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Forests and Trees

“It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

Portraits and ID's

"Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him."
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)

“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” - James Dean

“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.”

Time...

“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.” - Harvey MacKay

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs

“The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness; and knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.” - Kahlil Gibran

"Everything Changes,
Everything Falls Apart..." - Sarah Maclachlan song lyrics.

"It was propped against the collar box and I lay listening to it. Hearing it, that is. I don't suppose anybody ever deliberately listens to a watch or a clock. You don't have to. You can be oblivious to the sound for a long while, then in a second of ticking it can create in the mind unbroken the long diminishing parade of time you didn't hear."

-William Faulkner
The Sound and the Fury

Ballet

"Dancing is silent poetry." - Simonides (556-468bc)

The Secret Garden

"The secret garden is always open now. Open, and awake, and alive. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

Mary, from The Secret Garden

Games and Illusions...

Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?.

Edgar Allan Poe

Mystery

“The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating.”

Enchanted Morning

"If you look for the truth outside yourself,
It gets farther and farther away.
Today walking alone, I meet it everywhere I step.
It is the same as me, yet I am not it.
Only if you understand it in this way
Will you merge with the way things are."

- Tung-Shan

Snowy Night Bridge

“This life is yours. Take the power to choose what you want to do and do it well. Take the power to love what you want in life and love it honestly. Take the power to walk in the forest and be a part of nature. Take the power to control your own life. No one else can do it for you. Take the power to make your life happy.”

Susan Polis Schutz

The Path Thru The Woods

“All of life is a journey. Which paths we take, what we look back on, and what we look forward to is up to us. We determine our destination, what kind of road we will take to get there, and how happy we are when we get there.”

Pondering Eternity

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day."

Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Redemption

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O'Brien

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. ~Karl Kraus

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression. The chasm is never completely bridged. We all have the conviction, perhaps illusory, that we have much more to say than appears on the paper. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

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"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious" ~ Andrew Wyeth

"Art is literacy of the heart" ~ Elliot Eisner

"Good art is not what it looks like, but what it does to us." ~ Roy Adzak

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery." ~ Francis Bacon

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art." ~ Paul Cézanne

Random Favourites

There are some amazingly talented people on DA and these are my particular favourites! I tend to fave a lot of redheads, forests, mazes, gardens, toadstools, cats, cute wild animals, ballet themed shots, landscapes, blue and purple flowers, sculptures and artistic nudes, but there are a lot of other themes to be found in my favourite's folder!

Enter...and enjoy...

Redheads

What can I say? I've always had a thing for redheads, finding them beautiful, mysterious and alluring, and particularly tend to favour long-haired, dreamy/wistful looking models! If you like that look too I am sure you will enjoy the contents of this folder...

Poem/Quote of the Week...

Time is a brisk wind, for each hour it brings something new... but who can understand and measure its sharp breath, its mystery and its design? ~Paracelsus

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Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past even while we attempt to define it, and, like the flash of lightning, at once exists and expires. ~Charles Caleb Colton

Picnic at Hanging Rock Desktop

A tribute to one of my favourite movies ever...the beautifully haunting Picnic at Hanging Rock by Peter Weir.

Quotes -

Miranda: Everything begins and ends at the exactly right time and place.

Miranda: What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream.

Sara: Miranda knows lots of things other people don't know. Secrets. She knew she wouldn't come back.

Mlle. de Poitiers: Ah! Now I know.
Miss McCraw: What do you know?
Mlle. de Poitiers: I know that Miranda is a Botticelli angel.

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wow! you have so many amazing works here!
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Damn! Thank you for the fav's :hug:
Sat Oct 3, 2009, 10:31 AM
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:boogie: Come on people - shout at me!!! :D ;) :boogie:
Tue Sep 22, 2009, 6:07 AM

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***TIME*** Contest Update & The Writing Fairy.

Journal Entry: Thu Nov 19, 2009, 2:27 AM



Just a quick reminder that the Time contest finishes on December 31st, and although that might still seem a while as yet, Tempus Fugit, as they say...;)

Also a link to my latest fairy - - who was a commission for someone who wanted a writing fairy because they love to write themselves. :D

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CONTEST...

