tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post2667125115253431777..comments2023-10-02T00:59:37.232-07:00Comments on Meri's Musings: TransformationMerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07024443046207501650noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-15794415247799772132009-08-20T19:14:37.897-07:002009-08-20T19:14:37.897-07:00Better yet...I posted a link to your blog and your...Better yet...I posted a link to your blog and your wonderful Monet!!!<br />oxoxoDeirdra Doanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-18716707664169933062009-08-20T19:05:55.941-07:002009-08-20T19:05:55.941-07:00What a great story and the Monet is so lovely...I ...What a great story and the Monet is so lovely...I will share your story with a friend...Deirdra Doanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432420824463446865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-37624512991452413232009-08-20T16:30:18.922-07:002009-08-20T16:30:18.922-07:00What an amazing transformative journey you have be...What an amazing transformative journey you have been on . . . I love when you say you were finally letting your juiciness leak out. A real tribute to how art heals and energizes. Thank you Meri.Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-49794135802383034342009-08-20T13:29:06.458-07:002009-08-20T13:29:06.458-07:00Meri - that was a wonderful tale of resilience, an...Meri - that was a wonderful tale of resilience, and then when the first picture appeared I was blown away! To find that spark after what you had been through is genuinely inspiring to me. Thank you, artist.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-10611211794462172682009-08-20T08:53:26.187-07:002009-08-20T08:53:26.187-07:00Hi Meri. I'm catching up from yesterday. too...Hi Meri. I'm catching up from yesterday. too busy to get to them all. I know what you mean about owning the 'artist' label. I didn't call myself an artist for many many years because I never felt the burning desire, the angst that real artist's are supposed to feel. I don't know when but somewhere along the line I just accepted it. Great post. I'm glad you have flowered.<br /><br />Thanks for visiting my blog yesterday.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-80162918230036879742009-08-20T01:02:59.860-07:002009-08-20T01:02:59.860-07:00Hello Meri, these are very beautiful....you can ju...Hello Meri, these are very beautiful....you can just lose yourself in them....so glad i found your blog and will come back!! kayKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584116146098939783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-11602152770167665422009-08-19T22:41:44.475-07:002009-08-19T22:41:44.475-07:00I just found your blog today and this post was exa...I just found your blog today and this post was exactly what I needed to read. There are no coincidences! <br /><br />I struggle with being an artist. I am a mother & wife...now that my kids are getting older I am finally hearing my inner voice. I am a self taught photographer as well. When taking photos and playing with images in my editing software...my soul soars. I am finally beginning to listen to my heart...but I struggle with my own validation as an artist.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740738041547883989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-942980204824202942009-08-19T22:37:00.089-07:002009-08-19T22:37:00.089-07:00Meri, yours is one of my favorite blogs to read. ...Meri, yours is one of my favorite blogs to read. Everything you write is so profound. It's really strange, but a lot of your posts express some of the same thoughts that I have. You sound a lot like me, only you express yourself with more finesse. You articulate on your blog everything that I am thinking. It's like being thrust into the Twilight Zone.~JarieLyn~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02519086938256175022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-14005905740094721852009-08-19T21:22:59.615-07:002009-08-19T21:22:59.615-07:00these are beautiful paintings, meri! how can you n...these are beautiful paintings, meri! how can you not see yourself as an artist?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-69451701035290128282009-08-19T19:05:50.192-07:002009-08-19T19:05:50.192-07:00Hi, I came in from Jennifer's blog and thoroug...Hi, I came in from Jennifer's blog and thoroughly enjoyed your last post about transformation. You hit it right on the head with this one; realizing one's intuitive strength unleashes creativity. I love your paintings.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-68794031596996647482009-08-19T16:28:40.742-07:002009-08-19T16:28:40.742-07:00You're right that first picture does look impr...You're right that first picture does look impressionistic. I'm pleased those voices have been subdued with your self, soul. You are a wonderful person who momentarily lost direction but has found a stronger place to grow. Have a great night.poefusionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15157059633840032305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-19349212327508766032009-08-19T16:16:53.851-07:002009-08-19T16:16:53.851-07:00meri....those paintings are amazing !
and yes...y...meri....those paintings are amazing !<br /><br />and yes...you are an artist !<br /><br />we all are, in our own right, but we all also have an amazing hard time owning up to calling ourselves one...<br /><br />I learned so much about all of that at squam last year...and the gremlins that whisper in our ears that we're not good enough....<br /><br />and even today....getting paid for my work...I have a hard time owning up to the name "photographer" just like when I put artwork in a gallery and choked over calling myself "an artist"....<br /><br />maybe we are too humble ?bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094533582512917616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-8536074707437952862009-08-19T15:43:05.900-07:002009-08-19T15:43:05.900-07:00These paintings are beautiful - breathtaking, comp...These paintings are beautiful - breathtaking, compelling! <br /><br />And the 'apparitions" - my eye was drawn to a smaller 'figure' to the left - maybe you didn't mean apparitions in that way - but I wonder about that figure - of a man ...standing there....wavering in the mist that is himself....Kathryn Magendiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12863595228298349863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-79043274128219413242009-08-19T15:40:25.839-07:002009-08-19T15:40:25.839-07:00Meri - Your soul self is incredibly expressive. A...Meri - Your soul self is incredibly expressive. A beautiful post and your paintings are amazing!!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-64529215900460356982009-08-19T15:25:06.818-07:002009-08-19T15:25:06.818-07:00You are my Buddha!You are my Buddha!Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-29484218142157495462009-08-19T15:19:49.844-07:002009-08-19T15:19:49.844-07:00Hi Meri
and I can feel and see that real Soul sel...Hi Meri<br /><br />and I can feel and see that real Soul self now coming through...<br /><br />great work Meri - the post and your life...<br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-9814393243162388132009-08-19T14:24:53.715-07:002009-08-19T14:24:53.715-07:00You certainly have a beautiful soul, Meri!You certainly have a beautiful soul, Meri!larkspurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12809735972126556232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9179858206468654068.post-57019872736156534892009-08-19T13:22:34.967-07:002009-08-19T13:22:34.967-07:00Hi there Meri, I've come here via Steven's...Hi there Meri, I've come here via Steven's meme. This is a very powerful account and something of the intensity of what you've gone through really sings out in those paintings. <br />Thanks for sharing this.Sid Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902574081691402376noreply@blogger.com