Diane O'Connor
- Jan 15
- 4 min
Sifting Through Chaos - January, 2021
TUMBLING AROUND MY HEAD THESE PAST WEEKS AND MONTHS WERE THE WORDS, "INFORMATION WAR." Truly—have you ever seen so much information flying through the airways both publicly and privately? Words shot like bullets to steal, kill, and destroy. Confusion and deception are running wild every which-way! It's like people do not know where to turn and they are running around like crazy people looking for answers! Even Christians. It reminds me of the "running to and fro" mentioned in
Diane O'Connor
- Jan 3
- 2 min
Three Life Lessons From a Poppy Painting
BLUE VASE POPPIES, MIXED MEDIA ACRYLIC, 16 x 20 Life Lesson 1: If you do not like the direction life is going, try changing your environment. Painting: I was going to paint poppies in a field with acrylics. Then I decided to pluck them and put them in a vase. The vase was better, but I still did not like the direction is was heading. I decided that I couldn't stand the super-warm undertone of the background, so once the poppies were blocked out I cooled it wa-a-a-a-y down. Ma
Diane O'Connor
- Jan 1
- 3 min
Yo-Yo? Or Railroad Tracks?
We may often feel like the journey of our lives is full of "highs and lows," or "best and worst experiences." I've often heard the analogy of "mountain top and valley experiences." In fact, there have been times in my life when I've actually felt like a yo-yo — swinging up and down as I reacted to what I perceived as highs and lows in life. When I use that analogy for life, I find my emotions swinging up and down with every changing life experience! As I've been reflecting o
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