tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70162136930662765522024-03-04T23:51:34.285-08:00World on a StringSusan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-40945081598607232062016-07-21T02:55:00.000-07:002016-07-21T02:55:34.384-07:00Susan’s TEDx Ubud Talk is Online<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I gave a talk on being a caregiver
at TEDx Ubud on May 28, 2016. The talk is now on You Tube and you can see it
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">People asked me afterwards what it
was like to stand in front of an audience and speak intimately about my life as
a caregiver. As with many events in my life, this one had a life of its own. I
did the work and followed along. Yes, I had to push myself beyond my fear of
public speaking but the rest felt fluid. The script seemed to write itself. The
memorization was surprisingly easy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">My creativity is much like that too.
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spirit – it conjures me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">I’ll be posting soon with some of
our latest creations and new directions we are going in here at ‘World on a
String’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">In the meantime check out my book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Piece by Piece: Love in the Land of
Alzheimer’s</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The story is much more
than about Alzheimer’s. It’s a terrific love story and a travel adventure as
well. You can find it on Amazon at: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">TEDx Ubud happened this year on May 28.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>TED
talks are inspirational and informative whether I watch them on YouTube or
actually have the privilege to attend the talks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always feel fired up watching people so
passionate about their subject.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
year was no exception - only this year I was a speaker too,</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhul532PAJo1Xh_DvbWC2DfeqOmVQ7XNr3PdxKUZlh_WdlzVbMZg7irprPJTmDHzDQF1pUi7YzBQCW_7d7vFY7b2kPTNobvxKn3EFfOQ-Xq6UG_TrxeWHPav0EOGJhbGwWVkLvMoEwRYuaP/s1600/Susan+at+TED.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhul532PAJo1Xh_DvbWC2DfeqOmVQ7XNr3PdxKUZlh_WdlzVbMZg7irprPJTmDHzDQF1pUi7YzBQCW_7d7vFY7b2kPTNobvxKn3EFfOQ-Xq6UG_TrxeWHPav0EOGJhbGwWVkLvMoEwRYuaP/s320/Susan+at+TED.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I spoke about my fourteen years’ experience as a
caregiver to my husband, Bob, who had Alzheimer’s Disease. It was an intimate
look at life with Alzheimer’s and how it affects the caregiver. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Giving this seventeen minute talk with no notes and no prompter was no easy task. It
was an endeavor of love and strict discipline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I was first asked to speak my immediate response was, “Oh no, I
could never get up in front of all those people!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I asked if I could think about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I sensed, in spite of my fear, this was a once in a
life time opportunity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought, I
mulled and I tried to visualize myself on the TED stage but that vision had
adrenaline coursing through my body along with feeling a rock was solidly forming
in the pit of my stomach. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I have been a risk taker all my life and I’ve vowed as
I approach 70 years of age, not to stay quietly in my comfort zone or rely on
rigid routines to run my day. I have vowed to push my boundaries and break down
barriers. Last year I did it with a solo trip to Sicily. This year I did TEDx. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With heart pounding and adrenaline rushing up my torso
filling my arms and legs, the TEDx host invited me up to the stage with 350
pairs of eyes watching my every move. A wave of nervous emotion swept over me
but I managed to push it down knowing how difficult it is to talk and weep at
the same time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I had been preparing for this for months. As per the TED
guidelines, I wrote the script of my talk, memorized it, and rehearsed it with
the organizers. We tweaked it a little bit each time crafting a talk that would
touch people. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I practiced it in the gym when I was on the elliptical and
the treadmill machines. I practiced it daily at home and when I really had it
down, I invited friends to be my audience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At one rehearsal someone’s phone rang and my mind blanked. It wasn’t
that I couldn’t remember what to say but there was just nothing there but
emptiness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe that’s why Zen teachers
rap their students’ shoulders suddenly with a stick! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">From that day on my partner, Alan, became my distractor
and what a funny distractor he was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the middle of my practice he’d call me or bang on the wall. Sometimes he’d
cough loudly, hum, or clean the fish pond right in front of me. He also took to
staring at me from only a few feet away. At first I’d laugh because he was so
funny but soon I learned to focus no matter what the interruption. As it turned
out this was all unnecessary because there was not a sound in the room except me
talking. I had the audience’s attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A funny thing happened early on in the talk. It was
like I left my body and watched myself giving the talk. Then I realized this, so
it was like I was watching myself watching myself giving the talk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t have to do anything! </span></div>
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the last lines as a photo of my husband and I hiking in the Himalaya’s appeared
on the screen behind me. I couldn’t see it but I knew it was there. It was a
beautiful tribute to Bob and to our life together. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This talk was a joint endeavor. Without the
support of the TED team, my friends and family, I don’t think I could have done
it. This was my boundary breaker for my 70<sup>th</sup> year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The article that goes with the TEDx photo above:</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://www.lifestylerewired.com/2016/05/losing-to-alzheimers-piece-by-piece/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">https://www.lifestylerewired.com/2016/05/losing-to-alzheimers-piece-by-piece/ </span></a></span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-19452519446190594732016-05-24T23:46:00.001-07:002016-05-24T23:46:50.299-07:00The Book!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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the making along with fourteen years of care giving. It’s published on
Kindle. Later there will be a hard copy but for now it's readable as an e-book. This
has been a creative endeavor of love and passion but also darned hard work. I had a fantastic editor, Kristi Graham, who could see the forest for the trees. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Susan and Bob felt they were living their dream life. They lived in
Bali, had a growing business<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>together, they traveled and they were still very much in love even after
fourteen years of marriage. When Alzheimer’s hijacked their lives, Susan vowed
to give Bob the best life possible.</span></div>
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Alzheimer’s</i> tells a caregiver’s story of facing the emotional, physical and
every day challenges inherent in caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s
Disease for fourteen years. Susan shares the practical lessons and techniques
learned along the way to help other caregiver’s in their journey with
Alzheimer’s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>
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love. </span></div>
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My last blog entry was in January 2014.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I went to the States, did my shows, and returned
to Bali.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband passed away three
days later. He’d been suffering from Alzheimer’s for fourteen years and then he
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Bob’s death affected me more than I expected. I’d been
grieving his loss all those years of the disease and thought this final piece wouldn’t
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I stopped writing my two blogs and concentrated on my book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Piece by Piece – Love and the Land of
