10 Tuesday Mar 2015
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Inspirational Art
You Can Do It
Sharon Cummings
2015
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12 Friday Sep 2014
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“The Dreaming Tree”
Mixed Media Art
Sharon Cummings
2014
I’ve always had a special place to go to dream. For most of my life, it’s been a special tree. Everywhere I’ve lived, I had to find one. I would either climb up into it’s branches or swing from a rope/tire. Now, I just sit under it’s cooling shade and let myself go….
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08 Monday Sep 2014
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“Bee Colorful”
New Artwork
Sharon Cummings
2014
I have been as busy as a bee painting commissions and creating new art! I am on a roll and find that I do not have as much to say right now. So we can just play show and tell….I will show you and you can tell me what you think. 🙂
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01 Tuesday Jul 2014
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An old favorite of mine written by Max Ehrmann in 1927. I have combined the “Desiderata” with my “Peaceful Understanding” which seemed like a perfect combination. The last two lines sum life up for me pretty well, “With all it’s sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.” Enjoy!
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27 Monday Jan 2014
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I’ve always had a goal or two in my mind. Over the years my visualizations have changed, but one thing has stayed constant. I’ve ALWAYS dreamed. Dreaming plays an important role in our lives. It helps us cope with the stresses of life by taking us to places that are safe and comfortable. It gives our brain a much needed rest. Whether it is while you sleep or while you are wide awake, a dream is a sanctuary. It also helps the good in life materialize. Thoughts become things. So the more you focus on positive dreams, the more beautiful your life’s illusion will be. Row row row your boat….life is but a dream……
18 Wednesday Dec 2013
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http://fineartamerica.com/featured/point-of-power-sharon-cummings.html
The point of power is always in the present moment. This tenant is something I try to live by. As a self representing artist there really is no other way to live….for my sanity. I cannot focus on sales in the past or sales in the future. I can only look at where I am right now…can I afford my mortgage? Yes Can I afford to eat? Yes Can I create new work with this mind and body? Yes It is much more satisfying to look at all of the “yes” answers than to ruminate on the “nos”. Art is a passion and it cannot be reduced to a marketing and sales pitch. A true artist has an irresistible urge to create. Einstein knew this and so do I. Each day is filled with endless possibilities to which my soul always says yes! Sometimes I paint a beautiful painting, sometimes I design work on my computer and sometimes a day might revolve around a new and exotic recipe I will “tweak”. The business of art can be heartbreaking. It can take you to the highest of highs with that amazing sale or take you to the lowest of lows when you go weeks or for some even months without a sale. I do not have time to be discouraged as I am too busy working on new things. What will it be today?
Please enjoy my piece “Point Of Power”…..you can learn more here:
09 Monday Dec 2013
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Sometimes the best advice comes from words written many years ago….
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
Max Ehrmann, “Desiderata”
16 Monday Sep 2013
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Have you ever had that sense that you were moving in the right direction? That finally all of the pieces of the puzzle were coming together? Things that didn’t make sense just a short while ago come with totally clarity and understanding now? That is exactly where I am right now. I’ve been cleaning negativity out of my life…people who were unhealthy for me…foods that weren’t serving my body…attitudes which brought me down. Those are all going and I am moving forward. Those changes are really making a difference as I see and feel all of my goals coming to fruition even more abundantly than I imagined. 🙂
Move in the right direction….
