nesting

Humming and hermits and big washes of color

by rosedeniz December 21, 2012 creativity
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For the first time in my life, I show up late to things, dawdle when I am supposed to run out the door, and let people do stuff for me – you know, like help.

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I’ll stitch you the moon and stars.

by rosedeniz December 27, 2011 creativity
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Next year I’ll stitch you the moon and stars.

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Eat, Pray, Love – and Leave

by rosedeniz August 3, 2010 books

Tweet What does leaving home to ‘find oneself’ mean if you don’t go back home? I was captivated reading Eat, Pray, Love. I’m eager to see the movie starring Julia Roberts if and when it comes to Turkey because I love a good story of transformation. It’s akin to the feeling I get when reading coming of […]

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Summer stories

by rosedeniz July 8, 2010 nesting

Tweet In the maroon recliner in our living room with the overhead fan whirling, I read A Tree Grows In Brooklyn And Maggie-Now every summer until we moved from Wisconsin to Minnesota. My reading grew to include contraband paperbacks I hid behind bookshelves and the now defunct Sassy magazine.  My first summer in Turkey I read everything by Jane Austen. I measured […]

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Half life

by rosedeniz April 27, 2010 art

Tweet I live a double life. Half of me is resident crumb-sweeper and bedtime storyteller of our family of four, while the other half is mentally miles away dreaming up projects, threading the needle of a story, and compulsively suggesting to Amazon that Penguin make The Poisoner’s Handbook available on the Kindle until it is. […]

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An entangled inheritance

by rosedeniz February 2, 2010 nesting

Tweet I’ve been thinking a lot about the things that are supposed to come naturally, like knowing when to comfort and nurture. Thinking about grief. Thinking about the things that seem contrary to reason, like that my genetic offspring have sprouted feet that jump onto glass tables, climb bookshelves, and drop breakable momentos on the floor. […]

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From the inside out

by rosedeniz November 25, 2009 art

Tweet Four years of nurturing a ‘homepreneur‘ habit, and 2+ years of gently deflecting kind people who still ask why I don’t teach English, I’ve just started to feel it is the right fit to work at home.  I venture to guess that most artists don’t think of themselves as entrepreneurs (will have to save […]

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Fall Delights

by rosedeniz November 6, 2009 drawing

Tweet Staples at a Midwestern Thanksgiving dinner table? At our house in Wisconsin: turkey basted according to a timing method made by my engineer-father, champagne for the adults to sip while waiting, broccoli/cauliflower and cheese-whiz bake, canned cranberries, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, butter on French bread, and pumpkin pie. For a saucy tale […]

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The non-binary life

by rosedeniz November 5, 2009 art

Tweet When an emerging American artist moves to Turkey and starts a family, she navigates new definitions of career and home life. What does that look like? Come join the discussion on art + domesticity cohabitating at expat+HAREM where I am a guest poster on art, nesting, and being an expatriate.

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