tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post7803675310149607194..comments2023-12-29T13:34:10.274-04:00Comments on Ragzedge Arts: Dragon BreathLynne with an ehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-51673803920410279792011-10-20T21:53:39.407-03:002011-10-20T21:53:39.407-03:00Forest Dream Weaver,
The scary dragon can be tamed...Forest Dream Weaver,<br />The scary dragon can be tamed by your courage in facing up to it and not feeding it with the energy of your fears and/or belief in its power over you. But maybe it would help if you carried a big stick instead of a chopstick.<br /><br />So pleased that you like the artwork.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-6540736018184253382011-10-20T21:51:19.768-03:002011-10-20T21:51:19.768-03:00Sharmon,
I have to admit that making a digital col...Sharmon,<br />I have to admit that making a digital collage is as much fun as creating one with glue, paint and papers. And there's no mess to clean up! I'm so pleased that you like the result of my experimenting. Just as in the process you're familiar with, one thing leads to another. <br /><br />Dumbo's coach could be useful as long as you don't mind mice.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-17704433614149822372011-10-19T06:36:05.324-03:002011-10-19T06:36:05.324-03:00This is one scary dragon,I think I'd have to s...This is one scary dragon,I think I'd have to summons a lot of courage/love to deal it.<br />The artwork is beautiful as always!Forest Dream Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00392409469020504212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-62233798964614896202011-10-17T22:07:01.342-03:002011-10-17T22:07:01.342-03:00This piece is beautiful, Lynne; how you made this ...This piece is beautiful, Lynne; how you made this out of all those disparate elements I'll never understand, but I love it! Also, I think I could use a life coach like Dumbo's!Sharmon Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222935617263973858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-18653563392627343992011-10-17T21:10:42.478-03:002011-10-17T21:10:42.478-03:00Roxana,
The hypochondriac dragon is a particularly...Roxana,<br />The hypochondriac dragon is a particularly fearsome one! However, when we face these dragons head on, eyeball to eyeball and stare them down, instead of running away from them or feeding them with our thoughts, they turn out to be quite small and manageable. The pain is in your foot but the fear is in your mind. Even if there were a disease (I pray there is not) in your foot, the fear would still be in your head. The fear always comes from the inside...we sense something on the outside and the fear is instilled on the inside. We tell our self a scary story and them repeat and magnify that story until it becomes so big that is all we are able to focus on. Thus we become controlled by the very dragons we ourselves have created.<br />(easy to say; much harder to actually practice, I do admit. I have a whole herd of dragons that often breathe their fire around my head in the middle of the night).Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-85830716164905030752011-10-16T17:34:03.923-03:002011-10-16T17:34:03.923-03:00though the hard part is that most of the time we a...though the hard part is that most of the time we are unable even to say which fears come from the outside and which from the inside (like: right now i have a pain in my left foot, i have no idea what this must be but i've been limping for 2 weeks now and it is clearly something real, an exterior danger which makes me afraid, but at the same time my mind amplifies this imagining the worst, all kinds of horrible diseases - and this danger is clearly interior)... i need to confront my hypochondriac dragon too! :-)<br /><br />the image is wonderful, and indeed very japanese, i love her pose, the colours, the subtle tension...Roxanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650840495095863057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-591255833219630992011-10-15T22:36:41.443-03:002011-10-15T22:36:41.443-03:00Julie,
I have to admit that one of my biggest fear...Julie,<br />I have to admit that one of my biggest fears is mice, so that mousey mouse would have the opposite of the desired effect on me as I'd be running away screaming from him!Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-61661184773765783972011-10-15T22:34:31.127-03:002011-10-15T22:34:31.127-03:00Blue Sky,
Yes, how true. "Ordinary belief&qu...Blue Sky,<br />Yes, how true. "Ordinary belief" is something to confront and question to find out if it's true for one's self, much like confronting the dragon of one's fears. I had fun making the background, confronting the dragon of doubt and just keeping on with instinct, experience, and experimentation...just like painting, really. But no mess to clean up.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-14702586914677811072011-10-15T22:30:58.426-03:002011-10-15T22:30:58.426-03:00Stickup Artist,
I don't even remember what the...Stickup Artist,<br />I don't even remember what the background photo was originally, I altered it that much. I had no plans, no messgage in mind when I made this. It just evolved. I'm glad it resonates with you. So true, what you say about having to learn to quieten our negative message loops to ourselves: Identify them and then let them go. Yes, learning to tame the dragon of negativity is something I am familiar with...and still practising.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-18752306381278253122011-10-15T22:25:22.941-03:002011-10-15T22:25:22.941-03:00lisa,