To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour...

William Blake


This is one of my favourite quotes and it has inspired the theme of my latest contest...

CONTEST THEME...

****TIME****

Make of it what you will, although the featuring of clocks, hourglasses/sandtimers, sundials, and similar time pieces in your work is prefered. It is NOT essential though. Any medium is accepted - manipulation, photography, traditional art, collage, poetry, literature, abstract, digital art, 3D, pixel art, jewellery, artisan crafts and sculpture.

Rules

Entries will be added to the Entries Folder (link below) as they are submitted. Please NOTE me with your entry. I would appreciate it if you would also mention that your work is an entry to the Time contest with its comments. I will accept NEW WORK ONLY and only one entry per artist.

Closing Date

You have plenty of time. The contest ends at the very end of the year. Midnight on 31st December 2009.

Prizes

First prize - a year's DA subscription.
Second prize - a 3 month DA subscription.
Third prize - a 1 month DA subscription.

My hubby and I are the only judges. We prefer to keep it simple. :)

Thank you so much to :iconcolt51: for making this fab stamp for the contest -



ENTRIES...

All new entries will be added here from now on - [link] - so I will no longer be updating this journal with each new entry. New entries are being added to it often so be sure to check it out if you want to keep up to date. :)

News article added here - [link] - please fave it to spread the word! :hug:

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Some of my Works





Some of my Sculptures/OOAK Dolls


...over at my ~Forestina account...



And my DD…



Thank you to all who fave my pics, leave a comment, or take a general interest in my work, it is much appreciated! I try to get back to you all and check out your work too. :hug:



Me and Photography...


I know very little about photography and use a rather cheap Vivitar with a wonky shutter. Basically, I point and click like a woman possessed and hope for the best. This suits me fine. Then, I like to try to turn the mundane into something magical with a slight tweaking of colour and light. Nothing major but enough to make it look a little otherworldly. Enough to make you believe that it could be another time, another place...another world...:)


Things I Especially lurve...


My husband, TOPIARY, anything magical, dreamy or enchanting. Hugging trees. Mazes and labyrinths of every and any kind, cats (especially tabby and grey ones), mirrors (not in a vain sense but playing around with reflections...creating mirror worlds!), nature, Red Dwarf (especially Rimmer!), birds, squirrels, hedgehogs, cute rodents like mice, rats and voles, toadstools, TREES!!!, forests, woods, old keys, old pocket watches, waterfalls & streams, Lara Croft, Twin Peaks, surreal and fantasy art and manips, Escher's Relativity, J. Waterhouse, anything Austen related, Guy of Gisborne, Richard Armitage, wistful people, the Frouds, sunrays, sparkling water, dewdrops, dreamy poetry, North and South (R Armitage version), Jane Eyre (Toby Stephens version), cobwebs (minus spiders!), Halls of Doors Alice-in-Wonderland style, cute wooden bridges, watching movies especially - LABYRINTH, Legend & PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK, Julian Sands, tasteful outdoor nudes, pointe ballet shoes, ballet & dance, history, standing stones, Robins, blue and purple flowers, redheads, long hair, pre-Rathaelite art, drawing, sculpting, crafts, painting, writing, Mr Rochester, shabby-chic, patchwork things, unicorns, walking, yoga, caves and secret underground places, castles, ponds and water features, stately houses, ruins, Broken Sword (games), dragonflies, X-Men, Ricky Gervais, Wolverine, Queen's - Who Wants to Live Forever, spring & summer, being immature, secret gardens, Xena: Warrior Princess, ivy, abandoned overgrown places, really dark chocolate 70% +, hummus, picnics, DAYDREAMING!!!, photography, ALAN RICKMAN, Snape, Rufus Sewell, Kevin Smith (Ares), Frankie's - Power of Love;, Angelina Jolie, wistful beauties, quaint thatched cottages, English villages, hearty mugs of hot weak tea, baking cakes and biscuits, um...and I will add more as I think of them! :D

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Please Note...


