http://mimiess.com Living the Life Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:19:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Allied Arts Holiday Festival has opened. Last Thursday, Fred Cook and Dick helped me get the booth all set up. When we started putting the bi-fold doors in place we realized that the overhang above my space is just a bit shorter than the doors so we ... http://mimiess.com/2007/11/18/allied-arts-holiday-festival/ This last week, I moved into my new studio! Dick and I are sharing a workspace - he has a big open bay where all his cars will fit and I have a nice big room. We will share a utility sink in the tiny room that connects ... http://mimiess.com/2007/11/18/new-workspace/ This next week the Allied Arts Holiday Festival begins and I'm scrambling to be ready. Since this is the first craft fair I've entered, everything has to happen from the ground up. I traded a polka dot rug for 6 bifold doors for the walls of my booth, ... http://mimiess.com/2007/11/10/getting-ready/ On Friday, May 18th, I was watering the plants in the backyard with my favorite watering tool: a water wand. It puts out lots of water but gently. It was a beautiful sunny day. When I got to the bed where we’ve planted red twig dogwoods and ... http://mimiess.com/2007/05/21/hummer-on-the-water/ Finally, I have a real photo of the painting I put in the Allied Arts show. http://mimiess.com/2007/05/05/the-painting-from-the-allied-arts-show/ This is the painting I finished for the Stations of the Cross installation. The ideas shaping this painting arose during my meditations on the crucifixion. I found that the thoughts that came to me as images rather than words. Here I will try to put those images into ... http://mimiess.com/2007/05/03/painting/ Last week, I was part of the team leading a pastor's retreat at Kanuga Conference Center, just outside Asheville NC. It was a week full of delight and surprise. One surprise happened while I worked on my Rule (or Rhythm) of Life*. In all my life, I’ve ... http://mimiess.com/2007/04/25/what-i-learned-at-kanuga/ On Tuesday this week, I entered one of my paintings in the Allied Arts Members' Show. This is the first time since 1984, that I've shown any art. It was amazingly easy to get motivated. The painting was done and only needed a simple frame to be ... http://mimiess.com/2007/03/08/painting-in-the-allied-arts-members-show/ This week I'm experimenting with canvas prep for the next series of floorcloths: roller vs. brush for gesso application, sewn hem vs. carpet tape, gesso straight out of the can vs. thinned a bit, sewing the hem before putting gesso on the back vs lots of gesso before hemming. ... http://mimiess.com/2007/03/03/working/ At Bellingham Covenant Church, we celebrate Ash Wednesday on Sunday. (I guess that demonstrates our devotion to convenience.) The church service today was much like that of any other Sunday morning. We sang some songs, read from the gospel and listened to the pastor preach. Then ... http://mimiess.com/2007/02/25/first-sunday-of-lent-2007/