Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Yin and Yang

I have been fighting the good fight this summer, muscling both ends of a thick rope in a big ol' game of tug-o'-war: (a) wanting my home to be tidy, spare, spacious, and free from clutter, and (b) wanting to hang onto this and that—this magazine page, that painting experiment, this report card from when Scott started kindergarten, that report card from when *I* started kindergarten.

Today, though, I do not see opposing forces but forces that are complementary, interconnected, and interdependent; I see how they give rise to each other as they interrelate.

I snip a found composition from a 2016 painting exercise, pull out a bright fuschia envelope in which my friend Bo (follow the link!) sent me a note months ago (she found the envelope in her basement where she keeps things), and locate in my scraps box a letter from a high school friend typed on pale green stationery.

These forces come together along with today's sunshine and summer air to become an anniversary card that will leave my house—more space!—to transport love, color, and beauty 600 miles down the road to celebrate Meg and Michael.

What Can Happen When You Take a Chance
4x5"; acrylic, India ink, and oil pastel on card stock
abstract
2018
[gift]



6 comments:

Lola (Jen Jovan) said...

I am imagining you at both ends of the rope...except neither one is pulling. Each is playing with whatever is at her end of the rope and making beauty. What a lovely, serendipitous beauty this piece is!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Jen! You are typing! I was not expecting to hear from you for some time but am so utterly delighted to have you say hello!

LOVE your image of my being at both ends of the rope, playing with whatever I find at hand there, and making beauty. Thank you!

carol edan said...

A beautiful gift card, how lovely that each piece adds to the whole!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Thank you, Carol. Fun to have to take note of and enjoy how each piece adds to the whole. I love that kind of finishing work. Very gratifying.

Sheila said...

Joyful :)

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Thanks, Sheila, and, yes! Joyful!

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