I'm so pleased you consider my digital c...lisa,<br />I'm so pleased you consider my digital composition a work of art. Thank you.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-69151377867066064042011-10-15T22:23:48.282-03:002011-10-15T22:23:48.282-03:00Leovi,
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you've ...Leovi,<br />Thanks for stopping by. I hope you've been flying through a fabulous weekend as well.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-24075361442655611322011-10-15T22:22:46.317-03:002011-10-15T22:22:46.317-03:00shayla,
I'm glad you do!shayla,<br />I'm glad you do!Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-54264968839173508682011-10-15T22:22:16.059-03:002011-10-15T22:22:16.059-03:00sukipoet,
just make sure that bamboo stick is shar...sukipoet,<br />just make sure that bamboo stick is sharp at one end.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-50443277021364833922011-10-15T22:21:33.366-03:002011-10-15T22:21:33.366-03:00johanna,
Dumbo really got around with those big ea...johanna,<br />Dumbo really got around with those big ears of his. Sweet that you remember him, too.Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-51976461875536349922011-10-15T22:20:47.661-03:002011-10-15T22:20:47.661-03:00Bonnie,
I wonder what percentage of our fears are ...Bonnie,<br />I wonder what percentage of our fears are solely in our minds. Other than being faced with imminent and apparent danger, how many fears do we generate by telling ourselves scary stories about situations. Don't we just love to hate dragging around those old dragon skins of "outdated defences and<br />fears" that we should have shed long ago. Better the dragon you know?Lynne with an ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00320166770541319601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-32294878922489794282011-10-14T22:48:50.802-03:002011-10-14T22:48:50.802-03:00What a great compilation Lynne.. and the colours a...What a great compilation Lynne.. and the colours are superb!!! I think I need that 'not a mousey mouse' to come and remind me to fly!!<br /><br />Hope you have a fantastic weekend.. ciao xxx JulieJulie@beingRUBYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424920655462727594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-70635789429131672162011-10-14T13:47:13.954-03:002011-10-14T13:47:13.954-03:00Magnificent! The composition truly captures the co...Magnificent! The composition truly captures the courage beyond ordinary belief. That is some dragon and the background is so beautiful!Blue Sky Dreaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12405128176114875597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-35046953903118334692011-10-14T12:10:11.574-03:002011-10-14T12:10:11.574-03:00What a magnificent post both in concept and execut...What a magnificent post both in concept and execution. And I love the background upon which the scene is played out. I think I will start to carry a pebble in my pocket. We do well to be reminded to knock it off when negative thoughts creep in and start to take hold.Stickup Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00028394186285973772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-70295208724274021662011-10-14T09:26:35.079-03:002011-10-14T09:26:35.079-03:00This is truly a work of art.
Beautifully done!
Sen...This is truly a work of art.<br />Beautifully done!<br />Sending you wishes for a wonderful weekend!Lisa Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06638444295223502727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-35328816139270181732011-10-14T06:44:57.074-03:002011-10-14T06:44:57.074-03:00Beautiful image, I really like. Hope you Have a wo...Beautiful image, I really like. Hope you Have a wonderful weekend!Leovihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970831445283294241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-63568889066166256732011-10-13T19:42:44.214-03:002011-10-13T19:42:44.214-03:00Oooh! I like this.Oooh! I like this.Shaylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06235571582758248746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-83055301418813739912011-10-13T15:48:56.536-03:002011-10-13T15:48:56.536-03:00no i didnt remember the Dumbo story but i love it....no i didnt remember the Dumbo story but i love it. and love this picture. i am getting out my little bamboo stick now.sukipoethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09351851210507048174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-38797256194270471902011-10-13T14:11:47.922-03:002011-10-13T14:11:47.922-03:00of course i remember dumbo;)
your asian piece is w...of course i remember dumbo;)<br />your asian piece is wonderful!!johannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236665096059653348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-427112744798953361.post-31016001239825830802011-10-13T10:50:23.500-03:002011-10-13T10:50:23.500-03:00Fabulous image. I think her eyes will actually do...Fabulous image. I think her eyes will actually do more than her chopstick! <br /><br />Sometimes it feels as if a chopstick is our only tool to ward off the dragon-like line-up of ego fears. Perhaps the dragon she is preparing to 'tame' is her own ego mind. I know that is a dragon I must occasionally wrestle to the ground. Not ego in the sense of grandiosity, but ego with all its out-dated defences and fears.<br /><br />Thanks for the lovely reminder of how ala Dumbo, believing we can wrestle our fear demons to the ground is half the battle won!Bonnie Zieman, M.Ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00282469017360136275noreply@blogger.com