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@drewnogal saidAs an pragmatist, atheist and non believer in spirits (animal or human), I’d say it was more you feeling touched by the beauty of Scotland and your love of wildlife and your situation triggering a powerful feeling in yourself from a part time in your life.
Something very strange happened this morning. I was faced with the cooked breakfast that I had ordered at a beautiful lodge on a loch in the Scottish Highlands. Above me was a print of the majestic Monarch of the Glen. As I looked up at him I felt his pain and became tearful, for all of the beautiful stags that have been killed. I believe his spirit touched me.
Very nice all the same 😊
@drewnogal saidWell, each to their own, meat - eating wise, we've evolved into omnivores, but unique in the natural world we have a choice as to whether or not to be what we have evolved to be. In order to give up meat entirely I suppose you have to be more aware of what you're eating, but so far so good, health - wise, and I don't know what osteoporosis is so I guess it's not a problem!
You sound like you are doing well on it. I’ve tried it a few times and recently tried being vegan but sometimes the craving for meat has returned or I’ve started thinking that I may develop some sort of deficiency or osteoporosis?
I wonder if more people would eat more plant based meals if they could only obtain meat by having to slaughter the animals themselves?
I think being a vegan would be beyond me, (it's the cheese, you know...) and I would find it very hard to kill a chicken, unless I was very, very hungry!
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When I saw this in the topic list the other day I just had this image of a ghost stag on a hillside, with a white mist blowing through.
@mercury saidStrangely enough my trip to Scotland, now completed, was about rediscovering a past time in my life when drawing and painting were something I did every day. For some reason I can’t find that old me anymore. I think that the everyday stuff of family life may have suffocated it.
As an pragmatist, atheist and non believer in spirits (animal or human), I’d say it was more you feeling touched by the beauty of Scotland and your love of wildlife and your situation triggering a powerful feeling in yourself from a part time in your life.
Very nice all the same 😊
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@drewnogal saidThat is a pity; I see know where your thread about children has come from.
Strangely enough my trip to Scotland, now completed, was about rediscovering a past time in my life when drawing and painting were something I did every day. For some reason I can’t find that old me anymore. I think that the everyday stuff of family life may have suffocated it.
Perhaps that old self is still there, just dormant.
Where did you stay in Scotland?
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@drewnogal saidRemember Drew, “the glass is half full”. There’s still time.👍
Strangely enough my trip to Scotland, now completed, was about rediscovering a past time in my life when drawing and painting were something I did every day. For some reason I can’t find that old me anymore. I think that the everyday stuff of family life may have suffocated it.
@mercury saidWe had 6 nights starting in Sterling then Oban, a beautiful Scottish lodge guest house in Fort William and Inverness. Our last night was in the Lake District to break up the journey home to Wales. I’d love to take my dog on a return trip and walk the wilds of the Outer Hebrides with her. Unfortunately the busy motorway journey through England terrifies me without someone to navigate.
That is a pity; I see know where your thread about children has come from.
Perhaps that self is still there, just dormant.
Where did you stay in Scotland?
@drewnogal saidNot that I take my own advice, but if it's something you want to do again you need to prime the pump and at least paint the first stroke or draw the first line (similar to doing the first pushup or press-up).
Strangely enough my trip to Scotland, now completed, was about rediscovering a past time in my life when drawing and painting were something I did every day. For some reason I can’t find that old me anymore. I think that the everyday stuff of family life may have suffocated it.
Maybe some color scheme or vague technical idea would be enough of a seed. Or riff off someone else's images.
And also: a lot of painters and poets made a lot of attempts backstage but only showed the best to the public, in case that helps. So splash around and play a little. Select later. Go into battle planning to fail badly if you must! 😉
Instead of Nike's "Just Do It!" I would say "Just Start!" Start dozens! Scatter some seeds. You'll know later which ones to cultivate. You don't have to compose a whole masterpiece in your mind at the beginning. Look into the fog and explore.
@kevin-eleven saidI tried replying here yesterday but got tied up in knots trying to express my understanding of what drawing and painting are to me. Your points are helpful. What’s difficult for me is finding that old creative place in my head. I just can’t seem to access it. It’s like It just wilted.
Not that I take my own advice, but if it's something you want to do again you need to prime the pump and at least paint the first stroke or draw the first line (similar to doing the first pushup or press-up).
Maybe some color scheme or vague technical idea would be enough of a seed. Or riff off someone else's images.
And also: a lot of painters and poets made a l ...[text shortened]... 't have to compose a whole masterpiece in your mind at the beginning. Look into the fog and explore.
@drewnogal saidDon't be too hard on yourself. Many don't have any talent when it comes to drawings and paintings. I am lucky to make a stick man that is accurate. Sometimes we try to hard to accomplish something?
I tried replying here yesterday but got tied up in knots trying to express my understanding of what drawing and painting are to me. Your points are helpful. What’s difficult for me is finding that old creative place in my head. I just can’t seem to access it. It’s like It just wilted.
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@drewnogal saidYou know that stag was your breakfast right?!
Something very strange happened this morning. I was faced with the cooked breakfast that I had ordered at a beautiful lodge on a loch in the Scottish Highlands. Above me was a print of the majestic Monarch of the Glen. As I looked up at him I felt his pain and became tearful, for all of the beautiful stags that have been killed. I believe his spirit touched me.
@athousandyoung saidDon’t tell me! It was in the Lorne sausage?
You know that stag was your breakfast right?!
@drewnogal saidI'm sure your 'creative place' is still there, you just need to wake it up and make time for it. I suppose the equivalent for me is writing, it's a 'luxury', which can really only be done when all the other stuff of life is taken care of, and that takes me away from the WP for days sometimes, and leaves me with a sense of dissatisfaction. I'm not saying I'm a great writer, but I kind of need to write! 13 novels in a series so far, 14 is half done and was interrupted by writing the 2 radio series, and I'm currently psyching myself up to launch into the story again, but I've lost the thread for now, so I throw sticks for the dogs instead. So my creative place is on hold, I can empathize.
I tried replying here yesterday but got tied up in knots trying to express my understanding of what drawing and painting are to me. Your points are helpful. What’s difficult for me is finding that old creative place in my head. I just can’t seem to access it. It’s like It just wilted.
Generally speaking the only way that I've been able to sustain the writing for the last few years is by getting up at 4am and having a couple of hours at it before the rest of the world wakes up. After that, forget it, too many distractions.
@indonesia-phil saidI agree, a routine of early mornings are productive as are a few hours of solitude. Thanks for your encouragement.
I'm sure your 'creative place' is still there, you just need to wake it up and make time for it. I suppose the equivalent for me is writing, it's a 'luxury', which can really only be done when all the other stuff of life is taken care of, and that takes me away from the WP for days sometimes, and leaves me with a sense of dissatisfaction. I'm not saying I'm a great wri ...[text shortened]... of hours at it before the rest of the world wakes up. After that, forget it, too many distractions.
