tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post938160072492353793..comments2024-03-26T05:19:03.402-04:00Comments on Journaling With Paint: Taking A Time outBruce Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-38155719399966597682010-08-19T16:21:33.062-04:002010-08-19T16:21:33.062-04:00Hi Becky! ... "I" indeed am happy that t...Hi Becky! ... "I" indeed am happy that the post and sentiments expressed in some manner were meaningful and enjoyable to "You."<br /><br />Despite our different backgrounds and experiences... it is comforting to discover that we share similar feelings and experiences that enjoin us as friends and acquaintances... even across vast distances!<br /><br />Good Painting!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-36300916723509539062010-08-19T16:17:09.617-04:002010-08-19T16:17:09.617-04:00Hi Sue!.. Thanks for your comments and for adding ...Hi Sue!.. Thanks for your comments and for adding your own (similar)memories to the "conversation."<br /><br />Memories and relection are both such powerful agents of healing and coping... treasures to hold on to...for each of us in our unique lives. <br /><br />Good Painting and Happy Summer Sue!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-25013647876854294312010-08-18T10:28:35.397-04:002010-08-18T10:28:35.397-04:00Beautiful sentiments and reflection that you poste...Beautiful sentiments and reflection that you posted here.Becky Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03706960780155979860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-37336809051290141412010-08-17T21:16:59.188-04:002010-08-17T21:16:59.188-04:00Hi Bruce,
Your blog brings reflection. What a lo...Hi Bruce,<br /><br />Your blog brings reflection. What a lovely cottage and what lovely memories. It is true what you said about parents being "the glue". We always had family picnics, holidays, birthday gatherings, etc. Now that they are gone I rarely see my brothers, mainly because we are scattered in different states. All the more why those memories are treasured. Very nice post, Bruce.sue grecohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14690530883362765747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-63352762154963051952010-08-16T08:01:49.519-04:002010-08-16T08:01:49.519-04:00Hi Ross!... What a wonderfully warm feeling your c...Hi Ross!... What a wonderfully warm feeling your comment sends back to "Me"!<br /><br />"E"... enabling "You"... enabling "Me." <br />"What goes around... comes around."<br /><br />All that "I" wish this blog accomplishes... is to create an awareness that there are indeed many "pilgrims" like our Selves... who face the same struggles and challenges... in separate but parallel lives.<br /><br />None of us need feel that we are alone with the difficulties... or the joyous discoveries and events we each experience. These feelings and events are in fact "Universals". All that changes in the equation... are the faces n' places.<br /><br />Your situation and discovery gives evidence and testimony to the fact... "that the best things in life.... are free!"<br /><br />The freedom to conduct your own voyage is a huge privilege not to be taken for granted. But with every privilege... comes responsibility... and choices.<br /><br />"I" am so happy to reach out to good people like your Self Ross... genuinely seeking nothing more than to share the findings of my own very full personal and artistic lives... in the hopes that they might serve "You" in finding your own pathway to Inner Peace.<br /><br />Blessings back to "You" and "Yours",<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-12600583429344279062010-08-16T02:15:13.010-04:002010-08-16T02:15:13.010-04:00Hi Bruce;
I just wanted to let you know that i di...Hi Bruce; <br />I just wanted to let you know that i did indeed go home and roust the gang to go for a picnic. They all said, "yes"! My wife's nephew was staying over with us and also my step-daughters friend came along. We ended up taking two cars and the two dogs as well! We have two Boxers who hate to be left behind. We went to my favorite place behind an old church in the country build in 1856. There is a lake there formed by a dam so we were alone on the shores with picnic basket and other treats in hand. The water is frigid but some of us had a swim while my wife sat on the shore and knitted. We all came home a wee bit tired and everyone was smiling. It had been a long time since we did anything like that. A fabulous day for sure and we have decided to not wait so long till the next time. And all because i read your post this morning about "Taking a Time Out". <br />Thank you for the inspiration and the push. I am most grateful. <br />Blessings to you and yours, <br />rossRoss Lynemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371133937402266762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-5641061825630216092010-08-15T16:30:21.231-04:002010-08-15T16:30:21.231-04:00Hi Keith!... Thank "You" for dropping by...Hi Keith!... Thank "You" for dropping by!