tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post8616167708741452984..comments2024-03-18T06:11:52.327-05:00Comments on The Common Denominator: If Fishes were WIshesMB Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06385431609144174297noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-34569674416584442902013-08-21T11:23:05.032-05:002013-08-21T11:23:05.032-05:00Wonderful MB. Love the post and your thoughts and ...Wonderful MB. Love the post and your thoughts and your art. You are an inspiration, dear friend, as is John. budBud Hirschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429876229839458593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-20364057679723091672013-08-21T08:35:45.514-05:002013-08-21T08:35:45.514-05:00Prayers and thoughts for you and John," be we...Prayers and thoughts for you and John," be well John we can't do without you :-) " Such a journey my friend, frantic and beautiful and challenging and blessed all rolled into one. Bren Graham Thebeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423052785015946898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-55944005977496144582013-08-20T21:02:37.927-05:002013-08-20T21:02:37.927-05:00Honestly, Mary Beth, it is so refreshing to hear t...Honestly, Mary Beth, it is so refreshing to hear that you are no different than the rest of us! I too have been suffering from artist block for the past several months and actually had my first "good" art day today!!! I appreciate your honesty and writing about it in this post. I try to remember that every day is a blessing, but it does not always guarantee it will be a good art day and on the good art days...the whole journey is sooooo much better! Congratulations on your recent successes and I will keep you and your husband in prayer.paintedcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083953434453316026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-91774859454205827422013-08-20T19:11:00.849-05:002013-08-20T19:11:00.849-05:00Always a good thing when you listen to your art (a...Always a good thing when you listen to your art (and your heart). The blessing of good friends is that we are always here to catch you if you fall... and will hold you gently in our hearts until you are ready to fly again... Or go out for yogurt, whichever happens to occur first. And as Dorie says in Nemo... just keep swimming!! Best to you and John..xoxoxDebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15144461315171901026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-71399251226100566862013-08-20T17:48:33.814-05:002013-08-20T17:48:33.814-05:00Such beautiful words for your journey. Healing th...Such beautiful words for your journey. Healing thoughts for John and you too. Love this journey and how you moved through it, even the ugly parts of not feeling your muse...it's all part of it isn't it? xoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-71737459464058770862013-08-20T16:19:32.060-05:002013-08-20T16:19:32.060-05:00What an amazing message that emerged from your pai...What an amazing message that emerged from your painting.<br />Keeping you and John in my thoughts and prayers.Mary C. Nasserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05325747711832919670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-15566474937258619152013-08-20T16:18:27.214-05:002013-08-20T16:18:27.214-05:00It's a beautiful painting, Mary Beth, not leas...It's a beautiful painting, Mary Beth, not least for it's message. Big hugs to you and hub, and every good wish for a successful surgery and speedy recovery. xoxUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380648848861978515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-20850338978173530842013-08-20T15:49:08.998-05:002013-08-20T15:49:08.998-05:00MB, We all appreciate your put it out there honest...MB, We all appreciate your put it out there honesty. Love that this piece took you through the journey it intended for itself. That is when art is ART!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-60108155835197814462013-08-20T15:35:33.863-05:002013-08-20T15:35:33.863-05:00so brave, mary beth! thank you for sharing (especi...so brave, mary beth! thank you for sharing (especially about the yelling part. we're human. we're women. it happens (and yet, i still want to achieve the mastery over myself that i never yell again...perhaps that's a silly, heavy standard of perfection, i'm not sure but i do know that all we can do is forgive and carry on.) <br /><br />you and your husband will be in my thoughts and i love how that painting came together, with a message for him, through you, and also for you.<br /><br />sidenote: what caught my eye was the title of your post. i once wrote a blog piece called: "if wishes were fishes" and also want to write/illustrate a children's book by the same name BUT i've come to find it's not as common a phrase as i thought i was when i was a kid. i want to say my grandmother used to say it but i'm not entirely sure it was her or just her. haven't come across it, or any variation, though, in years <3<br />awesomamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16470214002963712590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13711813.post-50797648848851669222013-08-20T15:21:47.380-05:002013-08-20T15:21:47.380-05:00Mary Beth, this is an amazing post. You never fai...Mary Beth, this is an amazing post. You never fail to inspire me. I will keep your husband in my prayers. Continue to play my friend.Pilgrimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345394567560119882noreply@blogger.com