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November 11, 2020November 11, 2020

Honoring Courage

Day 6 Purple Heart by Mary Gow — Day 6 “Purple Heart” by Mary Gow

Honoring Veterans who have preserved our freedom. Here on Day 6 of my One Hundred Hearts Project, this is a heart I painted in watercolor and then pushed further with digital tools. This is a special day that comes around once a year, yet the benefits of the service of our veterans we enjoy every day. Thank You Veterans!

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

The Reality of Relativity

Heart No. 5 is again a watercolor painting I photographed then applied a filter to and further manipulated it with Photoshop. Illustrative effects with this filter – reminds me of attitudes. Often it’s not all one way or another, there’s a scale of relativity. Not much is really black or white, instead, much is in a range in between. Life takes us through a spectrum, a range of feelings, teachings, experiences.

I remember many years ago seeing a quote in a company newsletter, “Attitude equals altitude.”

That’s a shortening of Zig Ziglar’s original words:
“It is your attitude, more than your aptitude, that will determine your altitude.”

What Feels Like This

Heart No. 4 by Mary Gow — “Heart No. 4” by Mary Gow

It’s Day 4 of my One Hundred Heart Project.

I began this project on November 6th because it’s 100 days to Valentine’s Day – the biggest Heart Day of the year!

So the countdown continues.

Heart No. 4 is bubbling up, full of enthusiastic energy. Remember feeling this way?

“Enthusiasm moves the world.”
-Arthur Balfour

November 7, 2020December 20, 2020

Happy Heart

An orange heart outlined in purple emphasizes a joy inside, and a deep compassion surrounding it.

Heart No. 2 is a watercolor painting by me, Mary Gow, and it was further transformed using the Paper Artist app.

Feels like purple times ahead, a time of healing!

Coming together is a beginning;
keeping together is progress;
working together is success.
-Edward Everett Hale