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We are all just one blink away from being fully awake. ~ Pema Chodron

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One Blink Away @oneblinkaway.bsky.social · Aug 12
A reminder.

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Image of flaming sun behind clouds, captioned with, You are here and an arrow pointing to a very small dot. We already have everything we need. There is no need for self-improvement. All these trips that we lay on ourselves--the heavy-duty fearing that we're bad and hoping that we're good, the identities that we so dearly cling to, the rage, the jealousy and the addictions of all kinds--never touch our basic wealth. They are like clouds that temporarily block the sun. But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
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jimmusilpainter.bsky.social
My Number 6 painting of 2025

These cheery California Poppies are some of my favorites and so fun to paint. Enjoy!

PRICE: $2500
SIZE: 16x16” on claybord panel
DAYS TO COMPLETE: 7
DAYS TO SELL: -2 (sold before finished)
ALL SOCIAL LIKES: 11,642 (X was tops?!)
PRINTS SOLD: 62
December 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Barbara Walker,
Turner Prize-nominated UK artist #Womensart
Photo of a Black woman standing in an interior against a yellow wall between two black and white portraits on the wall
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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uhume.bsky.social
Time is not a straight line, it’s more of a labyrinth, and if you press close to the wall at the right place you can hear the hurrying steps and the voices, you can hear yourself walking past on the other side.

~Tomas Tranströmer
[photo by Édouard Boubat]
December 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Embroidery (detail) created by women of the Otomi people of central Altiplano (Mexican Plateau) region of Mexico #WomensArt
Colourful embroidery featuring an Image of a deer surrounded by flowers on a white background
December 27, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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rebalynn.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Gígja Einarsdóttir, photographer who was born and raised around Icelandic horses #WomensArt
Photo featuring a small group of horses by a gate on snowy ground
December 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
#reading

The Covenant of Water, Abraham Verghese

Lush writing, and a welcome reprieve from the Winter Grey. Also, #elephants :o)

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The Covenant of Water
Check out The Covenant of Water - <p><i>The Covenant of Water</i> is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller <i>Cutting for Stone</i>, which ha...
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December 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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lukelukeluke.bsky.social
Here are some nice mushrooms
A large colony of fuzzy edges splitgill mushrooms growing from the side of an upturned decaying branch. Gray sunshine leaks between the bare winter trees behind them. All photos by me
December 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Flower Still Life, 1669 (detail) by Dutch painter Maria van Oosterwijck #womensart
Painting detail of the close up of a red and white tulip flower leaning to the right next to a small orange butterfly, left, perched on a flower stem
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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themossygreen.bsky.social
I went on a guided #mushroom #walk this weekend, and we found 27 different types (according to our guide :o))

#forests #fall
#biology #micology
#love #pnw
An unexpected abundance of mushrooms on a dreary fall day! Zeller’s stole the show - they were everywhere. My favs included the Ginger Tail, Coral, and tiny little Candlesticks, which poof! when you flick them :o) Turkey tails and oyster-somethings :o) Bird’s nest mushroom - so cute, and so tiny! Apparently the nest is simply protection for a tiny mushroom inside :o)
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
Samia Halaby, Palestinian artist

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Palestinian artist Samia Halaby - "I see incredible beauty"
YouTube video by MUNCH
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November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
UK-based Yemeni artist Asmahan A. Mosleh, known for her hugely intricate mandala artworks #WomensArt
Photo featung a hand painting a complex symmetrical mandala circular artwork with repeated patterns in orange, gold and blue
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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rebalynn.bsky.social
Zebras crossing the river, Tanzania, 2015

📸 by Laurent Baheux
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'The lines are busy' by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
Print in black and white of a telegraph post and multiple wires where a large number of birds, in silhouette, perch
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Colleen Parker, contemporary UK mixed media artist, specialising in watercolour & ink #womensart
Painting of three open pinkish poppy flowers on long thin green stems next to seven poppy seedheads on long stems, all against a cream background
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
Contemporary UK artist Natasha Newton's painted stones are inspired by landscape and nature #womensart
Photo of ten pebbles grouped together viewed from above each stone has a painted image on it of an animal,bird or fish including a sheep,duck and rabbit
August 18, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
“Through colour, I have sought to concentrate on beauty & happiness, rather than on man's inhumanity to man.”
- Alma Thomas (1891-1978)
US painter #womensart
Abstract painting with central circular shape encompasding rings of vibrant colour created by neat dashed lines
August 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
I took the grandkids to a sunflower maze today 🌻

On the way home, my young granddaughter commented on the wide variety of clouds in the sky, counting six different type of #clouds ☁️

#Summer nears its end.
Image of a field of bright yellow sunflowers, about 4' high on average, in front of forested hills in the background, and a semi-cloudy sky above. In the middle of the field, in the center of this image, sits a bright red old-school telephone booth.
August 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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rebalynn.bsky.social
Santana 1970-ish.

Left to Right (b & w) Michael Shrieve, Carlos Santana, Jose Areas, David Brown, Michael Carabello, and Gregg Rolie (kneeling).

📸 by ? #MusicSky
August 17, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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rebalynn.bsky.social
On this Woodstock weekend I wanted to share this photo. The lanky guy in the black tshirt in the front is my dear riend Eric Blackstead who produced the album. After working for 3 days on the stage he climbed down to watch Jimi. He said it was the best live performance he'd ever seen. #MusicSky
August 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
An unexpected find along the #trail.
Photograph of a painted rock sitting on the ground next to a forest trail. The rock has been painted with yellow daffodil on a bright blue background, and text that reads: "Life will come with daffodils you'll think of me - some memory & softly smile, to my surprise"
August 17, 2025 at 3:02 AM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
"This isn't only about #art, it's about what happens when you walked away from a #life that looked fine on the outside, to #reclaim the #soul you buried to #survive."

~ The Unexpected Gypsy, #youtube

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Never Too Late: Why I walked Away from the Life I'd Built
YouTube video by The Unexpected Gypsy
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August 17, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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paulst001.bsky.social
A sunlit fern leaf
August 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
oneblinkaway.bsky.social
@davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social yay! My first follower! You followed my other account, so I followed from this account bc I'm going to try my best to make it non-political 🙏
August 16, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social
'Bristol Night II' by contemporary UK painter Cath Read #womensart
Painting featuring a cityscape crowded with bluish houses illuminated by street lamps
August 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM