tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post4001480867092709602..comments2024-02-11T03:39:05.836-05:00Comments on still life with circles: Mizuko Jizostill life angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-78372196568899826062017-02-04T12:28:32.589-05:002017-02-04T12:28:32.589-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792513766517997052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-45110506353751859582016-05-21T14:50:40.645-04:002016-05-21T14:50:40.645-04:00Beautiful .... Water babies Beautiful .... Water babies pinkirishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994028339321834078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-28268769873425291512014-09-07T20:51:00.036-04:002014-09-07T20:51:00.036-04:00Loved your post. I have created a Mizuko Kuyo Mem...Loved your post. I have created a Mizuko Kuyo Memorial Wall at my Jizo website. I would love for your readers to know about it. A place to connect and leave a message for a lost baby. http://jizoandchibi.com/the-mizuko-kuyo-memorial-wall/Jizo & Chibihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656567746689883892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-47749697593329315842011-11-27T01:37:14.326-05:002011-11-27T01:37:14.326-05:00Oh my...I miscarried and then spent 2 years trying...Oh my...I miscarried and then spent 2 years trying to become a mother after that. A year into my fertility treatments, I had a dream one night that all these babies were falling into the water and I was trying to keep their heads above the water so they could breathe. I just couldn't keep up with them and then I woke up crying out loud. My husband was there to hear my heart wrenching dream...I cried the whole morning..and then that night I picked up Peggy Orenstein's book "Waiting for Daisy" and started reading where I left off and there it was, her explanation of Mizuko Jizo..WATER BABIES!! It was so comforting to read this! It really helped me understand that I was still grieving our loss as my dream was very telling. I am now the mother of a beautiful 3 year old daughter and feel so blessed. My husband and I planted a tree in our backyard to honor the babies we lost. They are in our hearts always.Robin G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15262052029844798765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-11971003426959109502011-11-27T01:32:47.442-05:002011-11-27T01:32:47.442-05:00Oh my...I miscarried and then spent 2 years trying...Oh my...I miscarried and then spent 2 years trying to become a mother after that. A year into my fertility treatments, I had a dream one night that all these babies were falling into the water and I was trying to keep their heads above the water so they could breathe. I just couldn't keep up with them and then I woke up crying out loud. My husband was there to hear my heart wrenching dream...I cried the whole morning..and then that night I picked up Peggy Orenstein's book "Waiting for Daisy" and started reading where I left off and there it was, her explanation of Mizuko Jizo..WATER BABIES!! It was so comforting to read this! It really helped me understand that I was still grieving our loss as my dream was very telling. I am now the mother of a beautiful 3 year old daughter and feel so blessed. My husband and I planted a tree in our backyard to honor the babies we lost. They are in our hearts always.Robin G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15262052029844798765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-41058125465740719832011-03-18T09:14:37.155-04:002011-03-18T09:14:37.155-04:00I love this post. Beautiful. Your painting is love...I love this post. Beautiful. Your painting is lovely as well.<br /><br /> Just read "Waiting for Daisy" a couple weeks ago and was totally taken by the book. Loved every bit of it and of course connected with her struggle to find parenthood. <br /><br />It was her writing about Jizo that inspired my recent drawings. I am thinking about ordering little Jizo statue for Liam's garden this year...Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740847681453723883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-41475665557572990272009-04-19T12:27:00.000-04:002009-04-19T12:27:00.000-04:00Your painting is beautiful and I love the Jizo sta...Your painting is beautiful and I love the Jizo statue for your garden. I have a Jizo in my butterfly garden. I so wanted to attend a Mizuko Kuyo but I haven't heard of one in the Southeast so I made my own Jizo garden. It has been very comforting to have a place to reflect so close by.<br /><br />I hope you will find comfort in your Jizo garden while you mourn Lucy.<br /><br />Much love to you, Angie.AnnaBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614241329182982677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-28535404432422733532009-04-10T08:28:00.000-04:002009-04-10T08:28:00.000-04:00Ah, Jizo! My husband gave me a Jizo statue in Dece...Ah, Jizo! My husband gave me a Jizo statue in December. I was just reading about Jizo this week too in another book.Shanti Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13659456047704596334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-47806496035239706422009-04-10T07:02:00.000-04:002009-04-10T07:02:00.000-04:00the painting is incredible. like kitt said, it is...the painting is incredible. like kitt said, it is a deceptively simple picture, but there is so much there. i love the idea of a jizo garden. philly should have one and i'm glad you are making your own.Kellyannnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-8526797789657244452009-04-10T02:33:00.000-04:002009-04-10T02:33:00.000-04:00Thank you so much for sharing this Angie. I want t...Thank you so much for sharing this Angie. I want to look in to this more.<BR/>You're right, our culture sucks when it comes to grief. Americans and Australians and most of the western world I would say. And especially when it is grief over the death of a baby. Just shakes things up too much, stuns people in to silence.Hope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-3066024292131623922009-04-09T22:53:00.000-04:002009-04-09T22:53:00.000-04:00Yes, yes, yes- this is why Kai's name is Kai. It ...Yes, yes, yes- this is why Kai's name is Kai. It means "water", and I stole it right from Peggy O. The mizuko jizo was the only concept that comforted me in the weeks following Kai's birth and death. So glad you've found it.Dani819https://www.blogger.com/profile/00620957484893505246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-43149835833692537272009-04-09T20:32:00.000-04:002009-04-09T20:32:00.000-04:00This concept of life flowing slowly into the being...This concept of life flowing slowly into the being like water is new to me, and a very compelling image. I am glad you've found this practice to lead you and Sam to create a place to remember your beautiful Lucia.<BR/><BR/>I looked for a long time at your wonderful painting, and a curious thing: I was seeing the happy expressions, the colors, the terrific use of space to create light and to let the figures jump out...then I looked back at the faces and they made me cry. So much there, in a deceptively simple picture.Kittnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-625597422063652432009-04-09T20:23:00.000-04:002009-04-09T20:23:00.000-04:00Hey Angie, the Great Vow Monastery, near Portland,...Hey Angie, the Great Vow Monastery, near Portland, has a Jizo garden and they do free ceremonies for bereaved parents at least twice a year, I think. Next one is May 23rd:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.zendust.org/jizoceremony_memorialday.htm" REL="nofollow">http://www.zendust.org/jizoceremony_memorialday.htm</A><BR/><BR/>Miracles,<BR/>k-Kara Chipoletti Jones of GriefAndCreativity dot comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110578035201758404noreply@blogger.com