Pause for Art

May 13, 2022.Reading time 1 minute.

For the first time in weeks, I took a break to create. The volunteering threatens to be all-consuming, but I am determined to find balance. Weeks ago, when I started this venture, I was hoping to connect one displaced Ukrainian family with a host family in my area. Quickly, the requests poured in and soon […]

Art Break

December 8, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

The more I create, the more I mourn what I missed all those years that I thought I didn’t have a creative bone in my body. Now I climb over mounds of doubt, clearing paths to forge ahead. I hit roadblocks where all I see in my art is what is lacking. At these times, […]

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 […]

What the Tree Told Me

March 18, 2020.Reading time less than 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 […]

Sweet Solitude (tanka

Sweet solitudesacred silence, surround meImaginationthrives under your spell – unleashthe magic; I shall create (Art my own, with a nod to AI)

Labour

Extract the miracle from the celebrated Each story is lifelessuntil told – its patterns Stubborn, are innate –We all crave renewal I crave renewalarms extendedfists unfolded Believe in will –the power to breathe lifeinto inert corners Does not life support us?Is not consciousness infinite?and the divine patient? Yesterday, I gave upresigned myself to failure (It’s […]