How to describe the period from February 13 to 18, 2025. Toronto. Canada? In a word – it continues. There is little joy in the city from the snow, everything is buried in solid snowdrifts. Even cars did not rise to shovel them on Sunday. If the weather spoils us and more snow falls this week, then even a very active snow digger will give up from the impossibility of clearing the paths. On the night from Sunday to Monday, some crazy guys decided to drive along an uncleaned street. It all ended with one in a pickup truck flying up a mountain of snow across the road, breaking all the cables and scattering parts of the car. Removing it was also problematic, since it is difficult for cars to leave and arrive at the location. And at that moment I noticed that the cars were driving carefully along the open lane. And not one, not one stopped to help remove the moron from the hill! We must understand the harsh, specific character of our inhabitants.
Then a gusty wind blew and a small plane at the airport landed on the roof, flipping over and breaking its wings. How can they allow landings in such weather? And perhaps this is not the best time for flights. But today the sun is shining blindingly, cold, provocative. We fed the sparrows that spend the winter in our trees. The birds pounced on the food, not even waiting for us to move away. They already trust us. Weather-tested))
I am disabled in one eye, I am trying to pull myself out of idleness and painted. All the critics around me, discussing my work, say that I am great at landscapes. Winter ones, for example. So I am trying. I want to sweeten my condition with something. I am giving you a new work – Winter landscape You will see from it how much I miss painting with oil paints. Still, oil cannot be replaced by acrylic. And in the summer, when there is an opportunity to paint with oil paints in the open air, I will return to my favorite technique. In the meantime, for you – winter landscape
Since Midland was not far from where we first encountered Lake Huron in winter, we decided to visit it. I forgot to say that Penetanguishene the name is long and difficult for visitors to pronounce, so it was shortened by half and even the old name of the railway station was Penetang.
Midland is on the road to Penetanguishene.
That is, you need to drive through Midland to get to that city. Therefore, all roads lead to Midland. And although this city on the map is somehow nondescript and seemingly unremarkable. But this is the city with which the history of Huronia is connected. It is located south of the Georgian Bay’s 300 islands and is very economically developed.
Of course, when we went into the Midland Museum and saw those old photographs reflecting the former life of this city, I was very sorry that now there is no railroad to this wonderful place. But once it was the railroad that filled this area with life. But the history of this place is connected with the history of the Hurons – a local Indian tribe that had a large settlement in this area and a developed economy and was engaged in the extraction of beaver fur, fur and grew corn. The Huron tribe or otherwise called Wendat lived in this place. Due to diseases, wars and displacements, they migrated and now there are 5000 of them and their reservation is in Quebec. However, for us they left a reminder of themselves in the form of an Indian village, Huron village, which is in the Huron Museum.
I already wrote that we didn’t have to choose the time and weather, we used what we had and were very happy that the museum was open on Monday. Yes, I want to note that it was in Canada that I fell in love with small towns for their museums. No other large museum in Toronto has such a colorful exhibit. To see a real store from 1900, to see the design models of ships that sank in Lake Huron, to see the desks at which our great-grandmothers sat – it’s worth coming to the Huron Museum on Monday.
And the winter continued. And the snow fell, as if the gray sky had a hole and could not stop until it poured out all the snow. And there were snowstorms in places both on the road and in the field. But it was all worth it to get to this Huron village. The museum workers opened the door for us and we found ourselves behind a wooden fence in a small cozy settlement, which was all made of wood. In front of us there was a small roofed table made of thin tree branches and a log-hewn table, a half-hut, where people were apparently sitting. Further on there was a hut that went underground – the shaman’s house. The tribe’s shamans did not live in the village, but were in seclusion and came when called. The shaman’s house was half underground – I assume that this was for insulation from the cold and heat. In front of the entrance there were animal skins and some other symbols.
