tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64745454414145998362024-02-07T23:54:09.605+00:00Adelaide Shalhope - Following the Silver Threadthoughts from the studioAdelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-27432891224954727242017-08-20T11:06:00.000+01:002017-12-31T16:30:20.130+00:00Leaving Home<div style="text-align: left;">
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I’ve recently moved into a new art studio. Custom built about a month or
so ago, without electricity or running water (but with a lovely wee
wood burning stove). My husband and I refer to it as ‘the cabin’. He has
one side for a study and I the other for my art practice. It sits at
the back of our large, slightly scruffy (wip!), garden on the bonny
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It’s my first dedicated studio. For years I’ve taken over spare rooms in
my home so it’s a thrill to have such a space. Paints and inks have
come out. Big pieces of torn paper and bits of wood are being nailed to
the walls. There’s freedom to make mess and not feel the need to tidy up
because guests are staying in the room where my studio has been set up. </div>
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I continue to get to know the space – how the natural light works at
various times of the day and with various weather and how cold it must be before I need to light the stove. I also continue to get to know
my own work – how my current play with oils and acrylics is leading
things into new territories<br />
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Sometimes <i>leaving home, </i>in whatever form that takes, is a fine way to
help us shift into new ways of seeing so we can then settle in to the
continued practice of leaning into the unknown.Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-65575271667021504462017-06-13T10:21:00.000+01:002017-12-31T16:23:51.529+00:00The Sound of One Hand Clapping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When your heart is awake,,,,,</div>
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this is when you will begin to truly hear.</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-2543034352130336552017-03-11T12:29:00.000+00:002017-12-31T16:32:09.080+00:00Simple Gestures<br />
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of kindness,</div>
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of friendship,</div>
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of love.</div>
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the hands together. </div>
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gently in prayer, </div>
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clapping with joy,</div>
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clasped with the hand of a loved one.</div>
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ink on paper,</div>
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thread on the needle</div>
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stitch by stitch and mark by mark. </div>
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each one, no matter how simple, begins to create a world.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Uncertainty is your biggest gift.</span></div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-37980219820676221982016-12-01T12:25:00.000+00:002016-12-01T17:36:44.678+00:00Tending to the Inner Landscape<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Excerpt from a journal entry of 30 May, 2010 that I happened upon today and wanted to share:<br />
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<i>I feel a sort of melancholy today. A yearning for some sort of connection with my own work and that familiar feeling of separation from myself after so much traveling. I'm happy to be here on my own in the studio. This peaceful place - a refuge from clutter of mind, of spirit. A sacred space. </i></div>
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<i>I just simply want to be able to replenish and receive today. To both empty and fill the well. To listen and then act. Lots of information comes in and as I sit quietly here it has a place to settle as well as dissipate.</i></div>
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<i>I realize that so much of what I worry about - what is said, done, happens or doesn't - is all completely inconsequential in the long run. Worrying does not create. Worry dampens the spirits. </i></div>
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Don't let worry dampen your spirit. </div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-64384025376535562872016-11-12T15:12:00.000+00:002016-12-04T12:21:14.021+00:00The Joy of Being a Beginner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been taking an abstract painting class at the Glasgow School of Art for the past month. Although I've played around with paint here and there over the years, paint is not my medium.<br />
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It's exhilarating learning something new, as well as humbling -- experiencing the awkwardness of not knowing what I'm doing and the frustrations this brings up that I must lean into in order to see something interesting emerge. Lots of bad art is being produced. Fantastic.<br />
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I love the sense of immediacy of working with paint. You just have to commit and dive in. Don't think too much and don't make it too precious. What is wanting to express itself has waited around long enough and is desperate to get to the surface.<br />
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Just get out of its way and let it get on with it.Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-89783412898257220872016-06-18T09:00:00.000+01:002016-06-18T09:00:10.115+01:00Heart's Desire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is my deepest wish to walk through this world one step at a time.</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-45054413720723303322016-06-17T11:47:00.000+01:002016-06-17T11:47:16.855+01:00Permission II<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You have permission. </div>
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to let go. </div>
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to say yes.</div>
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to fall.</div>
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to roll.</div>
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to tumble. to fumble. to fail.</div>
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You have permission to succeed.</div>
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To see that seed be not one of doubt</div>
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but of bigness wherever that bigness must grow.</div>
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You do not need to carry the heavy tools with you.</div>
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You will know which one to use to trim the hedge.</div>
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What you think is there simply disappears<br />
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-44174138270688983732016-03-25T14:27:00.000+00:002016-03-25T14:27:45.838+00:00Self Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The bud <br />
stands for all things, <br />
even for those things that don't flower, <br />
for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing; <br />
though sometimes it is necessary <br />
to reteach a thing its loveliness, <br />
to put a hand on its brow <br />
of the flower <br />
and retell it in words and in touch <br />
it is lovely <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- Excerpt from 'Saint Francis And The Sow' </span></div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-53658462897079703782016-03-16T18:09:00.000+00:002016-03-16T18:09:42.642+00:00Replenish<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in Winter.</div>
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It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous.</div>
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- Rumi</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-79704331180093276502016-01-09T13:23:00.000+00:002016-01-09T17:57:17.013+00:00Look Closely<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Simple signs of wonder are etched within your soul.</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-18908361125059834352016-01-06T12:08:00.000+00:002016-01-06T12:08:13.041+00:00Life Imitates Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nestled in-between the stones</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-13912324552824476912016-01-04T12:07:00.000+00:002016-01-04T12:07:48.685+00:00The Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-77994879194858637242016-01-03T16:28:00.000+00:002016-01-03T16:28:11.849+00:00Let Me Slip Gently<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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with nowhere to go.</div>
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Leave behind an imprint of love.</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-7553856604984980632015-09-08T16:10:00.002+01:002015-09-08T16:10:51.254+01:00Paying Attention<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thistle seeds.<br />
Caught in a spider web just outside my studio door. <br />
Not struggling to be free.<br />
Just allowing the breeze to blow them wherever they may be.Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-23535775105977535052015-08-13T12:37:00.000+01:002015-08-13T12:37:28.330+01:00Practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'the ghost of frozen raspberries' </span> </div>
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Do not try to make anything.<br />
Be present.<br />
Allow what IS to appear.<br />
Witness your relationship with what IS.<br />
Be present. <br />
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-55201512999228338332015-08-09T13:07:00.000+01:002015-08-09T13:10:47.357+01:00I'm Trying<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Where do we think we are going when we try so hard? <br />
What if we relaxed, rested our minds and our bodies for a little while and let the softness of our own hearts lead the way?<br />
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Sit quietly. </div>
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Gently and slowly find your own breath. </div>
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Step in.</div>
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Adelaide Shalhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02572585747058499327noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6474545441414599836.post-36127974445669328632015-03-12T12:01:00.000+00:002015-03-12T12:01:19.910+00:00You Can Only Get There From Here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">You say you want to make something? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Something Big. Something Bold. Something Great.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tear up a piece of paper and toss it on the floor. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Look at it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Notice its shape, its texture, how it scattered when it landed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Begin here. </span></span></div>
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