August Community Art Share

A place to celebrate each other and our art-making

Hello. If you’re new here, this is a monthly series to support artists of all backgrounds and skill levels. A place to be celebrated and encouraged wherever you are on your art-making journey.

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Welcome to our second community art share. I believe wholeheartedly in collaboration over competition. I believe in making messy art, terrible art, mediocre art, beautiful art, and everything in between!

This is a space to showcase all of it. A space to celebrate and cheer for each other. I believe all of us are artists and hope to create room to share however you express that for you.

If you haven’t seen the manifesto from our first community art share, check it out!

My goal is to do a monthly art share but I need your help. You can submit anything you’d like using this form. You can also check out some of our artist interviews and nominate a friend (or yourself!) to be featured.

Without further adieu…

Joanne Mccobb

Blue Sky Day, Mural

“This is the first mural I’ve ever done and it was the first work I made when I moved here(Sarasota, FL). It continues a thread I was working in that had to do with war and the disassociation many of us, especially in the States, have with the true nature of it.

While I lived in Italy in the ‘90’s, Yugoslavia was at war and while it was ‘far’ away we were constantly in a state of apprehension from fear it could easily spill over to Italy. The Italian Air Force maintained a state of readiness and the base that was near us flew their fighter jets overhead frequently.

The sound of them breaking the sound barrier became normal. I did many works that started there and continued to this piece. It was the last work I made that I consider my “Work”.

While I am many ways creative, I separate what I think of as my art with what I do as creative outlets. And while I enjoy and mostly appreciate my outlets, I look forward to one day getting back to my Work/Art.”

Artist Bio: Joanne is a Multi-Media Visual Artist engaged in multiple pursuits including an App. BID, MA Sculpture. You can follow

joanne mccobb

on Substack and check out her other work on Instagram: @joannemccobb, FB: @artistjoannemccobb and @collectablearts.

Emma Campbell

“Poetry is a way that I communicate to myself, a way I interpret and understand what I feel. Yet, these words are not mine, they are also an offering to the reader. They are a mirror, where as you read or listen, you'll start to feel, see and understand your own truth through them. This is why I write.”

You’ll Move In The Right Time

You’ll move in the right time 
Without a question from the mind 
Without wondering what’s sneaking up from behind To try to take away your joy 
Don’t be so coy 
To live a life in all that you are 
The light in the centre of the star 
Oh how bright you are 
The centre of a sun 
A shooting star on the run 
You are stillness 
You are energy in motion 
Clarity 
And raw 
Pure 
Emotion 
The winds of commotion 
The stillness of a calm ocean 
At sunrise 
An eagle soaring to new heights 
And roots deepening into the Earth 
All and more, you deserve 
When you put you first 
Home in your heart as you nurse 
The whole who felt separation 
The you who walked much preparation For the regeneration of your body 
Your cells 
How much that you once felt 
All so that you could now help 
Be of service to this world 
A lighthouse for boats in the darkness 
For the ones who who don’t try to be the fastest But want to move with intention 
Not only a prevention 
A way to manage 
Internal baggage 
No, the knowing inside you 
It guides you 
To follow your own unique path 
The mast to your own boat 
So that you don’t simply float along 
But knowing that as you are, you belong Not by making the Now wrong 
But in the noise hearing your own song Not of a siren 
But like the pull of a magnetic field 
The one your own compass points North to
Yes, I can assure you 
That with every tiny movement in this direction Listening to the voices of protection 
Introspection 
Deep reflection 
Knowing they are all one 
And that is what one day you will, again, become The Universe you came from 
So, whilst you’re here 
There’s no need to fear 
Let your mind settle and clear 
Be still 
And the way from the knowing inside will speak And guide you through this life 
Hold you in dark nights 
Teach you how to survive 
Nourish, so that you may thrive 
Take flight from your cocoon 
Lift with ease like a balloon 
And maybe soon we’ll all remember 
The power when we surrender 
To knowing within 
To our unique nature 
So don’t listen to the haters 
The ones who doubt 
And show them what you are all about Not to judge 
But to stand in your light with gratitude A compassionate attitude 
Because it’s being you that has gravitude Real weight in this world 
On this Earth 
Because all of us deserve 
To be seen and heard 
Honouring our own guidance first 
Human merged with soul 
Living as the whole 
So release your control 
And listen to what you know

Artist bio:

Emma Evelyn

shares poetry and messages from the heart. In the words of one of her readers, her work is "an overflow of pure emotion, a mirror to the beautiful and less desirable parts of us, a candid expression of the human experience."

You can listen to her podcast here, and check out her book!

That’s it for this month’s edition. Many thanks to those who were courageous enough to share. Please leave a word of encouragement and let them know how their work resonated below.

Don’t forget to share your own creativity- no matter what stage it’s in! Submit your work for September’s monthly share here.

Last but not least, if you’d like to share an upcoming event, art show, newsletter, service, product, or just something you’re really proud of, create a listing in our community bulletin board.

This is an opportunity for paying members of Heartbeats to get more visibility and promote their offerings four times a year in a weekly Heartbeats newsletter. Find out more here.

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