Huron/Wendat(Ouendat) Village
For tourists and visitors, everything is built like this, just so that we can see examples. Opposite the shaman’s house there was something like a wooden table covered with leaves and capes. Under it there was a hole and the remains of firewood. We were told that this was the place where the shaman treated people – they would put the sick person on top and light a fire underneath and fumigate. In our time, I do not know if such rituals exist, but I can confirm that many indigenous people study Indian medicine. Further on there is a large tall wooden house, because of which we came to see this village. The house is unique. It is built of large wooden beams. It has a solid foundation and a semi-oval high roof. That is, the roof arch is high. And when we entered this winter blizzard weather, when we were covered with snow in this dwelling, then all the fuss, all the bad weather remained outside the doors. Inside the house there are two floors. In the middle between rests of the fire – they cooked food and warmed themselves there. On these floors, on wooden crossbars, people slept. Wooden houses are very long and high. And in Indian villages there were up to 50 of them. Sometimes even more. All such villages were necessarily built near water, reservoirs, rivers and lakes. Inside the houses there are beaver skins. And for some reason they made me sad that this served as a source of wars and the death of tribes because at some time in history it became a value and they fought, killed and pursued them. Beaver skins were most prized. Also, when the first settlers came to this peninsula and met these tribes, they saw women dressed in rich fur clothes, in beautifully sewn fur decorations and decorated with gold jewelry. After that, a stream of hunters and traders came here This disrupted the normal life of people. Changed. Changed forever. It is also interesting to note that the Indians exchanged skins for glass beads and iron products for growing corn. When burying the dead, they placed glass beads and iron vessels, shovels, knives next to the deceased. This was considered wealth and honor. There are such glass beads in the jewelry of local tribes. Well, today I want to thank them for the fact that thanks to these tribes, corn was brought to Europe. And to this day, the cultivation of corn is a priority for local residents and their pride. Although corn is a difficult crop to grow, it is multifaceted and good for both livestock farming and food. Its production and cultivation brings profit and helps the circulation of rural producers. Today in Europe it competes with the production of wheat and even surpasses it. The Indians also grew tobacco and were engaged in fishing and hunting. The communities were mostly vegetarians. Only in winter, during the hunting season, did they eat meat. Basically, their food consisted of plant and fish. In the history of Midland there is a story associated with the name Jean de Brebeuf.
But I won’t write about it today, because we were trying to go to St.Ignace II,but we were unlucky again. There was a very strong snowstorm on the road. The snow was raging. It was getting dark. The cars were driving carefully one after another along the highway. Visibility was impaired. The snow was sticky and thick. We turned onto the road to the area. We drove to the sign. There the road became dangerous as written on the road signs. I still continued driving until it narrowed to one passable car and when entering or entering the place we found a pickup truck that blocked the entrance. It was standing on the road, blocking the passage. There was no one in the car and there was snow around the car. We turned around and drove away, deciding that the trip would need to be repeated in more suitable weather and time.
Today I want to talk about creativity. This is a complex topic, but I will try to explain it to you in an accessible way and without pressure. What is original creativity today and what is not. Computer intelligence has existed in the Internet space for more than two years. Simply put, a bot or a chatbot. And in two years we have already realized that when they want to deceive us, when they do not want to help, but to cause problems, we communicate with chatbots and this does not give any effect. Well, this is a whole problem and suffering for our grandparents, who “fight” all day because of some minor everyday problems, waiting for these bots on pay phones. I feel sorry for these old people, God bless them. There is a way out of these tricky bots. If you ask a question not as a continuation of the dialogue, but contact for an appointment, then the bot turns into a live employee and everything can be solved. That is, in order to confirm each step of the request, you need to be able to understand the Internet and computers at least a little, which, unfortunately, our old people do not know how to do.
In art, the same story. We have come a long way in the last 10 years and every artist now has programs that give him the opportunity to create paintings, illustrations and help him be creative. Can this be called original? I think so. After all, this is what we have today. In fact, you can create a stencil (black and white image) of any picture, transfer it to canvas and paint it. Therefore, it is easy to become an artist. And I invite you to be one. That’s all. This is the time for lovers of experiments. Create, create, exhibit and bear the name of an artist.
