" i'm-perfection perfection" Art by Christina Miles
Wife, Sister, Mother, Friend, Artist, Creative, and an Assistive Technology Assistant!!! What the heck is that you say? I run an office where we have 2 awesome ATS who assist students with disabilities and we help give them a voice and an education!
2019 ·
Its been way to long since I have written. I had these great ideas and plans, but life can get in the way! So, I am here sitting in my nice quiet home gathering up my thoughts and putting some new project ideas in my mind for next year. Hubby had lost his job about a month ago, so he had a mini vacation is what we call it. Sitting on his behind playing his games..LOL But he did get some things done around the house as long as I cracked the whip…HAHAHA. Today he is working again, but its a temporary job which he is at high risk for getting the “germs”. But we are hopeful that with all the PPE protocols that are in place will keep him and the others safe.
Our youngest just purchased his first home, and boy what a challenge that has been. I think the inspectors received a kickback of some kind because there is so much wrong with that house, I am amazed at what is acceptable. Bad wiring, broken garage door, dry rot in some spots, a broken gate…and there is still a possibility that the fence posts were just dropped in the ground…still need to check further on that….yes, that all passed the inspection. Hubby has been helping our son during his vacation time/no job…and has been working of repairing these issues.. Hubby is a Navy trained electrician so that helps! But overall the house seems to be ok, its just the pile of little things that can become bigger things…and I do hope the little things stay that way~
Our oldest passed his bar exam in Portland and hopefully will find a job locally. In the meantime he is still working out of Maryland via at home. He is safe and healthy and is staying warm… His hair is long though…and its just like mine! Hehehe…so he has the lovely locks sprouting from the top of his head!
So that is my little update on our life here in NorCal. No more fires for now, just cold crisp air and people shopping as if there is no pandemic. We are supposed to be on a lock down in our county, we all got the call. But I get it…we all need to feel like life is normal. I have discovered instacart…my new best friend!!! I paint, and watch stuff on Netflix. Do a little marco polo with my sisters and talk on the phone with my parents and friends… and facetime my brother. Oh and of course talk with our boys though hangouts. I am considered an essential worker, so I do go to my job on a daily basis. Ohh…and the fun news about my job!!!! I get to learn 3D printing…Oh yeah!!! I am excited to dig in… As you may not know, I work in Special Education, with assistive technology. This is a fantastic opportunity for our department to create adaptive materials for our student population.
Merry Christmas my friends! Stay safe!
With Love,
2020, Imperfection Perfection ·
Monday is the last day to grab this bundle for good! My how time flies!!!
2020, Imperfection Perfection ·
I am one of the presenters in the Healing with Creativity Retreat August 20 & 21, 2020.
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My project is called ” Going In Circles”. I chose this title because sometimes that is how I feel my life has been lately. We are all in a mixed up world right now and sometimes we need to get out of that state of mind. This was my way of doing that and I hope you will find it helpful for you too!
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2020, Imperfection Perfection ·
You wonder why this title for this painting??? and what does it mean??? I absolutely love to look up words on thesaurus.com. Its the perfect place to look for alternate words that mean the same thing or have similar meanings. Perspicuity means ~
Items used to create this project
Paints: mixed brands
transparency I see
through the layers of love
my heart is content
2020, Imperfection Perfection ·
I have been fascinated with the Wabi-Sabi belief and way of life. It is an ancient japanese art of imperfection with creative thought, peace, and acceptance. It is an understanding and way of life in Japan. There are no discussions about it unless one is asked. Wiki has a great description of what it means. I think I have always felt this way and my art shows it in so many ways. Even my photographs I have take years ago when I was a teen, you can see that I have this thing about old ugly stuff that is really super cool!
When doing the hunt for some wabi sabi images, I also found there is a symbol and I just love the simplicity of it. So I created it my way which you see below.
Here is a blurp from Daly Cup Of Yoga
“According to Audrey Yoshiko Seo, author of Ensō: Zen Circles of Enlightenment, “Zen circles, ensō, are symbols of teaching, reality, enlightenment, and a myriad of things in between. Seemingly perfect in their continuity, balance, and sense of completeness, and yet often irregular in execution, ensō are at once the most fundamentally simple and the most complex shape. They seem to leave little room for variation, and yet in the hands of Zen masters, the varieties of personal expression are endless. Ensō evoke power, dynamism, charm, humor, drama, and stillness.”
ENSO – It’s a little funny because I actually just finished a beautiful painting and what little did I know that I make ENSO rings all over it! I was wondering what I was going to name it…LOL
Here is an excerpt from Wiki that explains more about Enso
“The ensō symbolizes absolute enlightenment, strength, elegance, the universe, and mu (the void). It is characterised by a minimalism born of Japanese aesthetics.
Drawing ensō is a disciplined-creative practice of Japanese ink painting—sumi-e (墨絵, “ink painting”). The tools and mechanics of drawing the ensō are the same as those used in traditional Japanese calligraphy: One uses a brush (筆, fude) to apply ink to washi (a thin Japanese paper).
Usually, a person draws the ensō in one fluid, expressive stroke. When drawn according to the sōsho (草書) style of Japanese calligraphy, the brushstroke is especially swift. Once the ensō is drawn, one does not change it. It evidences the character of its creator and the context of its creation in a brief, continuous period of time. Drawing ensō is a spiritual practice that one might perform as often as once per day.[1]”
“happiness today, life is full, peace in your heart forever”
2020 ·
This is the final painting. I mixed my own blue, added black gold white and champagne colored paints. Lots of paint, drizzled, sprayed and scraped. The final addition was the foiling on the top…so pretty in person. The papers I created above, were scanned and enhanced in Photoshop. I tried my best in the final image …t get the colors the most accurate to the actual painting.
I have 2 monitors, so when I work with Photoshop, I get 2 different looks because one monitor is a warmer color and the other monitor I think is more true (this is the one I work on the most), but its so hard to tell… So I do hope what you see is what I see. The more vibrant colors, the richness of the gold, the deep blue… Even with the warmer colored monitor, I think they colors are nice, just not as bright and rich… Next time I decide to by a monitor, I will make sure to get 2 of the same brands…LOL…
These are what I have: Quick Comparison
Acer – its maybe 2 years old, possibly 3.not as white, its the warmer colored screen…the color adjustments are limited, you can not adjust the hue, just brightness, so I can not change it to match the other monitor
Samsung – its about 1 year old, possibly 2. this one has a curved screen and the colors are beautiful. Its a little harder to find the monitor adjustment, but once you know where its at…its fairly easy to work with..
Ok, that’s it for now my friends…
Hope you are having a fun and playful day… Its actually raining right now where I live…2 days ago it was 103 degrees and the day before that it was 107..weird weather!!!
Stay safe!!!