Alzheimer’s. </i>It’s finally finished (for the third time) and now comes the
hard work – getting it published whether that is traditionally through an
established publisher or doing it myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’m querying publishers and at the same time preparing to self-publish.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working with Milly</td></tr>
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Two days after Bob’s memorial and the scattering of his
ashes off the east coast of Bali, a just hatched all-black baby chicken wandered
into our yard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She quickly claimed me
and my staff as her flock and settled in to grow into a healthy hen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During that time Milly’s favorite perch was
the computer monitor and when she became too heavy for that we built her a desk
perch. Milly became the house clown making me laugh and bringing light to an
often dark year. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In all her Glory</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Creativity is always a joy for me - but marketing a
challenge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the only shows I do for
my jewelry are in February at Tucson, my pieces are in storage for the rest of
the year. This is a waste of time and space but previously I didn’t have the
energy to deal with it AND care for Bob. Finally a solution evolved. </div>
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A lovely young woman, Ariana Schwartz, is now working with
me to promote my creations on Etsy through Face Book, Instagram and Pinterest.
We are just getting started but you can see my Etsy Shop at: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanTereba">https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanTereba</a>.
We’ll be putting on a lot more pieces up in the next month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Ariana, an award winning costume and clothing designer,
artist and teacher, is a joy to work
with. You can check her out at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ariana.schwartz?fref=photo">https://www.facebook.com/ariana.schwartz?fref=photo</a></div>
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You can follow me on Instagram at: <a href="https://instagram.com/susan.tereba/">https://instagram.com/susan.tereba</a>
where I’ll post process photos and how inspiration blossoms for me. Or on Face
Book at: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/susan.tereba">https://www.facebook.com/susan.tereba</a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwKI8fDNPlUMzpDDCk9m1kbqKOzop0D2gWETu-0YoGWIlZ1MEWul0K8nRrGl_VkVA0PB8tq1DClzPWu7wjkvhdE7p4DpzmZk8imDSrDJWKhFENrMKvAGAUkhCL20AIpxZsnYbeJDpBhEG/s1600/Studio-4-13-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwKI8fDNPlUMzpDDCk9m1kbqKOzop0D2gWETu-0YoGWIlZ1MEWul0K8nRrGl_VkVA0PB8tq1DClzPWu7wjkvhdE7p4DpzmZk8imDSrDJWKhFENrMKvAGAUkhCL20AIpxZsnYbeJDpBhEG/s1600/Studio-4-13-15.jpg" height="200" width="146" /></a>I continue to develop new designs in mammoth tusk, jet,
Indonesian hard woods, bone and a few new materials such as tagua nut and soap
stone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I’m still enamored with the painted
bone pieces pushing myself to explore new color combinations. </div>
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I promise not to take a year to write another post so check
in now and again to see what’s brewing at World on a String.</div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-60208635042223889902014-01-09T02:14:00.003-08:002014-01-09T02:14:51.905-08:00On Fire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">I leave
Bali in five days for the shows in Tucson.
Naturally I’m trying to get as many pieces as possible finished before I go.
Down at my painting studio I have four bone pieces in various stages of
painting and many more waiting to be started. I hope to have a big enough
collection of these time consuming pieces, to make an impression. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">I am
enthralled with this new direction. The creative process has revved up and so
it’s difficult to leave it when the energy is thrilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I return to Bali
in two months, I know I won’t be able to just jump into it again but will have
to reenter slowly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s the way the
process works for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">I’ve
learned a lot in the last year and know I’ve just scratched the surface.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see other people coloring bone today so
it’s not unique.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact the Ancient
Greeks colored ivory carvings as did the Chinese, Japanese, and Gothic
Europeans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But coloring already
beautiful mammoth tusk seems a sacrilege and so I use the white of bone as my
canvas. And I hope what I do will be different from others. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Beading Table with Two Projects in Waiting</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sometimes
I wake at night with color schemes dancing across my imagination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I pray they’ll still be there when I get up
in the morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what I live for
- to be on fire with creativity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I lie
awake and think of the beads I’ll string a piece with and new ideas pop in and
out of consciousness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">For
some reason it seems I’m at the height of creativity just before I have to
leave it all and fly somewhere else. Is it coincidence? Or is the approaching
departure stirring the pot of ideas with now or never?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All I know is that I’ll be back down at the
painting studio tomorrow morning to complete the four waiting pieces. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">How
does this work for you?</span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-35511199524732005072014-01-01T22:13:00.000-08:002014-01-01T22:13:38.685-08:00Tucson<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Show Announcement for Tucson 2014</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">After a serious ear infection and the holidays I’m finally back in
my studio trying to finish up last minute projects for the Tucson Shows at the
end of the month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Plagued by anxiety over getting it all done on time, I had a massage
and realized, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what will get done will get
done and there will always be more to do.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">A relaxation happened then and I felt I could wrap up,
pack up, and get ready for the shows. After all, I’ve been doing this for over
twenty years and it always works out just fine. </span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span>
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you are in the neighborhood of Tucson at the end of
January and beginning of February, here are the details of where we will be:<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i></span>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: Papyrus; font-size: 17.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Papyrus;">World
on a String</span></b></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"></i></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Besides
mammoth and jet we’ll be showing our new carvings in wood and hand painted
carved bone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was a watercolorist long
before a jewelry designer and I’ve been longing to return to color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a couple years of experimenting I’ve finally
found the right combination to bring these painted pieces alive. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 9.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Please
come and see our new designs as well as old favorites at both of our shows and
visit our web site:</span><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.susantereba.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">www.susantereba.com</span></a>.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">Arizona
Pueblo Inn Gem Show</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";">At
Riverpark Inn </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>350 S. Freeway, Tucson, AZ<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Comic Sans MS";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Friday, January 31 - Feb.12, 2014</span></b></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-47285136036692995422013-11-27T17:20:00.001-08:002013-11-27T17:20:41.158-08:00The Thread<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Kerry Pendergrast</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">We lost
a unique multi-talented creative spirit in Ubud this week. Kerry Pendergrast, an
artist, poet, singer, mother and wife left us and the planet unexpectedly. As I
thought about Kerry today, I remembered that in the twenty or so years I’ve
known her, I’ve never heard her say a bad word about anyone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Her
bawdy earthy powerful voice entertained us with song, while her delicate
pastels layered with vibrant colors turned simple landscapes into sparkling
gems. She also painted in oils, acrylics, watercolors and did lively line drawings. Our community is shaken by this loss, but her creativity lives on in the
art work she produced. She will continue to inspire. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Temple at Tengkulak" by Kerry Pendergrast</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Creativity.
It comes from beyond us and continues without us. It’s a thread that
connects one artist to another one generation to those in front and behind it.
To be radically connected is a gift without equal. And when one is flowing with
it, being swept along in the current, something magical happens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All time stops, all troubles disappear, and
there is only This. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">I feel
such gratitude to be able to express what comes through me. It feeds on itself
and gathers momentum the more I open to it. I have in front of me as I write a
collection of our latest designs in wood, bone, mammoth tusk, lapis and opal.
Some pieces are works in progress others are complete and waiting to be strung
into necklaces, set into silver as pins, simply put on a cable or readied for
stock for Tucson,
coming up at the beginning of February. </span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSECXZzpW-AjhGgNU_Uyafk4AbnHWj502OUuvmsdajhFPdWiGgtTj_oCDCiL0Bvt1UQYCwgHas_nZAPo_ZtuY8_alLxNmE-RKEYIC0FVyHfuADTRLLI074JaYQt9Phaxq_vebSd6aNJ_78/s1600/Desk-Heap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSECXZzpW-AjhGgNU_Uyafk4AbnHWj502OUuvmsdajhFPdWiGgtTj_oCDCiL0Bvt1UQYCwgHas_nZAPo_ZtuY8_alLxNmE-RKEYIC0FVyHfuADTRLLI074JaYQt9Phaxq_vebSd6aNJ_78/s200/Desk-Heap.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Work in Progress</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">All
this creativity in a heap on the table inspires me to push on and delve deeper
into the well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I feel intense gratitude
that I’ve been able to live the whole of my adult life doing this work in
whatever medium inspires in the moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Kerry
also had a creative life and lived her life creatively. Her legacy will live
beyond her physical presence through her work and her two beautiful children,
although I’ll miss her on the dance floor boogying by herself or with a
partner, male or female. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">You can see more of Kerry's work here: <a href="http://www.age.jp/~pranoto/kerry/pastel/014.html">http://www.age.jp/~pranoto/kerry/pastel/014.html </a></span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-87994596550662236432013-11-11T05:43:00.000-08:002013-11-11T05:43:38.621-08:00The Heart Smile<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sometimes I’m sitting in my painting studio (as opposed to
my beading studio) and my heart starts smiling. No really, I can feel it in my
chest - a sort of expansion that goes beyond ribs and muscle and skin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This deep down connection with creativity is
like anticipation that something joyful is about to happen. This also happens
in the beading studio but I share that with my assistant and am rarely there
alone. This ‘heart smile’ comes with solitude. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I see artist’s studios as sacred spaces.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like Merlin we conjure up the unknown and
bring it into this world in whatever medium we work, whether it’s painting,
drawing, sculpture, music, dance, writing, or other creative pursuits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Time disappears, we step away, and magic
happens through us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">I </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">used to need my studio to be neat. In fact that need
could overtake the desire to create. It became an excuse to not face my fear of
blank white paper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a buffer
between my desire to get my vision out through my hands with paints or pencils
or pastels onto the art paper and the actual doing of it, which was often
scary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What if I can’t do it? What if I’ve lost the ability?</i> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What if I create crap? </i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Or worse</span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> - What if I waste time?</i></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Now with less hours available to be in either studio - the
business of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>selling jewelry takes up
more time than the doing - the neat nick has stepped back. That is until my
work table is just too crowded to use and I have to call her back.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Better Call In the Neat Nick!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Today the ‘heart smile’ came as I opened the door to my
home/office after a two hour session in the painting studio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just felt happy!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’d started mixing new colors - colors I have
rarely used and it was thrilling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you’ve been reading this blog you know my new medium is
carved bone - carvings I design and have carved by my team of inspired and
expert Balinese carvers. I then apply color to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It took over a year of research but I’ve
finally found the type of paints to use to get the feeling I envision. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Today I mixed violet and gamboge yellow in various
proportions to get colors that tickled me - made me joyous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That joy now enhances a sea horse and I can
even see the beads that will go with him!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ah the ‘heart smile’ again or is that a grin?</span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-36989401633985646112013-11-02T22:31:00.000-07:002013-11-02T22:31:05.694-07:00Recycling Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My husband, Bob, is in late stage Alzheimer’s. He’s cared
for by four Balinese men in a cottage not far from my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He usually eats facing a wall instead of out
into the garden because of the way his table is situated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This had been bothering me for awhile. I
wanted him to have something to look at when he eats since he’s now fed, having
lost the ability to do it himself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I have some serigraphs made long ago (these are original
artist’s hand made prints) and had brought some here to Bali to cut in half for
painting on the unused side.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two
survived the dissection and as of a week ago one now graces Bob’s dining
wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I wondered if he would even notice the print entitled,
“The Mountains Admiring the Clouds”, with mountains shaped like faces looking
at clouds shaped like animals and people. When I look at it now I shutter at my
choice of colors for this piece created in 1980.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s too happy, too bright, too innocent, and
not the way I would paint it today with a more sophisticated palette and a
different vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When I stopped in to see Bob yesterday, the caregiver was
feeding him. Bob was intently studying the new art work on the wall. He talked
about it as though the characters were alive and he was surprised to hear that
I had created it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the time I was with him he wouldn’t let me turn his wheelchair to face the garden. He
was fascinated by the art piece. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“Where’s the fish?” he asked. I honestly hadn’t really
looked at the serigraph in years. After studying it I found a fish in the clouds,
“There it is Bob. It’s an angel fish.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Who’s that woman?” he asked pointing to a female profile emerging from
a unicorn’s tail. He asked lots of questions which mostly I didn’t understand.
