tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post864006038861885383..comments2024-02-15T19:34:03.944+00:00Comments on The Hermitage: Old Women Who Paint On Their WallsRima Staineshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044701472535300254noreply@blogger.comBlogger99125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-71838201531426038702013-06-30T13:23:02.645+01:002013-06-30T13:23:02.645+01:00Kindred spirits...thank you.Kindred spirits...thank you.Diane Hutchinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17907105700133853368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-58948238226068514772011-10-30T09:59:23.381+00:002011-10-30T09:59:23.381+00:00thank you so much for this amazing post.thank you so much for this amazing post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-89960524186636290592011-02-26T13:13:38.484+00:002011-02-26T13:13:38.484+00:00OMG, this is sooo amazing!!! I love, love, love th...OMG, this is sooo amazing!!! I love, love, love these houses and paintings and I have the highest respect for these women who transformed the hardships of life into these incredible, beautiful pieces of art!Yamile Yemoonyahhttp://CreativeWebBiz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-37025627341572836112011-02-16T11:14:23.591+00:002011-02-16T11:14:23.591+00:00This is my third visit to this particular post on ...This is my third visit to this particular post on your spectacular site dear Rima. It so moves me. These women- crafting their deepest selves on to walls, like the famous fresco painters, but without the royal commissions. Art of the heart...and the true meaning of homemaking.<br /><br />Ms.Ms.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09479767121319709878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-68400933290177594832010-11-19T03:44:13.701+00:002010-11-19T03:44:13.701+00:00This is some most beautiful art work. for this an...This is some most beautiful art work. for this and the past century.. my sincerity is at the greatest level. this reminds me of fresh gardenias in the morning or like a beautiful prayer.. my grandma is a beautiful Italian women who also has a wonderful craft.. you are all an inspiration to so many. keep up the wonder thoughtsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-32245693198830593382010-10-04T23:28:22.830+01:002010-10-04T23:28:22.830+01:00I've book marked this post and have been re-vi...I've book marked this post and have been re-visiting it and recommending it to others for months! Love it!Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526524058274238118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-70167844154211317482010-09-10T16:59:19.017+01:002010-09-10T16:59:19.017+01:00I love this and I love your blog. :DI love this and I love your blog. :DLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05321514984426181181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-2896363348794152092010-09-02T04:24:44.181+01:002010-09-02T04:24:44.181+01:00Rima, thank you for this extraordinary post. The i...Rima, thank you for this extraordinary post. The images and the text are beautiful. I also identify with these women. I am new to blogging and still climbing the hill of technical skill requirements. I have been working for a while on a blog in which my quest is to find beauty in wrinkles (http://wrinkledintime.wordpress.com). I also have another blog and have made only a few posts on this site which is http://madwomandancing.wordpress.com. It is just a baby and has much nurturing to go. But, as my username (madwomandancing) suggests, I identify--strongly--with what you have described in these women--with a creative fire at this stage of my life ( age 62) that is not altogether comfortable. I suspect that those of us who might be called (or perceive ourselves to be) madwomen are fueled not just by our own personal losses and experiences but are coming alive (in paint or whatever medium), attempting to bring forth something sacred and uniquely feminine, something which has been repressed in our patriarchal world.<br />I will be identifying your site on one of my posts very soon.<br />Thanks again for your beautiful work.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11850150334529695058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-1735573807896704972010-08-18T15:01:46.574+01:002010-08-18T15:01:46.574+01:00You would so love the Owl House. It's not pain...You would so love the Owl House. It's not painted. It was moulded and created by a wonderfully mad woman living in the bleak Karoo in Africa. <br /><br />Her creations have a very similar spirit to your work. <br /><br />http://www.southafrica.info/travel/cultural/owl-house-251005.htmMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284595314525240584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-78614132622033373522010-08-18T10:22:18.111+01:002010-08-18T10:22:18.111+01:00i just loved the paintings and i could not believe...i just loved the paintings and i could not believe it was these women who did that, its really applaudable that even in this age, they are working so hard and so goodRon @ DubaiFunHolidayshttp://www.dubaifunholidays.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-85107152641608062010-08-08T10:18:01.361+01:002010-08-08T10:18:01.361+01:00Thank you for an enjoyable, thoughtful, educationa...Thank you for an enjoyable, thoughtful, educational read! There is a resonance here. -JHarnett-Hargrovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486168670308150669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-54810376540100657342010-08-04T18:22:29.501+01:002010-08-04T18:22:29.501+01:00These women are both extraordinary and quite wonde...These women are both extraordinary and quite wonderful. I need to come back to read and look at this post again and again.<br />MAGIC indeed and beyond beautiful.<br />Is there any way I can get this post on to TWITTER<br />or FACEBOOK (both of which I'm a total novice at !!!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-53656318543830914492010-08-03T17:37:57.347+01:002010-08-03T17:37:57.347+01:00Dear Rima,
