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January Art

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My works and reworks this January in oil, acrylic and watercolor.  Not really whew but whew!

Lotus

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     My 2nd painting for the year. This one is extra special because I intend to put it on my headboard... unless someone buys it.   You never know!   It's entirely experimental but also completely original from conception to detail-rendering; much more than I can say for my other "beautiful" google images reproductions.  Here is "Lotus" or a girl/woman sitting in a lotus position, one thing I used to do when I was still attending Yoga classes at the gym, a faraway memory now.   Oh well.  For the longest time, it's been idling away as an oil pastel sketch on a 20"x 20" canvas in my bedroom waiting for its artistic verdict; and today, I oil-painted it in, not so sure if the colors "work"!  Maybe I can still add last minute improvements tomorrow.  Maybe, I can also meditate on its mysteries.  Today, I'm happy as hell with it, whatever that means!   Lotus WIP Lotus Colored Lotus Final finished 1-10-2017 "Funny

2 Books for 2017

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I recently bought 2 books from Amazon to jump start my New Year into something positive.  One is  The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living , the other one is StrengthsFinder 2.0 , a constant Amazon top ten bestseller for 10 straight years.    According to StrengthsFinder.com , these are the Top Five Strengths I have to cultivate in order to succeed.  I couldn't elaborate more.  I just wanted to post this as a constant reminder of my 5 favorite words this year.  I wonder what the future will hold if I do. Action-Planning Guide Adorina de Leon Reyes 1 Empathy 2 Positivity 3 Intellection 4 Adaptability 5 Communication There are 34 strengths total.  Have you found yours? _______________________________________________________________ As for The Daily Stoic, the Stoics' prayer is:   God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the diff