Delicate yellow

Rise from frozen earth to meet

Pale winter sun rays.

Art Prescription: Take a walk and search for winter blooming flowers. I found narcissus, dandelion, and lenten rose.

Paper thin beech leaves

Rattle as the cold wind moves

Robins chirp nightfall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Prescription: Listen to the wind…what do you hear?

 

Moon light chill factor

Murder of crows call from trees.

Sunrise orange sky.

Early day today. I wish I would see every sunrise and sunset, but alas, I generally do not like getting out of bed while it’s dark out.

Art Prescription: Try something new! Get up and get your coffee brewed while it’s still dark out. Open your blinds or curtains towards the east. Now, with a cuddly blanket wrapped around your shoulders and a steaming cup of java warming your hands, watch the sun as it becomes a faint glow. Stay and wait until the sky is awash with color.

 

It’s not what you are

So much as what you are not

At this time in space.

Art Prescription: Sometimes it’s helpful to think about all the things we put into our lives that we really don’t enjoy. We do it for a variety of reasons, our own expectations or trying to please others.  What if for some period of time we could just be who we are, authentic and real? Write a poem or haiku about this. I’d love to hear your haiku!! send them to me at http://www.bev@beverlydyer.com or post here.

Materialize

Dream. Teach me what I need to

Share with intention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art Prescription: Dance to your own music. Do you know how to listen? Can you hear the melody? Listen louder…

Working on The Art Prescription Kit!! My neighbor Jane Schroeder who is a photographer came over today to take some action shots. Like each new project there will be many kinks to work out, but it was fun playing with Art Prescription ideas and fumbling around with a few that just didn’t work. My haiku today comes from one of the nature projects:  Take a walk and pick up 3 things from nature. Sketch and/or journal.

Purple blue pansies

And green vinca grow while sweet

Gum balls litter earth.

 

Cloudy, yawn, bummer

The full moon hides behind cold

Still my spell is cast.

 

I started writing a haiku a day on January 5th. And because I want to have a sense of full circle, I’m backtracking with 4 haikus. So at the end of 2012 I’ll have 325 haikus!!

Haiku January 1

Spring comes creeping in

Like a cat sneaking up on

Winter’s cool grey skies.

Haiku January 2

I love the way these

Wood floors creak waking up my

Early morning house.

Haiku January 3

Candy cotton pink

Chases the sun down while birds

Sing twilight ballads.

Haiku January 4

The bushy squirrels

Did squeak and squawk until they

Met soft nose to nose.

 

Art Prescription: Sometimes you need to go full circle! Now I feel complete to continue.

To change is to move

Forward one step at a time

Leave behind the void.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a collage I started today. Right now it’s too busy and I’m struggling with scraping it, which means painting over it completely, or walking away and getting a fresh perspective tomorrow.

Art Prescription: Change is hard. Sometimes we don’t know what we need to change in our lives. Often we get subtle clues and if we choose to pay attention we can move forward. Did you make a new year’s resolution? How’s it going?

Alone I stand here

With all the smiling faces

Longing for routine