Arts: The different shades of a woman - Cherilyn
These images represent the many sides of being a girl. She is strong, articulate, she is a writer, a lover, she is heart breaker, nurturing, and she is passionate.
January - February 2010 | Through the Looking Glass
These images represent the many sides of being a girl. She is strong, articulate, she is a writer, a lover, she is heart breaker, nurturing, and she is passionate.
My favorite part of being a girl?
The bond I can share as a sister…
Being a girl is about being me. Being me is about being
comfortable…
Sometimes it’s necessary to be bold to stand out.
See the world through the eyes of a real girl…..Do you remember what it was like when you were 8?
Although I spent most of my childhood in North Wales it was only in July, 28 years after I moved to Yorkshire, that I got around to visiting Conwy.
Carolyn shares her view of “Being a Girl” through her collage work.
Leslie shares her interpretation of “Being a Girl”
I am currently going through more changes than ever before. How I see myself, my selfportrait if you will, could be seen as a whole encompassing image of me throughout my whole life, but …
I grew up about a mile outside a small town (Population 2000) on a
large piece of land. From an early age I started to learn the names of
birds, trees, flowers and the various animals that visit us: …
Sometimes, my thoughts are quite random and jumbled in my head. Driving helps me clear my thoughts. My favorite drive is along Pacific Coast
Highway, where I start…
Since 2001, I can always be found with a camera on me (or at least near me). I thought the best way to reveal more about myself was through photographs …
These are the good times. The happy snaps. The memories that are triggered when I hear a song or when I feel a certain way. All of the faces and scenes …
Tiffany shares her view of “Being a Girl”
The “deep”, mysterious, fragile but at the same time unreachable part of a girl/woman…
Nothing makes me feel more like a woman than…
I am a proud mother. For 16 days now I have understood what its all about. What makes girls and boys so different. Now I know what I was put here for.
How does one justify “fighting” for peace?
“When a child is born, invisible red threads extend from the child’s spirit
and connect to all the significant people who will be part of the child’s
life…..
Even if you aren’t religious. Even if you aren’t Christian. All Spiritual santuaries do instill a feeling of peace.
Sitting peacefully on a rock, looking across the cold misty water that edges Copenhagen is Hans Christian Anderson’s Little Mermaid.
This is an interpretation by me illustrating what a woman carries around with her today and how that reflects on her seeking her own peace.

Finding peace in general is hard…
I often wonder why it is that when I feel at my lowest I seek out a church and enter it, just to be able to find the overwhelming sense of peace that I know will embrace me from the moment I walk through the door.
It is hard to put the painting in a certain category as I do it because there is an urgency in my soul that will not leave me alone until its done.