tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post6988602726698736690..comments2023-10-24T09:29:32.492-04:00Comments on the golden fish: sacred fishstevenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-15660763781337946382009-09-27T09:59:15.175-04:002009-09-27T09:59:15.175-04:00oh hello goldenrod, thanks for that very generous ...oh hello goldenrod, thanks for that very generous comment on this little painting. i'll be sharing another one shortly. very different and then again, i think there;s a connection. but we'll see!!! have a peaceful afternoon down in texas. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-78095831597789425572009-09-27T09:40:27.299-04:002009-09-27T09:40:27.299-04:00The painting is so like you, Steven ... a cosmos o...The painting is so like you, Steven ... a cosmos of what you are all about. Intricately-woven, complex, brilliantly-colored, and all brought together in an orderly whole. :)Goldenrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246352554498015300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-83402527725631188762009-09-26T22:13:32.040-04:002009-09-26T22:13:32.040-04:00hello delwyn - yes!!! it's my bedtime now!!!! ...hello delwyn - yes!!! it's my bedtime now!!!! have a lovely day! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-31030601722859459452009-09-26T21:56:07.888-04:002009-09-26T21:56:07.888-04:00Hi Steven
now I understand you better,I see the t...Hi Steven<br /><br />now I understand you better,I see the two levels working - the unconscious and the conscious, what we are aware of as happening or evaluate and make sense of in reflection and what may be happening at levels beyond our cognizance...<br />and the two meeting somewhere in the middle...<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-32604437953726533482009-09-25T21:46:12.596-04:002009-09-25T21:46:12.596-04:00hello hope - yes green eyes - from a brown-eyed da...hello hope - yes green eyes - from a brown-eyed dad and a blue-eyed mum!!!! i love my green eyes. i feel really really lucky. they are kind and good eyes. i wanted the fish to have them also. i see them myself but you know you see what you want to see!!! have a lovely day hope. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-25424611199195354222009-09-25T21:44:45.659-04:002009-09-25T21:44:45.659-04:00hello delwyn, sorry 'bout that. i sometimes th...hello delwyn, sorry 'bout that. i sometimes think inside my head as i write and what comes out makes sense to me but to no one else. i'm not sure i can unpack it any more than i did but i'm answering the question you asked in your first comment today. i think that we attract the experiences our souls need. that's the work of the soul on this plane. to deal with the opportunity that those experiences represent to us. i hope that makes my response a little clearer. if not - well you're a clever insightful person and almost certainly already know much of what i know!!!!!! have a lovely day delwyn and thanks for popping back for a look! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-30287808881661381972009-09-25T21:42:10.787-04:002009-09-25T21:42:10.787-04:00hello alaine - thanks for your exuberance!!!! than...hello alaine - thanks for your exuberance!!!! thanks also for your encouragement! have a lovely day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-28640927606568786182009-09-25T20:45:58.338-04:002009-09-25T20:45:58.338-04:00Another green eyed soul! We are far and few betwe...Another green eyed soul! We are far and few between in my parts of the world.<br /><br />Funny, when I saw the scales I immediately thought,"Wow, like pieces of a puzzle. Just like life!"<br /><br />I can't wait to see the next one here in your own, personal gallery.<br /><br />Have a wonderful weekend!hopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03306622656461205674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-34182213489683001782009-09-25T20:15:19.020-04:002009-09-25T20:15:19.020-04:00Hi Steven
you lost me there...
