Playing and Creating.
Some leftover paint
mixed up for a pouring project
that I played with on paper
with a goal of creating a wave…
Turned out to look
nothing like a wave,
but so many other things
magically appeared.
I see a bird
and a dolphin
or a crocodile
and a fish.
I feel movement
and life
and freedom
and joy.
Art
imitating
life
While enjoying
the special time
at life in between.
Relaxing
while playing
made something
I would never sell or hang on a wall,
but I created
and learned
how things react
and mix and mingle.
Art – like life –
isn’t always about
the destination –
but about the journey.
Play and create today.
Do something that brings you joy
in that “in between” time you get to call your own,
and enjoy the journey.
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
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I was looking at the painting for a moment before I read your words, I loved the ‘wave’ I was seeing! 🙂
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I love what you’ve created Jodi, both in paint and words. Great message.
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I love this! I see a wave but I also see a bird. Very creative.
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Thanks!!
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You’re welcome.
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Wow. I love this Jodi. Really like the art medium that you have been doing. Keep going girl !
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Thanks Gary! 💙
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Love it I actually see an eye in the very center!! Such cool movement
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Thanks!!
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I saw the bird right away (of course!) and a dolphin, and a nurse shark swimming toward me in the upper right. 🙂
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Lol of course 💙
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Oh my gosh, Jodi, this is SO magical!! This is impressive! I LOVE THIS! I see an EYE perfectly formed exactly in the middle of the wave. What an incredible piece of art you created. WOW! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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I’m so glad it brings you such joy Amy! Thank you!💙
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The dolphin popped right out at me and I saw a sea horse too! Very cool! Keep pouring and enjoying the journey! 🙂
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I love hearing what you see!💙
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I see the bird! Beautiful!
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I see a young girl with a feather in her hair right in the center liking slightly upwards. Beautiful colors!
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I love what you see!💙
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Depending on ones mood, this painting provides so much to take in. I love the textures created by the pooled and overlapping paint. Beautiful art Jodi!
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The fun and joy of art! ☺️💙
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Beautiful painting Jodi!
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Just having fun. 😉💙
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You can make something beautiful by just having fun and experimenting!
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beautiful words and art Jodi!
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Fun playing ☺️💙
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Very creative what you did with your ‘in between time’, Jodi! I see a deep chaotically shaped tunnel with an eye at its end pointing to a better life.
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I like what you see! ☺️💙
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Lovely abstract art Jodi…
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Thanks Evelyn. Just playing 😉💙
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Jodi, this is fantastic! I see all that you mentioned. Also a bird with wings spread out about to fly from the top of a wave. What a fun abstract. The colors are perfect too! 📚 Christine
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I’m so glad you like ☺️💙
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Beautiful ❤️
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You are too kind 💙
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I love your posts, they make me think and reflect.
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what a nice compliment 🙂 thanks!
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It actually does look like a wave to me…and…good advice! (K)
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YAY 🙂
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This truly is mesmerizing, Jodi! Awesome colors! I’m so happy you get to have fun and create!
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I hope you do too Mary!
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I do and will. I plan on creating a office space for Tom/creativity studio for me when Bran moves out in a couple of years.
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Sounds like something fun to plan
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I absolutely agree that it is the journey, and not the destination, that counts in art. But I have to be honest and say that when I first saw your painting, I thought, “What a beautiful wave!”
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aww – yay! 🙂
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This is beautiful and I see many many things in this wave!
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I love it! An amazing painting! 😊
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Thanks!
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WOWZA!! You know I LOVE this!! 💖💜💙💚
I love that you are just experimenting and creating and learning and growing! 🌼 This is what art is about for me! 👍🎨
I see birds and fish and stars… 🐦🐠🌠
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It looks like molten silver or lead with colors blended in it. I like the metallic feel of it.
I see a whale, an eel, and an all seeing eye. 😊
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I like what you see 🙂
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