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Tammy Evans's avatar

Enjoyed the story about painting with your niece!!! We can learn so much from little ones.

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Shinjini's avatar

Yes, we sure can learn a great deal from the littles in our lives!

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abid's avatar

I have seen some of your collaboration with your niece, they're a amazing roit of colors and expression.

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Shinjini's avatar

Yes! Some of them are among my personal favourites!!

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Shawn Fink's avatar

Love this permission slip! My inner kid likes what it likes and sometimes I need to remember that is more than ok. Let her have her way. ❤️

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Shinjini's avatar

100% yes!!

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Roseanne Sabol's avatar

Painting with your niece is such a beautiful ritual itself. She (and, of course, you) will have indelible memories of spending time with her Auntie. Sometimes we are are own worst critics and task masters. I love this: Do what you love, unapologetically. Love what you love, unapologetically. Thank you for these words today. 🩷 (Pink, for your niece!)

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Shinjini's avatar

Yes! And she’ll have many of our collaborative paintings to treasure too. I framed a few of the paintings for her the last time she was in India; they’re now hanging in her room. And I have the paintings she made for me stored safely in my journal and in my studio! I’m sure she’ll wholeheartedly approve of that pink heart. Thank you! 💕

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Christoph Heinen's avatar

A poignant permission slip. Thank you!

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Shinjini's avatar

You’re very welcome!!

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Michelle LaCroix's avatar

"Our paintings these days are a riot of pink." 💗 Love the lesson in here too—when did we learn to put what we love through so many filters?

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Shinjini's avatar

I know, right? It’s pretty crazy, when you think about it. All the filters and value judgements and hoops that we jump through!

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