</span></div></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">my intent in sharing is to use my story for healing by bringing darkness into light, with hopes that others might feel inspired to look more deeply into their own stories, bringing them into light. together we will deepen our belief in Self, shed the remaining strands of self doubt, hatred, and worthlessness so that we may embrace and step fully into our gloriousness! no longer will I hide behind my earliest toddler declarations of "no see me!!"</span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span> </b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span">here I am .</span></span></b></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com65tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-23703047473128271252010-09-21T14:56:00.001-04:002010-09-21T15:02:10.465-04:00construction update<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi Everyone,</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I thought it was about time to give you all an update of the studio construction zone. It's been going slowly and the work that has been done wasn't exactly easy to </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">see</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> in photos, until recently. It's all still pretty raw, but the dormer is done, the windows are in, and the interior framing is mostly complete. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_194727685"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;">Below, this room has been divided and will be where I keep my books, reference materials (left picture), and the bathroom (center picture), which is now framed up (last pic).</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and here is the main space, where the dormer was added - raising the ceiling and adding 6 new windows worth of light. It's a beautiful open space...</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">before</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and now</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and there's the great view!</span><br />
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</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">·~·~·~·~·~·~·~·</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm sorry for the lack of communication from my end. I've been home from the hotel for a couple of weeks now, but haven't been doing too well. I'm not sure what's causing what, but I've continued to have strong bouts of nausea, and a great deal of pain. Both chemo and radiation seem to trigger underlying conditions and reignite past injuries, like my back and hand surgeries. How long these effects last is unknown to me, but I'm told I need 'more time'. For now I am unable to do any art, and typing really hurts, as well, so I've been laying low. Hopefully things will settle down soon, and once that studio is ready for me, I'll be ready for it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy last day of summer, or last day of winter, depending on where you're living!!</span></div><br />
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</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com39tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-226993038032504896.post-71185525000062593322010-08-24T18:33:00.001-04:002010-10-12T16:18:40.018-04:00from the other hand<div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">it's been a long time, but i thought i'd pop in for a little visit to say hi and let you all know i miss you! i also wanted to extend some big thank yous to all for the messages of healing, and spirit lifting!!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and note the fabulous envelope it came in - also artfully decorated to the hilt!!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">also pictured is a pretty bracelet of pearls and charms, generously strung and mailed to me by a new found friend, Mary Luna, after the <a href="http://www.dirtyfootprints-studio.com/2010/07/30-journals-30-days-karin-bartimole.html" target="_blank">30 days, 30 journals</a> interview i did. she writes of the bracelet that:</span></div><blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;">"These pearls of promise are promises that 'you are encircled with the love of many friends and family and spirit beings who are cheering you on... A promise of continuing courage and strength and the ability to live in the moment...A promise of 'this, too, shall pass away...' A promise of 'soon, you will regain your strength and unite with your love of creating and blessing the world with your uniqueness...' "</div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and the angel filled accordion book in the upper right hand corner travelled farthest, from my pal across the pond, <a href="http://whatwhitneymadenext.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Whitney Anne</a>.</span></div><blockquote><div style="font: 18.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><i>O, that I were an Angel</i></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><i>and could have the wish of my heart</i></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><i>Why should I desire more </i></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><i>than to perform the work</i></div><div style="font: 18.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: justify;"><i>to which I have been called.</i></div></blockquote><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and my new pal Amy, who works right here at the hotel, knew i've been making fruit smoothies in my room, so she and her husband surprised me with a fruit bouquet!! Generosity and caring abounds, for which i am blessed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">i have been touched and inspired by each and every one of you, with all your messages - silent and spoken, thought and sent, i thank you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">and i am healing well.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">i had my cast removed yesterday, so fingers are free to do this typing, though my thumb is still tender, thus the lack of capitalizing. i just need to take it easy for a couple weeks, do my exercises and soon i will be good as new. i'm still a bit swollen and black and blue, but it sure feels good to be able to scratch where it itches :)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">these journal pages were done over a few days time, with my left hand.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">asemic calligraphy lends itself well to ambidextrous writing and is really good exercise for the old brain, too!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">i only have one week remaining of radiation treatment. i am so very glad that soon it will be over. both mind and body feel as though we are slogging through a murky marshland much of the time. occasionally rising and alert, happy for those periods of lucidity! weekends have again become appreciated as much as when i was a child, longing to hear the sound of the bell on friday afternoons...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Find my videos & tutorials at http://www.youtube.com/user/karinsuebart and other news at https://www.facebook.com/KarinBartimoleArtWorks</div>Karin Bartimolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13490920503677450338noreply@blogger.com33