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Reflections on the Art of the Kiss

December 29, 2021
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

This afternoon I find myself thinking various thoughts about why humans kiss and the different types of kisses, contexts and meanings. Late one night back in 2013 I found myself spontaneously (starting what would later become an occasional literal practice of mine) kissing a canvas painting goodbye before packing and shipping it. I can remember the thoughts going through my mind. This was a painting from a wedding event – the first I had done after my relocation to the...

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My Life Wasn’t Supposed to be This Way

October 14, 2021
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Personal Writings

Reflections on perseverant daily living when our life feels engulfed in fearful situations that seem to have no hope and no end.

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Growing Old With Oneself

February 20, 2020
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

Back in 2007 I remember driving back to Newark through the Lancaster-ish areas, down Route 896 from I can’t recall where exactly….I was coming back on an early Saturday evening from a long caricature gig for a company picnic somewhere out in Amish country. As I was driving home I noticed a huge garden with rows of beautiful sunflowers and I turned around to park and take photos for painting references.As I approached the flowers – which were somewhat near...

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Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect Two-Hundred Dollars

February 17, 2020
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Personal Writings, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings

There are times in our lives when we find ourselves in a prison of sorts. Times of deep grief, losses, upheavals and disruptions of all kinds and sometimes on every front. It is no longer business as usual. We find ourselves on the proverbial roller coaster. Metaphorically we are forced to not pass ‘GO’ and not collect our metaphorical ‘$200’ – those things which normally allow us to experience every twenty-four hour cycle of this journey called life with the peaceful...

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How Do You Solve a Problem Like ‘Elena?!’

January 30, 2006
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Life Stories, Personal Writings, Short Stories/Creative Writing, Women's, Family, and Recovery Issues, Writings, Writings on Violence in its Various Forms

The following blog piece is in three parts. I have backdated this post based on the middle expression which is from 2006, though all else is formed today (September 18, 2022). Part One During the past two days a series of thoughts and interactions led me to think about the song Maria from The Sound of Music. In my imagination of inwardly amused parody, I changed up the name to “Elena” which was the Spanish translation my Mexican family gave...

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Eileen Slifer

I am a visual artist who works in a variety of mediums - producing fine art, illustration and design commissions/products for clients. I have been creating since childhood and sharing my giftings for hire since 1989. I also love to write and have been expressing in this way for a number of years in private poems, stories and journals that have been shared with treasured friends or publicly. Thank you for visiting my blog. I value the time and interest you spend on my expressions, and I read every comment.

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