Time Conceptualization

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Copyright 2016
'Long Life'
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As an American, living overseas has many challenges, simple tasks are never straightforward and the concept of time has an entirely different meaning.

China 1994...

You seriously could not get more than one thing done a day, if you needed to do some banking, pay a bill and mail a letter...forget it!

Transportation was horrendous, by the time you made it to your destination it would be lunch and then everybody closed up shop for the next three hours to sleep.

China 2016...

Thankfully it is possible to knock out several things now in one day, you can do your banking, pay a bill and mail a letter...no problem.

Transportation does still have delays but nothing like before and lunch is down to one hour.

The years have brought growth and development but the understanding of what timing is has been misfiled somewhere between 'we should get to that' and 'not so much'.

So to my family and friends who are just now receiving my cards in the mail from China...

Merry Christmas!

The Real Deal

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Work In Progress

"It's from the Qing Dynasty" he said and continued to explain how he came to acquire it. With his poor pronunciation of Mandarin (he spoke a different dialect) and our limited grasp of the language, we understood very little.

He kept saying "it was worth much" pointing to a wad of crumpled newspaper under his jacket. He went on to reveal what seemed to be a solid gold Chinese bullion.

He wanted to get rid of it fast, we could have it "cheap" he kept saying, only two-thousand US dollars. This was twenty-two years ago and we hadn't been in China long...the gold actually looked authentic.

By the time my husband finished haggling the price and we walked away with the gold in our hands for only two US dollars...we knew it wasn't.

It turned black shortly after that.

The real deal can only come from something genuine.

The outside may look and feel legitimate but what's on the inside...it's true substance, is what really matters.

Tools Of The Trade

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Painting in watercolor requires different equipment then painting in oil. They are both beautiful but distinctly unique mediums. Yes, the end result is a painted picture but the means used to achieve those paintings are not the same.

The paintings I've done over the years have been for my own enjoyment. Sharing with others, whether it be art, photographs or writing, removes you from that personal arena and places you in a very public one.

Since I have started a small business with my art, using the web and social media is a must in today's landscape. Store fronts are made of fonts and pixels not brick and mortar.

Thus...the blog.
Honestly folks, this is so not me and I really do struggle with it. But I have been told it's a valuable tool and I hope it will help you get to know the person behind the painting.