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Canvas & Soul Art Education & Poetry
Based in Heidelberg, Victoria, Ellen shares her journey as a professional artist and dedicated art teacher, offering insights into the world of oil painting and the transformative process of learning to paint. Whether you're looking for painting workshops, private art lessons, or simply want to immerse yourself in stories that celebrate the beauty of artistic expression, this blog is your gateway to a richer understanding of art and the joy of painting.
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AUSTRALIA LET'S WALK TOGETHER - Towards Recognition of First Nations People
I would like to see the referendum asking the nation to vote 'YES' to a Voice to Parliament and that is why I wrote this poem.
Earth and Sky - Poem
Between earth and sky we stand.
We are mediators, conduits,
This vastness I feel
What is this vastness I feel,
here on the verandah,
Another Summer Comes and I Will Go
Sixty-three summers
have shone their light,
How many more,
Green is the New Gold
Green is the new gold, Whose perfume captures our senses And awakens us to new way of smelling the roses, To new ways of opening our minds and hearts, To the small wonders this planet holds. The sweet smell of the new gold is like taking a breath of fresh clean air Like tasting clean pure water, Like watching fertile soil on a baren landscape Grow crops of corn higher than your head. Like being sure the seed you bought, Will reproduce itself over and over. —Planet A Collect
Flight of the Soul
Love finds a way to enter the world,
Like a bird on the wing piercing the air,
Soaring to great heights beyond skies,
Eventually circling, diving, its arrowhead,
Om Padme hum
Melt the mind and enchant the heart
These two no longer set apart,
To seek the lotus of the light,
Is to seek the day but find the night,
Om manni padme hum,
Tent and Homemaking - 6.30pm 24/7/2010
My tent billows and tugs,
like a boat on an anchor rope.
The great easterly springs to life.
Drumming Awakens the deep Soul 2000.
Drums beat,
Heart beat,
The dark moon
Hangs overhead.
Ecstatic Intersection. 2000.
Amid the starlight the moon is waning. Moon too bright and sensual captivates my being, Dance me through the starry sky, play me a tune on the harp delight. You are me, I love you. My moon and stars, lighted tree forests, Set for laughter amid the dewy leaves carpeting the floor. Down, down the earth flight goes, Dark, moist misty, my love is rich, you are love, You are the dampened droplets shining beneath starry beams, luminous, cool and still. My feet tread aloft now on th
Poem for Adolescence, The Joker.
The harlequin, court jester, the trickster, You are a humorous treasure. The secret and the meaning you hold. You are the crossing, the...
Home to Love
2/10/2010 Sun, sea and sand, walk, promenade, food, risotto, red wine, camera, waiter, hats. The feast of the moment. We are in the...
The Universe
The window where I sit, Is the place where all thought and, contemplation comes. Speaking to me through the trees, the birds and sky. The...
Pure White Light
Always searching for the beauty, and the colour of a rainbow. We look out there, only to realise, we are wearing it, as a beautiful...
Mountains Inspire.
Mountains inspire, Lovers save the world, relinking the stars to the beauty of you.
Bottles and Things
Why paint onions, bottles and things? If not for fquiet reflection, in quiet corners, But to unearth the essence, of their unique design,...
Chain of Being
There is no chain of being, I am enfolded largesse, Enfolded in your glad heart, wrapped, on this beaming sunny day.
The Bare Path
Ground laid bare, By sun and rain, And seeds in darkness, Rise again to flower.
Quan Yin - mountain mother
She sits in stillness, the holy mountain mother, while I act whirling around in thought and doing, moving around the mountain, like the...
Between Earth and Sky
Between earth and sky we stand.
We are mediators,
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