tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post215415537310175028..comments2024-03-08T00:12:34.350-08:00Comments on Art and Quilts, cogitations thereon: Giving presents!Elizabeth Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-73471462007112444682015-11-16T16:14:21.218-08:002015-11-16T16:14:21.218-08:00My mother is an artist, and for 8 of her grandchil...My mother is an artist, and for 8 of her grandchildren, she has painted a picture for them for their 21st birthday. The youngest grandchild is 18, and as my mother is 82, and not well, received her art piece early! <br />Linda O'Toolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-72400173204621180772015-11-16T14:23:57.819-08:002015-11-16T14:23:57.819-08:00Love the idea of giving the gift of art to childre...Love the idea of giving the gift of art to children. Art pieces for their walls would be such a lovely memoir, but also the gift of lessons or supplies always brings a smile to their faces. Thanks for the meaningful blog post.Mary Ritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09707881623986621335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-66875391519629844672015-11-16T07:54:55.089-08:002015-11-16T07:54:55.089-08:00Good for you and good for the grandkids! I'd ...Good for you and good for the grandkids! I'd just add that no one on welfare actually has all their basic needs met. They don't get enough food stamps to eat enough or to eat a nutritionally healthy diet. Turtlemoonimpressionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01178649128269650377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-4108279791368146762015-11-16T04:36:08.724-08:002015-11-16T04:36:08.724-08:00Not being very familiar with 'art' in the ...Not being very familiar with 'art' in the far past I did like to give 'pictures' for shower presents. Now I make art for my own walls. This Friday the grand kiddies will visit and I've promised we'll make art for their walls. I got a great sale on canvases. lol Next step is to buy art! Thanks, I have been reading! ellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15188791638739872773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-22597477010713669652015-11-15T19:12:34.370-08:002015-11-15T19:12:34.370-08:00My daughter is a skilled photographer who sells he...My daughter is a skilled photographer who sells her work as cards, prints, bookmarks, and mounted on stretched canvas. She's chosen to have very little on the walls of her wee home -- mainly her own artwork and one or two other favourites. She does, however, commission me to make small matted pieces as gifts for her friends!<br /><br />As for my own walls...I inherited some lovely oils (landscape/still life) and also needlework and hand-painted plates from my mother and other forebears...and have collected a few prints that I enjoy. Each piece carries the memory of an ancestor or an experience, which means as much to me as the piece itself.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-67277859674904396422015-11-15T11:36:08.435-08:002015-11-15T11:36:08.435-08:00Thank you both for writing.
It's interesting...Thank you both for writing. <br />It's interesting, QuiltSwissy, that we do feel as if having more money would make us happier....but the research really doesn't show that. However, I do agree that the best health possible is a basic need. Also safety. The most basic levels of the Maslow triangle.Elizabeth Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13928615247903165719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-69530657767597921962015-11-15T11:12:28.970-08:002015-11-15T11:12:28.970-08:00I agree with you about art but not about money. W...I agree with you about art but not about money. We have original art on every wall. And our daughter, an architect, has a deep love of art herself.<br /><br />I have had the basics of life taken care of for many many years now, and we live quite comfortably. It would be even better if I had several millions in excess. My life would be broader, healthier, safer, more vacation less work and way way way more enjoyable. There is a woman and her two sons in our rent house who have all their needs and wants taken care of by the welfare system. She for sure would be way happier with more money.<br /><br /> <br />Glen QuiltSwissyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02663112676927847239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1210759514036256082.post-63168002714357093082015-11-15T10:14:54.709-08:002015-11-15T10:14:54.709-08:00Oh heavens, I wish I were one of your grandchildre...Oh heavens, I wish I were one of your grandchildren. I too love art and one of the nicest things my brother ever gave me was a plaque that had Picasso's Blue Nude on it. I still have it. My children have given me artwork through the years because it's what I put on my wish lists.<br />I have also given art to my children and they have purchased their own favourites for themselves. I am glad of this and hope that they keep it up and pass it on to their own children.<br />Doloreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00013261733996949731noreply@blogger.com