The May Tree
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeToday marks the start of a new Celtic lunar cycle according to the Beth-Luis-Nion calendar. Each of the thirteen cycles, consisting of twenty-eight days, is related to one of the trees which the old Celts held sacred. May 13th is the first day of the s…
Read the rest here: The May TreeAh, it’s Friday!
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeI’ve had a few enquiries as to what I am currently working on. Generally, an artistic endeavor of some sort is happening here in the studio at all times. In the past the studio was mostly a place for creating illustrations for publications. Now there a…
Read the rest here: Ah, it’s Friday!The Sky is Open
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeWe celebrated the earth this weekend in the Santa Monica mountains among divine beings. On Sunday we met some friends up in Topanga, hopped on bikes and scooters and made our way to the Topanga Earth Day Celebration. Through the chaparral scented breez…
Read the rest here: The Sky is OpenThe Right Side
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeIn my first year of art school I decided to read “Drawing From the Right Side of the Brain” to help me master representational drawing. Not only did I read the book, do all the exercises but
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from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume“When the artist is alive in a person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and opens ways for better understa…
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from Zz @ LZPI was just sitting here daydreaming and looking out the window as I gather the last of today’s orders and receipts, before I shut this computer down for the weekend.A straight window shot to the opening gate of my veggie garden. and in the middle a mak…
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from Zz @ LZPMemory and DesireMy contribution to this wonderful project went up yesterday. And to Heather. Can you hear the hands clapping. You have done an amazing job.I was not at all surprised by the diversity of vision, presented by the other perfumers. In fact…
Read the rest here: Perfume BriefThe Spark of Memory
from Zz @ LZPAs I was sitting, looking out the window, this morning. Sipping my tea and watching the rain fall I was reminded of the line. Petals on a wet, black bough. From the Ezra Pound Poem:In a Station of the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowdPeta…
Read the rest here: The Spark of MemoryPerfume Inside a Poem - Coaxing it to Life
from Anya @ Anya's GardenDreamscape(no, this is not the Memory & Desire submittal, it’s a graphic I made for my perfume Riverside)Last Saturday the 9th I got an email from Heather of Memory and Desire blog. It was in response to a post I had made on the blog about ambergri…
Read the rest here: Perfume Inside a Poem - Coaxing it to LifeWhat’s New at LZP
from Zz @ LZPI have been going through one of my manic stages. Up at three in the a.m. with all sorts of ideas racing through my head. I always get up and follow it to where it leads.As someone once said, there’s enough time for sleeping when we are dead. But not…
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from Zz @ LZPThe Perfume Inside the Poem A few weeks ago, Heather, from the wonderfully creative blog. “Memory and Desire” asked me if I would consider participating in a project, linking poetry with scent.I thought it was fascinating and immediately said yes.The p…
Read the rest here: Poetry and PerfumeSnow, Muffins & Perfume
from Zz @ LZPWell, So much for the spring like tease of March. it is now snowing again. The weather reports are even using the “B” word. As in blizzard.Charles and Itty Bit (the cats) are sitting on the back of the living room sofa, watching out the window, as…
Read the rest here: Snow, Muffins & PerfumeZen and the Art of Perfumery
from Zz @ LZPZen, more than anything is a state of being. Or just being. In the here and now.Most of the literature that I have read about Zen tracks it back to the ancient form of Taoism. The Taoism that I am so fond of. Taoism before Buddhism. Which subsequently…
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from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeOn the evening devoted to LOVE Greg and I had the pleasure to meet the renown T’angka painter Romio Shrestha. His paintings are found world wide, both in museum and private collections.When Romio was a wee lad of five years two Buddhist monks came to…
Read the rest here: Romio, Oh Romio!A New Earth
from Zz @ LZPI don’t know why it is. But some folks take one path and others go in a completely different direction.I became interested in Eastern Philosophy at around the age of twelve, and in my teens I read the now famous Ram Dass masterpiece: Be Here Now. I h…
Read the rest here: A New EarthArt is Food
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeDuring a holiday party on a chilly Topanga night in December, we heard a fantastic story. Steven told us about a car trip he took to visit Santa Claus with his two young daughters. The youngest had asked “Daddy, does Santa really exist?” Steven answere…
Read the rest here: Art is Food{{{ LOVE }}} Across the Universe
from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume“The love you take is equal to the love you make.”~ The BeatlesThis month we celebrate LOVE, in all it’s manifestations. On February 14th, a name will be chosen from the database for a 1/4 oz perfume of your choice. In order for you to be in the d…
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from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeMyojourn this past Thursday at the Getty was inspirational and rejuvenating. The Getty Center truly is one of great cultural attractions we have …
Read the rest here: An Illuminated DayOne Sheet of Paper
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeMore imagery from the contest at the Hirshhorn Museum,in which the entries had to be created using only one sheet of paper.Hirshhorn Museum
Read the rest here: One Sheet of PaperYo ho, yo ho, it’s an artists life for me!
from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume“There’s no retirement for an artist, it’s your way of living so there’s no end to it.” ~ Henry MooreThe studio has been so…
Read the rest here: Yo ho, yo ho, it’s an artists life for me!The Persistence of Memory
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeA large group compromised of friends and family ventured to LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, yesterday. We went specifically to see the Dali exhibit. Salvador Dali is a rather controversial artist, who was prolific and visionary. He was also on…
Read the rest here: The Persistence of MemoryComponents of Great Art
from Roxana @ Illuminated Perfume“Art arises when the secret vision of the artistand the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.” - Kahlil GibranMy muse and p…
Read the rest here: Components of Great ArtArt, Artists & Inspiration #2
from Roxana @ Illuminated PerfumeWhile in NYC we feasted with many of our dear artist friends. Comic con buddy, Donato Giancola arranged a fabulous dinner at the L’Ecole with other Illustration friends including art director Irene Gallo and fellow illustrator John Jude Palencar. To ou…
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