Courtesy of Art Quotes

Posted by Susan Yammouni on Thursday, August 13, 2009, In : Positive Quotes 
A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing.
::: William Dobell :::

There's no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there's no en...
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About a Girl

Posted by Susan Yammouni on Thursday, August 13, 2009, In : Being an Artist 
Once upon a time, there lived a girl who had a fear. She didn't know exactly what the fear was, but she knew she needed to find out. So she went about her life, doing this and that and not really digging in too deep. One day, the girl got fed up and realised that she was not happy in her life, something was missing. So she did what she always did when it came time to confront something and wrote it in her journal. Her sacred place where life was not judgemental and was full of stuff and nonse...
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Nothing Happened Today

Posted by Susan Yammouni on Thursday, August 13, 2009, In : Poetry 
Nothing happened today
and everything happened too
These days and nights have
become habitual
Feet falling into the ground
Standing in a comatose-like
zen posture, I blink
People mistake it for meditating
But nobody bothers to ask
and I offer no information
People make their own stories
they feel smart in their thinking
When they open their throat
and speak
stupidity dribbles from their mouth
like babes feeding off
breast, back and butterfly
They swarm in your thought
and condemn you for it too
You want to lik...
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An Artist's Life is Not an Easy Life

Posted by Susan Yammouni on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, In : Being an Artist 
I've always wanted to be a painter. For as long as I can remember. Not so much an Artist, more a painter. The word Artist embodies so much, and while I do dabble in other artistic avenues, I am first and foremost, a painter.
There comes a time in your life where you actually have no choice about it. At night, when I'm lying in bed, all I envision is me holding a fully-loaded paintbrush, with some amazing colour on it and making a mark on the canvas. This act is what regulates my breathing. Whi...
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My Story


Red Welcome to my blog... pants are optional I think I was born in an act of defiance. If I can't drink coffee, read books, do my art and have my own space, I will scream. I am addicted to my iMac. I believe in Buddha and his teachings, I find him fascinating, as I do with God, but God hasn't spoken to me in years and I'm trying to pass the olive branch... My poetry is my own. I like it and that's all that matters. My novel will never be finished, because I don't have a plot. I seek to throw off all constraints and come to know myself through insight. But with transcendence comes much emphasis on perfecting oneself. So if I could transcend without perfection, I can still allow myself to be helplessly flawed. I only care in what I think of myself and not in what others think of me. If I felt that my value lies in merely being decorative, I fear that one day I may think that's all I really am. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of my mind. My humour, my kindness, my moral courage - these are the things I cherish.

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