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acceptance, beauty, diversity, family, glass mosaic, glass tiles, love, mosaic
I just finished this piece. I love it, but most people don’t like it. The only person that liked it is my sister.
It is interesting that people normally try to be kind and say they like something when they really don’t. I get it, I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings either.
But with this one piece, there is no hiding their feelings. Everyone at the studio said, straight to my face, they didn’t like it. One said it is the ugliest baby she has ever seen (true lol) and the other said I made Sonny Bono (kinda of lol).
I love that! I feel honored to have people’s honest opinion. They know me, they know I can take it. I rather have honest opinions and not sweet lies. I like that we can all joke about it. What I love most is the realization that I don’t feel the need to make only “pretty” things.
I love when people look at something I made and have a reaction, good or bad.
This piece to me represents a lot different things: family, diversity, beauty, love, among others. With this piece I feel I am beginning to find my creative/artistic voice… and it is not pretty! 😉
“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.” ―
“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”
― The Kreutzer Sonata
“Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Just in what they are.”
― I Am the Messenger
“To see something different gives you a chance to be something different!” ―
“No one escapes some degree of chaos for it is so ever prevalent; it is the human experience. This realization does not mean we can’t improve. It does mean we can accept our state of chaos, lighten up on ourselves, have fun, and work on improving…we are a work in progress. Enjoy the journey.” ―
Love these!!
Thank you Beth!!
Blessings!
I like it for what it represents.
Thank you Brad!
Blessings!
It is just a totally different piece you did here, no flowers, no fruit etc. I like what it represents, and can totally see it in the picture. The baby , I think a toddler more, is to me more a caricature, or a cartoon toddler.
I like the lady with her earrings the most.
Thank you Ute,
The lady with the earrings is also my favorite 🙂
That is right, the whole thing is a more of a caricature, a cartoonish way of depicting different people coming together as a family.
Blessings!
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Hi Yernasia,
Thank you and I totally agree. There is no shame in seeking help for anything kind of issue.
Blessings!
💜 YOU!!! ARE Most Welcome SupaSoulSis 🙏🏿 🤗 ☺️ 😊 🙌 😀 🙏🏿 ; plus Thank YOU!!! for YOUR!!! Kind Words
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Ana, you are advancing your mosaic skills. I can see this artwork is more complex than most of the previous ones. A family portrait in mosaic is art itself because modern family is often fragmented, a family portrait express unity.
Hi Cassa,
Thank you for noticing and saying that! I feel I am evolving artistically. Lately I have been feeling more creative and having more ideas – totally new for me.
I love this: “A family portrait in mosaic is art itself because modern family is often fragmented, a family portrait express unity” – so deep and perceptive!!
Blessings!
You are welcome Ana. I enjoy watching your mosaic journey. 💚
I think this is FABULOUS! Look at the lady’s hair and her lips, the man reminds me of an Actor, can’t place him yet, and the baby, doesn’t seem to me a baby, instead a small adult. Again, they all look like actors from shows we would watch. VERY UNIQUE! FYI – art is supposed to be unique and not everyone likes the same type of art. I don’t like Andy Warhol, people think he’s fabulous… go figure. 🙂
Thank you Monica!
That baby does look like more like a punk rocker than a baby lol
Thank you for being so supportive of my efforts!
Blessings!
It’s like when someone asks if you like their new hairstyle. You try to pick something positive to say. But with art, the artist should be guided by their own sense of beauty or fitness.
Hi,
Good point! As I am getting more and more into mosaics I realize I am not looking to please others and only to create things I love.
Thank you for the visit! Blessings!
I love this! You are so creative!
Thank you so much Andi!
Blessings!
I like it! It shows diversity and that’s important these days.
Thank you Mia!
Blessings!
It’s great!!
Thank you so much Pam!
Blessings!
I like it Ana Star and I love your perspective. Families and sprinkled with a mix of the absurd fragmented are all of us at some point. Diversity, love and your quotes all speak to our soul. Thank you!
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Thank you Cindy for being supportive!
Blessings!
I’m always here for you.. you’re so welcome!
I freaking love it. Fuck “pretty.” This is wayyyyy better than pretty. It has something to say.
Thank you so much Kim!
I love that you love it!
Blessings!
It’s wonderful. It has an interesting confluence of modern and ancient art.
Thank you Rob!
