Thursday, 23 January 2025

While this post is...

...short on artwork photos, it's not because the week has been lax in any manner.

The big news, for me, is that I've finished my tenure as President on our condo association .  The last months have truly felt like years, and I'm doing so much happy dancing and singing I'm sure you could hear it all from where you are.  This means I will actually have some time to spend in the studio and I fully intend to get crazy experimental with it,

starting with some abstract colour play in the mini journal, and using a piece of canvas as a palette.

I've been ironing snowflakes (every time I use that phrase, I think how crazy it sounds), and may eventually get to the card/painting I have in mind.


A major project I've been working on this week has been my life story, and a paragraph from it had me wondering whether this particular event was the cement to my snowflake obsession:

'My sister and I lived with six other young women in an old and ramshackle house on 6th avenue just off 10 St. in Calgary.  At 17 years of age, I have a memory of being woken from a dead sleep-walking exploit, wearing nothing but a shortie nightgown and cropped jacket in -40 degree weather about half a block from home.  Barefooted, my housemate (who had followed me) and I struggled back to the house in a raging blizzard.  Goodness knows what I was dreaming about, but it certainly turned into a cold, albeit a stunningly beautiful, adventure.  It was just one incident in a lifelong fascination with snowflakes.'

I've also made a couple of birthday cards for condo residents who are celebrating this week - one for a full 80 years and the other for 82.  

And I took a few moments for some household signage that will help John with his memory.  

These aids continue to grow in number and I hope will continue to help for some time yet.

I hope that you had something fabulous to celebrate this week - do let me know in the comments, if so!

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous23 January 2025 at 07:47

    The sleepwalking story is quite amazing and slightly terrifying. Thank goodness for your helpful flatmate. It is insightful to hear about the connection with your snowflake art.

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    1. Win Dinn, Artist23 January 2025 at 08:57

      It's interesting that I am finding so many threads as I go through the process of working on my life story. It may be that we need decades of experience behind us in order to get a sense of what is really going on!

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  2. Deann23 January 2025 at 08:43

    Good heavens Win you accomplished so much art in the past I'm amazed when you say "Now that your not president you can get something done." Your snowflakes are absolutely amazing. How do you cut those? Speaking of life stories I have to get busy on my own, and my Mothers and my Fathers.
    I guess I had better quit gabbing and get going. Big hugs and best wishes to you my friend. Deann

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    1. Win Dinn, Artist23 January 2025 at 08:55

      Well, how did I miss putting a snowflake-cutting tutorial on my blog? I seem to have dozens of tutorials on there (see the top bar, second from the end, just below the blog name), but no snowflakes???!!!! I must be mad given I create at least a dozen new ones every year for some crazy scheme or other. I've got it on my to-do-list, Deann and will flag you when it's up there!

      I'm hoping that you will post some of your life stories when you get rolling on it, Deann...I have a sneaking suspicion we have some shared background. 🤔😉

      I wait with bated breath, my friend, and send you a ton of love in the meantime. xo

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