<br /><br />One must always reserve a space of remembrance "within"... a vault where precious memories and people who have contributed to one's quality of life can remain alive to give comfort and solace.<br /><br />Too often in our society... nostalgia and openly showing one's deepest feelings "get a bad rap"... and people show ridicule towards those courageous enough to share their feelings openly and honestly with others.<br /><br />In my mind... and practice... Truth and Emotion are to be lauded... to be emulated and to be expected. Life without these seems pretty shallow. <br /><br />In my way of thinking, nostalgia and honest emotions are often a vital "trigger" for good painting!Just my thoughts!<br /><br />Once again... my heartiest congratulations regarding your coup and well-deserved honour received from HRM Prince Phillip!<br /><br />Good Painting!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-80742379138930670612010-08-15T15:48:37.145-04:002010-08-15T15:48:37.145-04:00Thanks for the Summertime Wishes Bruce. What a bea...Thanks for the Summertime Wishes Bruce. What a beautiful story. It's good to set some time aside for nostalgia now and again.Keith Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114006831583939493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-58352029755589601532010-08-15T12:52:09.791-04:002010-08-15T12:52:09.791-04:00Hi there Ross!... So happy that the message in thi...Hi there Ross!... So happy that the message in this post has been meaningful to "You"... and it would seem has "You" thinking!<br /><br />Life itself... Health and Family are the most precious of gifts and blessings that we possess. Ironically... each of us will/must surrender these gifts at some yet unknown point along our earthly journeys.<br /><br />Realizing and embracing them from Today... forward...as brief gifts is the key to True Happiness... for any one of us Ross!<br /><br />Do hug your wife... roust out the gang... and get "out there"... picnic hamper in hand!<br /><br />Good Painting... and HAPPY SUMMERTIME DREAMIN'... to "You" and Yours!<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-39192820386740552862010-08-15T11:56:57.000-04:002010-08-15T11:56:57.000-04:00Such a beautiful post. I have tears in my eyes jus...Such a beautiful post. I have tears in my eyes just now from where your words took me. And i loved the poem which i have copied and sent to my wife. Thanks for sharing part of your journey with us. Such a blessing for a Sunday morning. I think i will go home, roust the gang and see if they want to head out for a picnic.......Ross Lynemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15371133937402266762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-3077664481033977352010-08-15T10:13:07.536-04:002010-08-15T10:13:07.536-04:00Hi Friends Kim and Harry!... Thank "You"...Hi Friends Kim and Harry!... Thank "You" for your kind words of encouragement Kim!<br /><br />We all ... somewhere in our individual pasts share common markers such as these halcyon family memories. We also eventually share a common loss of the individuals ... our parents who greatly helped to shape us.<br /><br />"You" and "I" obviously shared the blessing of having had wonderful and caring parents... whose values are now deeply imbedded in those we have now formed with our spouse and family.<br /><br />Taking... or spending time with those loved ones was the intended message in the post Kim... before Time does "its thing" and takes those we love and cherish away from us.<br /><br />I choose to hold on to... and further celebrate those memories and create such memories with, and for my own loved ones to hold... when "I" am no longer here.<br /><br />Thus the Circle cannot be broken. That's Life... Eternal in my own belief system. It's entirely about choices... and after parents leave... the differences of choices and attitudes amongst siblings become ever more evident. Such is life... it's indeed about making choices and living with the consequences that come out of those choices.<br /><br />"I" VERY much look forward to the plein Ayr outdoor get together in September... Good times ahead! Back to the easel!<br /><br />Good Painting... and Happy Hot Wheels to "You" Kim....HAHA!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-66079310804927295732010-08-15T09:58:18.395-04:002010-08-15T09:58:18.395-04:00Hi there Autumn!... Good to hear from "You&qu...Hi there Autumn!... Good to hear from "You". Time brings change and we humankind struggle with that... continually it would seem!<br /><br />Life is about peaks n' valleys... light and dark... calms and storms Autumn! We "run the gauntlet" through life... making life joyful as we can... getting up and going on further when life knocks us down.<br /><br />Picasso said it so very well:<br /><br />"Man's only purpose on this earth is to find himself."