EDM# 186 "Draw sth you've always wanted"

Well, in my case it was (and still is) the beautiful, thick dreadlocks!
I just love them:)
So for today - dreadlocks on my sketch.

Joy Journal: "smell of baking cake in the house"

Maja, my niece.

"If we think defeat, this is what we'll get.

If we are undecided, nothing will happen to us.

We must just pick something great to do and do it."

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (B. 1917)

Joy Journal: "Family Gathering".

I guess you got used to me posting every now and then (approx once in a month now). I would like to post more often but somehow this way of challenging myself is not working anymore.

I am giving myself time now, take time not to do anything, take time to do what I feel like doing (which often means "nothing") but I guess that's how it's got to be. Thank you all for still visiting my blog and leaving your kind comments. I stopped promising myself to do more sketches, more posts as that only put me off from doing it. I realized that there are certain things in life that I cannot control even though I've read tones of books how to get myself started, motivated, more creative. Sometimes I just have to trust my body and my mind and live my life my way.

I went to Santo Domingo in Dominican Republic again this year. As on all business trips..not much time for sketching but at least I had some time to walk around and take some pictures.

I really like this wall as it has such a lovely pallet of colours - warm and pinkish:)

It's a wall of Catedral Primada de les Americas - Santo Domingo.

              

This portrait is from Itzick flickr page - amazing range of portraits! I would love to draw them all:)

This is a sketch from my busy workplace. My highlighters...not really original. All of them have the same size and shape - my sketch is just not too precise:)

Joy Journal: "Life, as it unfolds slowly and unexpectedly."

Nastepny konik do mojej kolekcji "Szkice w Przerwie".

Dziennik Malych Radosci: "Spiew ptakow o poranku"

Next horse for my collection "Lunch Sketches"

Joy Journal: "Bird song in the morning"

I've tried to write a good and interesting post but if I was waiting for this it might have taken much longer for me to create something worth posting. The longer I prolong the harder it gets.

Fruit lunch sketch and Friday egg day documented in my sketchbook:)

Have a lovely week.

Namaste.

Joy Journal: "long deep breathing during busy day".

UP THERE

I found this short film on David's blog.
Up There by Malcolm Murray documents the dying art of hand-painted advertising.
UP THERE from Jon on Vimeo.

The Invitation

sketch: black indian ink, Szymon Kobylinski, Polish grafic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, satirist, historian and designer.

I also had to share with you this "Invitation" I found in "The Invitation" by Oriah Mountain Dreamer - I hope your soul will awaken to these words - just as my did.

"It doesn't interest me what you do for a living.

I want to know what you ache fore, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for your dream, for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon. I want to know if you have touched the center of your own sorrow, if you have been opened by life's betrayals or have become shriveled and closed from fear of further pain. I want to know if you can sit with pain, mine or your own, without moving to hide it or fade it or fix it.

I want to know if you can be with joy, mine or your own, if you can dance with wildness and let the ecstasy fill you to the tips of your fingers and toes without cautioning us to be careful, to be realistic, to remember the limitations of being human.

It doesn't interest me if the story you are telling me is true. I want to know if you can disappoint another to be true to yourself; if you can bear the accusation of betrayal and not betray your own soul; if you can be faithless and therefore trustworthy.

I want to know if you can see beauty, even when it's not pretty, every day, and if you can source your won life from it's presence.

I want to know if you can live with failure, yours and mine, and still stand on the edge of the lake and shout to the silver of the full moon, "Yes!"

It doesn't interest me to know where you live or haw much money you have. I want to know if you can get up, after the night of grief and despair, weary and bruised to the bone, and do what needs to be done to feed the children.

It doesn't interest me who you know or how you came to be here. I want to know if you will stand in the center of the fire with me and not shrink back.

It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom you have studied. I want to know what sustains you, from the inside, when all else falls away.

I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and if you truly like the company you keep in the empty moments."

