Monday, July 23, 2018

Staying Very Still

Not for the first time, I take a found composition and excise it, this time from an exercise of monochromatic origin.

I move ahead, mount it on cardstock to make it travel-worthy as a postcard, think it is ready to go as is.

It is not.

Then, nothing.

I land smack in the middle of I-don't-know. Can see no way to resolution.

I have to practice stillness and more stillness.

And still more stillness—one day, another day, a third day—before it offers up the gentlest of whispers, barely moving the air.

I translate the whisper and, today, give the card a stamp and an address and blow it like dandelion fluff on a southward journey.

Morning When the Air Is Blue and Soft
3.75x5.75"; acrylic and oil pastel on paper, mounted on cardstock
abstract
2018
[gift]

4 comments:

Sheila said...

Waiting for the fairies to arrive. :) So lovely and delicate.
Morning When the Air Is Blue and Soft..... love that image ;)

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Sheila, thank you! Love your mention of fairies—those flower petals felt like gossamer fairy wings as I painted them : )

carol edan said...

I was sure I wrote here but have been having computer problems + internet and WiFi as well. Actually climbing up the wall! Its great when images communicate. What a lucky receiver!

dotty seiter: now playing said...

Carol, sorry to hear about your computer snafus. They sure can frustrate and impede! I've spent considerable effort (and multiple calls to my computer-savvy sons) over the past 4-5 days to erase the hard drive of an old desktop computer before giving it away. Major undertaking for me.

Thanks for your appreciation of "Morning"—it's a soothing piece in my eyes, for which I am grateful!

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