by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
I’m really enjoying my residency at The Artery. https://www.facebook.com/artistinresidencewarrnambol/https://www.facebook.com/artistinresidencewarrnambol/ I breakfast with the birds each morning, book by my side, ready for reading. Today I made my version of...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories
I was serenaded by a medley of birdsong as I ate breakfast in the gorgeous garden at The Artery, catching glimpses of our feathered friends’ quick flittering (or stealthy striding, in the case of the magpie). I’m also catching up on reading The Book Thief,...
by jennilivins | Four leafed clover, Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
The Mind Drawing Exploring Drawing Workshop was so much fun! We looked – we talked – we shared what we saw – then we looked again as others explained what they saw. There were differences and commonalities. We explored communication some more –...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
Well, I’ve arrived in Warrnambool where I have settled into the residence at The Artery. I’ve already met wonderful people who have made me feel most welcome. Long ago, this was the mortuary and funeral parlour – with a beautiful garden to relax in...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
Today my Lazy River Writers friends and I celebrated another year of writing (our 16th year as a group) We recapped our successes and the immeasurable work we put in that is just a part of being a writer. We celebrated our friendship and the support we offer one...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
Sometimes there is more opportunity than time to take it up. Today I was going to join my Chisholm friends in a session of art making and creative chatter; however, I made what turned out to be the correct call and worked on finalising the preparations for next...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
This post is about getting people to your website so they see the whole post. I’m writing it to discuss a problem with automatically linking my WordPress post to my Facebook account, including what I’m doing to counter this. There! If you are a person who...
by jennilivins | Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
You know that moment when you are sitting in a workshop and the room falls silent as the participants start writing in response to a set exercise – all except for you because you can’t think of what to write? You want to impress your fellow writers with the sheer...
by jennilivins | Four leafed clover, Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories
Artist statement – Mind Drawing A Mind Drawing is a detailed picture in which lines can be read in more than one way. This may cause two people looking at the same work to give totally different answers when asked what they see. The term, ‘Mind Drawing’,...
by jennilivins | Four leafed clover, Mind Drawing, Mind Drawing Children's Stories, Mind Drawing Stories, Writing
What a fabulous day I have had today. As I began with preparing my scanned drawings ready for use in book and card publishing, I realised I actually enjoy the computer work post-drawing as much as creating the Mind Drawings with pen and ink. I want to get as much of...