Sprawy Codzienne i Niecodzienne

Polityka tak naprawde sie nie interesuje. Nie wynika to z ignorancji, raczej z faktu, ze wydaje mi sie, iz wszyscy obiecuja przed wyborami, a po wyborach...wszystko powraca do normy i kazdy dba jedynie o wlasne interesy.
Zostalam zmuszona jednak do ogladniecia jednej z debat i podczas ogladania zasnelam. Jedyne co pamietam to fakt, ze David Cameron nie odpowiedzial na zadne "niewygodne" pytanie wprost wykrecajac sie zawila polemika politykow i zaslaniajac bledami innych partii. Nick Clegg wydaje sie najbardziej szczery z kandydatow natomiast Gordon Brown najsilniejszy pod wzgledem ekonomii i logiki wykaraskania sie z obecnego stanu rzeczy (kryzys ekonomiczny) na dluzsza mete.
Po obudzeniu sie dowiedzialam sie od Nada, ze w rankingach po tej debacie najsilniejszy wydaje sie David Cameron (!). No i gdzie tu z moja ocena kandydatow??:)
Z innej beczki, ostatnio zrobilam swoj pierwszy dzem domowej roboty. Wyszukalam przepisu na internecie i wyprobowalam sama (oczywiscie wyrzucajac z przepisu wszystko co zawiera salicyle - pozostaly tylko gruszki, lemonka zamiast cytryny i cukier). Wydaje mi sie, ze dodalam troszeczke za duzo cukru, ale przy mojej nietolerancji na salicyle produkty wlasnej roboty sa moim jedynym zrodlem cukru:)
Dzemik wyszedl przepyszny! Co potwierdzili wszyscy domownicy:)

Dziennik Malych Radosci: "Dzem gruszkowy domowej roboty".

I am not interested in politics, it's not that I am ignorant it's the fact that every candidate makes promises when they need our votes and once on the top...everything comes to normal and they just care about their own interests. Recently I was "forced" to watch one of the debates and it was so interesting that I fell asleep. What I can remember though is David Cameron who didn't answer any of the "inconvenient" questions asked by other candidates sneaking out with his politic talks and emphisizing errors of other parties. Nick Clegg seems the most honest and Gordon Brown the strongest in terms of economics and logic how to get us out of the present situation (economic crisis) in the long term.

When I woke up Nad told me that David Cameron came out as the strongest candidate (!). So much for my assessment of the candidates??:)
On the other note, recently I made my first home made jam. I found the recipe in the internet and tried it myself (cutting out all ingredients containing salicilates - I was left with pears, lime-instead of lemon, and sugar). I think I might have added too much sugar but the only source of sugar that I eat is what I actually make...
Jam turned out delicious, confirmed by all members of the household:)

Joy Journal: "Homemade Jam".

EDM#59 "Draw a sign of Spring"

EDM#59 "Draw a sign of Spring", originally uploaded by anecik_sz.

“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more…

Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland,Ohio at Turn Back to God

1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone…
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first pay cheque.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion, Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words ‘In five years, will this matter?’
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative — dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”

Joy Journal: "Sharing my life with the loved ones."


“Aby uczcic proces starzenia sie kiedys napisalam 45 lekcji, ktore nauczylo mnie zycie. Moj drogomierz wyznaczyl 90 w Sierpniu, wiec oto moja kolumna raz jeszcze...Napisane przez Regine Brett, lat 90, Cleveland,Ohio na Turn Back to God

