tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post4624512895333219887..comments2023-09-13T15:27:05.241+01:00Comments on Mixed Media Art, Healing & Wellness with Willowing: Me, new art, life and 'surrogate suffering'.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15022849524561325414noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-27729628274744040362012-01-02T19:25:31.058+00:002012-01-02T19:25:31.058+00:00Dear Tam,
I am so enjoying the Life Book class!! ...Dear Tam,<br /><br />I am so enjoying the Life Book class!! And I'm happy to see you are also a Byron Katie and Tolle fan! As am I - they have helped me so much!!<br /><br />Much love to you! SilkeSilke Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17094855019089665976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-41758333432472128352011-11-17T15:52:10.580+00:002011-11-17T15:52:10.580+00:00I would appreciate if I can connect with you to di...I would appreciate if I can connect with you to discuss with you about the online course of learning to draw faces.<br /><br />Thank you,<br />Goldie Stern<br /><br />my email address is goldiestern1@gmail.comGOLDIE ASKS WHERE ARE YOUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033725396548824860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-53738149411712371182011-10-19T19:06:05.755+01:002011-10-19T19:06:05.755+01:00Thank you for posting this. Sometimes I feel like ...Thank you for posting this. Sometimes I feel like I am the only one who feels like this. It just makes me so sad to see all the horrible things people go through in life.<br /><br />Also, on a more positive note, I'm hoping that I can get enough money together to take the Life Book course - is there going to be a limited number of participants?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-69504395981229857412011-10-16T10:15:00.744+01:002011-10-16T10:15:00.744+01:00I am sooo excited about Life Book. Just finished W...I am sooo excited about Life Book. Just finished WOW and Fab Faces. You are a wonderful teacher and a wonderful person. I want to be like you when I grow up.. Just turned 60 so I better hurry up no? LOL.. thanks Tam for sharing your feelings and your life with us.. Wishing you and your family the best. So exciting a new baby! I have fur babies and treat them as if they were kids. Can you say spoiled rotten.. LOLRobynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04909095281238226330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-44022826174950148042011-10-14T09:39:19.012+01:002011-10-14T09:39:19.012+01:00Thank you for sharing :) I love hearing about you ...Thank you for sharing :) I love hearing about you and your wonderful family. I love your art too, it gets me so excited about life book!! I haven't been able to register yet, but I'm saving for it!! I def plan on taking it :-D It will be AMAZINg, just like you. Thank you for all your hard work you have put into creating and bringing life book to reality. I am super excited about there being so many different and wonderful artists teaching together.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136196028594008935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-25956309945072144312011-10-13T18:31:28.638+01:002011-10-13T18:31:28.638+01:00Hi Tam, your painting is gorgeous as are your jour...Hi Tam, your painting is gorgeous as are your journal pages & Dylan too. I'm waiting for November payday until I can sign up for Life Book, it's no fair I want to sign up now, but I'm going to finish Art, Heart & Healing first, (only started it a year ago lol) Good luck with the impending new arrival.<br />C<br />xxClairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316125443463860970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-17878197457408144812011-10-13T16:57:44.289+01:002011-10-13T16:57:44.289+01:00Hi Tam, I just wanted to say I love your newest pa...Hi Tam, I just wanted to say I love your newest painting and all the lovely journal pages and sneak peeks at life book paintings as well. I am slogging thru some very dark times right now and your wonderful compassionate energy and art just lifts my spirt! Thank you!!!<br />Hugs, Jessi xoxJessiVillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986779828967249367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-82668231371893616862011-10-13T14:07:56.023+01:002011-10-13T14:07:56.023+01:00I go through phases like this sometimes, especiall...I go through phases like this sometimes, especially when I am pregnant. I try not to let it take over my life. I think that next year when my oldest goes away to college I am going to worry about her on a whole new level. My youngest is 17 months and still not sleeping well at night, so I am sleep deprived too, which just makes everything worse. What are we to do, just live life our best and don't cause the world more suffering by our actions. On another note, I am loving all your art. I like the faces to be all the same style in a piece. Your little one is so cute, enjoy him each day because they grow up too fast.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00066115001348454624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-42381923985085917402011-10-13T06:43:10.434+01:002011-10-13T06:43:10.434+01:00You are a bright light in Blogland!
