jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 9 hours agoΒ β’Β 6 min readWhat's not to Love about Nasturtiums?!I know some people have a bit of a "love / hate" relationship with this plant, but ever since I discovered that the combination of a nasturtium leaf and a little bit of water could createβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β yesterdayΒ β’Β 3 min readLetting go of the UnecessaryGood morning, beautiful people. Thursday has arrived and I woke up this morning with this thought reeling in my mindβ¦ how much of my energy gets wasted on (people) and things that donβt actuallyβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 2 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min readPerfectly Imperfect Expression"You donβt start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking itβs good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." β Octavia E. Butler I can remember my mom getting a newβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 3 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min readYou cannot draw water from a rockβIt is quite clear that between love and understanding there is a very close link...He who loves understands, and he who understands loves. One who feels understood feels loved, and one who feelsβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 4 days agoΒ β’Β 9 min readThe Beauty in your DetailsPaintings are magical things really and though I have always loved art, I have developed a really deep and rich connection to it in the last few years, so I decided to use a close up photo of theβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 5 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min readHot Potato - Cold Potato!I do not believe that you have to spend a lot of money to eat well: it is hard to beat a plain old baked potato. - Laurie Colwin Pretty much everyone on my life says that I should have beenβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 6 days agoΒ β’Β 3 min readInspiration is EVERYWHERE when you open your MIND.When Jude goes to soccer practice, I generally head out to the mall to go do some grocery shopping so that we don't have to see the shops again until his next practice. So, I popped into a localβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 7 days agoΒ β’Β 5 min readPutting the shoe on the other footIf I go out into my garden right now, I could pick literally endless points and positions to go stand and every single one of them is going to offer me a completely different view. Anglesβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 8 days agoΒ β’Β 6 min readLife's Little RemindersMuch like most things in life, the way it unfolds, and our experience of itβ¦ is often shaped by our perspective and attitude. How we choose to look at something, and how we respond, can shiftβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 9 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min readLatibule BloomsSometimes the most exciting places to be are the ones no one else can see. The ones tucked inside of ourselvesβ¦ gentle, colourful, a little bit unruly. I think Iβve always had a place like thatβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 22 days agoΒ β’Β 4 min readMaking Space for Whatβs NextI have always found it a little curious how routines sneak up on you. You start doing something once or twice, and before you know it, the dogβs giving you side-eye because you dared to skip hisβ¦jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 24 days agoΒ β’Β 3 min readWinter Hibernation and Summer Plans in the GardenWinter Hibernating in the Gardenjaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min readPetrichor & My Inner ChildWhenever it rains, and its earthy scent - the petrichor - hits my senses, memories come flashing and I go back in time. - Shon Mehta ...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 8 min readMind over Matter & Stepping out of our Comfort ZonesβReal change is difficult at the beginning, but gorgeous at the end. Change begins the moment you get the courage and step outside your...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 6 min readThe Starving ArtistMy whole life I watched my mom struggle as an artist. She would throw her heart and soul into her art, day after day as well as night after...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 5 min readJim Morrison was right, people are strange!Jim Morrison was right, people are strange! What is it about humans that we seem to βwantβ to attract drama into our lives?! Feelings of...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min readThe value of art is not determined by the medium.My late mom was about as traditional as a traditional artist comes, and I grew up surrounded not only by her incredible talent in various...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 7 min readFreedom for IndividualityβTo be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.β - Ralph Waldo Emerson I...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 4 min readIt's the little things that keep us going.We all spend so many of our waking hours into things which are ultimately geared at improving our quality of life - whether it is the jobs...jaynie modinΒ Curators CommunityΒ β’Β 11 months agoΒ β’Β 3 min readInfinitePretty much all the portraits I have drawn over the years have had some kind of symbolism behind them - as does most of my art really....