A lot of what Bob says makes little sense these days plus he speaks very
softly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I left Bob’s house thrilled to know this discarded work of
mine is doing some good, is brightening my husbands life, and giving him
something to talk about. It’s peculiar as an artist, that often pieces I don’t
like for one reason or another still speak to someone else. It’s as though they
have a life of their own.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And this piece
with it’s garish colors and simplistic theme is no exception. It speaks to Bob
and its a way in, to connect with him again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I have many prints left from this addition plus two other
editions of other themes and all three share the qualities of innocence and
simplicity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve wondered what to do
with them since I’m not in the business of selling two dimensional art any
longer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps I can donate them to
nursing homes, hospitals, and schools where they can be used to inspire youth
and touch hearts fenced in by age and disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That’s all I ever wanted from my work - to touch people’s hearts.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-54930080893249963682013-10-14T05:55:00.000-07:002013-10-14T05:55:24.512-07:00A Special Order<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve been away for almost a month having a real vacation
in California with my sister- eating oysters and drinking Prosecco to my
heart’s content.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I’d continue
to write my blogs but of course vacation mentality grabbed hold and I never seemed
to find the inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marigold Buddha with Koi</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Home now in lovely Bali, I’m surrounded by a luxurious
garden and my rainbow of koi fish flashing about the pond. I arrived to flower
petal hearts on the doormat and vases bulging with white roses, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">chrysanthemums and </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">night jasmine placed around the house. The garden Buddha had been polished
and festooned with marigolds for the occasion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My staff<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has always
taken good care of me but still after all these years it’s a surprise to be so
welcomed. I love to go away and see new places or revisit old favorites and I
love to come home - who wouldn’t with a welcome like this?</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In California I’d had a few errands to run before vacation
mentality got too strong. One was to mail a very special order. Seven months
before I’d received this e-mail:</span></div>
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I hope you can help me! A year ago my husband bought me..as
a wedding gift, a goddess necklace. It was a beautifully carved fossilized
ivory goddess about 2 and a half inches long. It was a soft brownish color.The
beads were lapis, ivory and gold (Id rather have silver). It came unclasped
when I was wearing it and I LOST it...I cried for weeks as it was perfectly ME
and such a loving gift. I just thought after a YEAR to try to find you!
Duh.....I lost it a week after my mother died so I’m all tied up about this
whole thing. Could you possibly make me another one? </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I love a challenge like this. And to do a special piece
just for the person who'll wear it, gets my creativity thrashing, often
leaving sleep out of reach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sally and I
had many exchanges over the seven months it took to recreate her necklace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did several carvings trying to get the
right color and feel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I also did a few
beading designs, emailing photos to her until we got just the perfect color and
composition for the Goddess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">When Sally received her necklace she emailed immediately:</span></div>
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OH! I got the goddess this morning! SHE is gorgeous. I like
the colors even better than the first one. This goddess is perfect. And you
have improved the clasp. This one will NEVER fall off. </div>
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This arrived just in time for our Third Anniversary and it
was a Wedding gift to me in the first place. Thank you SO MUCH>>>and
keep me on your mailing list. please. </div>
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LOVE Sally</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is one of the reasons why I love my work. It
feels like a gift and an honor to bring joy and beauty into someone’s life. These opportunities don’t come
frequently but when they do and when they click, as this one did, I’m
ultra-inspired to keep going, keep creating (as though I had a choice) and to
be even more thankful for the life I lead. </span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-43838407415076863982013-09-28T18:58:00.000-07:002013-09-28T18:58:25.269-07:00Treasures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’m on vacation in northern California having quality time
with my sister. We seem to be eating our way through the area, laughing, and
having deep bonding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We toast the
memory of our mother and know she would love to be with us sharing in these
good times.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I was here the same time last year for a wedding and to
empty out and get rid of my storage. It was a painful process. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">(You can read
about that at</span> :<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://susan-tereba.blogspot.com/2012/10/benediction.html"> http://susan-tereba.blogspot.com/2012/10/benediction.html</a>). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This year I’m going through the few things I salvaged and stored at my sister’s
house. One of those is a set of ten large flat art drawers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last week I tackled the first
five.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today I started on the
sixth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As I went through the drawings, preliminaries for
watercolor paintings I’d done and sold over twenty-five years ago, a swirl of
emotions over took me and soon tears were cascading down my checks. I sat back
to sort out these emotions as colorful and varied as my paintings were.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These artworks were all done during my
marriage, to John, an artist in his own right. The memoires of that life have
grown thin leaving a vague otherworldly sensation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">But the drawings surprised me in their quality of
execution – I wondered, “Who did these? They seemed to be from a distant me
that I could hardly remember - a time of innocence and naiveté and youth of
spirit.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I wondered if I painted such happy paintings because I
projected that as my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of
course in reality I dealt with fear, trepidation and self-consciousness – all
aspects that have mellowed with maturity, aspects that don’t plague me as they
did in my 20’s and 30’s. I was surprised at how much I liked these pieces and
how they made me feel – happy as well as nostalgic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then something new stated to take wing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you’ve been reading this Blog you know I’ve been
experimenting with coloring bone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I see this as a coming back around to painting while still making jewelry. Looking through my old
drawings I started to see possibilities for carvings that tell a story as my
paintings did plus an excuse (as though I need one) to use color once again. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">There were several images in these old drawings that could