In addition to the above, I publish my works, which characterize me as a traditionally abstract artist. And this is 1000% original I publish my acrylic works. Why don’t I put them up for sale on this site? Because you are too lazy to look at previous works. Why should I spend days adding them to the site? Ha-ha-ha, only Chinese, Jewish bots view my posts and new pages. It’s an interesting time now, my dears. But the site is absolutely original and I run my pages and write and publish posts in an original way, not bo and not artificial intelligence. I spend my time for you to read this. I respect you, my dear readers. So have a good trip and look at my new works. With respect, yours
Helen Polishuk
Fish(acrylic on artistic canva)
COW(acrylic on artistic canva)
DUCK(acrylic on artistic canva)
DOGGY(This painting is dedicated to our dog MINI who passed away to the clouds a month ago) acrylic on canvas
What happened is incredible. Using the computer, everything that was accumulated on the disk over the last 13 years of life in Canada was erased. There are two ways – to restore what we are working on and to start all over again. That’s how it happens. I have to publish my works that remained on the documents in this computer. But still, I draw great You can support me with just likes, comments or buy a painting that is on https://www.saatchiart.com/en-ca/. Find Helen Polishuk
This is a very large article where I, as an experienced artist, am trying to understand and understand the work of the artist of the past, who became a symbol of Dutch artists.
The line in Museum of Van Gogh in Amsterdam
A tragic and very sensual story of the artist’s life and work introduced me to a visit to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The museum has a separate exhibition of a contemporary Chinese artist MATTHEW WONG who follows in the footsteps of Van Gogh.
The exhibition is located on the left side on three floors and attracts visitors with its scale.
I would pay respect to the organizer this idea, since it speaks of the heredity of the artist’s work, that he really wanted it, because the whole life of Van Gogh’s brother Theo was aimed precisely at this.
Separately, three floors display the works of the artist Vincent Van Gogh himself and partly his friends. I (I think not only me) was shocked by the story of death and the third floor, where the last days of the artist’s life are told in detail and his last works are exhibited, saturated with bright colors, which are very eye-catching, even without knowing the history of their creation.
I believe that Vincent had an unusual view of the world, in his mind there was a special view of the color scheme and he reproduced this in his last paintings. For this, huge thanks go to those initiators who saw this in his paintings and raised Van Gogh’s work to international popularity and gratitude. Of course, I fully admit that it is possible to repeat his work, but I really like the video image generated by AI and which I will now present. It really catches my eye. It’s the long aftertaste of his strokes and the brightness of his colors. Rich yellow, bluish, clear azure blue. I would especially like to dwell on his love for his brother, his gratitude for him and these beautiful letters, where he addresses his brother, draws portraits of him and sends them to his brother, where he congratulates his brother on the birth of his son and gives his nephew a uniquely tender picture.
Agree, how vulnerable she was the soul of this artist when you look at this picture. And now, thanks to marketing and the image of this picture on bags, coffee cups, notepads and pens, you seem to appreciate creativity even closer. Hold it in your hands.
In general, I like this approach to perpetuating the work of talented artists of the beginning of the last century, who created several new directions in which modern artists work today. It was a time of an unusually strong economic, cultural, and industrial breakthrough of humanity.
There remain many achievements in science, cultural and scientific discoveries One of these was Vincent Van Gogh’s unusual yellow-blue mark.
This fabulous art from Vang Gogh is my favorite.
This page will add even more interesting details to you
I hope it won’t be a one-way conversation, and I see you all as active participants in this discussion. The subject is history.
Topic: history I was inspired by the lecture I just listened to about Aina. Inspired Now, against the background of changes in history, which is being written in our days, we are all involved in it to a greater or lesser extent, we are all witnessing new discoveries. Discoveries in history are associated with the expansion of the study of historical facts. At one time or another, we ascertained the events that took place, but as we become more interested in the facts, history returns to its study anew. I have always been interested in studying history Back in school, I remembered battles, signing treaties, and truces in detail. In my school, the history of Ukraine was studied so superficially that when I was behind my son’s “fours”, I had to sit with him and help him learn world history, and with it the history of Ukraine (because the teacher of these subjects was the same woman, also the director of the lyceum), then I discovered a new story for myself. That is a completely different story, in which the Cossacks and the Cossacks were described in detail. As for my knowledge, I, and my generation, we simply did not know the real history. She graduated from school in 1980. Ah. Why was she an excellent student? Maybe because even now, when everything is changing rapidly, I look into history, looking for answers. And then, it was good that my son brought a two, we sat together and taught him several lessons in advance, so that the teacher could not pressure him and give him low grades. And I studied history again. So then we surprised the teacher with him, he answered every question automatically. She chastised him in both world history and Ukrainian history… and he answered perfectly.
