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Been a long time,

hiiiiiiiiiiiiii everyone,how have you all been?

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Recently I participated in the 100 day project,

and I did not complete all my mini promises of the project

Yet ,hey

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I created 167 pieces of art!

Sketchbook Revival 2021

you can check out my 100 day project (jan31-may10 2021) on my public IG(https://www.instagram.com/reensarai/?hl=en)

Sketchbook revival 2021

I had also made a mini promise that I will complete all my unfinished tasks of 2020

which I still am completing!

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I also had made a mini promise that I will complete editing my NANOWRIMO manuscript of 50000 words over 10 allotted days.

ummmm march 10th I stopped editing

I did edit 8168 words

and completed my nature oracle/journaling cards guidebook.

here is one of the nature oracle journaling cards inspired by air element…

There is a part of me that deeply misses blogging.

there is another part of me that is still recovering from all the shifts and shakes since the pandemic began.

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How are all of you?

colorful morning stock photo by Ingrid and team at (https://atelier21co.com/)

I know India is still struggling as is many parts of the world.I know so many are grieving some kind of loss as well.I also know as the world slowly opens up there are so many changes.

I will be making a few more blog posts as I recently submitted my writing on an art blog.

Maybe will be sharing more about the sneak peak writing in the nature oracle /journaling card guidebook.

It was created during the “lockdown/self quarantine” times of the current pandemic

inspired and supported by my nature walks and reflections.

all in support of humanity’s self care breaks.

Hope you all are supporting your minds with rest,play,and all that soothes you.

Hope to reconnect to you all this season in the comments below.

warm love,care and bubbling laughter after an intense month.

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new blog for the october challenge #themindfulbreak

hi everyone,

I opened this blog up in 2016

yet i only typed in here sometime after at the end of summer.

and now i am opening up a third one just for #themindfulbreak challenge happening this month.https://southasianwomancre8s.wixsite.com/blog

How am i since then?

Well seems like life brings up the challenges to face head on during the pandemic.

queen sized breakfast since covid19 began,work from home mornings.

What i thought was normal and routine fell away…

and the online creative community i used to create with suddenly became my “local friends”

empowering layered self portrait created in community(sketchbookrevivial)

and my real life “local friends” I have not heard from them.

lonesomeness of nick cave inspired by the art of portraiture intro available on portraitau.com

What have i been doing?

working

looking behind the scenes why certain systems have completely broken down in health care…

building on my career,research and fine focused studies….

because i am not missing out on anything anyway.

all public places are closed or open and risky

and there were days i was exposed to sick people and sick coworkers.

so i am self quarantining pretty often

social distancing is a thing we do.

there have been crazy dramatic stories…..

and pure boredom of silence

what i do know is

someday I am gonna have a whole treasury of stories to tell grandkids or youth.

I bet you will too.

going to work masked

and really no one will recognize me.

it is a strange feeling.

hope you all are doing well.

will pop in here again.

have a great october!

March 2023: Tarot spread for the full moon in Virgo — Modern Gypsy

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100 day project: Making my own washi tape — Modern Gypsy

Original article from Modern Gypsy – Travels through a journey called life I was pretty sure that I wouldn’t be doing a 100 day project this year. 56 more words
100 day project: Making my own washi tape — Modern Gypsy

2022 – Year in Travels

happy travels!

Its PH

I was intending to write this post from past 2 weeks now and that’s how much January has occupied me. Of the many all, 2022 was my year of travels and I only hope it’s the beginning.

I specifically like the part of low-emission travels. I have to quote that there was no air mode travel involved in the 13K.

Everything is in those 196 new places that I visited. There is so much more to explore this year and January was already amazing.

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I opened up a substack

Hiiiii everyone

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I know it has been a long time.

sunshine after weeks of gloomy rainy skies.

and the rain and the wind and some hail

reminded me that I need to rest until I recover from seasonal allergies

it is like 2022 did not end

and nature needed one last purge before spring.

hello from the ocean waves….

where have I been?

I am alive and creating and writing….

I just have not had the time to log in and blog here.

