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Ivy, hands and chronicles

August 24, 2012 By Marit 29 Comments

The past days were busy, busy, busy, as the articles for the second issue of FEATURING are getting designed. Because of the tropical temperatures in the Netherlands at the beginning of the week, we had to shut down the computers for two or three days. That meant a delay in the progress of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku, Misc. 3 (big journal) Tagged With: art journaling, chronicles, diary, featuring magazine, haiku, haiku my heart, mixed media, weekly

Strange sounds in the night

August 17, 2012 By Marit 20 Comments

It was late. Way past midnight. My beloved and I were still downstairs. We sat on the couch and talked. We know each other for 15 years and we still can talk all night. About anything and nothing. The door to the garden was open. A sultry Summer night. Suddenly, we heard a strange … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku, Misc. 3 (big journal) Tagged With: art journal, art journaling, chronicles, diary, haiku my heart, mixed media, weekly

Past, present and costumes…

August 10, 2012 By Marit 29 Comments

Time is such a strange thing... one day the hours seem to fly you by and on another day a minute seems to last forever. I know it all depends on your mood and activities, but don't you never stop and wonder where the days went? Time seems to speed up as one gets older - I actually read a book … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku, Mail Art Tagged With: art, art journal, art journaling, chronicles, costume, haiku, past, present, Zeeland

Kinda blue

July 27, 2012 By Marit 30 Comments

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I wasn't planning to publish a haiku today. I did not write one last week. In fact, I didn't do much at all last week. Summer finally arrived in the Netherlands and when it does, it comes full force. Temperatures almost rose to the nineties Fahrenheit and - unlike other countries - we Dutchies … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku Tagged With: art journaling, chronicles, haiku, kinda blue, miles davis, mixed media

Portuguese shoes

July 13, 2012 By Marit 25 Comments

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First, let me show you my old shoes and haiku. I'll explain after...   Bij de achterdeur slijt schoeisel uit Portugal zijn laatste dagen Portuguese shoes spend the last years of their life right next to the back door The haiku was written for Haiku my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku Tagged With: art journaling, chronicles, Drawing, EDM, haiku, mixed media, shoes

Lazy Summer Day

June 29, 2012 By Marit 23 Comments

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Today, Rebecca choose 'Summer Love' as the theme for Haiku my Heart. The ultimate Summer feeling to me is this:   'Lome zomerdag blote voeten op ruw hout mijn nagels lachen Lazy Summer day bare feet on unwrought timber red nails laugh at me This needs no … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku, Misc. 2 (A4 journal) Tagged With: art journal, art journaling, chronicles, haiku, no milk today, pier

Colourful mail on a grey day

June 22, 2012 By Marit 23 Comments

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The longest day - yesterday - came with grey skies and ended with a thunderstorm... so much for Dutch Summers. 'Quirky' indeed! It rained again this morning but my mood brightened when the mail arrived! The latest post of my Quirky Dutch Summer event handled 'mail art, and some participants … [Read more...]

Filed Under: art, Art Journals, Chronicles '12, Haiku, Mail Art Tagged With: art journal, art journaling, chronicles, haiku, mail art, rain

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My art can be found in galleries on my website. Unless otherwise stated, all photos, images, thoughts and stories on the website as well as on this blog are my own (Marit Barentsen aka Marit’s Paper World.) If you see something you want to share, please link back to my site to give credit where credit is due. I sometimes use photo’s that are not my own to illustrate my stories. If so, I try to give credit to the original photographer or maker. If you have any reason to complain about the use of an image, contact me and I will remove it without discussion.

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