Street Art

October 20, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Street art

LAPC: It’s All About The Light

August 23, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: It’s all about the light.

Fun Friday – Shapes

January 22, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

For Friday Fun: shapes. My doodle art.

Art Pause

October 16, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Having fully recovered from my surgery, I now await Ric’s return from his. He had a total reconstruction of the knee – 10 new parts he claims – and yesterday his pain was not well managed, but this morning, rested and feeling better, he is anxious to get home. In the meantime, I deal with […]

Painted End

July 3, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Creatively painted front porch for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge and a final photo for Bushboy’s last photo of the month, which also happens to be something painted (by yours truly).

Art That Warms the Heart

May 22, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

What I miss most right now is sharing art time with my granddaughters. These creations are the work of seven-year-old Sloane. (For Cee’s On The Hunt For Joy: Let kids decorate.)

Passing The Time

May 20, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Pursuing feathered inspiration takes me to quiet rural settings. At home, I pour over images, and “picturate” as my husband calls it – altering the photos to create something new. I spend time daily, crafting poetry, inspired by images, or dreams, or prompts. Often I combine the poems with the artistic photos: I’m also spending […]

What the Tree Told Me

March 18, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

Trees have stories to tell. I’m sure of it. I find my lens drawn to holes and broken places, wonder about the life that finds shelter there, wonder what the tree can teach me. The art of creativity means setting aside the logical mind, listening to nuances, allowing the expression of the irrational. I let […]

Creativity’s Alive

February 7, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

I hit a dry spell over the holidays. Felt deflated as far as creativity went. So Ric bought me new materials – ink pens, markers, pastels, and paper, lots of paper. Still, none of my photographs were inspiring me. I really wanted to create something from my own imagination, but have little faith in my […]

Inked Blessings

November 21, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

It began simply enough; I just wanted to draw a simple Christmas tree, but the lines went a little crazy and well…you can see the result. The pen had a mind of its own, so I decided to let it talk. Trees with character started to emerge, and began to haunt my dreams. Christmas trees […]

Every Day Serenity

Serenity every day,I pray from the frayed edgeschaos rattling, pains howling Laundry waits in pilesof incompletion – like my life –demands eroding worth Hush! I scold the voicesof discontent, the discordexhausting – I am trying! Serenity! I pray,my hands are burdened,my psyche losing ground I stop and close my eyesfollow breath in and outwill myself […]

Lethargic

Leave the door open… surely this forayinto docile distractionwill pass… Sun is promising a re-emergence,stirs an inclination I may find purpose, yet…harness these sultry thoughtsand venture out that door…. (Image my own)

Addiction

His cadence is shallow –these are familiar waters He’ll swear the addictionsaves him from madness Ignore the wrenching pain in my heart… leave to find his next fix,another page in misery’s tome. (Tuesdays, I borrow from Twitter @Vjknutson.Image my own)