become pieces of jewelry. It’s strange to be inspired by my own inspiration. I
usually look outside for that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Tomorrow I’ll put music on, open the garage door for more
light and pull out drawer number seven. I wonder what treasures it (and the
other not yet opened drawers) hold for me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What new inspirations might carry me off on new adventures.</span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-5584268039684503952013-09-12T03:42:00.000-07:002013-09-12T03:42:20.756-07:00Break Through!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve finally found a product that works to color bone
carvings as I’ve envisioned for over two years. It’s waterproof and lets the
light of the bone shine through just like the paper's white does in my watercolor
paintings.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I am basically a painter. When I was studying for my BA in
Art - oh so many years ago - I ended up painting on my hand built ceramic
sculptures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I eventually chucked the ceramics
and moved on to paper which thrilled me for years - and still does when I find
time to use it. Painting on paper was more immediate than having to wait to
fire the ceramics and hope with crossed fingers that it wouldn’t crack or the
colors change dramatically. </span></div>
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couldn’t have imagined without a crystal ball just a couple of years ago.
However, I feel a bit hemmed in by the small assortment of colors I have after
purchasing everything I could find in the local art store. I have no yellow or true red. So it’s on to Google
Search for another source.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It was such a thrill to have this click into place. I've
been craving color in my mammoth jewelry which I’ve gotten using semi precious
stone beads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still love the mammoth
tusk and jet carvings but my muse is demanding something new. I knew abstractly
what I wanted but didn’t have a concrete vision. That took time to come into
focus and then ‘bang!’ it hit me that I wanted a watercolor look on the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The creative process is so exciting!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love how stepping out of the way let’s the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I had hoped my book would be a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">instant </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">wild success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve poured my heart, soul and energy into it for four years and was
ready to send it on it’s merry way. Then a publisher friend had his editor read
it and sent me a list of criticisms, detailing how to improve it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew in my heart what he wrote was right but
still it’s a blow to the ego. I felt so mediocre.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Now in the light of a new day I think, what a gift - to be
told just what to do to make it work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were some positives in the critique as well but isn’t it strange how
our minds gloss over the pats-on-the-back to focus on the criticisms?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve realized minds are like that - they
dwell on the negative, perhaps as a form of preservation and protection. If you
wait instead of reacting to that initial response, a new more mature
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thought the road ahead would look like. There will be new scenery and leaning
and hopefully more barriers broken as I traverse the land of book editors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I need someone who can be ruthless but
compassionate as we need to cut about a quarter of the words. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The current challenge is to find someone who believes in
my book and with whom I’ll have a rapport to create a much better work - to push beyond what it is now to something greater. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have an appointment with a friend who does
this professionally. We’ll see if we can work together and if not I’ll be back on
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> That seems like a gargantuan task but one that must be done
step by step. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Making a list of what I want in an editor would be a place
to start.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Got any ideas, hints, or do you know of a good professional
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necklace designs and continuing in my experiments to color bone. </span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-65748889127965044582013-08-24T19:42:00.000-07:002013-08-24T19:42:01.033-07:00Metal Things <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Here in Bali,<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tumpuk Landup </i>is
a day that celebrates everything metal. Automobiles and motorbikes are
embellished with hand-woven palm leaf plaits attached to their hoods and
handlebars. Tools, electric and manual, and knives including the ceremonial<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> kris</i>, are given a good waft of
sandalwood incense and a dose of holy water to cleanse and acknowledge the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">I shudder
as the matriarch of our Balinese family raises her weathered hand, a flower
drenched in holy water held delicately between two gnarled fingers. She flicks
the blossom, breathes out her ancient prayers, while liberally sprinkling the
computer and printer three times. I cross my fingers that the blossom-studded
offerings stuck with burning incense will stay put. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;"> In the
workshop the electric flex shaft, used for making carvings and setting stones,
seems miniaturized next to three large platters filled with cakes, a splayed crisply
roasted chicken, fresh fruits, crunchy rice snacks and a rainbow of flower
petals. This is a gift to the flex shaft’s spirit and a prayer that he’ll
protect everyone you uses the tool.</span></div>
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knives of the house are cleaned and gathered together along with the garden
tools. They also have a special homage while the band saw at the end of the
workbench sports an intricately woven palm leaf offering unlike any of the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The kitchen does not go unnoticed. A simple pinwheel
of flowers placed there, seems to my mind, too small for the enormous pleasure
my oven gives me and the many friends who dine at our table. As I turn to go
out I notice the fridge has an offering balanced on its top corner edge. No
metal that could cause problems to the household is exempt from being honored on this day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Ancient
and adaptable Bali merges with the modern
world while retaining its unique rituals. How could this culture not influence
us artists, musicians, and writers? The air breathes creativity infusing us
with its electrons, edging us forward to bring life </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">new ideas, visions and
dreams. I go to my beading table and put together a new bracelet, humming with the
spirit of the place.</span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-75480686542406218812013-08-14T01:51:00.001-07:002013-08-14T01:52:36.821-07:00Ready to Launch<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I’ve just sent my book off to a publisher friend to see if
it is publishable. I’ve been working on “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Piece
by Piece - Bali Dreams, Love and the Land of Alzheimer’s”</i> for almost four
years. It’s been through two edits and countless re reads trying to seek out
misspellings and gross punctuation errors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I think the words conspire while I sleep to put commas where they
shouldn’t be and to veil words so spell check can’t find them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I’m ready to launch this effort to free up some time for
