Category: About Michele
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Euphoria
Click HERE to see this card in my Zazzle store. EuphoriaWhen I was little, maybe about 10 years old, I was at my grandmother’s house for our annual family Thanksgiving get together. We had eaten good food and pie, and my brothers and sister and cousins had been excused to go play in another room.…
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Born an artist, or encouraged into it?
From the beginning, as soon as I could hold a brush, pencil, or crayon, my mother made sure I had opportunities to make art, and my father always made sure we had plenty of art supplies. But would I have developed as an artist had those opportunities not been present? What do you think?
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Online class: Experimental portraiture with ink, tea, and alcohol.
I have been expanding my education lately with online classes. This one is on the site called Domestica, which has many classes of all types, not just art. The classes are very inexpensive and a person can get so much from one of these classes. In my opinion, these classes are totally worth it. This…
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Focusing Exercise This Morning
2/5/2023 Focusing this morning after feeling scattered and without clear direction. How am I feeling? I’m feeling judgmental about myself because I’m not doing something grand. Aside from that, How am I feeling? I’m feeling frustrated because I don’t have time to do every little thing that entices me. Aside from that, How am I…
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Betty Franks Art Class Online
It is never too late to learn something new! I have admired Betty Frank’s art for a long time and when I saw her course offering, I jumped at the chance to learn from her. I will let you know how it goes!
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My Goals for the Year
We just finished a week with Teresa Haag coaching us on setting goals. We learned to set goals, then plan the way will will make them happen with a backwards perspective, It works like this:
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Death as an Advisor
As I get older the reality of a limited lifetime looms larger in my mind. What do I still want to do? What do I want to share with the world?
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Work, work, work! Getting things ready for Christmas Card sales!
Work, work, work! Getting things ready for Christmas Card sales!
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There are no Ugly Witches
Tom Brown Jr, my Trackerschool instructor, says, “There are no ugly witches”. That is because the dark side knows that in order to entice, lure, and distract, there must be attractiveness. Attractiveness triggers desire. Attractiveness draws us in.
Michele Ballantyne 