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babbling and whispering, broken plates, ceramic tiles, mosaic crafts, mosaic flowers, rebuilding and repurposing
While I am trying to find my voice, artistically speaking, I babble, I rumble, I mumble, I whisper loudly, I make things…
this time is a flower made of broken mugs and plates. Something about being broken, damaged, imperfect and then being created into something new appeals to me. That is one of the reasons I adore mosaics.
Aren’t we all just a little bit broken? Sometimes I feel I am trying to hold myself together not to fall apart. And I keep slipping through my fingers. The I that I think I was, the I that I think I should be. The should is too restricting, too shortsighted. I don’t should anything.
Perhaps it is best to fall completely apart and set on rebuilding it. Perhaps is best to let go, instead of holding on when things are barely together anyway. Until we really let go of the old, the bad, the one thing or things, or people, that keep barely sustaining us, we cannot start the rebuilding.
Message to self: Break up, break out, break off, break away, just keep breaking… with all that is harming you, preventing your growth, just pacifying you… keep building, keep renewing, keep reinventing…
I will be posting soon about the past few dates I have had. There is a lot, and it is all good, but it is also fragile. So while I am advocating breaking, I am also concerned about the fragility of things… go figure… I make no sense.
“The storm is out there and every one of us must eventually face the storm. When the storm comes, pray that it will shake you to your roots and break you wide-open. Being broken open by the storm is your only hope. When you are broken open you get to discover for the first time what is inside you. Some people never get to see what is inside them; what beauty, what strength, what truth and love. They were never broken open by the storm. So, don’t run from your pain — run into your pain. Let life’s storm shatter you.”
― Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life
Absolutely beautiful piece of artwork!
oh, thank you for the kindness!
Blessings to you both!
I like the mosaic and the life lesson analogies.
Thank you Brad!
Blessings to you!
wow love this and your metaphors and gorgeous mosaic in Flower Power to the 10th degree Ana Star!!! 💗
Thank you Cindy!!
Blessings!
of course and blessings back🥰
you’re most welcome!!! 😘💗
No more dates… LOL. More mosaics. FABULOUS flower, just beautiful!!
haha, perhaps… but dating can be so much fun… but mosaics don’t break my heart… that is my brain playing with the pros and cons lol
Thank you Monica, for the support always!
Blessings!
Can I buy it? It’s gorgeous and I would love an original by you!
Oh Mia!!! You just made my day!!!
For now I am keeping them all, with the idea of having a future champagne reception for friends. But after that, perhaps it will go up for sale.
Thank you for putting the joy in my day!
Blessings
That is really beautiful – and I do like your thoughts on the subject. Maybe stick a copy of his blog post on the back?
Hi Catherine,
You have the most wonderful ideas!! I really love that! You got the wheels turning…
Thank you and blessings!
What a beautiful flower!
Thank you Ute!
Blessings!
Brokenness becomes beauty. Artful and poetic, Ana.
Thank you so much Dave!
Blessings!
Your mosaics are most admirable and your passion behind them is even more inspiring! May your self discovery continue to flourish, may the flowers of your soul continue to nourish!
Thank you for the kindness and sweet words!
Blessings!
Thank you for sharing!!.. as Marilyn Monroe said “sometimes good things fall apart so better things will fall together” and, like your life, you have taken something broken and made it something beautiful… continue to do what you do and this world will be a better place for it… 🙂
Until we meet again..
May the love that you give
Always return to you,
That family and friends are many
And always remain true,
May your mind only know peace
No suffering or strife,
May your heart only know love and happiness
On your journey through life.
(Larry “Dutch” Woller)
Hi Larry,
Thank you so much for your kind words and for your support!!
Blessings!
Sorry to hear that you are feeling fragile and hope you feel stronger soon. The flower is beautiful. I am incredibly clumsy – so perhaps I should do as you do. 🌸
Thank you Kerry!
You should! You could use all the broken pieces to create a beautiful path in your garden.
Blessings!
I could probably create a path to New York…😊
haha, are you that much of a klutz?
Yup!
I really like your art, I couldn’t see the potential from the beginning. I think that’s the thing about life, it’s only the trying, the attempts, the failures that lead to being able to piece together the vision, and what’s possible.
I understand that the process is unsatisfying, but that’s the process. It’s scary too. Imagine if you are sculpting Michelangelo’s David – you are always worried if you hit the hammer too hard. You have to have faith that the picture is there and it wants to come out.
It’s the same about relationships but it takes the today to lead to the tomorrows.
Thank you David!
You are right, in art, love and in life, it takes patience and perseverance. It takes failing, making mistakes and keep going. And that, right there is the beauty of living.
I never thought I was creative or artistic, so to be able to feel that I have potential, feels amazing.
Thank you for the support! Blessings!
Timely post. Just finished a book called Beauty in the Breaking and a class that stressed anti-fragility as a systems concept and something to consider on both a personal and organizational level. Wish I could explain it better than that.
Also just read the new year’s post in your ex files. Sounded too painfully familiar. I am in the process of writing something similar myself. Don’t know how, if or when I’ll share it.
That book sounds interesting, I am going to look it up.
Writing/this blog saved my sanity during that awful period. Writing helps, even if you don’t want to share it yet.
Blessings to you!