other creative pursuits. The first time I thought I’d finished it, I felt like
I’d lost a friend, like I was grieving. See my blog post on this at:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">But this time it feels like it’s ready to leave home. I
know there will be a lot of work to do to promote it when it finally gets
published but the creative part is done. Now it’ll be the business of getting
published leading me on and then the business of marketing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In the jewelry arena I showed some of my experiments of hand
colored bone carvings to a collector and friend. She thought they were so nice
she bought a pair of the earrings. That inspires and motivates me to get back
to my experiments with color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As much as
I love our mammoth tusk carvings, I adore color.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I'm a painter after all! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In the meantime I have my fingers crossed that “Piece by
Piece” will be well received and a constructive critique comes out of this
professional reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’m already
dreaming of the next book - a cookbook with stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Creativity is my life and I don’t really care how it
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Sometimes
it feels like life snatches away the creative moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'm filled with inspiration and great longing
to transform this into in-hand creations. Lately this strong urge seems to get
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">Then I
wonder if these are also part of the process - that it's like a boiling pot.
The food will be done when it's done. Carrots take longer than zucchini.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And maybe some ideas, in whatever medium you
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a delicate line between gestation and procrastination and I so don't want to
fall prey to the latter, and at the same time, I want to honor the former.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the moment I'm dancing between bits of
time working on new creations and literally taking care of business.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems like the computer and emails eat big
chucks out the day and every night as I climb into bed I think, "Didn't I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">'Heart
Song' is a new design etched out of this dance between busyness and creativity.
These earrings remind me to 'keep it light' and follow life's lead. You just
never know where inspiration will come from.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Five months ago in California,
a waitress was serving us brunch. I couldn’t keep my eyes off her earrings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They inspired this design produced in Bali. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That’s why
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">There’s a
rainbow of dragonflies here in Bali. There are
red ones, black and magenta, sapphire blue, metallic gold, green, and even rare
white ones. For decades they’ve been an important symbol to me in both my
paintings and jewelry. I’ve designed carvings of frogs with dragonflies on
their backs, leaves with dragonflies and just dragonflies for earrings and
necklaces. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">In the
spring of 1984 I’d rented a house on the remote island
of Filicudi off the coast of Sicily. I was in the
middle of a painting and sensed it needed a dragonfly. I didn’t have a picture
to refer to and had only a vague recollection of how they looked. I’d never
seen one on the island and my attempts to draw them from memory were miserable. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">One
morning during breakfast on the veranda, I was still wishing for one of these
clear winged beauties when a dragonfly suddenly appeared and landed on a tall
weed a foot away from me. My heart raced. With no pencil at hand, I very slowly
rose and made a dash for anything I could find to draw with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">The dragonfly was still there, perched on a gently swaying stalk, as
though awaiting my return. I sketched. He turned giving me another angle. I
sketched again. He turned again until I had all the angles I needed. Then off
he flew. I didn’t see another one during my stay on Filicudi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">A few
years ago in my Ubud home, a black velvet dragonfly buzzed around the kitchen,
banging into the windows, looking for the way out. I observed him for a while
and then said out loud, “Come on! Let’s go outside.” He landed on my
outstretched thumb and we walked together out into the garden. In the sun he
transformed into a stained glass window. His black wings had transparent olive
green at the top with tiny magenta windows inset into the black. His body had
mosaic patches of robin’s egg blue and a red dot behind his head. He stayed for
a while until we had our fill of each other and then we said, “Good-bye”. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">These
meetings with dragonflies make me stand at attention. And when the rare white
one skims the koi pond at twilight I feel blessed. Blessed to live in this
thriving colorful and complicated culture. Blessed to have love in my life, and
blessed to be creative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt;">What
makes you count your blessings?</span></div>
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week. Since I live in my office/studio it's the only day when there's no staff
and the place is all mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can stay in
my night gown past 8:00 if I want - what a luxury! </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">I had a list of things to do but somehow it
slipped through my fingers. I didn't come up with new designs, I didn't work on
my bone coloring project, and I didn't do any of the many other things on the
list. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Instead I got caught up in Lexigrams.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Andrea, the Peace Painter of the Andrea Smith
Gallery in Sedona, Arizona (</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.andreasmithgallery.com/">http://www.andreasmithgallery.com</a>)</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">
recently wrote about Lexigrams. She took all the letters in her name and made
phrases out of them. She didn't always use all the letters but she didn't
double any letter unless there were two in her name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She said she learned a lot about herself this
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">After cutting little squares to print each letter
of my name on, I put them on the desk next to the computer. I thought I would
play with them from time to time but in the end I lost an hour in the afternoon
and then another. I just couldn't let this go. It had me. </span></div>
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my regular creative channels a rest. Maybe this exercised my brain and opened
up something new that I won't realize right away. Or maybe the creative
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Muses Can Be Art</span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-26685483249705901522013-07-02T23:09:00.000-07:002013-07-02T23:09:02.292-07:00Back in the Saddle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I finally got to my painting
studio for the first time since last year. I pay the rent, have it cleaned, but
still I haven't opened the door to that magic room for oh so long!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Once I'm there with sketches
and half finished works pinned to the wall, a rainbow of inks, acrylics,
watercolors, pastels, and art book laden shelves, the creative spark
ignites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I feel almost possessed as the urgency intensifies and my fingers move through the materials putting
color on what ever medium is in front of me. Color! I even thrill to test dabs
on torn paper scraps - tests to see how the colors look together or overlaid.
