DELIA QUIGLEY
-BOOKS AS ART~ART TO INSPIRE-
Category: Delia
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Imagine this, a woman of a certain age hears a message in her meditation to pack up her SUV, including her yellow-eyed cat, and make her way south during a worldwide pandemic. Despite living comfortably in a pastoral setting with like-minded friends, she heard the voice and chose to answer. More importantly, this woman settled…
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I’ve been on this “world tour” almost a year. This journey has taken me from New Jersey to Tampa to Jacksonville Beach, and now to North Carolina. I have been sharing the power of the Mindful Mandala cards with people I meet along the way. Now, I find myself living in a small town in…
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March 15 New Jersey goes into strict lock down I’ve been living on a six-acre farm alone The family returns home to quarantine I am relieved of my daily chores Instead, I take long walks in nature Bustling country roads are now empty It is an eerie feeling walking along The jagged road’s edge, stepping…
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March 1, 2020 Bad news arrives in a text message My beloved uncle Ed has left his body His was a good life though not without Trials and tribulations a long life entails He adored my father, his hero in life When death took their father, my dad Stepped in at seven to go out…
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Tampa I leave for forty years and return To find you’ve grown wide, long and leggy Cars speed by Daytona 500 fast, dangerous Streets, sidewalks, malls, everywhere crowds People from all parts of America here Come to see the Bucs, the Rays, the Bolts To be part of this first championship season But the bulldozers…
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You’ve probably read a similar headline when Googling what to do after publishing your book. All the research, frustrations, sleepless nights, draft after draft, stops and starts finally paid off; it’s done, out in the world, but why isn’t everyone rushing to buy a copy? Suppose you have a large publishing company behind your efforts.…
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Sometimes when you meet a person for the first time, there is an immediate connection. When introduced to Deborah Reid, I had the feeling of meeting a like-minded artist who is passionate about the work she does as a lawyer and her activist work as an artist. What a great combination of talent and intelligence.…
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This month of quarantine has me remembering my past, particularly the mid 80’s when cancer was becoming a household name. In 1955 Rachel Carson signaled the first warnings that the chemicals we were introducing to the environment could cause cancer. Today Americans are exposed to roughly 80,000 chemicals on a daily basis, and 10 million…
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The full moon lit our way. Then we were climbing along a thick tree branch hanging out over the water. Finally, Panther stopped and turned to us. “What do you see, little doggies?” she asked. “The full moon?” Maya replied. “Yes, in Libra tonight. A time of awakening.” “I usually like to sleep first before…
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It is long past the time of Christ Long past the days of Buddha and Mohammed Great teachers come to save us all. Long past the age of innocence Before technology taught us too much Changed our world and our perception of this world. Those were the days when First Nature reigned supreme The days…
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Did you manage to find any interesting B&W negatives? Actually, I did find a few. This one photoshoot, in particular, stands out in my mind, and I’ve always wanted to scan the negatives digitally and see what it looks like today. What you see here is taken from the proof sheet. I remember it all…
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In which I continue to interview myself. What was your first camera? That’s a bit like asking the name of my first boyfriend; because the day my mom gifted me her old Zeiss Ikon Contessa, I fell in love. It was as if she handed me a ticket to see the world in a creative…
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Part 5 Shall we narrow down self-publishing advice to a bullet list of does and don’ts? I find bullet lists to feel so unfinished, and yet they can provide just enough information to get you over the rough parts. By that, I mean STUCK. Your feet mired in quicksand, and all your best intentions are…
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Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. ~Walt Whitman
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Part 4 You got your feet wet publishing with BookBaby and CreateSpace. So why change horses in mid-stream? First of all, I love that expression. I use it often to temper my impulsive nature when new technology tempts me with updates. Things can get lost; time wasted learning new programs, you know what I mean.…
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