Blessings to you!
Thank you for sharing and I like it!.. not only does it show originality, but it also shows that you have the courage to be YOU, that you are following your dream, not someone else’s, that you are not trying to please someone else… “Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.” (Shannon L. Alder )… 🙂
Keep being you, the world will be a better place and until we meet again..
May the sun shine all day long
Everything go right, nothing go wrong
May those you love bring love back to you
And may all the wishes you wish come true
(Irish Saying)
HI Larry,
Thank you for being supportive of my art. It is wonderful to realize that I don’t feel the need to please anyone, but myself.
Blessings to you!
“When someone tells you “you’ve changed”, it might be because you have stopped living your life their way”..( John Pence ).. 🙂
Love that!! So true!!
“My will shall shape the future. Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man’s doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze.. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the key to my destiny”. (Elaine Maxwell)… 🙂
I’m not just saying this, but it’s really, really cool
Thank you so much Emberlynn!
Blessings!
It seems Spanish to me. I like it but it belongs in only certain settings. My artistic attempts lately are restricted to painting rocks
Hi David,
Spanish, really? That is interesting. I love that we all have different takes and opinions on it.
I have never done it, but I love rock painting. I am sure you can do some great ones.
Blessings!
I’m in love with this piece! The old cliché ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ rings true. 😊
Thank you so much! That is true indeed about beauty.
Blessings!
Initially I thought what u r making…but while scrolling down I found very creative piece of art..loved it❤️😊
Thank you so much for visiting it and for appreciating it!!
Blessings!
You’re most welcome 😊🙏
I think “I don’t like it” is unduly harsh here, and probably means the critic hasn’t seen your work before. Do I love it? No, but I my eye benefits from having seen several other pieces, and this one fits into your portfolio just fine. The final product looks much more refined than the working stages so it was satisfying to see it come together one photo at a time.
Side note, I’m seeing five instances of the same advertisement (toenail fungus) interspersed in your post. “I don’t like” that 🙂
Hi Dave,
I am trying to find my artistic voice. I seem to like these crazy pieces better the pretty little ones 🙂
Thank you for appreciating it.
Side note, I will see what I can do about about that 🙂
Blessings!
‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.’
Anaïs Nin
I always loved that! thank you so much for sharing!
Blessings!
I hope I’d be able to look at things with that perspective as well
Hi Chaudhry,
Life is too short and too beautiful not to try to enjoy it and be grateful.
Thank you for the visit and comment. Blessings to you!
Love your honest,
authentic transparency. Our world needs more of it.
Pretty? . . . Ugly? . . . both are in the mind of the beholder their eyes see. The good news, each of us is a unique creation with unique skills that are beautiful in God’s eyes.
Thanks for sharing this. Be blessed!
Thank you so much Fred, for the visit and for the compliment!
You are right, we are all unique and beautiful in God’s eyes.
Blessings back to you!
So amazing.
Thank you Anita! Blessings!
I wish I could say “I don’t like it”! But that would not be entirely true 😉 Like everything else, its is-ness is the same shared being as our am-ness, and that is the true beauty.
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I like that! Well said!
Blessings!
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Beautiful!
Thank you Luisa!
Blessings!
My pleasure! 🌹
An art !
Thank you! Blessings!
Your welcome!
I rather like it too, Ana. Life is not pretty and perhaps art should reflect that.
Hi Kerry,
Exactly! I want my art to reflect it all, the pretty and the not so pretty.
Blessings!
I love them all!!!!
Thank you so much Kerri!
Blessings!
Interesting piece & its pretty neat. It’s different & I like unique!!!!
Thank you so much for the kindness!
Blessings!
You don’t realize how talented you are. Most people can’t produce this… so be proud of yourself…
Thank you kindly for saying that. I never thought of myself as being artistic or creative, so it feels amazing to discover that I have a little of that in me.
Looking forward to seeing more of your artwork!
I will keep posting as I do them. I have additional ones under the Mosaics tab.
I think it’s brilliant. I liked it right off, at step one, and then realized there was more.
Thank you for the visit and for the compliment! Blessings!
Muito obrigada Roger!!
Very impressive. I continue to be awed by people who can put stuff together and make it look like something, in the form of a painting, sculpture, collage, anything. I think it is a great skill.
Thank you so much Ankur!
I am glad you enjoyed this piece. Blessings!