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Crimson Creative #283 – Be Peaceful
Peacefulness surrounds me as I hear a songbird’s trill …. I drift away so peacefully.
No peace is greater than the one within yourself … be peaceful.
There are times to be quiet, and time … to be peaceful
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
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Crimson Creative Challenge – #283
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Genre: Poem
Photo Prompt: Crispina Kemp
Word Count: 36 words
Nurture Yourself – with Divine Oneness
Opportunity ©photography by Isadora DeLaVega
Artwork is personal. Whether you view a painting by the great masters in a museum or a painting in a gallery or art show, you feel a personal connection to it as you look at it.
My husband and I decided a very long time ago to refrain from purchasing gifts for any occasion. Instead, we felt that a piece of Art would be much more enjoyable for both of us. Over the course of years, we have purchased a great deal of Art.
The photograph of the above painting called ‘Opportunity’ was a Christmas gift we have enjoyed viewing every day.
We admire it. It reminds us every day that life is a challenge. Our journeys won’t always be smooth or without stumbles.
However, it’s in our ability to rise above disappointments and setbacks that we can overcome the struggles. Sometimes, in the darkness, there is light, but we are blinded by our disappointments and fail to see what could be right in front of us.
The moment I saw the painting, I knew it would be added to my Bucket List. It has not disappointed us.
The artist Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda creates works of Art with inspirational Symbolism. His style is unique and speaks to the viewer of various moments in life’s journey,
On his website, he writes: “From the vibrant energy of my ‘Inspirational Symbolism’ to the intricate optical play of ‘Perspectivism’, this space merges passion with canvas. Explore, enjoy, and uncover the layered interpretations within Art with a Purpose.©JuanSepulveda.
The meaning behind the painting:
In our journey through “LIFE,” we often encounter opportunities and disappointments. In this painting, a person appears defeated after a door closes in front of him. The disappointment of his recent loss has drained all his energy and prevented him from noticing the other opportunities available.
The painting intends to help the viewer realize that we are bound to find closed doors in our lives, but our perseverance will lead us to find other opportunities.©JuanSepulveda
Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda values his relationship with God. In his work, he portrays the struggles we encounter with inspirational meanings.
Life is not a straight and easy road along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages through which we must seek our way, lost, confused, and now and again blindly.
Some gifts you hold in your hand … some you hold in your heart.©Isadora DeLaVega
In Love and Light,
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
Namaste
I honor the place in you
in which the entire universe dwells.
I honor the place in you
which is of Love, and of Truth,
of Light and of Peace.
When you are in that place in you
and I am in that place in me.
We are One.
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To view more of these wonderfully moving painting
or to purchase Juan ‘One’ Sepulveda art click here
Crimson Creative #280 – The Tenant
Shaking his head, Sam couldn’t believe what he’d bought at auction.
Frost was on the ground; more to come tomorrow. No outdoor work ’til Spring.
How’s he going to flip the Strokov House with its blackened reputation? What was he thinking?
Mrs. Strokov had rented the house with her small salary at the fabric shop. Mr. Strokov would soon follow from Russia.
That morning, she argued fiercely with her daughter.
“You will testify against that teacher who shamed and violated you.”
“No, Mama’, Marta wailed. “I beg you”.
“We have pride”.
That night, from the rafters, she hung her anguish.
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
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Crimson Creative Challenge – #280
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Genre: Flash Fiction
Photo Prompt: Crispina Kemp
Word Count: 100 words
*****I wrote this story in April, 2015 for Mental Health Day in October. It was well-received. I often write about mental illness and the misunderstanding and consequences of the disease. This activism began after my grandson’s suicide.
Depression is a real illness that impacts the brain. Anyone suffering from depression will tell you, it’s not imaginary or “all in your head.” Depression is more than just feeling “down.” It is a serious illness caused by changes in brain chemistry. Research tells us that other factors contribute to the onset of depression, including genetics, changes in hormone levels, certain medical conditions, stress, grief or difficult life circumstances. Any of these factors alone or in combination can precipitate changes in brain chemistry that lead to depression’s many symptoms. Click here to learn more …
Crimson Creative #276 – I Am
Look at me
You may think you see who I am
But you’ll never know me
Every day, it’s as if I play a part
Now, I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who am I inside?
I am now in a world,
where I have to hide my heart,
And what I believe in
But, somehow, I will show the world
What’s inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection someone I don’t know?
Must I pretend that I’m someone else all the time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am?
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*****These are song lyrics on an album by pop singer Christina Aguillera.
She sang the song ‘Reflections’ in the Disney film ‘Moulan’.
2024©Isadora DeLaVega
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Crimson Creative Challenge – #276
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These are song lyrics on an album by pop singer Christina Aguillera.
She sang the song ‘Reflections’ in the Disney film ‘Moulan’.
Genre: Flash Fiction Poetry
Photo Prompt: Crispina Kemp
Crimson Creative #274 – The Tree House
Mom, Can we go out and play?
Have you finished your chores?
Oh yes, we even did our homework.
Then, go on out, but come in for lunch.
Their mom shouted for the boys to come in for lunch a short time later.
Panting with excitement, they pulled at their mom’s hand. Please come see the great tree house we’re making.
Reluctantly, she followed them.
What makes you think this is a tree house? It’s on the ground.
Mom, can’t you see it isn’t safe? It would be better to make it on the ground.
You always tell us to think things through before we do anything.
We did.
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Crimson Creative Challenge – #274
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Word Count: 100
Genre: Flash Fiction
Photo Prompt: Crispina Kemp
Wordless Wednesday – Warm Colors
Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it. ©Confucious
2024Photography©IsadoraDeLaVega
Wordless Wednesday – From the Earth
Photograph: From the Earth 2024Photography by ©IsadoraDeLaVega
Life Waning
Life Waning 2024©photography by Isadora
Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint and the soil and sky as canvas.
~~~ Elizabeth Murray ~~~
When the time has come for precious flowers to leave us,
they play a cherished symphony of shades of color for us to further enjoy.
Too often our fear of endings grasps our emotions.
We banish them to the disposable world
And, their beauty ends too soon.
2024©Isadora
Not where I breathe, but where I Love ….
I Live
Transcendence (Orchestral)- Lindsey Stirling
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