what you are missing on my new blog

in january i started my new blog

www.nancylynndonaldson.blogspot.com

ive been creating a ton of work since coming home from the hospital

everyday i am working on something

above my recent encaustic painting

below some jewelry  and my new product of choice powertex

please stop by for a visit, i would love to hear from you

what a difference a year makes

a lot has changed in the past year

everyday I am getting stronger

cancer free, working part time,

creating lots of art and back at the gym

even taking zumba classes

( mind you I'm the drunk looking girl at the back

with a big smile on my face and

 just so grateful to able to participate )

a special thank-you to all my friends,

family and healthcare providers

for all your love and support

I couldn't have done it without you

 

check out my new blog

http://nancylynndonaldson.blogspot.ca

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above photos by eugen kertesz for the facebook page

Humans of Toronto 

encaustic class

this weekend i had the change to wear my teachers hat

at busy b's

(above my class project)

it was a wonderful group of women

and  fun to see everyone get excited about working with this medium

everyone had they own take and did lovely work

i think i've created a few wax addicts!!

(above some of the students work)

a special thanks to barb for hosting this class

counting my blessings

Gratitude is the fairest blossom

which springs from the soul.

~Henry Ward Beecher

i'm truly overwhelmed

by the amazing support

from all my friends

who helped make my show

a huge success

thank-you

to dede and mary

for your love and encouragement

without you there would have been no show

to cathy and ann-marie

for opening their wonderful home

and hosting my show

to ron

for helping me face my fears

and guiding me though them

to my art friends

for traveling the distance

to all my friends and clients

who have all been

"cheerleaders"

and my new friends

thank-you

thank-you

thank-you

posts from blogger past

every morning after i wonder through my garden
i sit and read through some my favorite blogs

while visiting marie, the lost aussie

she posted about something seth , the altered page

he brought up a great point

and has challenged everyone to go through their "old" posts

and find a "buried treasure"

well, once i got reading, i realized that

this is a wonderful "self discovery"

when i started blogging , it was to take

the next step in my evolution
i was a little nervous, i'm by no means a writer

and was wondering how i would ever

come up with the words never mind

have something that would interest people

WELL

a year and a bit later
i've posted 235 times,

have had over 7700 visitors,

and 77 followers

i had a hard time deciding which was my favorite post

so i decided to use someone else's words

words to inspire

posted november 19th

for "a day of sharing words"

a challenge started by

lk ludwig

"we get so caught up in the furry of our lives
that we forget the essential thing about art-
that the act of creating is a healing gesture,
as sacred as prayer,
as essential to the spirit as food is to the body

our creative work reveals us to ourselves,
allows to transform our experience
and imagination into forms that
sing back to us in a language of
symbol of who we are,
what we are becoming,
what we have loved and feared.

this is the alchemy of creation:
that as i attempt to transmute a feeling or a thought
into and artistic form that can be
experienced by another,
i myself am added to,
change in the process."
jan phillips

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photos from my weekend trip to owen sound
it was truly a creative time which changed me
thanks to lk ludwig for starting this idea
(see previous post)

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some of my favorite posts

what's in a name?

good question

been there, done that

sacred

aince awa, aye awa

thanks seth, for sending me on this trip

and thanks too, to all my visitors

happy creating!