Creativity for the home: an evocation of tibet in my bedroom...

Some years ago I bought a gorgeous book filled with high quality printed tibetan tankas with the idea to decorate my home with some of these images for a great price. (here:http://www.amazon.com/Goddesses-Celestial-Gallery-Romio-Shrestha/dp/1608870227/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1

And today, It's done: with some silk fabrics and ribbons from my creative closet, I got the idea to sew a fabric support (similar to those supporting real tankas ) and thought it could be a good idea to share with fans of asian decoration like me  since it's not very complicated to make.

It's meticulous and worth while beautiful silk fabrics. Colors are important: saffron, red, yellow, violet, turquoise...
The more  tibet evocative hue of color, the best it is!

The picture is not fixed but inserted in the fabric in such way  I can change the picture according to my moods...

For the first picture, I have chosen Avalokitesvara, the Lord of Compassion, named also the Lord of the 6 Syllables: "om mani padre hum". He has been gifted with thousand arms to reach and help every suffering beings!

 For astrologers, it may be a great guide since Neptune, the planet of mysticism and compassion is entering its own sign , the pisces.( Curiously , I find his body in its lower part have a shape similar to a fish ) Neptune teaches us that time has come to let go of our judgmental attitude particularly our sense of victimization.

Compassion needs primarily to be generated and directed toward ourselves before it can flourish and reach others.
With compassion, we can accept our feelings and let them go...

AMSTERDAM: Rembrandt 's house

I have spent a wonderful week in Amsterdam : A magic city full of art treasuries, history, nature and youth vitality ! 

Here is my favorite spot : The house of Rembrandt...Enjoy!

The Master's studio

Fireplace (detail)

Fireplace (detail)

Death aside Beauty

The printing studio

The curiosities cabinet

Ceramics corner

This would be great for a painting!

 I love this composition!

The dining room fireplace (detail)

The kitchen

The entrance door

Personal photos: please, contact me if you want to use them...

For the readers who like these pictures you can have more informations and a virtual tour: http://www.rembrandthuis

And to end this post, my favourite quote from Rembrandt (Wikiquote):

"Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will in good time, discover the hidden things which you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know."

TAFA Textiles and Fiber Arts

TAFA , Textiles and fiber Arts, is an online membership organisation whose goal is to help its members expand their creative business with social media (facebook, twitter...)  and networking.


TAFA, Textiles and Fiber Arts est une communauté en ligne dont le but est d'aider ses membres à accroître le business de leur activité créatrice au moyen du web et des media sociaux tels que facebook, twitter etc...Leur blog (en anglais) offre soutien et ressources pour des artistes textiles. 

http://tafateam.blogspot.com/

Their blog is a great way to discover a lot of ressources and support for fiber Artists to help improve and marketing their creative work .
You can access an interesting Textile and Fiber Art list introduction by its founder Rachel Biel http://www.rayela.com/tafa.htm


I'm thrilled to have joined this inspiring community in the beginning of the year.

C'est avec beaucoup d'enthousiasme que j'ai rejoint cette communauté inspirante au début de l'année.

I will have the opportunity on this blog to present some fiber artists I particularly like...To be continued...

J'aurais l'opportunity de vous présenter sur ce blog quelques un de ces artistes que j'aime particulièrement. A suivre...

ISTANBUL TREASURIES: The harem in Topkapi/ Le harem à Topkapi

Don't go to Istanbul without a visit to the Topkapi Harem!

A must see!!!!

N'allez pas à Istambul sans faire un petit tour au Harem de Topkapi! 

C'est un lieu incontournable!

The massive gate, made of wood and mounted with iron hardware, opens gently 

                                    Le portail aux lourdes ferrures lentement s'entrouvre

"They" have folded theirs wings, sheltered in their golden cage

"Elles" ont ployé leurs ailes, à l'abri dans leur cage dorée

Do you hear their rumbling, theirs silences heavy with repressed songs?

Entendez-vous leurs murmures, leurs silences lourds de chants réprimés?

Nevertheless, such a great splendour!

Et pourtant , une telle magnificence!

Courtyards

Cours intérieurs

passages

passages

I'm swallowed by the green and blues which sing all over the walls

Je me noie dans les verts et les bleus qui chantent sur les murs

Light, where are you?

Lumière où es tu?

I'm plucking my life's petals 

J'effeuille une à une les pétales de ma vie

In the interlacing of a golden palace

dans les entrelacs d'un palais doré

Blue dreams

songes bleus

But is it a dream?

Mais est-ce un rêve?

Please, don't hesitate to comment and eventually propose a better expression in english...
I would be so happy to improve this post!!!!
The music you are listening is from Can Atilla , a turkish group of wonderful musiciens (and magicians!) It's worth visiting Deezer to listen all their cds...(see below)

Personal photos: please, contact me if you want to use them...

photos personnelles: merci de me contacter si vous voulez les utiliser...

Visite virtuelle à voir absolument!:

http://www.360tr.com/topkapi/english/

Article très intéressant : http://www.clio.fr/BIBLIOTHEQUE/le_harem_de_topkapi__mythe_et_realite.asp#biblio

A must see: virtual visit of the harem!:

http://www.360tr.com/topkapi/english/

very interesting article:

http://www.allaboutturkey.com/harem.htm

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