pen and ink – Polly Castor

Twelve 8″x8″ Black and White Explorations in Line
By Polly Castor on August 18, 2018
This is a peak into my process of how I develop my visual language as an artist...
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India Ink Collage Papers
By Polly Castor on April 6, 2016
When making black and white collage papers with india ink yesterday, I started liking some of them for their...
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Susan B. Anthony Quote
By Polly Castor on June 12, 2015
I pray every single second of my life; not on my knees, but with my work...
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Alcohol Ink Doodles in my Artist’s Journal
By Polly Castor on January 26, 2015
Here are my latest doodles in my artist journal...
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Recent Doodles in my Artist’s Journal
By Polly Castor on January 18, 2015
Here are the recent pen and ink doodles done in my artist journal, where I try out ideas...
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Recent Pen and Ink in My Artist’s Journal
By Polly Castor on July 18, 2014
I’ve been exploring some compositional ideas recently in these abstract doodles in my artist’s journal. They are all done...
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Some Recent Pages in my Artist’s Journal
By Polly Castor on November 16, 2013
The above is a collage done out of the condolence cards that were sent regarding my mother’s passing,...
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Two Doodles in Ink
By Polly Castor on December 15, 2011
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Polly, I am absolutely amazed. My mouth was watering! I’ll be thinking about it all night…and tomorrow we will break out the paints!

Hi Polly, loved this poem. It radiates hope and feeling of calmness. I am glad I came across these beautiful words. Keep posting similar reads and spreading positivity.

Polly, your reflection of Soul’s endless creativity is truly wonderful! Thank you for letting the divine shine through you so brightly!

You inspire goodness, wholeness, contentedness and joy.

Love your blog. Today’s is dynamite and very helpful to viewing our role as individuals at this time.

Beautiful photos. It is uplifting and energizing to see such bright, cheerful, healthy and fresh images. Thanks, I needed that!

These photos are so wonderful, it really warms the heart.

I get so happy when I see your paintings. I really do. They bring me such joy. I feel your heart when I see them.

Your work is always spirited and inspirational.

You are such an inspiring person, Polly, and I love the variety of your activities you share with us all! Thank you so much.

Keep up the good work. You are an inspiration! I love reading your blog with it’s many insights.

I want to express my gratitude to you for such a well thought out essay. I found it quite enriching and resonate with those true answers.

Such a complete radiance of Soul you are demonstrating. I find it very inspiring!

Love these colours and the strong contrasts Polly!

I made your fabulous Fish Tacos and they were BEYOND delicious!!

Polly, your wonderful blog is doing more than its bit in this dreadful time. Thanks, and keep on keeping on!

The phrase ‘divine choreography’ is resonating with me. Bless you for sharing your inspiration with us all.

I feel the joy and love of the color and thought in all your work! You are letting your light shine.

I truly love and am inspired by your blog, including capturing the beauty of life in the moment, teaching by example, taking time with children, and spirituality.

Way to go on your artistic journey. You show great courage, humility, and such support for everyone around you.

This is absolutely magnificent. Bless your precious and beautiful soul for sharing this.

This blog is simultaneously simple and profound– a perfect, balanced combination of seriousness and light.

I am a silent regular reader of your daily blog, and I’m finally in touch to tell you how much I like it. I love it!

I salute you! And I sure do thank you for inspiring me to greater efforts along all lines of life!

This is a beautiful summary and reminder of how we can both individually and collectively dissolve the powerless, baseless lies with Truth. Thank you, Polly!!

Thanks for sharing from the seat of your soul with generosity and openness.

I am so happy to have found your site and to be able to enjoy your expression of Spirit! Love your poetry, your photos, your ideas, your …YOU! THANK you for sharing so abundantly!

Very helpful in these seemingly uncertain times. I found a couple of specific ideas expressed here that apply to a specific situation in my life. Thank you!

I never before found computers this beautiful….

Love this– actually so “timely” for what I have been thinking about lately.

You are terrific and amazing. In many outstanding ways.

Your blog is very interesting and insightful.

Just beautiful, Polly. So honest and uplifting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and the helpful ones of others.

Polly this is absolutely exquisite and so inspiring. I will refer to it often.

Your photos are so vivid and expressive and inspiring and artistic and alive!

Love your blog’s colour and joyfulness and the inspiring leads, Polly. Easy to see why you are much loved. Thank you.

What a beautiful spirit you have, shining right through your source.

Glorious! Thank you for tending these lovely flowers together, and for posting on your blog, Polly.

