af Lise Meijer | mar 5, 2012 | Creative Quickie, From my life, small joys, Uncategorized
(from a small café in a bus-waiting room at the harbour in Stege, Denmark)
Did you ever take yourself out for coffee (or tea) in a nice café? Sometimes I settle into a “Café-office” for a couple of hours. Sit down in a nice café. Order coffee, and read or write. It is quality-food for my soul, especially if I just sit and write freely and sort of see life from above for a while.
(Here in “Brænderiet”, a restaurant in Stege with many small and big rooms. Cosy!)
There is something incredibly calming and inspiring about sitting out somewhere, working. No “home duties” to distract. Just me, my writing book or computer and – good coffee. The luxury of being served once in a while. I remember how shy I felt first time I did it. I was afraid everyone would watch me and think I was lonely, without any friends. But I did try it, I had promised myself. And I found out that this very thing I feared turned out to be such a source for good process and tons of inspiration. Du you know any really nice cafés, please let me know, it may just be a welcome excuse to make a little tour one day!
af Lise Meijer | jan 27, 2012 | Paintings, small joys, Uncategorized
Just wanted to show you my favourite coffee tumbler at the moment. It brings me joy for two reasons:
1. it is only partly insulated which means my hands are warmed from the heat coming through, aaah, very appreciated on cold wintermornings in the car.
2. it is decorated with a print of one of my paintings, and for some reason that makes me so happy! It is a starbucks “design your own” tumbler. The text in that painting reads: she was gifted with a life collection of treasured moments.
PS. When my blog was brand new and hardly anyone knew about it I posted this solution for a coffee-holder for the car – thought you might like it!
af Lise Meijer | sep 26, 2011 | Creative Quickie, Paintings, small joys, Uncategorized
I have been painting a lot lately, lining up to the first exhibition this autumn starting in a weeks time. Here is one of the latest. I havent given it a title yet. To me this is two people, a man and a lady, or boy and girl. They are each being true to who they are. And because of this all kind of wonderful surprises can grow in their prescence and out of their pot.
Another creative quickie, part of my inspiration for the painting above:
