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lines
tangles
layers
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not quite
almost
maybe
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no linear way to truth
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Letting it fall apart and seeing where it comes back together. I’m taking a short break … an end of summer pilgrimage to the coast. No computer, no pencils. See you all in a week or so….love you….Jana xxoo
Poetry of Light 
You will still draw inspiration from the change. Artwork – striking xx
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Thanks Chris!
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😍
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Insightful, Jana…and coasting is good for the soul.
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It is that, Bonnie….it surely is. Actually, any water….even puddles in a pinch. xxoo
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At first glance I thought I saw text in the image. When enlarged I became lost in the gorgeous complexity of your mark making and subtle colouring. Your design sense is exquisite. And then the balancing opposite, the simplicity of your words. This is a lovely combination Jana. I echo Bonnie’s perfect play on ‘coasting. May your retreat be peaceful and enriching and yes, sometimes we do need to let things fall apart and then gently watch how they reform…shaking a kaleidoscope and peeking at each new pattern…happy trails to you…
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Thanks John for this lovely send-of…this piece is actually a puzzle of odd meandering sketches…one from a past trip as I sat unwinding in the sand. There’s also some awful temporary basement apt. tense doodling just before doing my taxes and imagining I’m on that stretch of sand. It’s all good…and recycled, the complexity satisfies the balance I was reaching for. xxoo
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But have you ever asked yourselves sufficiently how much the erection of every ideal on earth has cost? How much reality has had to be misunderstood and slandered, how many lies have had to be sanctified, how many consciences disturbed, how much ‘God’ sacrificed every time? If a temple is to be erected a temple must be destroyed: that is the law – let anyone who can show me a case in which it is not fulfilled!
– Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morality
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Wonderful quote Hariod….I took it with me to the coast and tossed it around in the waves. I think Friedrich would be pleased….a small offering to the gods of salt.
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H ❤
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Completely captivated by this series Jana. Enjoy the break.
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Thanks Mark!
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I like the microscopic and organic complexity in your drawing, Jana. The interior journey appears to have no straight lines, but here there is a saturation of light and structural beauty.
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Balancing in the harmonic complexity of depth the can be felt, but not seen….or seen but not understood… or forgotten except in dreams. And then you play in the waves! Thanks Jack…
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This is beautiful, all of it. Have a good break, Jana!
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Thanks Richard!
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Wonderful image to see. Hope you are having an equally wonderful time.
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I doubt I’ll return the same person, Steven. At the least, I’ll be saltier. Thanks for the well wishes….!
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tracing tissue paper
collecting shapes
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connecting collages
scaling
perspectives
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Hearing the high
pitched ringing
of a tight
rubber band
twanging myself
to the sea
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waxed
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paper
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Hope you had an awesome time…
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Jana, your drawing brings music to mind. And stanzas of written words. The whole thing not quite almost maybe… all of us.
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Thanks for your interpretive comment Chris. In many ways this is a song, sung over a tumultuous time in my life.
I’m finding that complexity needs a healthy dose of self editing and sometimes a trusty pair of scissors.
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