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Collage + oils + ink (calligraphy) ~29 x 42 cm.Related content
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You are a wonderfully talented artist,with a sublime sense of balance,rhythm and color coordination.Just browsing through your gallery your work is awe inspiring and takes me to great unexpected highs.Thank you so much for sharing.
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Some of your pieces remind me of passages in Peter Greenaway's film adaptation of the Tempest - Prospero's books. Books of Fire, of Water, of Strange Beasts...
This love for the written word and an endless creative drive around the text and the book as object or as artifact...it is interesting to see, somewhat cryptic at times. Beautiful work.
And I think it would be limitless joy to actually leaf through an entire book of such pages
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I haven't seen the film, but I think that its theme of books it's close to my idea of book as a form of artistic and meaningful content. And yes, I intentionally leave a slight amount of the undiscovered enigma in them. 
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If you manage to find the film somewhere, I'd recommend that you watch it. I think you will like it (as well as "The Pillow Book", by the same director).
The books you describe make me think of carefully, painstakingly illuminated manuscripts - although I do not know if they have ever been done with a look towards the individual or aesthetic as opposed to the devotional.
In fact, creating the entire book with the same love and care that most writers would devote to the ideas that flow into the book, is highly appealing to me. I wouldn't have the patience or the devotion to create something as layered and beautiful as you have - I tend to walk in the impatient world of ideas - but it certainly turns reading those pages into something very sensual and sacred.
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Interesting point; it may bring the process of creation to that one of the icon writers. I've always thought that calligraphy has something common with for ex. ballet, martial arts or tai chi; that kind of gracefulness which involves the spirit.
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That's a nice coincidence
I do agree with you on the connection between calligraphy and tai chi, martial arts (having a bit of experience in the latter two and dabbled a little bit and rather unartistically in Chinese calligraphy - ballet, I know nothing about, except that it sometimes reminds me of a more fluid form of Hatha Yoga) - a kind of abandon to grace, really
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Beautiful ... love the ink work ... and the colours ... and the way it's divided into four ... 
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Gah... I want to do such pictures too. It's really nice.
Keep up the great work.
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Oh most awesome and talented collage & mixed media artist, you have been featured in my most recent news article: [link]
As always, I eagerly await many more of your brilliant pieces of art.
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thank you Taryn! 
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I definitely agree! It's about time the collage artists of dA got some well-deserved attention.
Your stuff is amazing... I would fave your entire gallery if I could!
Perhaps I could interview you for the next collage feature?
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GORGEOUS. I love the colors. Everything is pulled together so well! I'm astounded this is traditional!!
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I just love everything you do. o;
It's so pretty.
*hugs*
XD
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I love the colors, the 'writings' and the 'oceanic' theme as well! Great work!
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omg that looks like some beautiful ancient parchment floating in the sea!!
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Your work is simply a-m-a-z-i-n-g!
I'm spellbound.
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oh my gosh you are a genius,
i love what you did ^^ simply amazing
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This is just absolutely amazing!!!!!
Paulette
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bardzo Ci się chwali takie prace, bardzobardzo(;
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This is an absolutely magnificient piece of art. Excellent job.
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very glad to hear that 
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I must admit that me too
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Lovely colors and textures...nice composition also!!!
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Awesome,love the colors and depth in the blue
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Kolory są zanadto atakujące (może dlatego, że po prostu nienawidzę szafiru?). Tło to inna bajka.
Hm. Trochę zbyt grzeczna, ulalana kompozycja (z drugiej strony secesyjne ornamenty są w porządku), praca sztywna. Morsko- brązowe plamy po lewej stronie to wygrana na loterii, dobra odpowiedź na zagadkę górnego prawego rogu. A ink? Słowem: popisałeś się, Miszczu.
Jakieś info o przeglądzie w Krośnie?
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