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June 07, 2018

you are a breathing thing

By Tamara Laporte  |   in love notes  | Tags: be soft with you , tamara laporte art , abstract , willowing art  

Hi friend. :)

I’ve been playing with abstract art and reading Nayyirah Waheed poetry.

This poem by her:

be softer with you.
you are a breathing thing.
a memory to someone.
a home to a life.

touched me so much this week and thought it would possible speak to you too.

So I added her poem to my latest painting, I loved adding the birdie (after it was first and for a while mostly abstract) and Nayyirah’s beautiful words.

How are you ‘soft with you’? And how can you maintain that?
I love the idea that we are ‘home to a life’. Isn’t that just so beautiful?

May you be soft with you.
Tam x


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FREE ART EVENT ALERT YAY! 

Friends! Great news! 😊 I’m super excited to announce that Mastering Mixed Media is BACK for its 2nd round! 

Last year over 30,000 amazing creative souls joined this wonderful event AND it’s back lalalallaa!! 😊 Will you join us? Oh please do. We’ll have so much fun. Join here: https://bit.ly/MMM2026Tam (Or link in bio/ story/ linktree) 

This event is all about, you guessed it: MIXED MEDIA ART, my biggest love in art! 😍

This is a 2 week FREE event with 35+ mixed media art workshops with over 35 amazing featured artists! Each artist was asked to prepare a lesson surrounding the theme of ‘PLAY’ (we could all use some of them that right?) 

We’ve been working hard to get this one ready for you all. It will run from 1st May to 14th May 2026 and you can register/ reserve your spot for it now! 😊

Sign up link in comments so that algorithm behaves. 😉 

I simply can’t wait!
🥳 🎉 ❤️

Friends! Great news! 😊I`m super excited to announce a new FREE event I hope you`ll come and join! It`s called Mastering Mixed Media - Expo - 2026 and it`s all about, you guessed it: MIXED MEDIA ART, my biggest love in art! 😁

This is a 2 week FREE event with 35+ mixed media art workshops with over 35 amazing featured artists! Each artist was asked to prepare a lesson with around the theme of ‘play’ which makes this event extra fun!

We`ve been working hard to get this one ready for you all. It will run from 1st May to 14th May 2026 and you can register/ reserve your spot for it now! 😊

Join us here:

https://bit.ly/MMM2026Tam

I simply can`t wait!
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Friends! Great news! 😊I'm super excited to announce a new FREE event I hope you'll come and join! It's called Mastering Mixed Media - Expo - 2026 and it's all about, you guessed it: MIXED MEDIA ART, my biggest love in art! 😁

This is a 2 week FREE event with 35+ mixed media art workshops with over 35 amazing featured artists! Each artist was asked to prepare a lesson with around the theme of ‘play’ which makes this event extra fun!

We've been working hard to get this one ready for you all. It will run from 1st May to 14th May 2026 and you can register/ reserve your spot for it now! 😊

Join us here:

https://bit.ly/MMM2026Tam

I simply can't wait!
🥳 🎉 ❤️

FREE ART EVENT ALERT YAY!

Friends! Great news! 😊 I’m super excited to announce that Mastering Mixed Media is BACK for its 2nd round!

Last year over 30,000 amazing creative souls joined this wonderful event AND it’s back lalalallaa!! 😊 Will you join us? Oh please do. We’ll have so much fun.

This event is all about, you guessed it: MIXED MEDIA ART, my biggest love in art! 😍

This is a 2 week FREE event with 35+ mixed media art workshops with over 35 amazing featured artists! Each artist was asked to prepare a lesson surrounding the theme of ‘PLAY’ (we could all use some of them that right?)

We’ve been working hard to get this one ready for you all. It will run from 1st May to 14th May 2026 and you can register/ reserve your spot for it now! 😊

Sign up link in bio/ stories.

I simply can’t wait!
🥳 🎉 ❤️

Open
FREE ART EVENT ALERT YAY! 

Friends! Great news! 😊 I’m super excited to announce that Mastering Mixed Media is BACK for its 2nd round! 

Last year over 30,000 amazing creative souls joined this wonderful event AND it’s back lalalallaa!! 😊 Will you join us? Oh please do. We’ll have so much fun. 

This event is all about, you guessed it: MIXED MEDIA ART, my biggest love in art! 😍

This is a 2 week FREE event with 35+ mixed media art workshops with over 35 amazing featured artists! Each artist was asked to prepare a lesson surrounding the theme of ‘PLAY’ (we could all use some of them that right?) 

We’ve been working hard to get this one ready for you all. It will run from 1st May to 14th May 2026 and you can register/ reserve your spot for it now! 😊

Sign up link in bio/ stories. 

I simply can’t wait!
🥳 🎉 ❤️

Another little abstract in slightly more muted tones this time (although the red violet/ purple does really make the whole thing more vibrant.) 😍😍😍

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Another little abstract in slightly more muted tones this time (although the red violet/ purple does really make the whole thing more vibrant.) 😍😍😍

Many of you asked for a little timelapse of one of my abstracts. Here you go! 😊 and yes it includes a satisfying border peel! 😍😍😍 #mixedmedia #abstractart #artjournal

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Many of you asked for a little timelapse of one of my abstracts. Here you go! 😊 and yes it includes a satisfying border peel! 😍😍😍 #mixedmedia #abstractart #artjournal
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