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Umwelt - The Boundaries of Personal Experience
I ran into this fascinating book which opened up a whole world to me. "An Immense World" is its name, written by Ed Yong. The book...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Dec 31, 2024


ugly painting
They say that the size of expectations matches the size of disappointments. As an artist, I learned that sometimes the best way to deal...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Nov 29, 2024


about pauses in art making
It's been a month since I returned from Tuscany, and I still haven't resumed painting. Such pauses used to worry me. I would immediately...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Sep 30, 2024


residency at tuscany
Do you know that feeling that suddenly washes over you, like a heat wave but not exactly, of how lucky you are? That’s how I felt when we...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Aug 31, 2024


Biofeedback, Meditation, and Freestyle Painting
Sometimes, a life-changing insight comes from a completely unexpected place. For me, it happened during a treatment for shoulder pain,...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Jul 22, 2024


Long Processes: Bread, Painting, and the Joy of Learning
For years, I've been baking sourdough bread for my own pleasure and for my family's enjoyment. It's a hobby that developed slowly, born...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Jun 30, 2024


A few words about words
You might think that as someone who paints, and even abstract painting, I would not have an excessive fondness for words. Abstract...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
May 27, 2024


Liberation for independence
These days when we commemorate the Holocaust, remember the fallen soldiers of Israel's wars, and celebrate Independence Day, it made me...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Apr 30, 2024


Between intuition and analytical analysis
Freestyle Painting is just as it sounds, aspires to freedom. For me, one of the most significant criteria for evaluating a painting (of...
Tamar Arbel-Elisha
Feb 27, 2024
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