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A blog about making the most of a creative and artistic life.

“I find it impossible to think of a picture save as a window, and my first concern about a window is to find out what it looks out on… and there is nothing I love so much as something which stretches away from me out of sight.”
Andre Breton    

Hi, I’m Cheryl and I have been a professional artist for many, many, many years. I am always evolving, always changing, and always looking for new adventures in making art, living creatively, eating creatively, and connecting with other creatives. This blog is about all of the above and just stuff I want to share with you. Thanks for being here!

And now, Let the Story Unfold!

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My Waterfall Garden

I found a memory the other dayYosemite Falls 2010, I was thereLearning to see beyond the immediateLooking it squarely in the face through a 400mm lens Sharing a moment of beauty unbound by it’s wallsThe roar of the water echoing across the ValleyOr was that my heart pumping with enraptured overflow I was taking it…

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Are You Open to the Truth?

It has been a busy week and I didn’t think I had anything to write but I have been inspired by some of my morning reading that covers news, art, and politics. And I remembered that I had a watercolor that perfectly expressed what I felt about the things I have read this morning.

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Dear America

Dear AmericaJust checking inI’m worried about youI hear you aren’t doing well.Fascism knocked on your doorI hope you didn’t let it in. We know democracy isn’t perfectAlways a work in progressBuilt as a scaffold for humanityThe constitution gives us the tools to growmore perfect with ageCreated by enlightened menIn an age when only white privilege…

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Lottie Johl, International Women’s Day 2025

March 8th is International Women’s Day, this is a blog about a working girl back in the 1800’s who wanted to change her life. Change is especially hard when no one around you wants to let you do it.

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