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Kimberly Gee's avatar

I love everything you “grow” ☺️❤️

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Eliza Wheeler's avatar

🥰!

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Jennifer Maria Harris's avatar

I love this way of framing it - it had never occurred to me before to connect it with annual/perennial. That's very reassuring somehow. I find your perennials really interesting - and honestly, those annuals are pretty fascinating too! I can see how they could feed/inform each other.

I absolutely agree that we all have our perennial themes, and I find it fascinating asking people about where theirs came from. I was recently surprised to unearth a hidden source of my own: I had no idea why rabbits would occasionally pop up in my paintings, but it turns out I was obsessed with rabbits at age 5 because my father had taken me to see Watership Down and it had quite an impact! I had somehow completely forgotten. At least consciously. Uncovering childhood drawings from that time that were all rabbits brought it back. So I guess for me, it might just be rabbits all the way down.

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Eliza Wheeler's avatar

I really appreciate your response, Jennifer, this was delightful to read. I also love to ask people where theirs came from. I often hear people uncover ways they liked to play as a kid and how their current work still connects or feeds into that part of them, which is very cool. Rabbits! What a specific theme. It must have bowled you over to discover the connection to your childhood art and that one movie-going experience. "Rabbits all the way down" - nailed it!

Thank you so much for sharing.

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Alison May's avatar

What a lovely, thought inspiring post. I have been writing for twenty years and the same themes crop up over and over again... special interests. Life long obsessions - but I try too to keep my mind fresh by exploring other ideas and sometime but not always fall in love.

Your work is beautiful. Have a gorgeous day.x

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Eliza Wheeler's avatar

Thank you Alison! It's so great to hear that you connected with this and can relate with your writing too. Life-long obsessions, we're lucky to have them, eh?

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