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Progress in my Concertina Sketchbook (Sketchbook Ideas #6)
By Polly Castor on December 8, 2022Read moreI've been having a lot of fun adding color to my black and white start in my concertina sketchbook!
10Surrender (Poem by Rumi)
By Polly Castor on December 7, 2022Read moreYou have been stoney for too many years.
Recent Artist Journal Pages
By Polly Castor on December 5, 2022Read moreThis kind of exploratory, low stakes work keep me in the flow.
Amazing Grace (Book Review with Quotes)
By Polly Castor on December 4, 2022Read moreI'd recommend reading Amazing Grace to anyone who wants to probe Christian vocabulary a little further in the hands...
Yes (Poem by Brian Doyle)
By Polly Castor on December 3, 2022Read moreI was on a gleaming elevator in a vast hotel in a huge city...
A Change of Plans (New Abstract Pastel)
By Polly Castor on December 2, 2022Read moreSometimes you need to change your plans and it’s all about a graceful pivot.
Hike Photos from Huntington State Park (November 2022)
By Polly Castor on December 1, 2022Read moreI love the regular input of nature soothing my psyche, as well as the color and compositional studies the...
Bits and Clips for November 2022
By Polly Castor on November 30, 2022Read moreI hope you find something in all these photos, paintings, quotes, poems, memes, or links what inspires, interests, educates,...
Giving Tuesday (Plea for Blog Donations)
By Polly Castor on November 29, 2022Read moreThank you for being here and for helping make this little inspirational corner of the internet an ad-free oasis.
Simon Pooley (Featured Artist)
By Polly Castor on November 28, 2022Read moreI admire his use of open space, which is unlike so much of my work that is busier and...
What Jesus Did We Can Do Too
By Polly Castor on November 27, 2022Read moreHere is how Jesus lived. We can follow his example!