ByShi: Hope

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

HOPE

'HOPE'

Final Drawing for 2016

8x10" Extra Fine Sharpie Markers on Paper

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2016 has been a defining year for me. It has been tough, challenging, but in the end creative and fulfilling. The word that I feel as I go into 2017 is HOPE.

A friend gave me some coloured sharpie markers for Christmas - ooooh love! So here is my first go to try them out. I was looking at Typography (making art from words) and Zentangle techniques and came up with my own doodles of flowers, animals and nature.

It makes me think of a wise phrase a wonderful friend who is chronically ill said to me: 'Where there is life there is Hope'

If you look hard, you will find these signs of life:

- A 4 leaf clover

- Flowers

- Leaves

- Grass

- A grasshopper

- Ferns

- A chameleon

- A dandelion

- A daisy

- A dragonfly

- A rose

- A caterpillar

- A coccoon

- A butterfly

- A ladybug

- A birdie

- A bumblebee

May your life be filled with HOPE

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Poem: "A Place That I Go"

From age 16 to 23 I wrote poetry, and in 2004 self published a book, 'Stranger In The Moving Chair' (still available to buy via the contact page of my website http://shilohmoore.wix.com/byshi ) The last poem in the book was the last poem I wrote. It closed a chapter to my life.

I wrote a few more poems 6 years later, but again stopped writing, and focused on artwork.

2 nights ago I felt I'd really like to write something again, and while lying down, I got out a pen and paper. I usually write free verse (not rhyming,) but I wanted to see if I could write something that rhymed. It poured out of me, and 20 minutes later this was what I had written:

“A Place That I Go”

17/11/15

(Age 35)

Despite constant pain and

Despite all the fears,

Despite the frustration

And the many tears

Over all these years

I have slowly grown,

To accept, and know a place

I can go on my own

Where fears are calmed

And inner peace pervades…

Where I love my life

Despite the pain that invades

I feel ‘held’ by hope

By strength, in reflection

And am ultimately moved

By a strong connection:

Despite the isolation

And no ability to travel

To see the sights nor

Be involved in person

Nor ‘contribute to society’

On a monetary level

Or to live my life

To its full potential

I long for a life partner

To share life and to intimately know

And I grieve for our children

Whom we’ll never nurture as they grow

In my fantasies

I have the strength and the power

To talk endlessly with friends…

Or at least for more than under an hour

Despite all this I feel I belong

To this universe, and to all humanity

Even in deafening solitude

I feel innate purpose, I feel free

I am grateful knowing this place

Where I not only merely exist

But live satisfied with all I have -

This gives me strength to persist

It's hard to imagine
Living this way
For the rest of my life...
Till I'm old and grey

So I live in this moment,
And block out the pain
I go to this place
Where deep down I'm ok.

The pain overwhelmingly aches

But deep within my soul

I know of this place, where

Within this life, I feel whole

Disclaimer: Feel free to share this link, but please do not reproduce this poem without consent from the author. Shiloh Moore can be contacted at her website at: http://shilohmoore.wix.com/byshi

Friday, October 9, 2015

'May Peace Be With You' 2016/17 Calendar

'PEACE Dove (May Peace Be With You)'

2016/17 18 Month Calendar

A4 Spiral Bound

The calendar costs A$25 including postage within Australia.
Overseas postage available on request.

To order, please contact Shiloh at her Website Contact Page Here:

http://shilohmoore.wix.com/byshi

Inside: 18 months including:

'Dragonfly'

Featured in May 2016

and

'Busy Owl'

Featured in June 2017

Including 3.6cm x 2.8cm rectangles to write in.

Finishing with:

'PEACE Dove (May Peace Be With You)

On the back:

Collage of some (not all) of the Included Artworks

All artworks © By Shiloh Moore

Over the past year my health struggles have been building and truthfully, quite scary. Over the past few months in particular I have not been well enough to create any new art and have been in bed most of each day, in constant excruciating pain.

With every ounce of being I have put energy into creating this calendar, with generous support from my folks and friends at greenridgepress.com.au Back in 2004 Greenridge Press also generously printed my book of autobiographical poetry, 'Stranger In The Moving Chair,' of which I still have copies for sale.

All artworks included in the calendar have been created over the past 5 years while I've been housebound - at best able to sit up for less than 4 hours throughout a day.

I am so happy to be able to spread love into the world this way and be a presence in peoples' lives even from afar.

May Peace Be With You.

Sunday, July 5, 2015

PEACE Dove

"PEACE Dove"

July 5th 2015

A4 Pitt Pen on Watercolour Paper

Yesterday I was looking through Pinterest and found an amazing drawing of a cat and mouse, using Typography with the cat made out of the letters 'cat', and the mouse made out of the letters 'mouse'. Unfortunately it was uncredited so I won't put a link to it here.

I loved the idea so much and went to bed aspiring to doing something like that myself.

When I woke up this morning I was still thinking about it, so in my half asleep state went to my pencil and paper, and using the outline of a dove that I drew for my February 12th 2012 post 'Be Free' I immediately started penciling in the word 'PEACE'....and immediately it worked!

Here is my initial scribble:

And a photo of the final A4 picture framed:

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

where there is life there is hope

'dum vita est spes est (where there is life there is hope)'

An amazing man with very severe ME for decades now, recently wrote to me 'All is not bleak though, ...' 'Where there is life there is hope.'

This blew me away and the quote (taken from the latin 'dum vita est spes est') really connected with me.

I haven't been well enough to do any big painting or major artwork, but the quote inspired me to sit up to do these two quick (2 minute) pastel drawings, to bring the Latin phrase to life.

I like to contemplate life and hope as the new year approaches. May 2014 and beyond be filled with peace, love, joy, hope and as good health as possible.

'dum vita est spes est (where there is life there is hope)'

The pastel images:

Green Pastel

Pink Pastel

Monday, September 9, 2013

Wishes II

It's been a few months since my last blogpost. For 6 weeks I had a very welcome lift in my health and was able to do a bit more, so I filled my time catching up with friends and doing things I haven't been able to do for a long time and really miss. I even saw a movie.

Then a month ago I crashed and am back in survival mode. I've recently faced new challenges to confront. But such is life, at least I have the hope of improvement once again and know it can happen.

Being horizontal for many hours each day, has had me thinking what's important to me. I still try to send cards to friends and I wonder what to say. In Feb 2012 I wrote some wishes that are on this blog: "Wishes - Feb 2012" I thought I'd like to try to write more in that style. I wondered what do I wish for my friends? What do I long for for my self?

I came up with this poem that I've displayed on two different abstract pictures, one I created in 2008, the other in 2011. I wish for these things sincerely for my friends, but for myself as much as anyone. And I truly feel them. They're what get me through.

'Silver Abstract'

Acrylic on canvas

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

'Make A Wish'

This little piccie is a tiny line drawing, played with using a photo manipulation site.

Make a Wish!
xx

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