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Tears

Art quilt by Judy Zelina

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.

Washington Irving

Tears of joy. Tears of sadness. This week, your challenge is to celebrate tears through art. Find inspiration in what brings you to tears. Illustrate the beauty of a tear against flesh. Or challenge yourself to come up with your own interpretation.

Like the cool rain that cleans the air and brings nourishment to flowers, tears are sacred messengers of love.

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Create a new piece of art for this challenge, post it on your blog, then leave your link* in the comments section of this post so we can go check it out.

* To ensure it is easy for us to find your artwork, please provide a link to a static page that will always show your submission, and not your website’s main page.

25 Responses to “Tears”

  1. itkupilli says:
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    http://itkupillinblogi.blogspo.....tears.html

  2. AscenderRisesAbove says:
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    http://ascenderrisesabove.com/wordpress/?p=833

  3. Kala says:
    3

    http://karenjinks.blogspot.com.....agile.html

  4. carra says:
    4

    http://kreativitetsfnatt.blogs.....ssing.html

  5. Julia says:
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    Here is my entry. I made it digital …

    http://juliavanderwerf.blogspo.....html#links

  6. carra says:
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    I hope y’all don’t mind, but I did a second one :) Which was going to be my actual choice for this challenge - but I very nearly chickened out about it, despite my strong feelings behind it. But in the end - I had to paint it!

    http://kreativitetsfnatt.blogs.....y-joy.html

  7. melanie says:
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    here is my entry:

    http://1girlshow.blogspot.com/.....tears.html

  8. Deb Gorr says:
    8

    beecreative.typepad.com/bee_creative/2007/04/inspire_me_thur_2.html

  9. Sarah says:
    9

    http://blogspiration.wordpress.....ustration/

  10. sherrie says:
    10

    http://sherrsstuff.blogspot.co.....tears.html

  11. shannonjyl says:
    11

    http://shannonjyl.blogspot.com.....-post.html

  12. Diong says:
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    New print just for this challenge…

    http://www.objectsandpixels.com/indy/blog/789

  13. irisz says:
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    here is my entry for tears:

    http://artistamuvek.blogspot.c.....nnyek.html

  14. Judy Scott says:
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    http://judy-scott.blogspot.com/2007/04/tears.html

    Judy xx

  15. miriam says:
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    It’s pretty easy to put off doing a prompt about tears….I now must go wash my face.

    http://juneblue.blogspot.com/2007/04/past.html

  16. tricia says:
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    and mine:
    http://a-little-birdie.blogspo.....tears.html

  17. says:
    17

    a little late i know, but here is my attempt, a photo i took on the first day of spring, click here then scroll down to the fourth photo …lots of tears hanging out to dry…
    http://shadowsandclouds.blogsp.....iting.html

  18. patrick brennan says:
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    heres my submission for this week’s topic

  19. Jessica says:
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    http://jetfuel.blogspot.com/20.....rsday.html

  20. windyangels says:
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    Hopefully not too late with this. I couldn’t post pictures to blogger last night and a great percentage of my pictures already on my blog had vanished. It was kind of like a nightmare. Wish I could have had tears instead of getting apprehensive.
    http://windyangels.blogspot.co.....tears.html
    Have a great week.
    Wendy

  21. nirmala says:
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    Mine clay work ..plz hve a look :)

  22. Lise Richards says:
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    http://bp2.blogger.com/_EH9-Io.....etears.jpg

    another entry :-)

  23. ellene mcclay says:
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    Interesting submissions everyone~ here’s mine, just under the wire*
    http://deciduous-soul.blogspot.....tears.html

  24. Rena says:
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    Not all tears are apparent on the outside. With that in mind here’s my entry,
    http://www.kittyloco.com/artsy/?p=55

  25. Karen Campbell says:
    25

    Here’s my entry for tears …
    http://karensaltereddreamz.blo.....tears.html

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