All that you s...You are a bright light in Blogland!<br />All that you share just makes you even more likeable :)Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14435728791853628468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-26070679631793069812011-10-13T02:30:05.627+01:002011-10-13T02:30:05.627+01:00Sweet Tam, Thanks for sharing this with us ! I rea...Sweet Tam, Thanks for sharing this with us ! I read this on an important day for me, me too I am big time into surrogate suffering or blaming all things that go wrong in the world on myself. My sane self says it's ridiculous, my emotional self suffers and self-harms my soul. I just moved from very very broken Christchurch where we had more than a year of earthquakes and aftershocks to Tauranga, just in time for the worst ecological disaster in New Zealand history, an oil spill on the reef right in front of us. My heart cries and I feel as dark as the crude oil that is covering the beaches and the birds. But on a positive not, you absolutely bloom my lady ! Your face looks gorgeous and the twinkle in your eyes tell me you are so looking forward to having this new baby ! Best of luck for you and your family (also with LifeBook, a wonderful initiative !)Joyce van der Lelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00570202222101164099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-90031030791948873102011-10-12T23:39:44.843+01:002011-10-12T23:39:44.843+01:00Thank you so much for sharing!
Hugs and the best w...Thank you so much for sharing!<br />Hugs and the best wishes for you!<br />Those links stole a couple of hours from my sleep, but were worth it every minute!RitaJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18071944384031794942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-45752583529433843022011-10-12T19:16:02.034+01:002011-10-12T19:16:02.034+01:00I love love love your work -- all of the journal p...I love love love your work -- all of the journal pages, and of course the new painting. <br /><br />I totally understand the empathy-in-overdrive thing. I'm 26 (!!!) weeks pregnant with our first baby, and as amazing as that is, it also opens a door in my mind to all new kinds of fears and worries. The best thing I can do (and I'm becoming quite practiced haha) is to not open the door. Not let the worry in -- because once I do, I can't cram it back OUT the door again. <br /><br />That's not to say that I don't empathize and sympathize with cruddy stuff happening to others. But when I mind the door, it's harder to take others' suffering onto myself, if that makes sense. <br /><br />I'm so excited to "meet" your new little one! Dylan is such a cutie!Beth Moreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17507326859684820743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-14883598624502132072011-10-12T18:38:44.179+01:002011-10-12T18:38:44.179+01:00Love realism in art....life not so much. Big Hug ...Love realism in art....life not so much. Big Hug for you from Canada, count your blessings and being aware of the world keeps your loved ones closer....prayers and warmest wishes DebixDebihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11247185048977956807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-20958174075035102992011-10-12T18:04:05.407+01:002011-10-12T18:04:05.407+01:00Thanks Tam for sharing your feelings. I´m very li...Thanks Tam for sharing your feelings. I´m very lighter too to hear these people too.<br /><br />Big hug and i wish you the best!!!!<br /><br />Maria Esperanza <br /><br />By the way, i love your new face, realistic. Great nose and lip.Mixed Media -https://www.blogger.com/profile/00296510725608145023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-38766916623756334652011-10-12T17:56:52.940+01:002011-10-12T17:56:52.940+01:00Just wanted to say a quick note re: surrogate suff...Just wanted to say a quick note re: surrogate suffering. Welcome to motherhood. You are SO not alone... we all do it in one way or another. Every year there is something else to worry about, project about, fear. Mine is 10 and it doesn't stop. Now I worry about teen years, lol. Being empathic is a good thing but it sure can wear you out if you don't shield it sometimes. Mine waxes and wanes but there are still things that I simply cannot watch or hear or I swear it will break my heart. Thanks for the lovely, honest post. XOLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252730057290857409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-1267043181768856912011-10-12T17:56:49.087+01:002011-10-12T17:56:49.087+01:00New 2 you and your Art works but just wanna say I ...New 2 you and your Art works but just wanna say I think ur such a beautiful, fun amazing open person - thank you for caring and promoting arts just as u do in ur own very unique way ~ l love BK & ET 2 :-)) totally get what ur saying when identifying with pain In ur thoughts ~ thank goodness life is also full of many amazing moments & smiles ~ Wishes 4 u xDnArtnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094877959826559848.post-80828633501416968892011-10-12T17:52:53.415+01:002011-10-12T17:52:53.415+01:00I most definitely relate to your surrogate sufferi...I most definitely relate to your surrogate suffering-it's something I've done my whole life and has propelled me into being an activist about so many things. It's an affliction that I think can be channeled and used in a positive way, but it took me years and years to find some way to get the positives without falling down that well of uncontrollable heartache for the world's pain. I give myself permission at times to really just give myself over to the sorrow for others, set little internal goals of how long I can spend doing that, and then start rebuilding my thought processes with looking at the promises and hope so many people work towards (non-profit organizations, activists, etc) and get my butt up and take an active step towards supporting change in whatever way I can. I truly believe my deep connection to the global tap root of life is what drives my passion and is the basis of my constant quest for wanting to be a better person, and I'm thankful I have it :) Thank you for writing about this Tam-Big big hugs my fellow "global pain specialist" :)Biomousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12841407047838222242noreply@blogger.com