<br /><br />And if we are fortunate... along the gaunlet... to discover a "significant other"....... then we are doubly blessed.<br /><br />"You" have a wonderfully uplifting and joyous spirit Autumn which is why a host of friends... my Self included... come back time after time to visit your blog site.<br /><br />That spirit will travel with "You"... and sustain "You" (and the "Other)... no matter where that truck takes "You"... should "You" choose that path!<br /><br />Good luck working things out! THEY WILL WORK OUT....."What goes around... comes around."<br /><br />Warmest regards and sweet thoughts!<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-66746158250809552832010-08-15T09:11:41.408-04:002010-08-15T09:11:41.408-04:00An eloquent post Bruce. Yes, you described halcyon...An eloquent post Bruce. Yes, you described halcyon days indeed. I have memories of times like that too, although not specifically a cottage. If those times must come to an end, I guess it's a treasure to carry the warm memories.<br />Wonderful that you and Deb had your batteries re-charged! And the writing by Merle Good was lovely. Take care!Kim Rempelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010163424578410675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-85265260845655337242010-08-15T08:43:03.549-04:002010-08-15T08:43:03.549-04:00Fabulous post, Bruce. Funny too because I was thi...Fabulous post, Bruce. Funny too because I was thinking that when my mom is gone, I don't know that any of us kids would see much of each other. I also stress that I don't think my own kids would see much of each other when I'm gone. It truly is sad. Still, gorgeous memories and what a wonderful two paintings you've shown here. Your parents are just simply exquisite and I am sure you miss them both so very much. The family lake cottage reminds me of the song..."Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go..."Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-21187731228241312010-08-14T14:48:42.609-04:002010-08-14T14:48:42.609-04:00Dear Friend Karen!... So good to hear from "Y...Dear Friend Karen!... So good to hear from "You" again!<br /><br />My... how strange it remains in the parallels we seem to share between our lives! Cottager youths... August birthdays... and on it seems to go!<br /><br />A very special Happy Birthday just especially for "You"... from "Me"! What is the exact date?<br /><br />"I" firmly believe that the world would indeed be a happier... fairer... and more prosperous world if more artists and people who value art... beyond owning it... were more visble in the decision-making that we live with... and under. Maybe...<br /><br />I always look forward to our positive "conversations" and sharing of art... it is a highlight in my day-to-day living.<br /><br />What more can "I" add... besides another BIG<br />"HAPPY BIRTHDAY"... to "You"!<br /><br />Good Painting... and Happy Summer!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-7886789046729245402010-08-14T14:37:14.041-04:002010-08-14T14:37:14.041-04:00Dear Friend Marian!... Thank "You" for y...Dear Friend Marian!... Thank "You" for your continued willingness to share ideas and feelings so openly!<br /><br />Admittedly... neither of us knows the "other" personally. But because we are able still to "meet"... purely through blogging and find such a base of commonality of values as they pertain to our daily lives... family and art commitments... distance and firsthand meeting do not in any way seem to diminish the "connections" we share!<br /><br />Thank "You" for your always uplifting and encouraging comments and words of support Marian! They're much appreciated.<br /><br />Good Painting... and Happy Summer!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-34443322319073412872010-08-14T14:17:44.199-04:002010-08-14T14:17:44.199-04:00Lovely post, Bruce. What a sweet, prosperous world...Lovely post, Bruce. What a sweet, prosperous world we would live in if everyone had your outlook and appreciation for life and loving. I spent countless summers at my grandparents' cottage in Lion's Head, Bruce Penisula - they too held our family together but when they were gone things were never the same. It got very acrimonious. Still, I have tried to recreate that sense of living that I always experienced at the cottage and have pretty much succeeded out here on the island, so I am very fortunate, as you seem to be also. AND, my birthday is also in August!Karen Martin Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180294856179918446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-4741038143170044632010-08-14T14:16:35.027-04:002010-08-14T14:16:35.027-04:00A truly beautiful post, Bruce...
I do not know yo...A truly beautiful post, Bruce...<br /><br />I do not know you except through this blog, but I enjoy your reflections on life, family and art... <br /><br />As you reflect so do your readers. ThanksMarian Fortunatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107085447074524162noreply@blogger.com