Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.Helen Keller What inspires?What are you passionate about? What motivates you and inspires you to get out of bed in the mornings and get going? On a personal note I am inspired by nature, my spiritual life, discovery of new places and … Continue reading What inspires?
Art and reflections
We cannot cure the world of sorrows
We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.Joseph Campbell Let gratitude fill your heart and may it complete your joy in season. Digital doodle, may joy be yours, M Noffke
Old Year 2020/New Year 2021
Digital doodle, 2021 happiness, M Noffke Certainty is uncertain and uncertainty is certain: one thing is for sure, we cannot know what the future holds. it is humbling and calls for appreciation of what we already have. Here is my year end poem: Year end... I appreciate my life, my friends and family, all my … Continue reading Old Year 2020/New Year 2021
The Aspiring Artist’s Journey – Sketches
… fostering your creativity ... This is part of a series where I will display my various sketches from my journal. It is in response to people who have expressed a desire to become more creative in visual arts. We all have that seed of creativity planted in us and all we have to do … Continue reading The Aspiring Artist’s Journey – Sketches
Art Studio
In my studio with my two Mewses. My happy place, playing with colour and line. Nasturtiums, water colour sketch of the day, M Noffke. Journal entry:Life is like a plant with a tangle of stems, all good, even although they are going all over the show - because life is messy like that; but it … Continue reading Art Studio
Feeding your soul.
by M Noffkeby M Noffkeby M NoffkeSubject: Your Inner Eden, oxide and egg tempera, by Morag Noffke What feeds your soul? There are many things that feed our souls and in my case I am specifically thinking of creativity. I hunger after creative processes. My innermost part yearns to create and find new forms of … Continue reading Feeding your soul.
Self-respect
It's OK to feel that you have failed, it's OK to know that you have failed according to your own rules or goals, but you can take a deep breath and try again. Breathe and hold your Self until the wave subsides. Sometimes the going is tough, tough trials come our way and the burden … Continue reading Self-respect
Transforming mandala.
In response to a writing prompt: A personal mandala is about to unfold... Transforming mandala. As my life circles out, like centrifugal force in slow motion, from the center, where I originate from to where my life will end I see how my life becomes more abundant, with whatever I fill it with. The space … Continue reading Transforming mandala.
How do we grieve?
Margaretha Bertha van Riet (Margareet Armstrong) Wellwood Caldwell Armstrong. Also known as Joe in South Africa. As I mentioned in one of my last posts that my mother died last year October – 7th October to be exact. I am not going to tell you what an amazing person she was or how I miss … Continue reading How do we grieve?
Freedom to choose and wisdom to know…
Photo by Negative Space on Pexels.com May we have the freedom to choose, and the wisdom to know when to do what is required of us, or when to exert our freedom for then we are truly free from manipulation and immaturity. We are only free to choose when we can look at things from … Continue reading Freedom to choose and wisdom to know…
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