I am currently creating a series… for the 100 day project this year…

A series of art and writing themed as #PaletteStories (my 100 day project this year.)

#palettestories

is a series of art prompts that I will create art from a reference photo

a memory

sharing a moment of my thoughts,emotional expression,lessonsI have learned from life and some poetry.

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My friend Kadambari

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEC4C7bYzSKQtoAuBuRoD7w

and I are doing this together

our intention is to heal through creative expression

while sharing that with the greater community

you are invited to witness us or even create along to the inspirations of teh art prompts

art prompts with be nature, sky, food , songs

and I started as florals…

we will also be internally working on our joint passion project for 100 days

the last few days I have been at a snails pace with my seasonal allergies

I must catch up

we are creating 10 pieces of art

as breathers between the hard deep creating,stargazing with strategizing,art,writing of a passion project.

It is a time capsule covering things that inspire me

something to look back on to appreciate the growth we both have undertaken while in collaborating for a common cause.

to create as art

write about

and share a bit of me.

here are my sub stack links

if you want to explore what has been going on until this week 3

(approaching day 20/100)

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/palette-stories-art-series

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/the-100-day-project-2023

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/strategizing-and-exploring-the-art

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/the-100-day-project-2023-week-1

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/the-100-day-project-2023-week-2

https://reensarai.substack.com/p/the-100-day-project-2023-week-3-almost

flash back to one of my first pieces of art,way back in 2016

the inspiration:

I was inching closer and closer to capture the bloom hoping that I don’t fall int the near by pit of needles.

So yes

I would love to come back here and blog more often

I hope I do

until then I will be blogging about my 100 day project 2023

here

https://reensarai.substack.com/

Do you have a substack?

please share it in the comment below

I would love to check it out!

signing off for now until almond blossom art completes…

Reen

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Nanowrimo and some helpful resources

hiiiiii I am writing everyday in ten minute sprints

on https://wordsprints.org/

you can join me for some writing sprints publicly under the name:Reensarai nature art prompts

and so far about a week in I only skipped 2 of them.

I lost track of how many words I have written until now.

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I am not paying attention to the word count this time.

Anyone doing nanowrimo this year?

or do you know anyone doing nanowrimo this year?

here are some resources:

I found the Read Write Inspire Channel on youtube very helpful last year:

I really love writing on this app

Dabble Book Writing Software

How Mindfulness Can Transform the Way You Write | Alexandria Peary | TEDxSalemStateUniversity

enjoyed this webcast sprint:

found this helpful too

http://www.prolificmoment.com/

while writing for a challenge

taking breaks is important.

and if you get a little lost along the way:

https://nanowrimo.org/nano-prep-101#howtonanoprep

and thats about it this week time for me to edit my words with grammerly.

ohhh and there is a black friday sale for my art going on in :

Society 6 https://society6.com/reensarai

and

Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/Reensarai/shop

I have been updating the shops with 2021 art

Back at it,Hello Nanowrimo

Are you doing NaNowrimo?

https://nanowrimo.org/

or national novel writing month November this year.

I did it last year

and wrote 3 manuscripts.

This year for my project working on organizing my passion project

I will disclose more on that later….

so this year I am hosing some word sprints on wordsprints.org

under the name: Reensarai nature art prompts

the writing sprint prompts are inspired by my most recent watercolor art

had my first write sprint today featuring art prompt sunflower

you can see the art series on instagram at the public handle @reensarai(https://www.instagram.com/reensarai/)

I felt like participating in floral inktober

and then an art series happened.

and now for nanowrimo

lets do some write sprints together for ten minutes everyday this week at 12noon PST

here are the links if you feel like joining in:

Hibiscus prompt for (nov 6th 12 noonPST)

tomorrow:https://wordsprints.org/sprints/Tm6eQ9KFm1AD

Cosmos Flower prompt (nov 7th 12 noon PST)

day after tomorrow: https://wordsprints.org/sprints/j3DmIAmLBO64

Mint leaves prompt for the day after that(nov 8th 12noon PST)

https://wordsprints.org/sprints/8ronn75csYlp

Basil plant towers prompt(nov 9th 12noon PST)

https://wordsprints.org/sprints/R6B7b9cjUkxk

Feel so happy to restart writing on https://www.dabblewriter.com/

and in the meantime,

while you are here

https://society6.com/reensarai

do check out my art,there are some sales going on

https://www.redbubble.com/people/reensarai/shop?artistUserName=Reensarai&iaCode=all-stickers

or get some stickers for the kids in your life

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reblog:Gentle Creative Invitations

https://moderngypsy.in/2021/05/21/gentle-creative-invitations-2/

Reblog :of my 100day project creative friend:My 30 day challenge

https://www.bhavnahanda.com/challenging-myself-to-paint-everyday/

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The people closer to you are usually the ones who lead you to make the most radical mistakes, even if sometimes it’s necessary.
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Anger ness isn’t the Problem, The Problem is that we don’t know the limit of it!!
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I’m so excited to announce that my book ‘A Warriors Reminder’ is out now on Amazon. 💙 Here’s the link the get your copy: https://amzn.to/31TFyay1 From journaling and blogging to creating a book! I’m thankful for all of your support and for this space in general. About the book: A Warriors Reminder is a powerful […]
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“When we realise that our relationship breakdowns (platonic/ romantic) are mirrors to ourselves, we receive the lesson quicker so that the healing work can begin.” – Ash Alves One thing that I’ve been exploring recently is the notion that people are mirrors to ourselves. After reading the work of Debbie Ford, Iyanla Vanzant and Jung, […]
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sneak peak into my creative memoir..

Love letters to creatives during the 2020 pandemic:My reply to various creative friends newsletters.

you can read these and receive the support,hope or motivation you need as you create in the space of winter holidays.

I loved the strong glow of this reference photo

**photo by Matthias Heil(https://unsplash.com/photos/BKEz7vA8l7U)**

though, I tried it twice with minimal supplies..
there was something lovely about looking toward hope.

I love hearing about your wanderings in watercolor,

#paintwithmechallenge leader.
nice to hear you committed to some classes.

As we close the year

we share about the feeling of decreasing producing and increasing reflecting on the huge shifts of 2020 as we close the year and open 2021

this season,

after jumping into so many challenges and so many creations
I feel I will focus on writing and cultivating gratefulness.
2020 was huge.

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So many changes!!
I am hoping to tune in more
and be grateful,
maybe paint with gauche a little
and reflect more of the creations of 2020.

on this day of reflecting,
sending you warm love as you open a new week.

in retrospect,in November I look at what I typed as a reply in mid October...I notice I did indeed write more and create less art,more of reflect about art of 2020.

I warmly invite you to gaze over the art gallery on my Instagram page

https://www.instagram.com/reensarai/

and scroll through march 2020 until november 2020

emotions expressed as art was perhaps the most this year.

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National Novel writing Month nov2020 resource list

sharing a list of resources that have helped me so far in #nanowrimo

And to all the writers and bloggers out there

did you know joining #nanowrimo you get access to some freebies that may help you in writing.

you get to test out some writing resources for free or trial.

this is the first year i committed to showing up daily to write all month.

i was aware of the freebies before yet

wow I just did not know there are so many helpful ways to stay productive.

so i am compiling a list here

and hope to add to it 15 days in

youtube videos:

best intro ever by archana sarat

NaNoWriMo Tips: What to write when you are blocked

How to Write A Good First Line | 20+ Examples of Great Novel Openings

How do you make time to write during NaNoWriMo?

a fun quiz for what type of writer are you?

View at Medium.com

https://medium.com/the-write-brain/this-quiz-will-tell-you-exactly-what-type-of-writer-you-are-831b6679fa6c

what kind of plotting method works for you? another fun quiz!

https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/5d2513fa4fc6b400143e9004#

View at Medium.com

other resources more to come…

Resources

https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/prakashbh

loved this Q and A found it motivating.

something to support writing everyday during the holiday season of winter by a great author.It starts nov23 and I will be looking at some of the session while creating content.

https://dowhatyouloveforlife.com/course/winter-writing-sanctuary/

and there is so much more

will come back here and share more.

so far using this

https://www.dabblewriter.com/

to write and keep count

Let me know if you are doing #nanowrimo too woudl love to cheer you on

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#nanowrimo

It’s National Novel writing month,13 days in and I am telling you all…

Hi everyone………….

