Marilyn Robertson - Art & Photography

It's a beautiful fresh morning - the last day of June. As I sit outside in the early sunshine at my table in the back yard, there is a tiny bird about 30 feet up in my fir trees singing his heart out...

Recently on facebook I noted that one of my friends had posted a song video, and because I like music I clicked to see what it was. Well, what it was, was excellent! Very moving. Not just the video, but the whole idea behind it...

Surfing the web looking for eco-friendly ideas and finding many out there. Some are good ideas, some are just smoke screens to make people think the products have changed when they have only moved the pressure from one ecologically damaging area to another...

Art Competitions, Art Contests, Juried Exhibitions, Art Exhibitions, Art Deadlines, Call to Artists, Call for Entries

It is early, early morning. The moon has completed its arc across the sky and gone from my view to hang out over distant countries. There are two brilliant stars left shining - all others are overpowered by the pale glow of early dawn...

I love the internet. Some days, yes, it is like pulling hens teeth to try to find exactly the information we are looking for. We have to slog through much rubbish to get to where we want to go. But, other days it is so serendipitous and rewarding—everything just falls into place...

Throughout my history of creating things I have often felt at odds with comments of others about my work as well as my own feelings about what I had created that time around. Sometimes I stand back and look at the finished work and wonder where it came from...

Talking about human nature instead of nature outside your door today. This man leaves me speechless. I really can't describe the awe I feel when I listen to him speaking and watch him moving around, doing everyday things...

The New Year is fast approaching. How do you want yours to play out? Has this past year been one where you followed your desires? Did you introduce something in to your life that you had been missing, or that brings you enjoyment? What would you like most from 2009...

Well  .... I said a few days ago that we may not have snow for Christmas this year. A few days later it started snowing and has hardly quit since! I can tell you I am certain we will have a white Christmas this year. It makes the world sparkling, clean and beautiful, but .......

I have been tagged in a meme by Oza Meilleur, so this post today is a response to that. For any of you that don't know what a meme is all about, they are information patterns that replicate. Usually, you and I are the ones that replicate them, because information can't exactly replicate itself...

Firstly, all fall I have been patiently watching and waiting for the mountain goats to come down far enough to get photos of them...

Just finished reading an article in the June/July 2008 issue of 'Scientific American Mind'  titled 'Let Your Creativity Soar' in which Robert Epstein , Julia Cameron and John Houtz discuss their thoughts on creativity and offer some ideas on how to encourage it.The feeling is that creativity is...

Being creative means creating something new - whether it be an idea or an actual 'thing'. Playing around with all the wonderful creative tools we have these days can be not only fun, but productive as well. Sometimes, if I just want to play I will - having no particular end use in mind...

I realized, as I was explaining something to someone today, that  part of the reason I enjoy doing the abstract photography so much is because it does hold my fascination...

Was reading a book and came across the phrase 'directed-attention fatigue'. Boy did that strike a chord! I had never heard anyone discuss  the feeling using those words before, but it sits right with me. It makes sense...