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Posts: 2834 (06/23/09 19:49:32) |
As long as there is an openness to ourselves and the universe we can fully be the evolved being we were always meant to be...
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Posts: 2398 (06/24/09 04:01:06) |
While we're on the subject...here's my grandfather!
Both my father and my grandfather had something called Dupuytren's contracture. That's why their hands are all crumpled up. My grandfather was a carpenter and a woodcarver. The angel head in the top right corner was painted from memory, and I didn't get it quite right! Here's what it really looks like: 
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Posts: 12090 (06/24/09 04:04:27) Moderator |
I love your artistry, Susie! What a wonderful talent.
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Posts: 3691 (06/24/09 05:01:49) |
Love it!
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Posts: 139 (06/24/09 15:32:43) |
Susie, that's amazing. Glad you inherited his artful abilities (and not the contracture). Was he around a lot when you were growing up?
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Posts: 2400 (06/24/09 15:59:17) |
Yes, he lived upstairs from us in the house he built when he was first married. He died when I was 5 at the age of 94.
He told my aunt he was tired after breakfast, went back to bed and fell asleep forever. I remember having oatmeal and "coffee" with him in the morning. (mostly milk and sugar) Also, he grew grapes in our backyard and made red wine out of them. He would let me taste the wine by inserting a little rubber tube into the keg. It would flow down into my mouth by gravity...aaaah... until he would pinch it off! My sister and all of my cousins have they same memory! We all thought we were special. The Dupuytren's contractures usually occur in older males of the family, but my sister has a slight one. The house he built is still standing, in a run-down part of town. We drove past it a few weeks ago. I realize now how blessed I am to be gifted with such a boundless imagination and the means to express even a small part of what I am seeing and feeling. |
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Posts: 4394 (06/24/09 19:23:24) Moderator |
SistahSusie, you are definitely blessed, and a blessing to those around you!
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Posts: 5543 (06/24/09 19:37:18) |
yes ditto on that susie....you are blessed!
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Posts: 14165 (06/25/09 06:57:23) Asst. Administrator |
susie,
wow... really really talented you are! love you,
rona
"I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a
love letter to the world." Mother Teresa |
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Posts: 2401 (06/25/09 08:26:52) |
Thanks to Susan, Debbie, Amy, Sandy, Karen and Rona for the praises.
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And big thanks to Jay for starting this thread!_ 
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Posts: 106 (06/25/09 11:08:23) |
I am not around here as much as I used to be (pre-Yuku) but when I checked in just now I was tickled to see this thread! I have begun listening to WNYC's
evening music lately and their blogs are pretty thought provoking. (as an artist I also like the visuals!)
I really began listening during the "Whatcha Doin'" blog phase so I have a soft spot in my heart for that point in time . But the father's day blog is a favorite as it caused me to stop and think. Dad. I still haven't told him what I wrote because I think I would have written something very different if I knew he'd be reading it. I also loved reading what other listeners wrote. Talk about a heart opening moment. Terrance McKnight & David Garland have become a audio part of my after work, making dinner, eating dinner , evening , & after dinner ritual . I may not always dig the music but I do dig the environment & the blog definitely has created a sense of a real community. It took that vague idea of many faceless folks listening along with me to the real & concrete . It served to make NYC less of a big, anonymous city and more small town. And I love Marie's blog about her tiny garden ... Go here to read more and see the photo-lovely! http://blogs.wnyc.org/eveningmusic/2009/06/15/the-things-our-fathers-love/#comments
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Posts: 240 (06/27/09 04:50:57) |
Susie,
Your sharings have offered such a deeply insightful look at your life that I feel like I have read your autobiography; in a few chapter and pictures. Growing up in the house your grandfather built when he was first married - and in which he passed away, it is a magnificent tale. I have been sharing your stories and art with my wife Rita. It has been a lot of fun sharing this "little corner" of MIS with all of you. Eric's world here is such a gift!! |
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Posts: 2404 (06/27/09 05:41:20) |
Thanks, Jay.
There may be more! My uncle (who also lived upstairs with my grandfather) was an avid (award-winning) photographer. I was the youngest kid in the family and while my sister and brothers were off at school or playing with friends, I often got stuck being his model. |
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Posts: 3695 (06/27/09 06:17:23) |
oh cool, more flow pics!
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Posts: 241 (06/27/09 06:24:24) |
You know, I was referring to an autobiography more as a metaphor for your interesting collection of stories.
Now I am thinking this may be a book; something blending the yogic principles and artistry and how it came together for you. Your history, the beautiful images, the people, and your present commitment to an enlightened lifestyle...........just a thought. Darn: I still don't get the thing about how to reactivate the emoticons. - But they would be showing excitement for a great project. |
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Posts: 147 (06/27/09 15:41:38) |
Susie, it's so cool that you spent your early years with your extended family so close by. And all of them with artistic talent, and discipline (building
a house!) and adventuresome spirit.
How did your Mom feel about living with so much of your Dad's family? |
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Posts: 2406 (06/28/09 05:26:33) |
Good question. I will never know. She died suddenly when I was five.
I know that sounds kinda dramatic...but that's because it was. I made this collage several years ago. The idea was that I wanted my mother to be with me for some of the important days of my life. In first grade we were asked to make a drawing for our mom in honor of Mother's Day... As you can see from the drawing in the center, I have been expressing my feelings through drawings, paintings and now digital art for quite a few years! 
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Posts: 5557 (06/28/09 09:49:44) |
SWEET!!!!!
sandy
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Posts: 5558 (06/28/09 09:50:52) |
is that your confirmation dress?
sandy
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Posts: 2407 (06/28/09 14:46:39) |
It was my First Communion dress - 2nd grade.
I like the top right corner. Center: my mother's wedding, next: my wedding, then college graduation, high school graduation and my mother very pregnant with me. Bottom left: my brother's size 15 shoes. I was holding a basketball in the original photo, but copy/pasted the heart from my drawing.
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- Introductions -- Why You Came to Yoga
- 2009 Live Gathering
- 2007 Live Gathering
- Questions for Erich
- Asana
- Amazing asana sequences
- Health and Yoga
- Breath of Life
- Meditation
- Remembering to Ask for Guidance
- Energy
- Classical Texts (Sutras, Gita, etc.)
- Yamas and Niyamas
- The Business of Yoga
- Teaching Questions
- Video, book, and audio recomendations
- Workshops and Training Opportunities
- MIS Goods & Services Exchange
- Technology
- Yoga Poetry
- Martial Arts, Gymnastics, Hypnosis, Contortionism, Body Building, & Other Related Disciplines
- Everyday Sacred
- Food & Recipes
- The Environment
- Socrates Bar and Grill
