Praise the low January morning sunlight painting a textured illuminated stripe across the chair I picked up for free in front of what used to be a schoolhouse way back in the day and is now a home beside what next became the schoolhouse and is now an American Legion Hall.
Praise the air blowing from the heating ducts with a rushing sound, inciting the spathophylum leaves on a table above one duct to dance and warming me as I putter in the early minutes of a new day, preparing food, reading email, putting away silverware waiting for me on a towel on the counter beside a bowl of bright yellow lemons.
Praise the clutter on my yard-sale-table desk—the open poetry book napping with its spine up in the air, the gift card with notes scribbled all over it from a phone call, the nail clipper, the Posca paint markers, the jar of pencils acquired one by one from hair appointments at Locksmyth's, the partially finished painting, the kitchen timer that counts up and down, the magnet displaying the poison control phone number, the three-ring binder of lesson plans, the Gold Bond Ultimate Skin Therapy Cream.
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| The Friend Who Starts It All 9 x 12"; acrylic, ink, and pastel on drawing paper abstract face 2021 $45 |
8 comments:
Praise for the friend that drops in my mailbox with endless streams of home philosophy, words endless powerful words.
Praise for the friend across the globe who from her heart practices her art on paper, on canvas, and through finding verbal language to offer feedback about visual language.
Thank you, Carol!
praise for the artist who divides the background with unexpected colors that make me say "WOW WOW WOW". Praise for doodled cheeks and hair and eyes that see no matter where they are.
Praise for the artist who is surprised and wowed and has her own eyes wide open to joy and discovery and opportunities to share both.
Dotty, you should/might write an art/poetry book! The text you just wrote feels like pure poetry to me! And the combination with this incredible drawing is just perfect!
Simone, praise for your encouragement and affirmation, your creative ear and eye, your embracing a tender part of me seeking to find its footing baby step by baby step.
Licorice coconut frenzy! :) LOVE!
Smiling at this response, Sheila! Thx!
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