Month: June 2021

  • One Year Old!

    One Year Old!

    Today is the day! Mary Grace Writing is officially ONE YEAR OLD! I am a muddle of disbelief, pride, exhaustion, and determination.

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  • Electric Lights

    Electric Lights

    Eyes so tightly shut, dark edges shimmer red. Electric blotches painted in yellow’s glowing thread.

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  • Morning Beach/Art Highlight

    Have you ever walked a beach in the early morning, and seen the pink in a sunrise shimmering off the water? Its quiet moments like that I live for. When I can’t find them in my own life, I like to paint them into being. Morning Beach is an example of such a moment. I…

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  • Six Word Stories (29)

    Six Word Stories (29)

    Trees are more like people than we often think. They hide so much beneath the ground, just like humans hid part of themselves behind pretending. Beauty, intricate personalities, strangeness, connectivity, how we and they reach out for each other. It’s often not until something unwanted, something uncomfortable happens and washes away the dirt, that we…

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  • Prairie Sunset/Art Highlight

    I have never been afraid to show my artwork in all its imperfections. Prairie Sunset is another of my early works inspired by a photograph taken by my friend Jason Shepard. I love being able to look back and see the growth that has happened in my work. I am not ashamed of where I…

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  • Six Word Stories (28)

    Six Word Stories (28)

    Have you ever noticed how beautiful a well made path is? It guides in one of the most unassuming ways. “Please walk here. Yes, you are free to step away, but the way has already been made ready for you.” The most beautiful paths enhance their surroundings, letting you explore without destroying. We use paths…

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  • Free

    Free

    No one saw me head to the ground, feet to the sky, pretending to fly. It would have made you cry hilarity.

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  • Butterfly/Art Highlight

    Today I would like to highlight another work. I painted this butterfly as a practice piece for a larger painting, for my Mother. One of her favorite things is butterflies. It was a huge test of my abilities as my first painting at home, and not in an art class with an instructor. The original…

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  • Lava Worm

    Lava Worm

    Was it a shriek of delight or fear? She didn’t know as it forced its way from her chest to the cavity of her mouth. A little heart pounded the rhythm of it as it bubbled into an audible note. “Stay back. You can’t catch me.” The floor moved. The carpet rippling right before her…

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  • Ink Spots

    Ink Spots

    bravery in pen work truth of staining spots tell the story of a heart stocked by fear but still uncaught

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