It was not so hard as I imagined. Now here is 37 of my projects with descriptions. This is the first time I see all of works put together, and suddenly I realized it`s really a huge amount of works.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Practice yoga regularly until I will be able to do it every day
My wish about everyday yoga has not realized till now. No doubts it was too much to wish it, but i have to try next time wih something not so strict.
For example I did yoga last night but didn`t do it tonight. Not funny. So have to try at least with “regular” pactice.
I have started a new line of paintings
Tonight I realized that the process has started. Actually I painted the First last Thursday, 19 of November 2009. The work name is “Bodhisattvas of Wars”. It tooks 3 dayes of work to paint it. Then I decided to stop, the idea seems to be unfinished in technigue. So I have to create something new.
Tonight I was so tired then want to sleep, but failed. Then I go to my wirk plase and tryed to check intenet, it was nothing. Thet started to paint. This is 03:53 AM and this is the time to sleep because I have a lot things to do next (actually that) day.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Guzheng is my love. I have 2: the full size and the trevel size instruments. Please don`t think I am a real student or professional player. I couls only touch strings and to create a music directly from heart. It is not a classical style, but it is important for me. This is my medtation. I feel myself silent after it, and ready to work and work again.
.... But I am lazy to do it frequently. It must be changed.
A Prisoner or an Artist
My mother wanted me to be a musician. I was 5 years old when she brought me to music school and they try my sense of rhitm and hearing. Unfortunately (as I used to think about 25 years) everything was the best and they hooked me to be a violin player.
You can say that I choose the way by myself. But what 5-years old child knows about how to be a violin student? And what will be the price?
I was sentenced for 9 years of stidying. 6 dayes every week includes Sunday, and about several hours homework. There was no time for everything else except school and music. And violin players keepes hands stong, so no sport etc. The violin became to a torture instrument. NO time even to reading and my beloved painting.
After finishing the music school I lost any desire to play violin. It was good for me, like a sense of freedom.
And now, after 20 years I feel that it is the time to change my mind.
Because the violin is the only compact size instrument I could play improvisations. So I have to try it again.
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Well, as I see a huge amount of knit workes was created during last 5 years. Because of analytic mind I always think how to create something both special and simple. I was successful in that field and now have own matherials to make a new book. But at the first step I would like to share that experianse with people.
The best way is to place the works on Ravelry.com
A bit hard is to describe the works. But it is nesessary and I have to do it. To all of works.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
How to to design a new method to make sketches for painting in better way
"Exciting and helpful"
How I did it: At first I check the amount of possibilities I have. Then drop out too much slow methods, too hard and too fine. Then I spent about a half of hour to think what is a thing I like to do more in painting. It was brushes. Last thing was I remember my experianse in calligraphy and painting by inc in chinese style. This is more flexible and free, and easy method to create the thing I call "living sketches".
Resources: Inc, brush made from natural fur
It took me 2 days.
It made me happy and free
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Knitting Report #3
If you ask me how could I plan this one, I have no answer. REally nothing. It was so beautiful yarn, with milk white, gray and transitional shadows of it. I was charmed from the first glance, from the firs imagination of winter frosen glasses somewhere in the North. It was a vision of fine lace, so i hardly understood how hard the work might be.
It was pleasure to make the central white part, really exciting and relaxing. But later the problem was raised: How to make a square from a round or 6-rays star?.. I had no answer. More, it is the same for today. I have no ideas how could managed it, may be it was an instinct or panic, or attraction of dream? Nevertheless sometimes our hands knows more than mind.
Anyway the work was complete ant you can see the result.
Knitting report #2
Poncho`s always charmed me by simple design and great possibilities of color design. It is like a paper - flat, ready to be colored. The easy form allows to fly free with imagination... And you couldn`t mistake with the figure and size.
Next poncho was not so hard as previous two. This one is crochet poncho of half-woollen yarn. I had not enough yarn and so poncho is different designed with asymmetry colores. It`s really beautiful with a jeans.
Knitting report #1
Let`s start about Knitting Therapy. Even I was experienced in several crafts and arts (painting, music, satin stitch embroidery,imagery, crocketing) knitting was the thing impossible, irritating and really hard, both physically and psychologically. Hundreds thousands link fritened me more then everything. But the time had gone and I realized many possibilities of modern yarn. So I went to 8-month knitting course.
It was awful. It made me crazy, I realized 10 fingers are too much for one mind... exactly for my mind. Moaned and suffered I did my duty as samurai. And one day it was the first success - The First Knitting Thing. It was strange. It seems funny, but there was a great victory over my temper! Then I started to feel a yarn as a colors of painting. At the picture you can see a pair of ponchos. It is crochet work, but i darest do so big thing after the knitting experience only.
Anna`s time to break barriers
It is not easy to do it in English, so many time I was without practice, and more time have no tasks. And for the start it will be correct to tell about another thing grews in silence and inconspicuously, wich brings me rest and protect me from stress.
This is Knitting. Let`s start.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
It percolates to Reality
Psychologysts said Human Character is a strong complicated thing. WE can`t dissect it anathomically. But all things from a character percolates through our flesh to real world and shows itself by a small things. It may be ability to sense beauty, or skill to make things to full completeness. It may be fears or power of charisma. And all things you can see in human deeds. It always show us the personality as it is.
When I see Chinese Satin Stitch Embroidery first time it was the love from one glance. It was grey pigeons and gentle flowers on the sky-blue silk, so perfect beauty than I stood still without breathing, trying to sense the fine balance of it. It was impossible to buy it, so I have to remember. Than the need to keep in touch with such beaytu growth in me. I felt to sense how to create it stitch by stitch.
It was about 2 years of practice until my works became better. I had no teachers and no information. I have to follow my remembrance and logic. My own unperfect character raised against wishes, and I struggled every time, every stitch. It was gustiness againt carefulness. Ignorance against the ideal. HArd work fo me, and one day I won.
It seems as I learned how to make a beautiful embroideried clothes. It`s right. But more important was I tought myself to objectify imagination to reality step by step until I make a complete result. It helps me to do all another things with best result.
I Am Here for You
Hello my friend!
It is really hard to have an experience, really successful one, and can`t share it with the world. Many time it seems impossible, my English was not the best and it was something like pison. But several friends from UK, Holland, Greece, US and other counries, speaks woth me by Skype, tell me one thing: I should forget about perfection and open my own experiance without fear.
It was a hard decision. I use my native language as professional writer and lecturer. It is the fine instrument. So hard dare to use English knowing impossibility to sense the heart of that beautiful language...But the river of time never stops. May be one thing I speak about could be important and helpful for people. So... I have to do it. I must do it for you.
Now, in my first post, I want to welcome you. Hope you be tolerance to my English. Don`t hesitate to show me my mistakes, I`ll be deeply gatitude for you help. Fom my side I will pay all attantion to learn more, and every time make attempts to show you true things, the heart behing words, the experience.
Thank you!
Annamain