1. Zycie nie zawsze jest sprawiedliwe, ale nadal jest dobre.
2. Kiedy w rozterce czy watpliwosci, zrob nastepny maly krok.
3. Zycie jest zbyt krotkie, zeby marnowac je na nienawidzeniu kogokolwiek...
4. Twoja praca nie zatroszczy sie o ciebie gdy bedziesz chory. Twoi przyjaciele i rodzice tak. Badz z nimi w kontakcie.
5. Splacaj karty kredytowe kazdego miesiaca.
6. Nie musisz miec racji w kazdej klotni czy sprzeczce. Zgadzaj sie nie zgadzac.
7. Placz z kims. To zdrowsze niz placz w samotnosci.
8. Jest w porzadku gniewanie sie na Boga od czasu to czasu. On potrafi to zniesc.
9. Oszczedzaj na emeryture poczawszy od swojej pierwszej wyplaty.
10. Gdy w gre wchodzi czekolada, opor jest daremny.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. Jest w porzadku gdy dzieci widza ze placzesz.
13. Nie porownuj swojego zycia do innych. Nie masz pojecia o co chodzi w ich podrozy.
14. Jezeli zwiazek ma byc sekretem, nie powinienes w nim byc.
15. Wszystko moze sie zmienic za mrugnieciem oka. Ale nie martw sie Bog nighy nie mruga.
16. Wez gleboki oddech. To uspokaja umysl.
17. Pozbadz sie wszystkiego co nie jest uzyteczne, piekne lub zabawne.
18. Co cie nie zabije naprawde uczyni cie silniejszym.
19. Nigdy nie jest za pozno na to zeby miec szczesliwe dziecinstwo. Ale za drugim razem zalezy tylko i wylacznie od ciebie.
20. Kiedy w gre wchodzi podazanie za tym co kochasz w zyciu, nie bierz "NIE" za odpowiedz.
21. Zapal swieczki, uzywaj ladnych przescieradel, nos fantazyjna bielizne. Nie zachowuj tego na specjalne okazje. Dzisiaj jest dniem wyjatkowym.
22. Przygotowuj sie porzadnie a pozniej idz na zywiol.
23. Badz ekscentrycznym teraz. Nie czekaj na pozny wiek zeby nosic purpurowy kolor.
24. Najwazniejszym narzadem seksualnym jest mozg.
25. Nikt nie jest odpowiedzialnym za twoje szczescie poza toba.
26. Obramuj kazda tak zwana katastrowe slowami "Czy bedzie to mialo znaczenie za piec lat".
27. Zawsze wybieraj zycie.
28. Wybaczaj wszystko wszystkim.
29. Co inni ludzie mysla o tobie nie jest twoja sprawa.
30. Czas leczy prawie wszystko. Dawaj czas.
31. Jakkolwiek dobra lub zla sytuacja, na pewno sie zmieni.
32. Nie traktuj siebie zbyt powaznie. Nikt inny tego nie robi.
33. Wierz w cuda.
34. Bog cie kocha poniewaz jest Bogiem, nie z powodu tego co zrobiles lub nie zrobiles.
35. Nie rewiduj zycie. Pokaz sie i wykorzystaj go jak najlepiej potrafisz teraz.
36. Starzenie sie bije alternatywe - umieranie mlodo.
37. Twoje dzieci dostaja tylko jedno dziecinstwo.
38. To co na koncu naprawde sie liczy to fakt ze kochales.
39. Wychodz kazdego dnia. Cuda czekaja na ciebie wszedzie.
40. Gdybysmy wrzucili swoje problemy do jednego worka i zobaczyli problemy innych, natychmiast porwalibysmy wlasny worek spowrotem.
41. Zazdrosc jest strata czasu. Masz juz wszystko czego potrzebujesz.
42. Najlepsze jest jeszcze przed nami.
43. Bez wzgledu na to jak sie czujesz, wstan, ubierz sie i pokaz sie.
44. Ustepoj pierwszenstwa.
45. Zycie nie jest przewiazane wstazeczka, ale nadal jest prezentem.”

Dziennik Malych Radosci: "Dzielenie mojego zycia z bliskimi."

