Tuesday, December 7, 2021

For me Heart is All


Dream Selfie -- Wonder Water Image #7 Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Barbara Muir © 2016
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Tonight I'm posting a piece I found in my Facebook memories today, because it moved me to read it again. It is true. For me Heart is All. Our hearts all over the world have taken a major hit in the past two years, but if we are here to tell the story, and to continue to live and love, we know we are blessed. Life has been harder for everyone, and also every loving minute has been more precious than ever. Thank you everyone. The rest of this blog is from my former post on Facebook.

"I remember teaching positive psychology for my boss Frank Daley (who I deeply admire, and loved working with) and talking about love. (This portrait is of his beautiful daughter, Regan Daley). Dream Selfie -- Wonder Water Image #7, showed in the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France in October 2016. One point of the course (and the textbook) was that loving a person is not the same as loving chocolate.

Of course we were trying to help young people understand what true, grown up love with a partner was like. But I always fidgeted with that concept -- got uneasy, felt a psychic error there for me. True there are degrees of love.

It would be hard to match the love I feel for my family and friends. But it is my experience that people who throw that word around, who love people, and paintings, music, humour, ice cream, and flowers, and coffee, and wine, and pretty clothes and their jobs -- also love each other, the environment, the planet, fairness, equality and will fight, not in a shallow way, to take care of the people, the neighbourhood, the city, the country, the planet that they love.

I am all for spreading the love, for loving as much as possible -- for gushing over a book, a movie, a friend, a lover. We are trained to be reticent, and it isn't getting us anywhere. So guess what? I love that you are reading this. And please go out and compliment your family and friends. Love, love, love. My mother's death taught me that it is all over in an instant, and you cannot ever love enough in this lifetime."

Have a loving your life day.❤

5 comments:

verna vogel said...

Hi Barbara,

Your blog post was so nice to read this morning. Thank you.

Love love love
V

verna vogel said...

Hi Barbara,

Your blog post was so nice to read this morning. Thank you.

Love love love
V

Evelyn Oldroyd - painter said...

I Live❤️ That you wrote this and always send so much ❤️ Love your art, love your blog. Thank you ���� ❣️❣️❣️

Barbara Muir said...

Hi Evelyn,

Thank you, and I'm so grateful that you do live. Love your art, and love your posts. Thank you. Happy Holidays, and please stay safe.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

Barbara Muir said...

Hi Verna,

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you liked it. It is such a strange time. We need bright spirits and great artists like you. Love your art, your blog and your posts.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

Portrait Artist

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I paint and draw on commission and for shows. To commission a portrait, or purchase one of my paintings please contact me at: barbara.muir@sympatico.ca
A major highlight in my career? Drawing Oprah Winfrey live via Skype for her show "Where in the Skype are you? Galleries: Studio Vogue Gallery, Toronto, Canada. The Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City. Gallery at the Porch Door, Kingston, Canada. Your positive comments on this blog mean the world to me. I'd love to hear from you!