https://byshariallen.com/words-2 daily 0.75 2021-05-10 https://byshariallen.com/words-2/blog-post-title-four-k4djj monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620503751510-WCHZ4JT706D69SYQVQQF/blog+4+representing+humans+1.jpg words - representing humans - I use notebooks when I need room to explore creative ideas. When working on one art commission, I was intrigued by the idea of distilling the essence of human shapes into their simplest form possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620503809163-IB0BAGGWRYY3FLFWO4OY/blog+4+representing+humans+3.jpeg words - representing humans - Maybe it isn’t always about our shapes that makes us human. It could also be about the values we share, the virtues we gladly recognize in each other. A few of these came to mind fairly quickly: beauty, respect, humour, trust, meaning, kindness, patience, purpose. What makes us human? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620503779189-FWHRNYRFMXK91Y2TZGBR/blog+4+representing+humans+2.jpeg words - representing humans - What makes a squiggle recognizable as a human shape? Philosophically, what makes a human recognizably human? And then, another question: what are the simplest forms of humanity? https://byshariallen.com/words-2/blog-post-title-one-8yktk monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502260886-KC87XUTU9C3P0JRDNOPP/blog+1+aging+beautifully+2.jpg words - aging beautifully - They are photos of concrete curbs and walls that have been painted over many times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502316264-UQR30HHVAQR4AZKQUPOS/blog+1+aging+beautifully+4.jpg words - aging beautifully - The thought I had when taking these photos was this: what we see is not always what we really see. Our culture and our context play a powerful part in filtering and fining our experience. What is age? What is beauty? Sometimes, we see the curb that is blocking our way or just a proper coat of paint smoothing over the cracks and crevices on a wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502295177-M4X5PSRLFKCH114S7489/blog+1+aging+beautifully+3.jpeg words - aging beautifully - What could be considered tattered and “ugly” in its decay could also be seen as extraordinarily evocative, rich in texture, and ripe with meaning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502339606-0YMJI736KZF5E86PXWUN/blog+1+aging+beautifully+5.jpeg words - aging beautifully - What makes an image (or a person) more interesting, more beautiful, more arresting, more valuable? Is it this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502198836-LJQWFYNSJ9160VZBKE4F/blog+1+aging+beautifully+1.jpeg words - aging beautifully - None of the following images are paintings (yet). https://byshariallen.com/words-2/blog-post-title-three-8rrns monthly 0.5 2021-05-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620503490709-W9CJQMY08GIA8PKAWSBA/blog+3+different+days+1.jpg words - different days - “Natural beauty is a healing balm for despair, allowing you to feel without freaking out, and increases your capacity to tolerate and balance the light and dark of existence. Despair brings attention to the starvation of the spirit in the modern world. In despair there is a great hunger for beauty and spiritual nurturance.” –Miriam Greenspan For me, the antidote for spiritual and psychological despair is to get outside and notice something beautiful until it locks deep into my soul, until it becomes a refreshing breeze clearing out my clogged-up thinking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620503617497-2GXPQFPMN0GUNZ31ZJXX/blog+3+different+days+3.jpg words - different days - When things go dark in my head, I go outside and notice beauty and then I nudge myself to notice it deeper, deeper, deeper. I keep noticing until I feel it nurture my spirit and ease any gloomy emotions. 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Seeing red could be an invitation to welcome my whole self back into the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620502564078-BAJ4D8TSGK7HAJEEUBS7/blog+2+seeing+red+1.jpg words - seeing red - Art, like life, is about perspectives, reflections, and creative journeys. This photo reminds me that the image of ourselves can be distorted and reflected back to us in strange ways. In a certain light, in a certain situation, we might suddenly look strange, a pale and haunted version of ourselves. It can be startling to see ourselves through the lens of another. https://byshariallen.com/artistbio daily 0.75 2021-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60820b4908997b384626de43/1620353791361-9A2TV8K8BLW473FGXZ06/artist+photo+1.jpeg artist Shari Allen lives and works in Victoria, BC. 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