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Category Archives: my art

Sunrise of the soul

March 17, 2016by E J Vest

 (click image to enlarge) Reliance by Henry Van Dyke   Not to the swift, the race: Not to the strong, the fight: Not to the righteous, perfect grace: Not to […]

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Collaging a blank

March 9, 2016by E J Vest

click images to enlarge     I enjoy sending letters to my pen-pals in collage art envelopes.  Occasionally I spend one or two days creating mail art envelope blanks en […]

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Postcards from the scrap heap

February 24, 2016by E J Vest

(click images to enlarge) Here is a selection of postcards I made using reclaimed and scrap papers.  All the torn paper edges are from my scrap heap: miscellaneous paper bits left […]

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Tea, truth and beauty

February 1, 2016by E J Vest

(click images to enlarge) If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb This selection of collage postcards incorporates wrappers from some […]

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Autumn art

November 4, 2015by E J Vest

click images to enlarge A selection of art pieces that evoke the feel of my favorite season, autumn. One of my lovely pen-pals named Tata sent me some gorgeous autumn […]

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Have art kit, will travel

October 13, 2015by E J Vest

Last Christmas as I prepared to visit family out of town for a week, it dawned on me that without my art supplies handy during the trip I may suffer acute […]

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It will all end in tears

October 7, 2015by E J Vest

click images to enlarge I just love tearing up paper.  Cutting paper for artwork feels tedious and in my eyes doesn’t look nearly as interesting so I often end up tearing […]

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Circular sensation

September 2, 2015by E J Vest

click images to enlarge This is a selection of circle themed art I’ve made.  I enjoy the circles because they feel nice to make and they’re nice to look at.  There […]

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My primary occupation

August 14, 2015by E J Vest

click images to enlarge Early in 2015 I made a selection of acrylic paintings using primary colors – red, yellow and blue.  In all of the paintings I used a […]

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A bird in the hand

August 4, 2015by E J Vest

A pal of mine has an ongoing art project called “Hand in Friendship” that many people are finding quite inspirational. Through the project acquaintances are invited to trace their hand […]

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The Moneyless Manifesto by Mark Boyle

An exploration into the thinking that pushed one man to adopt a moneyless lifestyle and the philosophy he developed along the way. It presents radical new perspectives on vital foundations of economic theory that we should question as a society. Explores what it really means to be “sustainable" and offers creative solutions for living a "less is more" lifestyle. Mark presents a unique economic and ecologic message of dire importance.

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Hannah Brencher founded the More Love Letters movement that encourages and facilitates writing letters of encouragement to strangers when they need them most. Her book details the role letter writing always played in her life; how her struggle with depression combined with her desire to help the suffering led her to begin writing love letters to strangers; and how she found ways to open her personal project to global involvement.

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