A Whole New Thing
Sometime beginnings are humble, even when long overdue. This image may not look like much, however, it marks the scant beginning of a whole new thing. I am testing a different medium, specifically watercolor pencils direct on canvas. So far, they passed the test. Next...
What Words Describe this Painting?
What words describe it? This is a close up detail of a piece I called Awakening. The words did not come for me. Have you a suggestion what it should say? If there are more than 10 who suggest the words, I will pick one and send the "winner" a print. I would love it...
Imagine
I love it when I get to play, letting my imagination fly, letting images and words interact, fed by the muses, joined together in a fusion of moments of fancy. I love blessings. I love the blessings that arise in my heart when epiphanies embark on a road less traveled...
Digital Tribe
Digital connectionand all the “friend” inspectionsidesteps some detectionof our foibles and humanityYet, that imperfectionwhen under dissectionmirrors without trepidationthat which we may not see=======The tribes are growingthrough electronic knowingA screen full of...
A Wave of Truth
A wave of truth overcomes me bubbling up with surges of joy waving through my gut altering all my understandings • • • How could I not be grateful? I am awash in Love
Berry Berry Good
Life has beenberry, berry good to meJuicy, lusciousso deliciousEven in winterwhen berries are onlythinking of becomingMy mouth watersas I discover anticipationonce more each year• • •What a gift is life!What a treat are berries!Once again, I am renderedsense-more with...
Dawning of a New Art Challenge
My newest self-imposed art challenge: I choose this moment to recognize the urge to push beyond some unseen boundary that has been keeping my blogging at bay. In 2013 I attempted a challenge to create and POST a new image everyday for a year. It was more than I could...
Bunch of Hooey
A bunch of hooey!(but not on my shooey)Just throwing it aroundas he relished the soundof his own voiceAll for the fun of itlike the Stooges woo-wooed itor Laurel and Hardy danced itwhen the camera was aroundA lark in the parkor a laugh in the dark...It all keeps us...
Squirrel Encounter
Big, fluffy squirrellooked in at meholding me still with her eyesPaws gripping and ungrippingtail struggling not to flitterSunlight specklingan abstract background=======Moments stretched to more and longerMy fingers wanting to taptoes aching to danceWishing I...
Wild Places
In the wild placeswhere civilizationand wilderness coincideco-reside and co-existBears take a strollin the parking lotsdeer eat the pansiesand coyotes track kitty cats=========There in that placewild artists chalked beautyAnd a happy porcupineobserved with flying...
Fierce Joy
The intensity of inspirationrides on the bobbing heelsof fierce joyTumbles off lips with abandonbursts into existencebefore any loquacious editorial---------Though any attempt failed at capping the stream of itStill, hearts all aroundcould not help rejoicingIn...
Prayer
Each day a prayerA walking prayer for allrising up through the bonescirculating in the bloodinfilling my beingCreator, open our eyesthat we may see the truthOpen our earsthat we may hear the truthMake our hearts strongthat we may walk in a good wayon the rough and...