Wouldn't you love to sit with th...Dear Rima,<br /> Wouldn't you love to sit with these ladies and talk about what their art means to them. Just a quiet conversation about inspiration and creativity. <br />Thank you for introducing these wonderfully creative women to us. Just stunning!<br /><br />Your friend,<br /> JanetJanet Metzger, Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004040279820041203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-64143290484556755382010-08-02T06:52:41.269+01:002010-08-02T06:52:41.269+01:00Spectacular! Thank you so much for posting this. :...Spectacular! Thank you so much for posting this. :-)Morna Crites-Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434374580665010849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-77491634251046838482010-08-02T03:21:36.156+01:002010-08-02T03:21:36.156+01:00How wonderful are the stories and paintings of the...How wonderful are the stories and paintings of these three remarkable women.<br />Thankyou so much for finding and posting such material...The Flying Tortoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212913610390768373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-73596708435619373782010-08-01T15:32:02.698+01:002010-08-01T15:32:02.698+01:00Thank you for posting this, it would be so awesome...Thank you for posting this, it would be so awesome to see this work in person. <br /><br />I'm lucky have a great museum in my city that specializes in this kind artwork. Some of the shows have included parts of the homes of people who were moved to create the same sort of work:<br />http://www.avam.org/Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390837030580881528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-5772418849629978762010-08-01T09:38:11.531+01:002010-08-01T09:38:11.531+01:00These houses took our breath away! OMG! All this i...These houses took our breath away! OMG! All this imagination and skill !Truly amazing!harem6https://www.blogger.com/profile/01841192015386889848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-79687390401774789012010-08-01T04:45:46.153+01:002010-08-01T04:45:46.153+01:00thank you, rima, for posting this... i appreciate...thank you, rima, for posting this... i appreciate it very much. : )lynne hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00682812765012431260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-28508907118972080562010-07-31T16:48:29.814+01:002010-07-31T16:48:29.814+01:00This is a wonderful site, but it disturbs me to se...This is a wonderful site, but it disturbs me to see that there are no negative comments like 'this is kitch.' True art is inclusive and embraces the comments of those who love as well as hate that which is created...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-60561599903403720282010-07-31T13:43:18.809+01:002010-07-31T13:43:18.809+01:00WOW!....:)
Hi. I'm Anne from the Blue Mountai...WOW!....:)<br /><br />Hi. I'm Anne from the Blue Mountains, Australia. I really enjoyed reading this post. My Grandma painted on the back of the door where we lived when I was little. It was a floral design. I loved it. I used to stare at it as a child, thinking how naughty Grandma was for painting on the door and knowing that if I did that I would have gotten into big trouble!...LOL <br />I made my mum and dad keep it for me when they sold the house. One day when I get my own place I'm going to put the door in my house. I miss that house where I grew up - not many people grow up with 2 front doors, a sandstone driveway with pink cement, possums running on the roof (you'd swear they where wearing gumboots because they were so noisy), a labyrinth of a garden that a child can get lost in for hours, playing with six cats, a huge mandarin tree and macadama nut tree, and a huge strawberry patch growing right down in the back corner next to the veggie patch that I could help my self to when I was hungry. I only wish that one day I can have a home like this for my children to grow up in.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187015621731673279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-67701749664319605062010-07-28T11:40:58.342+01:002010-07-28T11:40:58.342+01:00That's so inspiring isn't it? Outsider art...That's so inspiring isn't it? Outsider art is so special...I even decided to do my "memoire" for my last master's degree year on september!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022072648971772811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-29041015246045390772010-07-27T20:27:59.676+01:002010-07-27T20:27:59.676+01:00Obviously, everyone wants more of you and I am not...Obviously, everyone wants more of you and I am not the least of these. Your life seems a sweet hope of how life should be. Keep these things coming. They do good things in people's minds.mythopolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164758700393086005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-1355325307901885792010-07-27T20:22:23.818+01:002010-07-27T20:22:23.818+01:00Hi! I so enjoy this, and hope you will post more ...Hi! I so enjoy this, and hope you will post more soon. I am 66 and live by myself. I am piece-by-piece replacing my furnishings with things I make. I m kinda stuck on how to make a refrigerator, or stove. Post more when you can. I will always b interested in what you do next.mythopolishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164758700393086005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-69284968487398695952010-07-26T21:19:03.785+01:002010-07-26T21:19:03.785+01:00I love your gorgeous blog and I've passed on a...I love your gorgeous blog and I've passed on an award to you if you'd like it :)<br />Nellie xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6810156851531185584.post-30431695673900089902010-07-24T09:45:28.171+01:002010-07-24T09:45:28.171+01:00How astonishingly beautiful and haunting these wal...How astonishingly beautiful and haunting these walls are! I really appreciate you introducing these three women and their art to your readers, for it was all new to me. I am half-Finnish so was so intrigued by the first...but I love the birds in the third the most. <br /><br />I copied your final paragraphs of this post beginning with "What fascinates me about these women..." and ending with your gorgeous phrase "...written out on the edge-place of the ordinary" -- and pasted them into the writing analyzer at <a href="http://iwl.me/" rel="nofollow">I Write Like</a>. According to this sampling of your writing you write like Dan Brown. It's a fun exercise... :)Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.com