Showing posts with label book pages. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book pages. Show all posts

Friday, June 28, 2013

poetic therapy


'healing with words' mixed media on canvas 11"x14"

 tired? worn out? in pain?
lost? hopeless?
just a bit confused?
need a break?

 things that heal:
lighting a candle
listening to the music of the rain
the warmth of another
writing it down
a cup of tea (with honey and lemon for extra points)
morning sunshine
water (drink it in, immerse yourself in it,
jump in the puddles)
time with your lovely self - intentional
playing in the studio - no purpose, just fun
that juicy piece of fruit
a piano and cello playing together
getting your hands dirty
giving without expecting anything in return
a good stretch
walking barefoot in the grass
the smell of camp fire in your hair
a glass of red wine
kisses - lots of kisses
a good cry
a good laugh
time
words
 



 quite exhausted 
after an intense week of work on the house.
we made room for the baby,
organized and cleaned everything in sight,
and are now ready to open our home
for lots of visiting friends
for a whole week.
a reminder of the things that
refresh and restore
is in order.
amongst these,
developing a new daily art practice,
loads of stitching,
playing with small abstracts,
finding poetry.

have a wonderful weekend, friends!


'give up' -daily poetry


'little things' -daily poetry





'words to fall' -daily poetry


Saturday, November 17, 2012

words to live by


 here to report
on a deliciously exhausting
heartily refreshing week.

the art math:

big chunks of studio time+
dainty stacks of pretty found paper+
inspiring words that stand the test of time+
layering play+
the thrill of quick sketch type work+
sewing machine+
11 or so pots of jasmine green tea
________________________________________

14 new joyful pieces 
in my 'words to live by' series
added to the etsy shop













have a wonderful weekend, friends!



quotes by: rumi, mary oliver,
g.k.chesterton, anais nin, heraclitus,
basho, charlaine harris.
 

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

burn marks, thread, new work, and a sale




 pausing a moment
to share what became
of the burned papers i showed
weeks ago.

fire. tears. punctures.
found bits. drip drip drips.
memory.
thread. mending.
words tumbling down.



 

a page from the book of go cry  me a river
 
love letter

a moment of silence
 
 lots of new work means
i am now low on space and funds.
so i am hosting a 5-day sale in my shop
everything is 20% off until sunday.

please continue to excuse
my meager participation in e-space these days
and enjoy the gift of this new day!





Thursday, April 19, 2012

stashes and stashes...


here is a glimpse of the
stacks and stashes around my studio. 






 and then there are the stashes
in my head.
and this giant pile
of everything beautiful
on the internets.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

out of the fire. out of the rock.


two new pieces with history. 

the former,
built upon a page
from an ancient book
that narrowly escaped destruction
by fire
in a castle
in the mountains
of eastern europe
a hundred years
ago.

the latter,
a quest for the essence of the thing
a meditation on
an ode to
a hundred year old
love story.
i find at the heart of it
poetry
about a girl
out of the rock

'no red
on her lips
no gold circles
at her wrists
a human being
she walked the edge.

her hands
rocks
her strong back
straight
silenced
the water and
the red lips
too.

she seemed
to come out of the rock
and to return to it
she
the living spirit of
the morning,
white,
blindingly white,
and the sea
just still,
below.'