Month: March 2021

  • December Night, Art Highlight

    I am excited to introduce you to my second new design of the year. “December Night” was painted in early 2020. The poem was written in December of the same year. I felt the two belonged together, though I didn’t plan for it when the small original was painted. I chose the first two stanzas…

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  • Six Word Stories (17)

    They beckon. “Come explore, come and learn, come experience our adventure.”

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  • Tresses

    Tresses

    Tips bright with borrowed light.Soaked every strand,took command. Roots show through in ashen hugewhisper of years demands,open hands. Wisps arrayas standing troops,gently falling into loops. Crowning character.Grounding finger,through tresses linger. Catching thoughtsin websof morning knots. Pulled and furled,twist or braid,spreading gray is unafraid. ©2021 Mary Grace van der Kroef

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  • Are You Scared of Creativity?

    Are You Scared of Creativity?

    All humans have the spark of creativity. Some of us revel in it, and some of us hold it at arms’ length. Some of us even try to squelch it in our fists as if it was a bug we could squash, or a flame we could douse. Have you ever done that?

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  • Six Word Stories (16)

    In the age of information, I have been given the chance to write. The chance to tell my story in my own words. The chance to dream my dreams and share them. What a gift. I always knew that I would be at least a closet writer. But I never dreamed my form of expression…

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  • He Keeps Me, Art Highlight

    This week I released a new design at my Redbubble Shop. He Keeps Me is a blending of my art and poetry, and shares the same name as the painting. You can read the full original poem here. This design is available on sixty-six different products. From t-shirts to mugs, stickers and greeting cards to…

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  • Our Need for Your Story

    Our Need for Your Story

    It doesn’t matter how average you think you might be, you have a unique story all your own. No one has lived the same life or felt the same emotions. No one sees the world in quite the same way as YOU.

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  • Six Word Stories (15)

    The workings of nature are intricate and beautiful. Fierce and unforgiving. Gently yet unrelenting. Stalwart, but still fragile. Every element working together in a mind-boggling harmony. All following rules human are still only beginning to grasp. Yet, we are privileged to watch their mighty witness. Witness to what? To that which holds all things together.…

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  • The Power of Story

    The Power of Story

    Stories change people. Why do we tell stories?

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  • Six Word Stories (14)

    The last few months have forced many of us to become all too familiar with ourselves. We have had time to think and think some more. This can be a good thing for people who have neglected themselves, forgetting how to listen to their own voice. Listening to self is important, but it should never…

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