tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post2725540071618578035..comments2024-02-01T00:22:20.198-08:00Comments on Through My Eyes: The Beauty of LittleTabitha Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-4151193973287581282009-12-06T17:45:03.549-08:002009-12-06T17:45:03.549-08:00This is such a wonderful post. I love it - don'...This is such a wonderful post. I love it - don't look at the whole see the little things. Powerfully descriptive. Love the teeny frog.Mary E Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119298615414367828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-8672574199466343632009-12-06T17:23:47.024-08:002009-12-06T17:23:47.024-08:00Beautiful! It's always the bugs in the grass a...Beautiful! It's always the bugs in the grass and not the spread of food that you notice during a picnic. I love the little things.Lorel Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749366331989131894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-63449445699664099512009-12-06T05:36:22.103-08:002009-12-06T05:36:22.103-08:00That was an awesome post Tab. The little is part o...That was an awesome post Tab. The little is part of the big. And many times I try to look at the whole and become overwhelmed giving up but its the little bits and pieces where the beautiful lives which is part of the bigger picture of life, words, art and all things living. You know that verse, we all make up the body of Christ. That holds true for everything. Lovely thoughts, thanks for sharing love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-2490091714613951372009-12-04T14:51:35.753-08:002009-12-04T14:51:35.753-08:00I love the beauty of little, and this look at your...I love the beauty of little, and this look at your relationship with your mom. Thank you for another gorgeous piece.Deb Shuckahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439395710731341021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-10358757706649690712009-12-03T01:55:46.225-08:002009-12-03T01:55:46.225-08:00Definitely. My writing is all about the little mom...Definitely. My writing is all about the little moments... As usual, you enticed me with your imagery. You might not be a visual artist, but you certainly can paint vivid scenes and visceral emotions with your words. Thanks, as always, Tabitha, for letting us into your world.Laura Martonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131901155051433491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-19679170207867369472009-12-02T22:45:50.782-08:002009-12-02T22:45:50.782-08:00Angie, Me too. I try. I really try. Sometimes I ev...Angie, Me too. I try. I really try. Sometimes I even manage to do it.<br /><br />T.Anne- Oh girl. Your comments rock. Thank you. Smilling VERY BIG over here. :D<br /><br />Stephanie- thank you. My mother is a very talented artist. Her love of all things creative was birthed inside me young. I am grateful.<br /><br />Lisa and Laura- It is the little things to stick. Very true. Thanks for the kind words.<br /><br />Jenn- volatile! That is the word I was looking for! sometimes I think my imagery comes about because I am trying to describe one word. Oh well. Glad you thought it worked :)<br /><br />Stacey- Hmmm... I don't know. Like I said, she was a lot of things. Not all of them were that shiny. But she certainly had her moments of being able to entrance me. Thanks for the comment.Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-63199550835754134752009-12-02T22:26:23.963-08:002009-12-02T22:26:23.963-08:00There are so many beautiful moments. I try to not...There are so many beautiful moments. I try to notice them all and give them the respect they deserve.Angie Muresanhttp://www.angiemuresan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-47260466363568627392009-12-02T22:14:00.454-08:002009-12-02T22:14:00.454-08:00Another awesome post. Have i mentioned lately you ...Another awesome post. Have i mentioned lately you are just rocking the blog? <br /><br />I took an art class in college and that was one of our assignments to paint shapes to create the picture. They had us take a picture and turn it upside down and paint it. You know what? It looked great when we were through. There is a miracle in the small details, isn't there?Tanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10518718614911804428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-35014540859975362442009-12-02T21:36:30.653-08:002009-12-02T21:36:30.653-08:00Gorgeous post! Very poetic- now I can see where s...Gorgeous post! Very poetic- now I can see where some of your talent comes from!Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-74454022985444477562009-12-02T21:25:33.616-08:002009-12-02T21:25:33.616-08:00Life is really all about the little things, right?...Life is really all about the little things, right? The big moments usually get lost, it's the little ones I'll remember the most. Beautiful post.lisa and laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18144863275895761642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-33451002759021055742009-12-02T21:18:11.576-08:002009-12-02T21:18:11.576-08:00Great line, Tabitha: "She was the bruise of h...Great line, Tabitha: "She was the bruise of hail and the soft scent of night jasmine."<br /><br />What an elegant way to describe a volatile relationship.Jenn McKayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096584277185808602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-66264980969987049332009-12-02T20:22:35.492-08:002009-12-02T20:22:35.492-08:00I do! It is breathing deeply into the moment with...I do! It is breathing deeply into the moment with my words that satiates me...your mother sounds amazing, mystical, like a goddess...<br /><br />much loveStacey J. Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059617724860253448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-73023136655203850922009-12-02T20:07:30.821-08:002009-12-02T20:07:30.821-08:00Liza and julie- thanks :) Really.