How are you all?

it has been long

and i have been creating after #themindfulbreak

now i jumped on to the #nanowrimo community of writing

the national novel writing month of November

I was invited to join #nanowrimo before in 2018

yet, I only took up the offer to participate this year.

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and with writing comes reading the free books that come along with joining #nanowrimo challenge.

since i work on weekdays

I write 800 words daily,

and try for 1600 words on the weekend.

unfortunately I fall short of writing so much.

just show up to writing everyday.

What has really helped is,

writesprints held by #nanowrimo coaches

and write-ins held on you tube.

i never knew the writing community is as warm and welcoming as the artist community.

Doing this with a large group,there is such a good upbeat energy.

Sadly because of the current pandemic and social distancing physically we will not be having in person gatherings.

As an extrovert I feel some part of me would like that.

Yet because of the pandemic(thanks to the pandemic)

I am actually taking a leap out of my comfort zone and trying this out.

Happiest of Diwali-festival of lights to all my south asian readers and friends.

though 2020 was dark and mysterious…

let us carry the light of hope as we close 2020 and open up 2021

wishing you all a prosperous new lunar cycle

one of my creative friends @moderngypsy.in answered my question recently on her podcast,

Do check out her blog posts:

second part

https://moderngypsy.in/2020/10/15/visibility-and-the-artist-are-you-afraid-to-share-your-art/

first part

https://moderngypsy.in/2020/10/15/visibility-and-the-artist-are-you-afraid-to-share-your-art/

you can read her blog

or listen to the audio podcast

she lines up a bunch of resources

I recommend this to all who are trying new things during this uncertain time and creating( art,content,writing,a new business,etc)

the visibility block comes up just as we share our self expression

our inner critic pops up and emerges with a list of excuses and should s

the truth is your creative expression is a spark from the divine

and that spark is for you to express

creative expression can be anything

from creating a home cooked meal

to organizing a balance sheet of finances

to setting up a great day

I wonder

since you all are great writers

are any of you doing #nanowrimo?

I have been thinking of all of you,

yet i popped in here to blog quite late after completing #themindfulbreak.

i am writing three projects for #nanowrimo

I got bored with writing one piece

maybe this will be a trilogy series.

For now,

-daily pause insights from #themindfulbreak challenge

-South asian creative heroine journey

and a Nature oracle meditation guidebook

13 days in to #nanowrimo

I am not at the halfway mark on my word count

only one project is done and i am going back to plot after writing without a plan.

wishing all of you well!

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#themindfulbreak it’s back and it starts october 15,wanna join me?

So my creative friend shinjini(@moderngypsy.in) is hosting a challenge on Instagram called #themindfulbreak that runs from October 15 to October 30th.

I participated in it last year with my best friend and we loved it.

this year https://moderngypsy.in/ will be hosting it again

read the blog post here and decide if you want to do the photographic daily pause

or the art playful prompts.

Photo by Miguel u00c1. Padriu00f1u00e1n on Pexels.com

https://moderngypsy.in/2020/10/05/mindful-break-2020/

the intention behind this is to welcome a moment of presence,being in the now.

which promotes a sort of mental peace and harmony.

As a self care routine there is a deep appreciate fostered within yourself as well as gratefulness while gathering so many moments like these in the prompts.

I also started a new blog just for this #themindfulbreak challenge.

I will do the art prompts publically on instagram

and possibly do the other prompts as and when i feel inspired.

It is an invitation to develop and foster a daily pause to actually BE with yourself….

and in this time we are socially distancing anyway right?

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How to strengthen your Intuition

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Original article from Modern Gypsy – Travels through a journey called life “Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become.” ― John O’Donohue It’s been over a month since India went into lockdown; longer for some of us who…
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