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"The Circle of Life" by Mary Oliver

One of the most celebrated contemporary poets, Mary Oliver, masterfully captures the essence of the circle of life in her poem of the same name. Oliver's exquisite imagery and deep introspective tone guide readers through the various stages of existence. Here is an excerpt:

"The Circle of Life"

The sun sets, the moon rises,
Day turns into night,
And night into day.
Just as the seasons come and go,
So do our lives.
From birth to death,
From youth to old age,
We journey through the circle of life.

In this poem, Oliver skillfully intertwines the natural world with human existence, showcasing how the cycle of life mirrors the changing seasons. Her words remind us that, like nature, we too are subject to the ebb and flow of life's ever-turning wheel. - Exploring the Beauty and Symbolism of Circles in Short Poetry - PoemVerse

This poem by Mary Oliver inspiered me to start encorperating poetery into my own work. How her words are so purporsfully chosen, but also how people can interpirate the meaning in their own way.

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Exploring the Beauty and Symbolism of Circles in Short Poetry - PoemVerse

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Throughout history, the circle has captivated humankind with its perfect symmetry and infinite nature. It is no wonder that poets have been drawn to this

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Documentation of December exhibition piece.

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Documentation of December exhibition piece.

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The end product,

I very much enjoyed creating the collage of my previous work, using an exacto knife to cut out intrecate shapes. I used the same knife to remove small sections of the sketch and then layered carbon paper onto the back to create some depth and dimention to the work.

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Progression of a cross section of a plant

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This collage for me was about reflecting on my work from first year and repurposing it. A mixture of different mediums makes it very visually interesting.

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Finished product

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Proccess of a fine line ink sketch of Orental Lilys

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This fine line sketch was to create a visual representation of human and plant structures being forced together. I wanted the human like figure to appear imperfect and maybe a little unsetteling to the eye. replacing their head with a budding flower, their finger nails appearing overly sharp and elongated. As if their nails where growing directly into the ground, anchoring their body to the soil forever, consumed by the earth.

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Fine line ink study of Tulips

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An image of metal grates that keep the wildlife in the nature reserve. I enjoyed how even though this artifical structure was forced into this natural area, organic structures still managed to thrive inbetween to thick metal bars. fighting their way through the grates to reach the sun. This image looks difiant.

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Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Scotland 

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Memorial to a Marriage, Deborah Kass.

'This statue addresses issues of Lesbian invisitibillty, gay marriage, love and loss, power and status.'

She stated that in creating this work and installing it on their grave at the Woodlawn Cermetery in New York, she was making her marriage offical in death due to the illegality of it during that era.

This work really identified with me as someone who is queer, and speaks to my interest in relationships and what makes them function.

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Princess Street Gardens, Scottish National Gallery

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Work by William McTaggart, The Storm 1890.

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Reading the novel 'Normal People' by Sally Rooney really gave me an interesting insight into the complexity of relationships between individuals. How fluid a relationship really can be, regardless who or what it is between. I feel this theme of relationships really does connect with my personal artistic studies, the relationships between organisms regarding the ways they work together. Structure is important in both plants, organs and the relationship between them is determind by their structural integrity. I deeply enjoy exploring the strong similarities between how natural structures function, for example the roots of a plant and the blood vessels and the human nervous system (NS). The way they work to achive the same outcomes and at a glance resemble eachothers physical appearance. The very real possibility that our human structure is based upon organic natural structures. For me, this is exciting to me, trying to make sense of not only my own body but the world around me and reflecting on how things fundimentally function. Where our form orignates from and how we got to this point at all is something i belive every person has considered.

This is something reading this book has helped me explore. Positive and functional relationships are a fundimental element to anything. For example, a functional relationship between the human heart and the rest of the body is vital for health. Relationships are all about healthy and positive contact.

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Irish writer Sally Rooney has been a sensation since her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, was published in 2017, when she was just twenty-six. The following year, Faber published her second novel, Normal People, which was released in the US in April 2019.

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Fox gloves

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Link to my Uni pintrest board.

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230 Uni art board ideas in 2024 | art inspiration, art, art drawings

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Nov 5, 2024 - Explore Meela meela’s board “Uni art board” on Pinterest. See more ideas about art inspiration, art, art drawings.

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Drawings from the river walk in Halstead, Essex

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I spent alot of my summer on my local nature reserve drawing from different view points. Natural forms are something I find very enjoyable to draw. I used Fine tip ink pens of different sizes for this rough sketch of the landscape.