COL- I agree
...Liza and julie- thanks :) Really. <br /><br />COL- I agree<br /><br />Susan- me too. Mostly I get lost in moments. But I try.<br /><br />Deb and Kristen - thank you both :)<br /><br />Tricia- my pleasure :)<br /><br />Eileen that is why I like the thought too.<br /><br />Jen and arlee- thanks you guys. Beautiful words of encouragement.<br /><br />Wendy- no, you don't want to do what I do. Your work is beautiful the way it is. <br /><br />Jessica and Juile- thanks. :) Made me smile. <br /><br />Heather- thanks<br /><br />Jason- I never thought of being thankful for that. But you are right. And I will be.<br /><br />Patti thanks for visiting. I will jump over and visit too.Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-76539010049607549622009-12-02T20:01:03.547-08:002009-12-02T20:01:03.547-08:00Fireblossom, I think you might be right about art ...Fireblossom, I think you might be right about art being an expression of woundedness. Mine sure is. I also hope it will be an expression of healing one day too.<br /><br />Sharon, thanks for the visit and I am glad you liked it.<br /><br />Suzanne, you are nothing like her. Trust me on that. Moodiness was the least of her faults :)<br /><br />Elizabeth , I am amazed how many writers come from artist families. <br /><br />Simon congrats on your short story appearing in Flashquake. Go check him out people :)Tabitha Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196816108272065974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-23854815185339324342009-12-02T16:39:10.376-08:002009-12-02T16:39:10.376-08:00They say the truth is in the details. It broke my ...They say the truth is in the details. It broke my heart, that little girl having to screw up her courage just to ask if she could draw, too. Unpredictability in a parent is so unsettling and impossible to understand, for a child. It made my heart go out to your young self.<br /><br />I read someplace recently that all art is an expression of different degrees and types of woundedness. I think it may be so.Fireblossomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040525704916368792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-16836859306446664782009-12-02T16:24:53.970-08:002009-12-02T16:24:53.970-08:00Wow...you took my breath away! That was wonderful!...Wow...you took my breath away! That was wonderful!Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-85643699833882806682009-12-02T14:35:23.598-08:002009-12-02T14:35:23.598-08:00How can I answer any sort of question after that b...How can I answer any sort of question after that bit? So freaking beautiful. I worry I am like her....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556206184198452490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-23624939443984878122009-12-02T14:28:32.901-08:002009-12-02T14:28:32.901-08:00Both my parents were artists. My mom did graphics ...Both my parents were artists. My mom did graphics (she designed and executed a killer shopping bag for a major department store in the Pacific Northwest), but her medium of choice for her personal work was watercolors. I could never master watercolors, and she excelled, so adept was she with the brush. Mom's gone now, and it is amazing to have her work to study and remember her by.<br /><br />I wrote a post about how I came to choose words over paint. I felt my talent for writing a meaningful tale far exceeded my talent for painting a meaningful picture.Elizabeth Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03150221675618198674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-68170291070004516162009-12-02T11:43:45.917-08:002009-12-02T11:43:45.917-08:00It's the details that make for the best moment...It's the details that make for the best moments in fiction, I believe. Sometimes it only takes a few to create the effect. Other times (like in Faulkner's description of Dilsey in The Sound and the Fury), the constant addition of more details lends a character or thing a kind of concrete reality that stands out in our minds, something more than even vision can give.<br /><br />Little things, indeed. But together they add up to the greatest of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-57172616720942306192009-12-02T10:47:40.604-08:002009-12-02T10:47:40.604-08:00Of all your posts, this is one of my favorites...e...Of all your posts, this is one of my favorites...especially this line: "Then you notice all the smallest things. Don't try to see the whole picture. See the little shapes inside the bigger ones..."Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-60389886168675602992009-12-02T10:10:45.861-08:002009-12-02T10:10:45.861-08:00I love this story. You are truly an artist with yo...I love this story. You are truly an artist with your words and you paint the most beautiful, elegant images for us. I'm always inspired by your posts and humbled by your talent.Julie Daohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814052162359300933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-47561439022149912812009-12-02T09:58:01.377-08:002009-12-02T09:58:01.377-08:00Tabitha, i simply loved this post...the cute littl...Tabitha, i simply loved this post...the cute little thing, <br /><br />i wish we 'd leave a lot more place for the little,and the invisible, for much is in the specks than in the immense, and then what is immense is a speck elsewhere depending from the pint of view ....<br />the world is still a beautiful place, its smallness is also the part of the bigger whole. Thats why we must be mindful to it!Craftsman of lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747434398075620991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-88304495436294990912009-12-02T09:15:18.757-08:002009-12-02T09:15:18.757-08:00Wonderful story. And yes I seek to show the beaut...Wonderful story. And yes I seek to show the beauty of little moments. Sometimes, I'm successful. Sometimes, I'm not.Susan R. Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578747592345750650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-71512208424718053672009-12-02T08:32:13.109-08:002009-12-02T08:32:13.109-08:00Gorgeous. Your mother seemed to know the secret I ...Gorgeous. Your mother seemed to know the secret I found in a book called Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing. It's not an easy thing to shut out the noise and flash of the bigger world, but it helps us find the center, the heart. Thanks for reminding me so beautifully.Tricia J. O'Brienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993110400088806252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7821039846301805207.post-11760019616438587812009-12-02T08:27:58.968-08:002009-12-02T08:27:58.968-08:00This whole post is BEAUTIFUL but your first paragr...This whole post is BEAUTIFUL but your first paragraph took my breathe away. I love your imagery.Kristen Torres-Torohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903038121623389560noreply@blogger.com