-Sit down! Well done! But tomorrow he will call his mother to school…,- this was our victory with him.
Today I attended a very interesting lecture. It is caused by the development of this trend in the world and gives an idea of the ancient history of the Ainu, the indigenous inhabitants of the island of Hokkaido, located in the Sea of Okhotsk. If you are interested in the topic, feel free to search for it, but I am not talking about it today. No, I can tell you. If you are interested, write. Listening carefully to the lecturer, respected professor, scientific researcher, I noticed several interesting details. The first concerns the fact that humanity develops and lives cyclically. The most flourishing of world cultures and civilizations falls on the 13-14th century. And this trend was on all continents, touching various civilizations of America, Europe, Australia and other continents. And at that time there was neither the Internet nor airplanes. The rapid development caused many wars two centuries later, which destroyed entire nations. The next such peak was the end of the 19th and 20th centuries, which, after the inventions of electric machines, the Internet, airplanes… caused bloody wars. Now about discoveries, finds, historical values. The lecturer was asked why there is so little and how does she collect and transfer collections to patrons and collectors? She replied that she was looking at Who is transmitting! What (!)conveys and How! Not everyone is who they say they are…and not all finds are real. Now about culture and descendants. The population of this ethnic group in the Sakhalin region is only 300 people, in Japan there are 25 thousand of them. There are many more of them, but most of them were assimilated into Japanese culture. How did they survive? With the help of excavations of the remains of their culture and libation stick finds with a prescription of their cultural traditions. They survived with the help of writing and traditions. They have their own characteristics, ethical values, traditions. Women have a special tattoo around the mouth – mandatory for married women, because in this way they were protected. (In many nationalities, I found that a married woman was tattooed in order to preserve her) Recently, I found this about the tribes of the First Nation in America, but they were tattoos on the chin. It was also done to girls to keep them in the tribe. Individual poenmen tattooed the faces of girls in different ways to distinguish them. The Bedouins still tattoo beautiful girls.
The Ainu tattooed the whole body and limbs, applying a specific pattern similar to the pattern of the Australian aborigines. (In men, on the face around the eyes, on the neck). Bald, but with long hair on the temples. The tattoo pattern was also applied to the kimono, in which they walked, that is, the pattern was repeated on the clothes and it tells about the tree, the life tree of the family. Fishing was very developed. Now about traditions – how did they preserve traditions?! After all, there are very few of them, they have almost died out. Men hunted, fished (currently they are fighting to be granted a special status of catching fish), were engaged in growing plants. Women were busy with children, in the summer they went far to the mountains to collect plants for the winter. Traditions were transferred from generation to generation with the help of customs, dances and songs. This is how women skillfully play something like a pipe (chip) and dance plastically. The dance is accompanied by a specific exclamation. Just imagine: they sit in a circle and start singing and dancing. The dance and song were passed down from generation to generation and carried the spark of traditions, which helped today to restore this small nation, to give it belonging to traditionally indigenous peoples.
I notice again: everything has cyclicity. Wavelikeness. While raising a child, women pass on traditions. This helps to preserve culture.
new works by the artist Helen Polishuk in her favorite style
I really want these warm sunny days already. No matter how warm this winter was, it was not sunny and the lack of energy and warmth affects the mood of people in Toronto. However, I always repeat that everything passes. And after the cloudy days, warm days will come. And the seeds planted will break through the cold ground into the ground. And the gardens will bloom and the ringing singing of birds will flow, which notify about their offspring. And we can live. After all, a new day is wonderful. A new video with the latest Petrykivka for you, my dears.
