Last opening for the Off The Wall show at the Heliconian Club tomorrow, January 8

The pick of Picton

Acrylic on canvas

8 x 8 inches

Barbara Muir © Revised 2024

Tomorrow is the last opening of the Off The Wall show at the Heliconian
Club, 35 Hazelton Avenue, Toronto from 4 - 7:30 p.m.  This painting is

still available, and there are many more extremely reasonable pieces
available. As always there will be treats and coffee.

Last year I posted this, which seems as apt today as it did a year ago.

"I found a post from 2020 on this day.  In January of 2020 we didn't know
we were heading into a pandemic. I remember friends asking if I would
avoid travel because of that thing they call COVID-19, and the attitude 
was casual -- like it would be about colds.  Then the school I work for
quit holding live classes on March 9, 2020, and millions of people lost their
lives to the virus.

I liked this post about purpose.  The world is still in a mess -- it seems
like it's worse than in 2020.  The wars are horrific, the climate change

is bordering on out of control.  COVID-19 is surging again.
My purpose remains the same.

" I think that my purpose is to create hope, spread love, joy and
when I'm in person with friends, family, colleagues and students, to
help us all get to laughter. 

My purpose is to help us get happy.  But sometimes
this feels impossible.  It's hard to see the light with Australia
(and Canada and other countries this past summer) burning,
 and a full scale senseless war in the middle east (and apparently more
than 100 conflicts worldwide.)  But we have to keep working
on it.  We have to vote for people who care more
about climate change than money for oil, who care about saving
the planet.  And we have to end all war everywhere.

As an 18 year old I first marched for peace.  Let's get some."

Have an enjoying your purpose day.