Yes, healing does happen when we deeply and humbly pray. Thanks for keeping that idea alive.

This is absolutely beautiful and so incredibly helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much! ❤️

Thanks, Polly, for listening so carefully and sharing so selflessly.

I for one want to thank you so much for writing this blog. I started about a year ago and look forward to reading it every day. I feel like an armchair adventurer…

Lovely Polly! You are an inspiration! I am so happy to have your blog in my life!

I am simply amazed at the wealth of beauty, soul, and experience. Love it. Love you! Thank You for sharing your innermost so openly.

Absolutely stunning, Polly. I love the infinite range of ideas, expression, and media in this BIG blog of yours.

I’m grateful for you opening my eyes to the wonders that surround us.

Thank you for using this platform to share these references for listening & learning. Now the work required to make a lasting change is up to each of us! ❤️

I enjoy your strong, bold artwork– there is so much going on in them that my imagination takes off. I really appreciate your blog. It brings joy every day.

Thank you so much for this wonderful insight! You put into words what I have been grappling with for a long time. This is just what I needed today.

Your blog is uplifting and enlightening, and seems to speak to me just when I need it most.

Thank you for the constant good thoughts and beautiful expressions of love and joy that you share on your blog.

I wanted you to know that I found the time I spent on your blog to be relaxing, refreshing, inspiring, and totally enjoyable.

Thank you for your ultra positive, upbeat, cheering and cheerful expressions in so many forms. What great seeds to sow in world thought!

Magnificent poem. How blest you are to be a poet, photographer, artist, metaphysician, all wrapped up into One.

I love that you live such an active life, have so many interests, and share your insights with me. Your blog is like a conversation with a dear friend.

Quite unforgettable. You truly have a way with words: warm; strong; inviting; enlightening; so substantive, and more.

I did your tomato tart a few days ago, and it was fabulous! I am vegetarian and look for meals I can make that have lots of flavor. Your tart was just perfect!

You show us how God’s love shines in all things. You are a blessing!

Thank you for all the inspiration you share so generously. I am deeply grateful!

Yes, lots of good flavor triggers in there. I printed it out and will try it. Thanks so much!

I have to tell you that your spiritual to-do list was the springboard for a great talk with my older daughter. We are going to check on each other, and progress.

Loved your plein air painting, the pictures of the garden plenty — oh wow. Love opening your blog each day — it is a treat that I save sometimes.

Your eyes are keen and your photographs dynamic.

Polly, I just love your spirit, innovativeness, receptivity to beauty and to God’s goodness expressed. Thank you for your blog.

Thank you for sharing yourself and creativity in such a transparent way, it is very inspiring and humbling to me.

Thank you for passing along such wise words.

Everything on your site is so colorful, spiritual and alive!

I feel such gratitude for the beautiful way in which you express God. Thanks for blessing my life and being such a shining light in the world!

Wow, super powerful and definitely what I needed to hear today.

Beautifully written, Polly … captures my sentiments exactly.❤️

LOVE it. Made me smile while I was reading it.

I always appreciate your reviews. Our fave film in 2019 was The Green Book – which we watched following your recommendation.

You are my favorite artist. I just have to say it. Your paintings make me so happy.

Thank you for your burst of sunshine reflected in your positivity this morning… I look forward to your blogs.

This blog deeply resonates while being beautiful, delicious, inspiring, and fun. Not easy to do!

Love all you do and express. You’re an amazing role model!!

I did your 52 books challenge, and loved the structure that it provided to my selections. Doing it again this year too!

I have just started this book and am really loving it! Thank you so much for recommending it.

I loved this post! It gave me much to think about. Thank you for being such a beautiful and prolific source of inspiration. You are a wonder! I’m a fan!

I just adore all of your wonderful posts and everything that you share so generously. ????? You have a beautiful sense of soul that you share – it blesses me and so many!

Thank you Polly for this article on supply! I cherish the healing thoughts therein very much, and they are very helpful.

Your site is bolstering my creative thoughts. I need to put them into action.

Love your blog. Today’s was dynamite, and very helpful for understanding our role as individuals at this time.

The Brussels sprouts were an exceptionally BIG hit here…. could you direct me to more literature on spiritual healing?

Thank you Polly for your radiant joy and embrace of each of us, wrapping us in your color and beauty of Soul.

I look forward to your messages each day, like a delightful gift to unwrap.

