Comments on: Contemplating Happiness http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/103/ The mental canvas of an visual artist Fri, 08 May 2009 14:25:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: marabethquin http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/103/#comment-29 marabethquin Fri, 08 May 2009 14:25:06 +0000 http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-29 Thanks so much Don! I appreciate your kind words and will take a look at your site when it's up and running. I first heard the exerpt from the Chief Seattle letter when listening to a CD of Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campell; I haven't read the book you mentioned but will have to look it up. The letter is truly breath-taking, and I agree, the amount of acceptance and adaptation in the native American psyche is astounding! And your great-grandmother was a Quin with 1 'n'?? Very unusual--I hardly ever run across it. I'm not sure about the exact location my husband's family came from, but I will ask him if he knows...Good luck to you in your endeavors! Marabeth Thanks so much Don! I appreciate your kind words and will take a look at your site when it’s up and running. I first heard the exerpt from the Chief Seattle letter when listening to a CD of Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campell; I haven’t read the book you mentioned but will have to look it up. The letter is truly breath-taking, and I agree, the amount of acceptance and adaptation in the native American psyche is astounding!
And your great-grandmother was a Quin with 1 ‘n’?? Very unusual–I hardly ever run across it. I’m not sure about the exact location my husband’s family came from, but I will ask him if he knows…Good luck to you in your endeavors! Marabeth

]]> By: Don http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/103/#comment-28 Don Fri, 08 May 2009 14:08:28 +0000 http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-28 I was looking up the subject of summer heat on the web for ideas for a painting... Of all the work I found, yours had the best colors depicting the heat of summer. So I cruised your website and looked at the rest of your work... I really like what you do and I like the imagination especially! My wife and I do not have children however, I think we read the same book... Brother Eagle, Sister Sky... ( a children's book based on the Chief Seattle speech)... I gave it to each of my nieces and nephews when they were young... hoping it would plant seeds. Anyway... love your work, and your viewpoint on art and our environment/world... I've known many native Americans in my life and they are always pleased when they see these understanding set in with people. Easily the kindest, most adaptive accepting people I have ever known. My website will be up in a few days, so please come visit sometime... I don't know if you husbands relatives are from County Tyrone Ireland... But my G. Grandmother is a Quin from the Sperin Mountain region of Co. Tyrone. Don I was looking up the subject of summer heat on the web for ideas for a painting… Of all the work I found, yours had the best colors depicting the heat of summer. So I cruised your website and looked at the rest of your work… I really like what you do and I like the imagination especially!

My wife and I do not have children however, I think we read the same book… Brother Eagle, Sister Sky… ( a children’s book based on the Chief Seattle speech)… I gave it to each of my nieces and nephews when they were young… hoping it would plant seeds.

Anyway… love your work, and your viewpoint on art and our environment/world… I’ve known many native Americans in my life and they are always pleased when they see these understanding set in with people. Easily the kindest, most adaptive accepting people I have ever known.

My website will be up in a few days, so please come visit sometime… I don’t know if you husbands relatives are from County Tyrone Ireland… But my G. Grandmother is a Quin from the Sperin Mountain region of Co. Tyrone.

Don

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]]> By: Robbin Windham http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/103/#comment-21 Robbin Windham Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:57:07 +0000 http://marabethquin.wordpress.com/?p=103#comment-21 God may not have promised happiness, but he also did not promise sadness or richness. He did promise to comfort us in all circumstances. God also allows us to make choices, with that he allows us to make the choice to be happy with any circumstance. Happiness does not lead you down the wrong pathway, but can be the ray of hope or comfort to get you through the circumstance in which you are experiencing (Good or Bad). God may not have promised happiness, but he also did not promise sadness or richness. He did promise to comfort us in all circumstances. God also allows us to make choices, with that he allows us to make the choice to be happy with any circumstance. Happiness does not lead you down the wrong pathway, but can be the ray of hope or comfort to get you through the circumstance in which you are experiencing (Good or Bad).

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