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IF • Instinct

February 20, 2009 · 16 Comments

Survival is a "hardwired instinct" of all living beings.

Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
Michael Burke

Instinct

"Survival" • watercolor, wax, rice paper, quilted • 34"H x 38"W • © Lisa Rivas

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Thought is the organizing factor in man,
intersected between the casual
primary instincts and the resulting actions.
In that way imagination
and intelligence enter into our existence
in the part of servants of
the primary instincts.
Albert Einstein

   

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Give-a-Way results…

February 17, 2009 · 7 Comments

…the custom cahiers have found a home with lucky Carol Adamec.

Carol is a fabulous “wordsmith” and “painter”, multi-gifted and hard working.
You can see her work and words at her blog: ART by CAROL ADAMEC

Cahier give-away to Carol Adamec 

Carol has been a dear friend of mine for over 20 years! She
is the person that has help me express myself through words, there
was a time in my life it created panic and terrible fear to write
something! To put words to my work – to even talk, I thought I could just stay visual.

Having a blog has been a challenge… it has been an incredible
learning experience. Even leaving comments at your sites and blogs was
hard at first 🙂 Now you can’t keep me still.

Today, I still request Carol’s professional help when needed… she is my “ghost writer”.

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For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can.
Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. Ernest Hemingway

   

Filed In: Friends, Pattern, To Share, Weblogs

Bunny ears…

February 16, 2009 · 10 Comments

…is the common name for this variety of the Opuntia species. It is spineless and despite the tame appearance it has a dense turf of thousands of barbed glochids – tiny barbed hair-like spines. These can be very irritating and have the annoying habit to fly away when the plant is moved. It is a good idea to mist it before moving it.

Opuntia

Polka Dot Cactus – ink drawing and then digitized • 2009 © Lisa Rivas

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If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient.
It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. Winnie the Pooh

   

Filed In: Cactus & Succulents, Illustration, Pattern

LOVE

February 14, 2009 · 7 Comments

♥
L
ove has no desire but to fulfill itself.

To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.
Kahlil Gibran

Interlocked by © LisaRivasInterlocked (limited edition) by © LisaRivas

We cannot do great things on this Earth, only small things with great love.
Mother Teresa
♥

   

Filed In: Fine Art, Ideas, Our World

Celebrate…

February 13, 2009 · 16 Comments

 

…with colors!

Celebrate-tiny

A rising stigma surrounded by
THE FILAMENTS and THE ANTHERS
are hosting this celebration!

These delicate and loving hosts
lightly powder all guests with
“kisses of golden pollen”.
Lisa Rivas

Celebrate-LisaRivas

“Celebrate” …of the series LAS BOTÁNICAS & you can purchase this HERE
• digital mixed with original printed on ricepaper and mounted on canvas • 10″ x 10″

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How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou

   

Filed In: Fine Art, Illustration, Las Botánicas

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