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Today we will touch on the problem of climate change and with it, changes in us. It sounds kind of loud, but that’s what touched me yesterday. What exactly? In recent years, we have seen how the climate is changing. It is becoming hotter in southern countries, rivers are drying up in Europe and some countries are experiencing water shortages. These changes are changing us, society and production. Thus, classical production is being replaced by modern, which is not requires ancient manufacturing methods. We are changing, although we hardly notice it. But we are changing.
Why have we changed? Water shortages, the concentration of some hydrogen and the struggle to reduce emissions are leading to the closure of many old industries and the transition to newer methods and manufacturing processes.So, due to changes and reductions, livestock breeding suffered, and many food growing industries suffered. Changes also affected the textile industry,industry for the production of raw materials and even influenced their manufacturing processes. Today we are talking about silk production. Southeast Asia is traditionally famous for this.
How have the changes affected this region? It’s simply catastrophic. It’s scary to imagine that silk production, in its traditional form, is experiencing huge problems and there are only two factories left in Japan for growing and manufacturing natural silk.
And these are two small factories that use the traditional technology of growing a cocoon, using only natural materials that have been used since the original production. Now these factories are on the verge of dying, because it is very difficult for them to compete with artificially created silk, which may be larger and cheaper, but more industrialized.
This film is unique because it shows the ancient way of making silk. Therefore, this film is interesting to me and I am happy to show it to you.
In the piggy bank of every artist, if he constantly works, collection after collection is created and this is not just a bunch of paintings. I don’t stop being interested in trying a new style or getting carried away by some direction: everything is interesting to me: painting and decorative arts, ceramics and mosaics. And I want to get acquainted with everything and learn it manually. I really love the society of artists and always welcome new acquaintances. A few days ago such an acquaintance took place thanks to the society in which I am.
Her name is Meryam Ashan, a beautiful Iranian name and she carries the personification of beauty and femininity. She also brought a bunch of her paintings to our meeting and showed them. Her style is the traditional Iranian style of creating miniatures. And when she showed her works, the artist from Pakistan just jumped with admiration, because this is a very popular artistic style of miniatures, known and traditional for the East (China, Pakistan, Iran and India).
Example of miniature
The style means the creation of miniature compositions united by one meaning. So, before us was a picture in which the artist herself is presented in the center, and around her there are cats in different poses. And they are all unique, bright and in different positions.
Persian tradition miniature from 19 c.
Her miniatures were beautiful. She stood up and walked over to the switched-on computer, typed in a page and showed her her first work. The work was created in a graphic black and white style: an image of her, movement around her and a running horse nearby. “This is a horse. This symbol has a very interesting meaning in Iranian mythology and I, as an artist, personify myself with a horse.”
The Persian horse has held a place of great prominence and prestige in Iranian culture throughout its rich history. Symbolising power, loyalty, and grace, these horses played a vital role in the ancient Persian empires.
Ancient Warriors and Horse Bas-Relief: A Testament to the Achaemenid Empire’s Military Prowess
It’s interesting to meet an artist this way. You will agree that each artist, depicting his works, brings a special culture and traditions, plus a huge amount of knowledge accumulated over the years.
January 28,2024 in Toronto at Huculak Centre the most active volunteers and participants of Etobicoke organizations were awarded YVAN BAKER,MP for Etobicoke Centre,former MPP&BCG consultant.
I had the honor of being selected and awarded as an active member of the organization IOUC FOURTH WAVE .It is pride to stand among the awarded and receive an Awards from the hands of YVAN BAKER.
My awards for the Annual Community Recognation Awards nomination include not only scripts and the creation of video content, but also the popularization of the Ukrainian community beyond its borders, among Canadians and the organization and holding of an exhibition that united the Ukrainian community with other Canadian communities.
The past year was multifaceted in this regard, there were many events, I got to know our Ukrainian diaspora better, I spent all my time organizing events to make them as interesting and useful as possible for the diaspora.
Of course, this is volunteer work, which takes a lot of time from my main job and from my family. And I will never give it away time ago. But the year has passed, it is closed, awards have been received and I hope, having received a great experience, there will be new events this year. After all, I got to know an enormous number of people and we became closer and already have many new plans for new events.
