tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488735896467172908.post1540605464561779528..comments2024-03-02T00:22:22.808-08:00Comments on Janice Mason Steeves: The Tao of PaintingJanice Mason Steeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146958998411894033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488735896467172908.post-32186229032916720622013-08-20T10:18:15.630-07:002013-08-20T10:18:15.630-07:00HI Sara,
Wonderful to hear from you. Thanks for t...HI Sara,<br />Wonderful to hear from you. Thanks for the kind words and for the Rumi poem. I hadn't read that one before. It's amazing. Many thanks too for the book suggestion-it will go on my list!<br />I hope the rest of your summer is glorious.<br />Janice Mason Steeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146958998411894033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488735896467172908.post-53054893108672624012013-08-20T07:36:10.330-07:002013-08-20T07:36:10.330-07:00Janice this is wonderful to see again...i love the...Janice this is wonderful to see again...i love the book you put together! I read and really enjoyed John Daido Loori's The Zen of Creativity, which you might also like to pick up :) Also the poem I thought you might like is Rumi's The Guest House. http://www.gratefulness.org/poetry/guest_house.htm Hope you enjoy and have a lovely rest of summer! Sarasaramorisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063067143646625486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488735896467172908.post-74462408707765492912013-08-20T03:22:35.015-07:002013-08-20T03:22:35.015-07:00Thanks Sylvia, It's exciting working in that ...Thanks Sylvia, It's exciting working in that way, not knowing what the outcome will be, letting the painting led the way. But I have to say that there is part of me that still wants to know or to have some control. I guess it's a lifelong task, letting go of that. Janice Mason Steeveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00146958998411894033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3488735896467172908.post-90235613266118042942013-08-20T02:21:37.125-07:002013-08-20T02:21:37.125-07:00A wonderful post, Janice. Your expeience with Bru...A wonderful post, Janice. Your expeience with Brush Explorations sounds awesome, especially the making of the brush and its eventual power over your gestures. But your statement,". . .my painting leads the way for me. . ." struck me as so true. There can never be preconcievd ideas.measuringspace - sylvia terihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821307103494103275noreply@blogger.com