<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991</id><updated>2011-04-21T21:01:34.253-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ascenta's Blog</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-6300774396721745437</id><published>2008-03-12T09:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-03-12T09:41:50.532-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh boy!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;Wow!  can it be that the glitch  I was experiencing is over??  I can blog again?  Oh boy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-6300774396721745437?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/6300774396721745437/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=6300774396721745437' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/6300774396721745437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/6300774396721745437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/03/oh-boy.html' title='Oh boy!'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-7757993820624738924</id><published>2008-02-09T18:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-09T18:45:25.967-08:00</updated><title type='text'>retro mercury</title><content type='html'>Mercury is in retrograde, a time that is great for going over work already done, and sorting out old stuff, reuniting with old friends, etc.  SO, I am having a blast with old paintings that I never completed because of one reason or another.  The energy has changed and ideas come about how to change it up, and renew my enthusiasm for the painting.  I have worked on 3 paintings today, attended a basketball game, sorted gobs of old papers and bills, visited my tax lady (twice), went out to eat (twice), returned something to a store (2 things), bought something else at a store (twice).  So much for mercury retrograde being a pain in the neck.  I kind of like it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-7757993820624738924?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/7757993820624738924/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=7757993820624738924' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/7757993820624738924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/7757993820624738924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/02/retro-mercury.html' title='retro mercury'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-7194892773766847781</id><published>2008-02-03T06:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-03T06:42:16.737-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiration returns</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#009900;"&gt;Inspiration returns.  It seems that I should decide on a style, and paint a bunch of paintings in that style.  Well, I can't seem to do that.  As soon as I think I have it, I paint something totally different.  The hardest part of creating art for me, is to KEEP no preconcieved ideas, and not to resist what comes when you don't know what it is.  The inspiration goes if I do not!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-7194892773766847781?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/7194892773766847781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=7194892773766847781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/7194892773766847781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/7194892773766847781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/02/inspiration-returns.html' title='Inspiration returns'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-8240224550368433045</id><published>2008-01-29T13:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T13:43:53.075-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I love knowledge</title><content type='html'>Everybody is always talking about what they know.  Don’t get me wrong; I love knowledge,  and it inspires me to paint, but I thirst for knowledge of things we do not know for sure.  Or the things that are there that we cannot see, or what might be there if we could see through what we know, and the things we may never know.  Ideas, feelings, interactions, connections, choices, attitudes, spirits, possibilities ………..these are the juice of life for me.   Maybe it will lead me to the themes that I will paint.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-8240224550368433045?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/8240224550368433045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=8240224550368433045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/8240224550368433045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/8240224550368433045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/01/i-love-knowledge.html' title='I love knowledge'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-6534079649998660615</id><published>2008-01-22T18:23:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-22T18:27:00.806-08:00</updated><title type='text'>broken pipes</title><content type='html'>broken pipes and another day of painting.  painting unsatisfying, too simple.  simplicity is the beauty, yet...it lacks a charge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-6534079649998660615?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/6534079649998660615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=6534079649998660615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/6534079649998660615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/6534079649998660615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/01/broken-pipes.html' title='broken pipes'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-8716973669526502779</id><published>2008-01-21T18:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-21T18:58:02.628-08:00</updated><title type='text'>rest</title><content type='html'>There is a time for everything.  It is not difficult to know what it is time for.  For me, it is a matter of stopping to think about it.  The only problem is when I do not like what it is time for.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-8716973669526502779?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/8716973669526502779/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=8716973669526502779' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/8716973669526502779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/8716973669526502779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/01/rest.html' title='rest'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-1067769565736705324</id><published>2008-01-18T08:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-18T08:40:25.001-08:00</updated><title type='text'>inspiration for artists</title><content type='html'>I am an artist, and am always open to new forms of inspiration.  Color, music, and connections with others inspire me.  Movies usually do not do the trick for me, but now I have seen one that inspires me!   It is called 'once', it is classified in the Independent categorie.  Beautiful movie, I cannot wait to paint it!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-1067769565736705324?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/1067769565736705324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=1067769565736705324' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/1067769565736705324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/1067769565736705324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/01/inspiration-for-artists.html' title='inspiration for artists'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-627334448422136991.post-2232196838690582591</id><published>2008-01-17T14:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-17T14:23:35.257-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Creation of the Blog with the Niece/Universal Guru</title><content type='html'>the blog begins .  Me and Aubrey, her the teacher, me the unruly student.  I am trying not to go back to the old elementary school days with my mind out the window in the tree after that squirrel....no, BLOG.... blogger.... blogging! got it!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/627334448422136991-2232196838690582591?l=ascenta.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/feeds/2232196838690582591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=627334448422136991&amp;postID=2232196838690582591' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/2232196838690582591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/627334448422136991/posts/default/2232196838690582591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ascenta.blogspot.com/2008/01/creation-of-blog-with-nieceuniversal.html' title='Creation of the Blog with the Niece/Universal Guru'/><author><name>ascenta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08334993482685068839</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
