Creating a Compassionate Life
I have always created.
I consider all art--Life itself--to be poetry and name myself a poet.
In 1977, I began photographic studies and have carried a camera ever since.
From 1981 through 1999, for the Ryder and Bloomington Voice alternative magazines,
I wrote cultural commentary, profiles, previews, and reviews about art and music.
In the early 1990s, I ran a local music and multi-genre nightclub (Second Story).
In the 2000s, i grew a beautiful garden with my then husband Allen
and made daily photos of flowers I grew.
In 2018, I took my first watercolor class; it was a lesson in Joy.
Beginning in March 2020, when covid locked us all down,
I chose to ride the love train--to spread Joy not fear:
I started painting 'Being Now' meditations--
Mostly nature studies in watercolor..
From 2020 through 2021, every day,
I chronicled this daily Joy and shared these Zen paintings.
Being Now images are currently available as notecards, custom calendars, and prints.
--K. Deneise Self, September 2022
I consider all art--Life itself--to be poetry and name myself a poet.
In 1977, I began photographic studies and have carried a camera ever since.
From 1981 through 1999, for the Ryder and Bloomington Voice alternative magazines,
I wrote cultural commentary, profiles, previews, and reviews about art and music.
In the early 1990s, I ran a local music and multi-genre nightclub (Second Story).
In the 2000s, i grew a beautiful garden with my then husband Allen
and made daily photos of flowers I grew.
In 2018, I took my first watercolor class; it was a lesson in Joy.
Beginning in March 2020, when covid locked us all down,
I chose to ride the love train--to spread Joy not fear:
I started painting 'Being Now' meditations--
Mostly nature studies in watercolor..
From 2020 through 2021, every day,
I chronicled this daily Joy and shared these Zen paintings.
Being Now images are currently available as notecards, custom calendars, and prints.
--K. Deneise Self, September 2022
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Photos this page: Sand, Sea, Sky #1 (Gulfport, Mississippi, 2015);
At Sea (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 2019); In My Garden (Bloomington, Indiana, 2021.)
All photos and videos on this website copyright K.D. Self, 2020.