How I need color. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I love my work and the mammoth
tusk carvings that I design and 'World on a String' produces. Semi precious stone
beads embellish them and help me assuage that need for color. But slowly
building over time, it's now not enough. I want the carvings to tell stories in
hues that pull the viewer in as much as the detail and beauty of the
carving.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This idea has been brewing for
over a year, perhaps two, but it's time had not come and past attempts to use
color on carvings have not been successful. It's easy to make them look cheap
or plastic </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">like</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">. I'm inspired by old inked Chinese ivory carvings and Eskimo
scrimshaw but still I want something different.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I didn't know what that
"different" was until this spring while in the States. One evening I
passed a store window with hand-made hand-painted furniture on display. I said
to my partner, "This is what I want my carvings to look like!"<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finally I had a solid idea of the look I was
after. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I collect 'ideas and
inspirations' like I collect beads and components for my jewelry. Some times
they sit unnoticed for a very long time until suddenly they unveil themselves
and I know just how to use them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">So this project in progress
still has much work left to do. While I'm happy with the result so far, I feel I
haven't yet found the right color medium. It's back to the art store to try
some new bottles or tubes and continue the experiments. I'll keep you posted
and if anyone out there has an idea for coloring bone please let me know. </span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-43447370990364561772013-06-21T23:13:00.000-07:002013-06-21T23:13:18.181-07:00The Unexpected <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">It's good to be home in the lush garden that surrounds our
small comfy house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was greeted by
flower filled vases in the bedroom, on the verandah, and in the bathroom. I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And now it's time to get down to creating once again and
'stamping out small fires' that are part and parcel of being self
employed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to giving voice
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Buddhas and Kuan Yins are always a source of inspiration for me as is the Thai
sense of style.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thais are the Italians
of Asia with their refined sense of line and harmony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Something inside me gets tickled by their
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">In the amulet market along the Chao Phraya River,
inspiration came calling in unexpected ways. One tattooed man, Arun, was
selling his handmade knotted cords that were perfect to embellish with a carving,
especially for men.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ordered ten and
picked them up the next day. </span></div>
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an amulet of dusty white ceramic material with a framed seated Buddha image
thinly impressed into the surface. She first held them in her hands in
‘Namaste’ fashion, infusing them with prayers for good luck. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">This is a rare occurrence. My experience with sellers in Thailand
over the last twenty-six years is that they are there to sell and not connect -
probably figuring they'll never see me again so why spend the energy. This
small gesture came from the Arun’s nieces' heart and touched ours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Another man, busy on his cell phone, let me photograph an
elephant necklace he was wearing. We carve a lot of elephants but this one had
something different about it and really caught my eye as well as my lens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course I'll do something completely
different with the idea. Inspiration finds you where it will. </span></div>
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head full of ideas, and once again feeling so much gratitude to have work I love. </span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-34643423051666694672013-05-25T03:19:00.000-07:002013-05-25T03:19:05.095-07:00Everyone's Talking About It!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Long time friend, Victoria, turned me on to Pinterest while someone else showed me how
to use it. As a visual person,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find
it's an exciting and useful tool to enhance creativity. It's more intuitive
and better than bookmarking sites I find, which I rarely refer to again anyway.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evening Buddha From ' Suz World' Board</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You make 'Boards' (think bulletin board) to organize
photos or visuals you either upload from your computer or from the Internet to
'Pin' to a board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance I have
Boards for 'Color', </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">'Recipes',</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> and 'Blogging', to name a
few.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I even have a joint board with Victoria that we use to 'Pin' things we think the other
would like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The Boards are available for the public to see and I believe you
can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have as many as you want. You are
also allowed three boards that remain private - for your eyes only unless you
allow another person to see it. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom Orchid from Suz World Board</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I'm all for using whatever tools are available to enhance
our creativity. An idea can spring from anywhere and Pinterest is one of those anywheres. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Warning though:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can lose
hours gathering inspiration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Best not to
have any pressing appointments!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">To view my Pinterest Boards:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/suzworld2/">http://pinterest.com/suzworld2/</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">And if you have any boards you think I'd like to see please let me know! </span>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-62742156338235221052013-05-14T01:24:00.000-07:002013-05-14T01:24:42.343-07:00Lightness of Being<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mammoth Tusk Feathers</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Feathers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They seem
to have invaded my consciousness and are coming out as jewelry. Suddenly I have
several styles of earrings and some big bold pendants. They make me happy and
tickle nostalgia.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">My long time friend, Sindona, once found pelican feathers
on a Mexican beach. She brought me one that I put on my alter until the Bali
bugs eventually ate it. I had to throw away it's nearly naked quill. Sindona
knew that Pelicans are an important personal symbol because they'd ushered in
my lifelong desire to know Truth. </span></div>
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beach below. I often came here to think. On this particular day there was a
flock of pelicans floating in the calm beyond the waves.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lightness of Being</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Suddenly, as though a signal had been given, one bird rose
up, silently inviting the others to join. They swirled through the air,
circling, each on their own course until one dove straight down, wings
flattened back against his body and disappeared under the surface. Another
dove, and another, then more than I could count, each pelican surfacing with a
fish in its bill. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The sky was a circus of acrobats rising up, circling,
diving, rising up, circling, diving, and in that moment time cracked and
shattered into an infinite moment of wonder. My heart burst with bliss, tears
streamed down my face, and the landscape of my life changed forever.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I'd experienced the lightness of being and I wanted more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Whenever I see these birds, even now, my heart quickens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They're a connection to and a symbol of that infinite moment, that
after years of seeking and meditation, I now know is always there in the
background when feelings and thoughts are feather swept away.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-81035757785979446552013-05-04T19:47:00.000-07:002013-05-13T22:25:15.552-07:00Yes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Creativity is a way of life for
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I really don't care what form it
takes as long as it's fully operational. So art, jewelry design and cooking
have been riding in the back seat lately while I drive to completion the second
edit of my book:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'Piece by Piece' - Bali Dreams,
Love and the Land
of Alzheimer's</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I adore the writing process and
working with my delightful editor, Vicki Hannah Lein, is a dream. Vicki is
a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>writer, singer, songwriter, artist,
and fantastic all around person, who happens to be blind. (<a href="http://www.outrageousvisions.com/">http://www.outrageousvisions.com</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Last night she performed her
'one woman show' for a group of ten of us with the theme of saying,
"Yes," to what ever comes our way. That doesn't mean you don't work
to change things but your initial response is YES! no matter how hard the situation
- even going blind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I met Vicki when she was
performing last year at Bar Luna, here in Ubud. We hit it off immediately and
became close friends - the kind of friends who feel they've always known each
other. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The insights she's given me
through her editing become jumping off points that say, "Yes! This will
make the book better and clearer".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I understand where she's guiding me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I started writing 'Piece by
Piece' in 2009 after returning from my first real respite trip after nine years
of taking care of my husband, Bob, who has Alzheimer's disease. That trip
didn't go as planned and I ended up grieving the great loss of Bob through most
it. When I got home I thought to write about that grief in support of others
experiencing the same thing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">What started as an article is
now three and a half years and two edits later, a book. Soon I'll have to begin
the process of getting published one way or another. Since the book seemed to
'fall' out of my quickly typing fingers into a Word document, I assume the
publishing process will present itself too when I'm ready and begin the
research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Originally I thought I only
wanted to go the traditional publishing route but now I'm saying, "Yes' to
whatever possibilities show up to get it out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">For stories about care-giving and
Alzheimer's see my blog:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.alzworld-susantereba.blogspot.com/">www.alzworld-susantereba.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">You can hear Vicki sing and talk
about being Vicki at her 60th birthday party here:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7JqdZNePk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7JqdZNePk</a></span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-59213779088942340362013-04-16T23:20:00.000-07:002013-04-16T23:20:36.634-07:00Wakeful Nights<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Something's going on internally and I don't know what. I
wake way too early with my jaw hurting from clenching.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spend the day in a fog that doesn't clear
until mid afternoon often feeling like I'm in another room distant from
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">One 4:30 am 'wakeup' I decide to change my attitude and
see this as an opportunity instead of bemoaning the lack of sleep and the
effects it'll have on my day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I lay
there waves of euphoria wash over me and I feel so lucky to live the life I
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I figure since I'm awake anyway I may as well meditate,
even though it's challenging to do so lying down. I don't want to risk getting
up in case that illusive sleep state returns to envelope me....in case.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">An hour of meditation passes. Darkness, slowly melting,
reveals the outline of trees and plants outside my window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then accompanying the emerging light, new
ideas expose themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bodhi Leaf with Dangles</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">I 'see' a double helix in the form of a dragons with
a Kuan Yin emerging out of them. I tap out the idea on my bedside iPod.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About fifteen minutes later I see our Bodhi
leaf earrings now with dangling beads inside. Again the iPod receives the idea.
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Maybe staying awake isn't so bad after all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe the attitude change freed up some
energy, formerly held hostage by resistance, to allow creativity to spring forth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">A few days later, with the use of Photoshop and my office
manager,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I quickly get the new design
ready for our carvers. I can't wait to make a pair for myself! </span></div>
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Susan Terebahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00749516269763912341noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7016213693066276552.post-18612634310833293962013-03-31T18:01:00.000-07:002013-03-31T18:01:18.427-07:00Moments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">While I was in California, I stayed over night with my
friends, Judy and Jerry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had an
unusually deep restful sleep on the upper floor of their art filled house in
country. The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>delightful room was filled
with their six year old grand daughter's, Sophia's, toys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was especially intrigued with a carousel of
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">The next night Sophia stayed the night and slept in her room in the
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Ever since she could express herself, Sophia has said she
wants to be a dentist. In the morning Judy, by chance, asked her if she still
wanted to be a dentist but she said, "No, I want to be a carver and an
artist!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">No one in the house thinks Sophia knows what I do for a
living - that I'm an artist and that I design carvings to put into my
jewelry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did this happen?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is she psychic? Are young children connected
to a form of communication we've lost as adults?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Whatever the answer, these magical life moments thrill me
and I sense are connected to the conduit of creativity and staying present.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Thank you, Sophia. </span></div>
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