I so enjoyed your trip blog. The outstanding photos and the amazing narratives made me feel I was on vacation for a few minutes each day.

Sounds delicious and simple! Two of my favorite adjectives!

You are such a gem Polly- it is an incredible blessing to daily read your blog!

I love your coffee cake recipe, I have a book list from your blog, I love the photos, the poems, the paintings, the movie reviews, the humor, the honesty, the color.

You are doing so wonderfully at praising God with your talents.

What an inspiring and uplifting painting. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with the world!

WOW! Polly! Some truly marvelous work there!!!

Thank you for your transparency of love, your generous sharing of what you are pondering and doing.

When I open my email in the morning I read all the have-to emails first; I save yours to read as dessert. Thanks, Polly!

What a fine piece! You certainly are a shining example….[it] was uplifting and instructive.

Thank you for sharing such a personal, and at the same time, universal, love of beauty.

You encourage me to grow with your everyday wisdom and your lovely contributions.

Thank you so much for your fantastic, soulful images– your photos really capture the love, joy, camaraderie, power, and intensity of the present moment.

Wow, you outdid yourself this month with your Bits and Clips. It was a wonderful mix of beauty, humor, and thoughtfulness.

Putting the art of poetry, photography and painting into your hands is God’s gift to us who get to read it and see it. Thanks.

Thank you Polly!! This has needed to be said for a while!

You are so incredibly sweet, gracious, kind, thoughtful, creative, generous, joyful, witty, courageous, tender, persistent, compassionate, brilliant, articulate, ad infinitum!

Thank you Polly–you are always such a clear thinker and always willing to share your God-given gifts.

A powerful message. Thank you for getting it out there.

Thank you for bringing your hydrangeas into my home via the internet. Other flowers are lovely too, but hydrangeas are SPECIAL.

This blog is upbeat, progressive, sincere, colorful, metaphoric, and exploratory. Such a rich feast!

I just want to say that I have really been enjoying your blog! It gives me hope for the world…

Grace is a beautiful quality and you exude it in spades – thanks so much for all you do and are! You are a treasure!

It is always refreshing to see the loves, joys, challenges, and triumphs that you share on your blog.

Your blog captures a life well lived, constantly imparting good– truth, health and happiness– including beauty, harmony, art, science to the world.

Your blog is full of the wonderful, multilayered colors and textures that you play with, and share so unselfishly with the world.

Your posts are treasure troves of your beautiful and giving heart.

My mother adores your blog and speaks to me often about what recent nugget you shared which she thought was wonderful!

This is a fantastic article Polly…so much in it, I know I’ll have to re read it at least twice more!

Polly, you are a whiz at living life the way it’s meant to be. I’m fascinated by all you do!

I have tremendous admiration for your strength, your depth, your compassion, your passion and your love. You are a woman deeply filled to the brim…

You are an inspiration to me, and I’m sure to many others. With appreciation for all you do to magnify good!

WONDERFUL blog, Polly! Thank you for your spiritual calm, support for each of us, uninhibited creativity, and amazing paintings. I am just left in awe !

I recently I recommended your blog to a friend saying, “She’s like a dear friend, she just doesn’t know me.” Thank you for all the delight you add to my days!

I am so totally impressed with your photography, poetry, and painting. Your talent is incredible!!!

Every day I look forward to your blog. It’s encouraging me to find ways to express what God reveals in me.

Excellent post, dear Polly! Thanks!! There is lots that I relate to in your comments!

You are … just plain wonderful, Polly! Your blog is bursting with poetry, art, writings, love of God, family, friends, all things great and wonderful and good!

Your abstracts are interesting and you have a unique style that is all your own. Original, demonstrating individuality and confidence! I see joy and love expressed.

Your reading challenge has inspired me and given me permission to read again, as previously I had just fitted reading round everything else. Now it is a legitimate activity in my life and I am enjoying it immensely!

What an incredible blessing and inspiration you are. Thank you so much for your beautiful heart!

Thank you for the joy you share. I look forward to reading your posts!

Thank you sincerely for your joyful out-pouring of love, light, color, comforting, inspiring words…

I have so enjoyed your recent posts– about your garden, your reflections about parenting, your vibrant artwork– so many wonderful expressions of Spirit.

Your art is thrilling.

Your blogs are a delight.

Oh yum, Polly… These gorgeous photos made my mouth water and my eyes pop!

AUDACIOUSLY GORGEOUS!!!!! (:

Wow…you have made carrots sexy!

You have a great eye for beauty Polly. I love your blog.