Okay....so I have been trying to get over the "passing" of my poor little white, Albino hamster "Socrates" when something AMAZING happened the day after he died. I was searching the web for videos about "animals going to Heaven" and found a very good one to watch. It indeed gave me hope that my hamster "Socrates" was in Heaven! BUT........THE STORY DOES NOT END THERE! After I watched the video about "animals going to Heaven" I went to pick my mother up from the hospital. I turned on the CAR RADIO and the STEREO, which had not been working for MONTHS, started to work and the first song that played was "HEAVEN" sung by Bryon Adams! I really, truely believe that this was a DIVINE SIGN from God and my hamster Socrates that he was alright and in Heaven!
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Busy day yesterday and very tired day of rest today. Went to the mall and Movies yesterday! Saw "Les Miserables" and then looked through the clothes racks at the mall! Very tired today from all of that! Staying up tonight to work on art & read my new book! Our "handyman" came to do work at our house and thought my oil paintings in my studio were fantastic! Love the compliments! Working to create new work while working on the older, larger oil paintings as well. Hope to post some new pics soon!
A VERY STRANGE SERIES OF EVENTS (SPIRITUAL) TAKING PLACE TODAY! First off, I planned to drive into New Brunswick today. Before I left, I was gathering some spare change for the parking meters. I was trying to grab some quarters and unexpectantly grabbed a gold-toned coin with an "ANGEL" on it instead! Okay, very strange considering I had recently had a dream about an "ANGEL" that inspired one of my art drawings! Well, it does not stop there! After I was finished doing what I had to do in New Brunswick, I went down the road and was ready to turn off. Suddenly I saw right smack in front of me, a bookstore! Well, I had wanted to get a particular "ART" book about "DIVINELY INSPIRED ART", but was not able to find a store around where I lived that had it and did not know that there was a bookstore at this location! I also happened to have a gift card that I had been carrying around for about six years that I had not used and thought it was useless! I not only managed to get the book, but got it for free with the gift card! Also, strangely enough, there was a PARTICULAR BOOK that was in a movie about ANGELS on display out in the open in front of me! I truely believe that the "ANGEL COIN", "DRIVING UNEXPECTANTLY TO A BOOKSTORE", "THE ART BOOK THAT I BOUGHT", "THE BOOK FROM A MOVIE ABOUT ANGELS", AND "THE RECENT DREAM I HAD ABOUT AN ANGEL THAT INSPIRED ONE OF MY DRAWINGS", were all a related series of events divinely inspired in the direction of my art!
HAPPY NEW YEARS DAY TO EVERYBODY!!!! I will be going out with relatives for a New Years Day Dinner tonight! They are having a bunch of "TV MARATHONS" on TV that I love! "Twighlight Zone", "The Honeymooners", "The Odd Couple"....MY FAVORITES!!! I will be watching them today and after dinner tonight! Yesterday I set up my LARGE frames and canvases for paintings that I am working on. In addition, I will also start some smaller oil paintings that will be done much quicker that I can post on my Website more frequently! I have tons of ideas of beautiful art to create! I will enjoy using my new easel for the smaller paintings, although the easel I have can hold canvases up to about 63" I think. I am very excited about my art in the coming year!
Setting up my VERY large frames to do my big oil paintings! Very excited about starting some new oil paintings! I will do some smaller works in addition to the bigger ones to ultimately accomplish a greater "quantity" of work rather than just the high standard of "quality" I insist upon when doing my artwork. Will I have a dream tonight to inspire me?! Will I see the ANGEL again?! Or perhaps Christ on the cross?! I HAVE HAD a dream of Christ on the cross during his Crucifixion a while back and that too was astounding and beautiful! I do not question why I have these particular dreams nor do I understand them, however I do feel blessed to have had them. And my art is always inspired by them!
A BLANKET OF SNOW HAS FALLEN ON NJ TODAY! Looks pretty, but it is a mess to be out in, so I stayed in today! Organizing my studio and planning for a year of intense artmaking! New ideas already, but waiting for any dreams or visions to inspire me also!
Well, Christmas has passed, but looking at my Christmas tree which is still up for a while, I will think of the fond memories I have of this Christmas! I guess it is ALSO TIME to start making NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS as well! I view this as an exciting year for me! I have alot of new tools to help me create art and hope to make this year FULL of courageous, beautiful, new work! And lots of it! That is first on my list which I'm sure will include other things as well!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! I have to say that I am VERY grateful of all that God has given me this year! Sometimes it's the things that we overlook. The simple things, that are really some of the MOST important things....like a warm bed, a house to protect me from the cold, food, and probably most of all, the people who love me. Even though I think about these things on Christmas, I actually thank God for them every morning when I wake up. In fact, several of Christ's pictures are at the foot of my bed, raised up for me to see when I wake up in the morning to thank him for these good, important things in my life. I am also pleased to have a Christmas tree this year! I have not been able to have one for quite a while! I will try to post some pictures of it! Tonight, as I go to sleep this Christmas night, I will also think of the ANGEL that visited me in my dreams and the wonderful vision the ANGEL blessed me with as well as the work of art I was able to create as inspiration from it! GOODNIGHT AGAIN! AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT!!!!!
WONDERFUL DAY YESTERDAY! ONE OF MY BEST DAYS EVER IN A LONG TIME! A GREAT CELEBRATION! I got a beautiful, little Christmas tree for my home! I got a wonderful chocolate cake and cards and gifts! And I saw what has become one of my favorite movies EVER!!! I saw the 3-D movie "LIFE OF PI" ! ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT!!!!!! This movie had a BEAUTIFUL concept of life, God, nature, and animals! JUST LOVED IT!!!! I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT AGAIN SOMETIME!!!!! I WILL BE OUT SHOPPING FOR Christmas ornaments, garland, etc. today! My BEAUTIFUL little tree already came pre-assembled with beautiful lights and pine cones and red berries! However,my dear little hamster has a cold and also due to the Holiday Christmas shopping, my BEAUTIFUL "ANGEL" DRAWING has been delayed for me to post! I am putting the finishing touches on it! I am a perfectionist when it comes to my art, but I WILL TRY TO POST IT SOON!!!!!
Hearing the Church Bells playing a song from our nearby church like clockwork at noon, I think about the "special" vision I was given in my dream of an ANGEL. For me, this "vision" was definitely a REAL spiritual presence which once again re-affirms what I already know, that there IS a SPIRITUAL afterlife and that there ARE superior beings such as ANGELS there. I am drawing what I saw in the dream and will hopefully post tonight!
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Author: Karen Kroplinski, ArtistI am the author of this blog and I am here to write my day to day thoughts and inspirations concerning my art. I will try to give you an update on what I am doing and what I am thinking regarding the creation of my artwork......and perhaps a few tidbits on other things happening in my life. Archives
June 2015
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