I haven't been posting for a while now. I've been on the salicilates diet for two weeks which means brown rice and meat with no spices for two weeks. Brown rice for breakfast, brown rice and meat for lunch and brown rice for supper. I could eat nothing else. For drink filtered water with lime - hot or cold. When my sugar level went down my rescue was cocoa with milk and a spoon of sugar. The results? Amazing - my thoughts stopped rushing, my mind got clear, my skin and eyes improved. I came off the Loratadine (Zyrtec) which I had to take every day for the last 12 years to be able to face a day. I can finally breath through my nose! Who would have thought!? So now I have to introduce new product one at a time every 48 hrs and see how my body reacts to it. Unfortunately there is a huge list of things that I cannot eat any more, most fruits and vegetables, no spices and herbs, juices no products with preservatives. The list of things I can have is really short...

It would all be fine but unfortunately since I came off loratadine I have reaction to almost all cosmetics that I've been using - body lotions, anti-perspirants, shampoos, shower gels, body oils, face creams almost everything and anything, and even toothpaste (as mint or peppermint contain salicilates). It takes me ages now to go through ingredients of a simple face cream and decide if I can use it or not! Sometimes even if it's not mentioned in ingredients that salicilates are present it can still contain some of it...

Well, currently I am using almost all products from E45 and wanted to get the face cream from the same range as I didn't have reaction to this one:)

Life changes! Things change!

On the left handside of my blog you can find the link to the website where I found the best currently available information about salicilates http://salicylatesensitivity.com/

Joy Journal: "I can see Spring everywhere I look:)"

Nie pisalam nic ostatnimi czasy. Przez dwa tygodnie bylam na diecie salicylowej co oznacza brazowy ryz i mieso bez zadnych przypraw przez czternascie dni. Brazowy ryz na sniadanie, brazowy ryz i mieso na obiadek i brazowy ryz na kolacje. Nie moglam jesc nic innego. Do picia przefiltrowana wode z lemonka - zimna lub goraca. Kiedy poziom cukru spadl mi niebezpiecznie ratunkiem bylo kakao z mlekiem i lyzeczka curku. Rezultaty? Niesamowite - moje mysli przestaly byc rozbiegane, moge sie skupic, moj umysl jest ostrzejszy a stan skory i wzrok sie poprawily. Przestalam zazywac Loratadine (Zyrtek) ktory uprzednio musialam brac codzennie przez ostatnich 12 lat zeby moc stawic czola dniom. Nareszcie moge oddychac swobodnie przez nos! Kto by pomyslal, ze kiedys to nastapi?! A teraz musze wprowadzac nowy produkt pojedynczo o 48 godz. i obserwowac reakcje mojego organizmu. Niestety jest bardzo dluga lista rzeczy i produktow, ktorych mi nie wolno jesc, wiekszosc owocow i warzyw, zadnych przypraw i ziol, sokow i prodoktow z konserwantami. Lista rzeczy i produktow ktore moge jesc jest bardzo krotka...

Wszystko byloby do zniesienia, tylko odkad przestalam zazywac loratadine reaguje na kazdy dotychczas uzywany kosmetyk - balsam do ciala, anti-perspirant, szampon, zel pod prysznic, olejki do ciala, krem do twarzy, cokolwiek uzywalam dotychczas okazuje sie wywolywac reakcje skorne nawet pasta do zebow (ktora zawiera miete i peppermint ktore zawieraja salicyle). Teraz zabiera mi wieki przegladniecie skladnikow zwyklego kremu do twarzy i zdecydowanie czy moge go uzywac czy nie! Czasami nawet jezeli salicyle nie sa wymienione w skladnikach, nadal mozna je znalezc w zawartosci produktu (tak jak w przypadku tabletek - same tabletki nie musza zawierac salicyli, ale powloka tabletki je zawiera).

No coz, obecnie uzywam prawie wszystkich produktow firmy E45 i chce zakupic krem do twarzy rowniez (nowosc) poniewac nie mialam reakcji dotychczas.

Zycie sie zmienia! Rzeczy sie zmieniaja!

Po lewej stronie mozecie znalezc link do najpelniejszej strony na temat salicyli jaka udalo mi sie znalezc (w jez. angielskim) http://salicylatesensitivity.com/

Dziennik Malych Radosci: "Widok wiosny na kazdym rogu:)"