The photos in this gallery are NOT stock.
I offer plenty of stock pics at my stock account (link below). Thanks. :)


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Links...



My OOAK Dolls & Miniatures account - :iconforestina:

My stock account - :iconmirandarose-stock:



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Tree Hugs...


Each hug won't be for me,
It'll be meant for a tree!!






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Some of my Favourite Quotes...



Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.

Buddha (563 BC - 483 BC)

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Everything begins and ends, at exactly the right time and place...

Picnic At Hanging Rock

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Frodo:
I wish the ring had never come to me.
I wish none of this had happened.

Gandalf:
So do all who live to see such times.
But that is not for them to decide.
All we have to decide is what to do
with the time that is given to us.

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To see a world in a grain of sand
And a heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour

William Blake

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Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?.

Edgar Allan Poe

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Fill yourself with desire and see only illusion,
Empty yourself of desire and understand the great mystery of things.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

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Do not fear to hope,
for every time we smell the autumn's dying scent,
we know the primrose time will come again.

Samuel Coleridge



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  • Mood: Winter Downs
  • Listening to: A police siren - eeeek!
  • Reading: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
  • Drinking: Tea.

deviantID

Determined never to grow up, to never stop chasing rainbows, to never stop looking for the magic in the mundane, and most of all, to never stop hoping that love will conquer all...:heart:

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: England
  • deviantWEAR sizing preference: UK 12
  • Interests: *Writing*photography*yoga*nature*daydreaming*reading*sculpting*topiary*hiking*mazes*
  • Favourite movie: *Picnic at Hanging Rock*LOTR's*Labyrinth*Legend*Tomb Raider*The Secret Garden*X-Men*Highlander*
  • Favourite band or musician: *Tori A*Bowie*Roxette*Within T*K's Choice*Enya*Evanescence*Queen*Sarah M*Alanis M*Secret Garden
  • Favourite genre of music: *Movie soundtracks (instrumentals)*Classical*New Age*Soft Rock...anything but jazz really...
  • Favourite artist: *Alan Lee*Luis Royo*John Waterhouse*J Constable*Edward R Hughes*Jonathon Bowser*Escher*Rosetti*
  • Favourite poet or writer: *Charles de Lint* Robert Holdstock*
  • Favourite style of art: *Fantasy*surreal*nature*landscape*
  • Operating System: XP
  • Skin of choice: My husbands...
  • Favourite game: The Broken Sword and Tomb Raider series
  • Personal Quote: Love deeply, smile freely and live each day as if it were your last.
  • Tools of the Trade: My imagination and the wonder of nature!

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The dream was always running ahead of me. To catch up, to live for a moment in unison with it, that was the miracle. (Anais Nin)
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Thank you so much Tara for the :+fav: :nod:

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:icongloomydeirdre:
thanks for fav on nostalgic place. oh, i LOVE your art.

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Thanks

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Thanks so much for the :+fav: :love: :rose:
:iconrojoepeters:
Thank you for the fav!!!!!!! very nice portfolio!!!
:iconmushikawa:
thanks very much for the favs! :hug:
And I'm glad someone appreciate my collections! :)
:iconthefulkrum:
Hiya!

As a thank you for Watching me, I've featured your 4 worst pieces here:

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:iconawjay:
many thanks..:)

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:ahoy:THANK YOU.

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Oh and I moved it out of photomanips to nature, I honestly think I just put it in the wrong folder....my bad!
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:hug: :)

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Enter my contest! ***TIME***. See my journal for details! Closing date December 31st!
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Glad you liked my Bamboo Garden images :-)

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thanks for the fave, hon. :D

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:iconlpixel:
Thanks for faving Rose Red. :)
You have a gorgeous gallery! Love trees too, we're lucky we've got an oak tree in our garden.
I once took a photo of a tree I kept seeing on our daily travels that looked like an Ent with arms or something. It's not a good quality photo but I can upload it to scraps maybe. :)

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Thanks for the recent favs.

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Thank you kindly for faving. :)

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