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Air with air, the air moved,
now and then the breezes became.
Here with there, the swallowtail flew,
up and over - down and under.
Dawn with dusk, the maple seed spun,
Air into air the wind was born.
Lisa Rivas
"Air into Air" • watercolor, wax, rice paper, glazed • 14"H x 20"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Whilst breezy waves toss up their silvery spray;–
ODE TO THE MOON - Thomas Hood
The results for the
Blogversary give-a-way • #3
is to wonderful artist and baker
all the way over from
Sydney, AUSTRALIA!
I
met Messy Fish through the Cactus Monday group and have truly enjoyed
visiting her fun blog. She is so very real in many, many dimensions!
I totally encourage you to visit her realm @ http://messyfish.blogspot.com/
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A tidbit about Sydney, AUSTRALIA this is the city that did the first:
EARTH HOUR will occur again on March 28th. all over the world - I invite you to join in!
For more info go here: http://www.earthhourus.org/faq.php
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Thank you for your visit & comments... Soon there will be the opportunity of another Give-a-Way gift!
So who ate who?
A thorned and spineless situation...
...among the blossoms?
Impossible!
So where is the cacti?
• 10" x 10" • © Lisa Rivas • "Thorns or Spines?"
• watercolor, digital, printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas
Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.
Stanislaw Lem, polish science fiction writer
Spines are leaves that have been modified into cylindrical, hard structures with sharp ends. They are occasionally called thorns, which is incorrect (thorns are modified branches or stems). Similar to prickles and thorns, they are used by plants to protect themselves from herbivores.
Survival is a "hardwired instinct" of all living beings.
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
Michael Burke
"Survival" • watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 34"H x 38"W • © Lisa Rivas
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Thought is the organizing factor in man,
intersected between the casual
primary instincts and the resulting actions.
In that way imagination
and intelligence enter into our existence
in the part of servants of
the primary instincts. Albert Einstein
...the custom cahiers have found a home with lucky Carol Adamec.
Carol is a fabulous "wordsmith" and "painter", multi-gifted and hard working.
You can see her work and words at her blog: ART by CAROL ADAMEC
Carol has been a dear friend of mine for over 20 years! She is the person that has help me express myself through words, there was a time in my life it created panic and terrible fear to write something! To put words to my work - to even talk, I thought I could just stay visual. Having a blog has been a challenge... it has been an incredible learning experience. Even leaving comments at your sites and blogs was hard at first :-) Now you can't keep me still.
Today, I still request Carol's professional help when needed... she is my "ghost writer".
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For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can.
Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. Ernest Hemingway
...is the common name for this variety of the Opuntia species. It is spineless and despite the tame appearance it has a dense turf of thousands of barbed glochids - tiny barbed hair-like spines. These can be very irritating and have the annoying habit to fly away when the plant is moved. It is a good idea to mist it before moving it.
Polka Dot Cactus - ink drawing and then digitized • 2009 © Lisa Rivas
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If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. Winnie the Pooh
...with colors!
A rising stigma surrounded by
THE FILAMENTS and THE ANTHERS
are hosting this celebration!
These delicate and loving hosts
lightly powder all guests with
"kisses of golden pollen".
Lisa Rivas
"Celebrate" ...of the series LAS BOTÁNICAS & you can purchase this HERE
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10" x 10"
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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou
...from the drawing of names for the 15 Art-eStamp Set turned out to be Indigene.
A very dear & talented artist, with a deep and wise spirit. A wonderful collaborator to the blog world with her regular visits, comments and marvelous posts + art on her site / blog: www.indigeneart.com
This was the dear song Indigene left in her comment to Flying Colors' for one year of blogging
THANK YOU !!!
Happy Blog Year to You, Happy Blog Year to you,
Happy Blog Year, dear Lisa, Happy Blog Year to you!
Way to go! Yeah! Congrats!
I love these stamps! How are they made? I'd love to know!
Peace & Hugs, Indigene
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I want to thank everyone for all their great comments and visits!
I am the lucky one to know that Flying Colors is held in such high regard.
Thank you again and there are more give-a-ways posted and also coming up.
So just keep coming back you might just get lucky the next time :-)
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♥«´¨`•☺"Thank You Box"☺•´¨`»♥
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We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Winston Churchill
This is Flying Colors' Blogversary give-a-way • #3!
A one of a kind wooden box covered with ultra-thin ricepaper with a custom design.
To win, leave me a comment at this post.
This gift/prize is a courtesy, a special THANK YOU! for visiting and it is totally free.
Thank you for your visit & comments... there will be 4 more gifts coming up!
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. ~Voltaire
I have termed this:
"TheL♥vecactus"
6" x 6" • pencil, ink pencil, black walnut ink on clay-board • Lisa Rivas © 2009 •
Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. Swedish Proverb
The thelocactus is a small and short globular cactus with a beautiful spination and showy flowers.
It
originates from the arid lands of Central, and North Mexico.
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Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. Henry David Thoreau
original painting - private collection - Memphis,TN USA - "Passage of Time"
watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 36"H x 72"W • © Lisa Rivas
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The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.
Albert Einstein
... another Blogversary give-a-way • #2!
3 custom covered MOLESKINE® cahiers.
These plain journals are covered with
my paper scrapes and print samples.
The design inspiration comes from
"Baby Toes" a painting that is part of
my ongoing cacti / succulent art series.
See that complete post HERE
This cacti series comes about from my weekly participation with the artist group CACTUS MONDAY. An open group from all over the world that meets regularly every Monday on the web and it is all about fun with "The Cacti!".
Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. Shigenori Kameoka
To win these 3 custom covered "cahier" journals leave me a comment at this post.
This gift/prize is a courtesy, a THANK YOU! for visiting and it is free.
All countries are welcomed! No shipping fees, I will send it to the winner :-)
Last day
to leave a comment and to participate in the drawing of names will be Sunday, February 15th.
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Thank you for your visit & comments... there will be 5 more gifts coming up!
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