What grounded me and diminished my struggles was twofold: trusting my lived experience of process, and Simone Nijboer's reminder in her most recent podcast that painting offers us the possibility to experience again and again how [we] can come back every time to the simplicity of being.
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| A Place in Which Convenience and Cleanliness Were Not Required 4x5"; acrylic, latex, collage, ink, pencil, and oil pastel abstract 2018 |
Started roughly here with this piece:
6 comments:
How I long to live in that place! Especially the cleanliness part! There is something just exactly right about your ability to merge wisdom with paint and words. A perfect recipe!
Watch what you wish for, Jen—I'm thinking the upcoming weeks may land you where convenience and cleanliness go right out the window!
Thanks for celebrating my 'perfect recipe' : )
I was sure I posted here! Something about yesterday dipping my feet in a cool creek and today visiting Broadway!
Carol, thank you for visiting again since what you were sure you posted didn't make it into print. I LOVE your creek-to-Broadway response! I did feel as though I'd unwittingly created a little city skyline, all lit up at night. Your comment also echoed what someone said at Instagram—this piece felt like a playbill to her : )
I really need to keep a journal of your titles. Just for fun and giggles. LOL. Catching up, and the podcast is on my list. So fun this. And the dots give it a bit of "Hollywood" flair. The marks are drawing me in. I find myself tilting my head like little Forrest Gump, to read the words. :)
Thanks for your feedback, Sheila; always a gift. Love that the dots give this piece a 'Hollywood flair' in your eyes. The words are Dutch : )
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