{"id":2804,"date":"2024-01-24T20:37:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2024-08-29T21:27:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:27:22","slug":"finding-peace-and-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/finding-peace-and-joy\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Peace and Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>How do you find time for a moment of peace and joy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In our busy lives it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the rush and noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>For a while now in the media everywhere there&#8217;s news about Trump trials, extreme<br>politicians, war in Ukraine, Israel and Hamas terrorism, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I do my best to limit my time reading news online or watching T,V.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Here are some things I&#8217;ve been doing lately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>January<\/strong>: winter in nor&#8217;east<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Bird watch<\/strong> from home<br><strong>Watch LiveCams<\/strong> at explor.org: Lots of nature and animals cams, as well as short<br>programs to keep one abreast of what&#8217;s spotlighted on the Cams.<br><strong>Drawing, sketching<\/strong><br><strong>Writing<\/strong><br><strong>Pet Time<\/strong> with out rabbit and bearded dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Best,<br>Lisa G.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SketchAryanaHB-rotated.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/SketchAryanaHB-461x1024.jpg\" alt=\"quick stetch\" class=\"wp-image-2805\" style=\"width:316px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sketch of Aryana Humming Bird at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explore.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">explor.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art News<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mm-mosaic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mm-mosaic.jpg\" alt=\"The Horse Gift\" class=\"wp-image-2592\" style=\"width:300px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mm-mosaic.jpg 387w, https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/mm-mosaic-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.muralmosaic.com\/gallery\/fine-art\/the-horse-gift\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">The Horse Gift<\/a>\u201c<br>Several artists in the Equine Art Guild were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click<br>on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it\u2019s creation, as<br>well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!<br><br><strong>Soldier Portraits<\/strong><br>Darla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate<br>portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation<br>Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists<br>who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families<br>who have sacrificed so much.\u201d<br>For more information, contact Darla (darla@darladixon.com) or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lisasart.com\/soldierportraits.html\" title=\"\">SoldierPortraits.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 How do you find time for a moment of peace and joy? In our busy lives it&#8217;s easy to get caught up in the rush and noise. For a while now in the media everywhere there&#8217;s news about Trump trials, extremepoliticians, war in Ukraine, Israel and Hamas terrorism, etc. I do my best to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,3,96,83,10,76,57,77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-art","category-birds","category-e-newsletter","category-illustration","category-nature","category-pen-and-ink","category-wildlife"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2825,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions\/2825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}