Viticulture Ripening

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Viticulture Ripening

As is shown by the colors in the ripening grapes, life doesn’t have to be an either or proposition. There is enough room in life to include both sides. I have had many discussions in the past about open edition and limited edition prints, about online selling vs gallery sales, and about pricing work. Most of the conversations have been about me trying to understand my position with all of the options that are available, and the different models of conducting an arts career. At the back of my head has always been the thought “why does it have to be an either or situation”. Isn’t diversity almost always a good idea in any business?

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Posted on September 2, 2010 at 1:06 pm by Roberta · Permalink
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Wheat

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Wheat © Roberta Murray

I have been having a stressful time with the events and people surrounding my dad’s death. It is easy to let everything that’s going on get the better of me and get me down. It is easy to let myself get into a deep, dark funk. But all of these emotions or feelings are based in the mind and how you perceive things. You choose your own destiny in life by choosing how to interpret and respond to the events and people in your life. Your feelings can either encompass the negative (sadness, anger, greed, jealousy, ignorance, disappointment) or the positive (happiness, acceptance, generosity, love, compassion, wisdom). It is up to you which ones you allow into your head, and which ones you accept as the truth.

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Posted on August 31, 2010 at 8:10 pm by Roberta · Permalink
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Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir © Roberta Murray

From the Mission Hill vineyard in Oliver, BC.

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Posted on August 30, 2010 at 9:31 am by Roberta · Permalink
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