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A Week of Noticing

June 7, 2019 by Rayna Diane Hennen

Book decaying in an abandoned car

This silly fun post with Keanu Reeves slow-walking to various songs. Unexpectedly enjoyable!

Would you ever make a journey like this to try a rare food? Rare as in only a couple people know how (and are willing) to make it in the entire world?

Mexico used to expand much higher into what is now the US than it does now. These amazing “portraits of descendants of early inhabitants“, imagining what the history of the land that used to be part of Mexico might look like. (Slideshow at top of page – arrows are subtle)

Listen In: There are some things in life that don’t have a specific deliverable or aren’t directly measurable. And those are just as important, if not more, than the ones we measure.

Experiments with cameras that didn’t start out as cameras and produced some amazing shots.

ooo this turned up in a playlist on Pandora. I hadn’t heard this song in a long time. The whole album, Raising Sand, is really good.

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This is the photo I'm referencing for the painting This is the photo I'm referencing for the painting I sketched out. This is available for purchase - links are in the usual spots. 📷 🌺 

#cherryblossoms #floralphotography
I am at the point where I have to be vigilant. I h I am at the point where I have to be vigilant. I have been here before, trying to capture an idea. ✏️ 

These prep steps are necessary, for sure. Trying to dive into some things with no prep or planning 

But.

Prepping and planning can go on forever as a way of not ruining the idea in your head. In fact… writing this post is a way of productively procrastinating. 

I am at the point where I could draw an outline of the flower shape that I want to do but my brain is like OMG you’re going to ruin it because you have no idea what I'm doing (I don't). Welcome to perfectionism - my arch nemesis! 

This is productive because I am working through my thoughts to stave off perfectionism and creating a post to share on social (which I'm really consistent about...) 

Now about that painting outline... 

#creativityandcringe
Welcome to August! Did you know that August was on Welcome to August! Did you know that August was once the 6th month of the year and the first-ever sandwich was created by.... the Earl of Sandwich. Lunch just wouldn't be the same without it! ☀️ 🥪
I have pulled off the side of the road to grab a c I have pulled off the side of the road to grab a close up of a flower but every now and again, I'll get a scenic shot that steals my heart, too. 

The Sentinels.

#winterphotography
#snowypines
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes - including you. - Anee Lamott

Softness in Winter

#snowypine #winterphotography
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Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re Happiness hides in life’s small details. If you’re not looking, it becomes invisible. - Joyce Brothers

#snowymoss
#snowymossontrees
#winterphotography
Continuing with the Bluebeard collage. After doing Continuing with the Bluebeard collage. After doing this I changed the blade on the xacto – the edges of the chair had white rough edges.

Bluebeard is originally a French folktale though many countries have a version. In the spirit of IMDB unhelpful, one-line descriptions of movies: A man with a deadly secret, intent on luring a young woman to be his new bride. 😄 🤷

A little more specific: The tale is about a wealthy man in the habit of murdering his wives and the attempts of the present one to avoid the fate of the previous wives. 🫣

This will be for the first spread, the ‘romance’ – truly, it’s not romantic, he’s trying to sway one of the sisters into, what will be a not so sweet marriage.

There will be 5 spreads total: the romance, finding the little door, the bloody key, the brothers to the rescue, and (kind of a gruesome end) the vulture.
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