fixed pose and tail flicks...

fixed pose and tail flicks squinty eyes rock quiet schemes that #promise mischief #vss365 #haiku #poetry #blueskypoets

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 23 July 2025 at 08:13

cautious sketching...

a year ago today

I returned to a little cautious sketching

it's been awhile

quite awhile

(back in the days when my children were very young

I wrote

and illustrated

stories for them)

for now, I tend to sketch

(and sometimes paint)

in fractured blocks of time

my confidence has fragile limits

above all

I do not wish to copy

an image

a style

or even underlying ideas

of others

my writings

(especially my poetry)

and my photography of unusual

scenes or perspectives

are my sources of inspiration

 

if that fails

sleepless nights can be quite useful

as may be a second cup of coffee - no sugar

and so it could be

that my writing, my sketching or my paintings

may require a second glance

if you wish to tune in to my songline

of something different

P.S.

I am still dabbling - but progressing in regularity 

and cautious confidence

 

writing on foundations...

writing on foundations for 2025 #monoku #writingcommunity

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— Gemma Wiseman (@gemma77.bsky.social) 17 November 2024 at 13:49

election tragic...

Today, I'm converted. Today, I've evolved into a 2024 U.S. election tragic, though I live in Australia. I've been watching the live broadcast on SBS...which continues to the SBS news broadcast at 6:30pm. After that? I promise that tomorrow I will be a writer tragic again. pic.twitter.com/jRiCe4NJSr

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) November 6, 2024

the spirit of art...

the spirit of art
is in
the art of the spirit#haiku

📷 2023 - Temora - A year ago, I returned to my childhood dream of sketching and painting....though I completed little in those days ...I never wanted to copy others...I wanted to be different...Just me...
Working on it... pic.twitter.com/MjRUlTdDnU

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 9, 2024

in the eyes of a child...

in the eyes
of a child
only the lines of
imagination
have meaning#tanka https://t.co/QUhrS4QLmR

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) July 29, 2024

Edward Hopper (1882-1967) - American realist painter and graphic artist/printmaker. 

keep whistling...

A little bird yesterday told me
'Keep whistling while you work'. pic.twitter.com/15z61eCtqe

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) December 1, 2023

I am feeling a little quirky today...

I am feeling a little quirky today as I drift into the unknown of the weekend... pic.twitter.com/bHSLB1xqcQ

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) December 1, 2023

another fantasy sketched on my birthday...

Not sure why I am embarking on these fantasy sketches, but I am just rolling with it... pic.twitter.com/1U0bYojZJy

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) October 1, 2023

my fanciful pencil worlds...

My fanciful pencil worlds... pic.twitter.com/jFh4yoH0xd

— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) August 13, 2023