Happy daysHi Steven<br /><br />you lost me there...<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-27148157083443158442009-09-25T18:15:18.664-04:002009-09-25T18:15:18.664-04:00Oh, wow, that is exquisite, Steven. One day you w...Oh, wow, that is exquisite, Steven. One day you will lift a brush again; I know what you mean about waiting. I would really love to see more of your work.alaine@éclectiquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367208674281749257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-10324222598870642932009-09-25T17:43:14.837-04:002009-09-25T17:43:14.837-04:00well dervish you see that one is a painting of the...well dervish you see that one is a painting of the world confronting one person and the one person attempting to deal with it. that's an agsty painting you've got. but i loved seeing it in the pics you sent!!!!!<br /><br />love, dadstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-68112954044885850912009-09-25T17:41:56.199-04:002009-09-25T17:41:56.199-04:00hello meri - well there's more coming. the nex...hello meri - well there's more coming. the next piece is a work that took a year to complete. not a year's worth of work but it took me a year to find the time to do the work involved!!! thanks for visiting. have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-52262167593338733852009-09-25T17:40:37.935-04:002009-09-25T17:40:37.935-04:00oh liza thanks for this. it's an old work but ...oh liza thanks for this. it's an old work but i love it for a couple of reasons. i painted my eyes into it, and it was a gift to my father who placed it so he could see it before he went to bed at night in his old house. was almost tongue-in-cheek about dropping this image onto clothing but perhaps i'd better get myself an esty shop and sell a "golden fish" line of clothing!!! so i'll tell you what: i am working with a man who does silk-screening at then moment and i'll see what's possible in the way of taking this watercolour and transferring the image of it onto other materials. if it works you get the first one. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-22301161999052489292009-09-25T17:36:06.341-04:002009-09-25T17:36:06.341-04:00hi joanna - thanks very much for your encouragemen...hi joanna - thanks very much for your encouragement. i am grateful. the next paintings are quite different to this as they are from several years later. i'm going to drop by your place and seee how the journey's going. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-20642871584453491292009-09-25T17:33:02.760-04:002009-09-25T17:33:02.760-04:00friko - they really are my eyes. i know them when ...friko - they really are my eyes. i know them when i see them in that fish. i don't know how i did it - it's watercolour. have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-50715441370526083942009-09-25T17:22:58.892-04:002009-09-25T17:22:58.892-04:00hello jenn - well it was a long time ago and someh...hello jenn - well it was a long time ago and somehow pre- children, pre big demands of teaching and sixteen years ago when i was younger and had more energy flow....... well you know don't you?!!!! not to worry - i am seeing the future becoming present and my artwork gets to return in that time. have a lovely evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-27915805569198935882009-09-25T17:21:36.495-04:002009-09-25T17:21:36.495-04:00thankyou bonnie.thankyou bonnie.stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-45170150194433218392009-09-25T17:21:25.061-04:002009-09-25T17:21:25.061-04:00hello sylvia - i'm so glad to meet you!!! than...hello sylvia - i'm so glad to meet you!!! thanks for your lovely compliment. have a peaceful day. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-11064719456476053362009-09-25T17:20:43.834-04:002009-09-25T17:20:43.834-04:00jinksy - for much of my adult life i've known ...jinksy - for much of my adult life i've known artists of all ilks - poets, playwrights, artists, musicians, actors, clowns, you name it - and all of them have literally suffered for their art. there's something salutory in the effect that has on their perception fo themselves in relation to the whole of society but there is also something damaging in it that ends or curtails their careers. i would love to see what you're suggesting return and become an understanding, but the arts as a whole are undervalued in terms of their value to society because they are reduced to economic value. end of speech!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-69558858993492836412009-09-25T17:12:18.382-04:002009-09-25T17:12:18.382-04:00hi abe - i love the idea of painting or creating w...hi abe - i love the idea of painting or creating without any connection to money. retirement - which means - a third career to me and not a lot of naps and books - is a handful of years in the future and so i want to use that time to use my art for a few purposes that don't include a reliance on it to generate cash!!! we'll see eh abe!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-17375833631201464292009-09-25T17:10:03.249-04:002009-09-25T17:10:03.249-04:00hi dave, thanks for that generous comment! this is...hi dave, thanks for that generous comment! this is an old work - sixteen years ago. but i always liked it because of what it represented to me at the time i made it. have a peaceful evening. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-36562435396139158672009-09-25T17:00:30.412-04:002009-09-25T17:00:30.412-04:00hello titus, i see what you ask. i'm not sure....hello titus, i see what you ask. i'm not sure. at the time i was two years into teaching, at the beginning of a marriage. happy. but this painting was to be a depiction of my inner self. i don't know that i ahve an answer! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-60768145161197419942009-09-25T16:58:52.489-04:002009-09-25T16:58:52.489-04:00hi delwyn- i think that we attract experiences we ...hi delwyn- i think that we attract experiences we need, and i think the experiences we needs shape to some degree our experiencing of what we want, wish, and then later on need. resonance and synchronicity are features of us recognizing the presence of what we need. have a lovely morning by the river. stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-54476569360081042592009-09-25T16:57:08.333-04:002009-09-25T16:57:08.333-04:00hi juliet, thanks. the same painting is being enla...hi juliet, thanks. the same painting is being enlarged - sixteen years later - and painted in acrylic on canvas! i'm really excited to be working again!!! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8767484157936178574.post-32191563074318310302009-09-25T15:47:30.285-04:002009-09-25T15:47:30.285-04:00I think that's really beautiful. It's so ...I think that's really beautiful. It's so much more peaceful than the painting of yours I have in my kitchen (painted 1981)...Dervishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00076713028775046265noreply@blogger.com