Melissa Whitaker Art https://melissawhitakerart.com/ Its All in the Art Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:26:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://melissawhitakerart.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-2-Cut_Out_Logo-MW-small-32x32.png Melissa Whitaker Art https://melissawhitakerart.com/ 32 32 Like A Pollock, Life Is A Dance https://melissawhitakerart.com/2023/life-is-a-dance/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2023/life-is-a-dance/#respond Tue, 17 Jan 2023 21:23:57 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1926 I discovered that life is a dance on my first trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I made a right turn and walked into a room full of paintings by Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothko. I was so captivated by the energy emitting from the paintings that I began to cry and dance. (I […]

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2023/life-is-a-dance/feed/ 0 What’s Love Got To Do With It? https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/#respond Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:03:45 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1931 I sit here on Valentine’s Day 2022 pondering this commercialized holiday of obligatory love.  If you can’t tell from that first sentence, I loathe Valentine’s Day. My skin crawls every time I have to walk past a stuffed red teddy bear holding a cliched heart saying, “I Wuv U!” Seriously? Do we really need to […]

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/feed/ 0 “It Has To Match The Couch Or It Won’t Work.” She said. 🙄 https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/it-has-to-match-the-couch-or-it-wont-work-she-said-%f0%9f%99%84/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/it-has-to-match-the-couch-or-it-wont-work-she-said-%f0%9f%99%84/#respond Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:02:56 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1861 Don't give your couch an inferiority complex with the art. Your art does not have to match the couch.

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/it-has-to-match-the-couch-or-it-wont-work-she-said-%f0%9f%99%84/feed/ 0 An Ozian New York City Adventure https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/a-journey-to-the-ozian-land-of-new-york-city/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/a-journey-to-the-ozian-land-of-new-york-city/#respond Wed, 02 Feb 2022 19:31:18 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1745 My adventure to the Big Apple helped get me out of a dark place after the passing of my sister. It awoke a sense of wonder that was lying dormant yet urging me to come out and play.

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/a-journey-to-the-ozian-land-of-new-york-city/feed/ 0 Get Out Of Your Own Way https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/get-out-of-your-own-way/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2022/get-out-of-your-own-way/#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:10:18 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1714 Ahh, the beginning of a new year and we face the pressure of the New Year’s resolutions that are quickly discarded by January 5th. This year I gave in by 10:00 am on January 1st, by making pancakes with maple syrup for breakfast. I could hear the Little Debbie brownie whispering in my head, “You’re […]

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/someday/feed/ 6 9 Books To Help Live A Creative Life https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/9-books-to-help-live-a-creative-life/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/9-books-to-help-live-a-creative-life/#respond Sat, 11 Sep 2021 22:42:26 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1696 Deciding to live the life you want is a leap of faith. There is no guarantee that everything will be hunky-dory sunshine and rainbows, but you will discover a multitude of things about yourself. Here are 9 books that helped me take that leap.

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]]> https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/the-thing-about-hair/feed/ 9 HEY! Little Debbie……Bite Me! https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/hey-little-debbie-bite-me-and-how-to-find-yourself-again/ https://melissawhitakerart.com/2021/hey-little-debbie-bite-me-and-how-to-find-yourself-again/#comments Sat, 22 May 2021 18:06:07 +0000 https://melissawhitakerart.com/?p=1542 How To Find The Person Buried Within   Here it is. That one post where I reveal the truths about myself that NO woman ever wants to reveal, my age, weight, and height.  As an artist, I am used to exposing my soul to a gallery wall.  I’ve even exposed my nude self on a […]

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