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Helen English Artist

Dec 22, 2021
2 min

I wish you a clutter-free Christmas!

It’s that time again. It happens once a year and it changes how I do things. Good old Christmas. I roll through the year, running...

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Helen English Artist

Dec 12, 2021
2 min

Dress it up!

I have previously talked about personal style in an artistic sense. That is, how we express ourselves creatively on a piece of paper but...

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Helen English Artist

Nov 20, 2021
2 min

Asking questions

After listening to a pre-schooler’s take on life this week, I got to thinking about how we change our communication as we grow. At three...

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Helen English Artist

Nov 13, 2021
2 min

A new skill

So, after talking about burnout, I want to tell you about one of the things that helped me recover. I do love painting and creating. ...

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Helen English Artist

Nov 13, 2021
2 min

Burnout

Okay, so a slight change of tone for one week! I delayed writing this so I could follow up with another viewpoint of life soon after....

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Helen English Artist

Oct 30, 2021
2 min

Spooky Sunday

Halloween is a day which brings a lot of different memories of various years in my life. I have been to costume parties, with or without...

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Helen English Artist

Oct 23, 2021
1 min

A Long Weekend

Labour Day holiday is here in New Zealand, and I love a good long weekend! I realise that a long weekend for some people is different to...

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Helen English Artist

Oct 17, 2021
2 min

Christmas alert!

Not meaning to scare you but Christmas is coming! Arghhh! I hear you cry. I always have this marker in my head that approximately 100...

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Helen English Artist

Oct 9, 2021
4 min

First hand experience

I was busy researching native wildlife - something I do when I have a spare moment! – when I noticed Mokoia Island coming up in my...

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Helen English Artist

Oct 2, 2021
2 min

At the chalkface...

I found another new thing out about myself this week. Apparently I have got no problems with working on my art in public! I tend to...

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Helen English Artist

Sep 25, 2021
2 min

One good idea...

I remember reading a story in a book of fairy tales with morals attached when I was a child. I knew that that was the point of the...

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Helen English Artist

Sep 18, 2021
2 min

Back to business

Back in level 2 and back to my indoor market space three days a week. Great for those rainy days and a friendly little hub of activity...

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Helen English Artist

Sep 11, 2021
2 min

Your space...

Another thought that occurred to me this week as restrictions ease is about how we feel about the places which we inhabit day in and day...

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Helen English Artist

Sep 6, 2021
2 min

A brand new world!

So we emerge with face masks, into a new type of alert level 4 or 2, depending on where you are in New Zealand. I am beginning to get...

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Helen English Artist

Aug 30, 2021
1 min

Daily doings in lockdown

Second week of lockdown, and I’m in the creative flow even though I wish that there was somewhere to go. I decided that, much as I have...

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Helen English Artist

Aug 22, 2021
1 min

Again?!!...

Just when I had rediscovered life and the joy of being sociable again, we go into lockdown! Did someone plan this because they thought...

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Helen English Artist

Aug 14, 2021
2 min

An hour of art

I love art and creativity! It seems like an obvious statement but I genuinely do. I love drawing and painting and sewing and being...

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Helen English Artist

Aug 7, 2021
2 min

Community vibes

There is a lot to be said for community. I think that has become more clear since the events of last year when we in New Zealand, and...

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Helen English Artist

Aug 2, 2021
2 min

Listening and hearing...

So, this week marks the start of a new year of blogs. My husband often asks me how I find things to write about and I reminded him of my...

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Helen English Artist

Jul 23, 2021
2 min

A new start

Do you have ideas and wonder what you are going to do with them? Are there lots of things that you spend time doing, and they need to...

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