{"id":493,"date":"2011-02-16T16:04:05","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/?p=493"},"modified":"2011-02-16T16:20:09","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T16:20:09","slug":"touching-lives-with-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/touching-lives-with-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Touching lives with Art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cTouching lives with Art<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n

Art can touch lives and enrich our lives in so many ways.\u00a0
\nOn my creative journey I’ve witness it.
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\nBack in the 6th<\/sup> grade, I used to do some drawing during free time if I had finished my work.\u00a0 At one point the teacher noticed my drawings and thought they were very nice.\u00a0 The kids in the class also noticed.\u00a0 I was drawing funny creatures then.\u00a0 My classmates liked the idea and started doing their own drawings.\u00a0 They would ask me for advice about drawing and I would help them.\u00a0 The whole class got into it. I was a very shy child and yet with art I was able to open up and share with others.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have a cousin who is physically and mentally challenged. I met her when her and her family came to visit. I wanted to play with her. When I showed her my toys she would just withdraw and have a blank look on her face.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t sure what to do. One morning I saw her in the corner of the kitchen scribbling on a pad of paper.\u00a0 I sat down beside her.\u00a0 She stopped for a moment.\u00a0 I picked up the pen.\u00a0 She didn\u2019t look at me.\u00a0 \u00a0I decided to try something. I drew a smiley face on the pad of paper.\u00a0 She suddenly looked up at me with the brightest sparkling smile. I handed the pen back to her and said, \u201cYou try\u201d.\u00a0 She got a little frustrated, so I showed her how and help her draw one by herself.\u00a0 It was the first of many visits spent drawing together.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0recently met up with a classmate from years ago.\u00a0 It was good to connect with her from so long ago.\u00a0 She asked me if I remembered showing her how to make a Mickey Mouse face.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t recall that specific moment for time had passed.\u00a0 Yet she never forgot.\u00a0 She can\u2019t really draw but can make a Mickey Mouse face. She even showed her children how to make a Mickey Mouse face.\u00a0
\nI wouldn\u2019t of thought of that making a difference yet it did.<\/p>\n

Both our girls enjoy drawing and painting too.\u00a0
\nI encourage creativity.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Art has been a part of my life from the first time I picked up a pencil.\u00a0 It\u2019s also shown me over and over that it\u2019s a key to connecting with others too.\u00a0<\/p>\n

What talents we have are to be used in our lives.\u00a0 It connects us together.\u00a0
\nIt\u2019s part of the colorful fabric of life. Take action on your talents with Love.
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\nShare a comment of how art touched your life, at my blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“Dusty<\/a>” is one image I drew for the weekly illustration event “illustrationfriday”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

illustrationfriday<\/a> is a weekly creative event.\u00a0 Members of the list receive an email each week with “the word of the week”.\u00a0 From Friday to Thursday participants can create an image about the word of the week and post it at the site.\u00a0 It’s a fun activity.\u00a0 It keeps my creative juices flowing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out Great Gift items at Lisa’s Art & Horses<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Equine Art Guild’s News<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Le Cadeau du Cheval<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Several artists in the EAG were a part of this unique tribute to the horse. Click on the image above to read all about it and the artists who participated in it’s creation, as well as see where it will be coming to a location near you in the coming year!
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Visit The Equine Art Guild website at www.equineartguild.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n

Soldier Portraits<\/strong>
\nDarla Dixon organized a group of artists who will create no-charge compassionate portraits for the families who have lost a loved one in Operation Iraqi Freedom\/Operation Enduring Freedom. We are looking for artists to join our efforts, and also for non-artists who will help spread the word about this free service and token of our gratitude to families who have sacrificed so much.”<\/p>\n

For more information, contact Darla (darla@darladixon.com<\/a>) or visit SoldierPortraits.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cTouching lives with Art\u201d Art can touch lives and enrich our lives in so many ways.\u00a0 On my creative journey I’ve witness it. \u00a0 Back in the 6th grade, I used to do some drawing during free time if I had finished my work.\u00a0 At one point the teacher noticed my drawings and thought they […]<\/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":[9,75,3,12,4,8,11,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-lovers","category-animals","category-art","category-artistic-gifts","category-horse","category-horse-art","category-horse-lovers","category-illustration"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493","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=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lisasart.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}