Resolution time
The rain stops, blue skies appear
And just like that, change!
Art Prescription: It’s the time of year when people start taking stock of their lives, and begin to think about new beginnings…change. Why not just live the life you want 365 days? You are beautiful just the way you are! Now live that!!!
Got holiday blues?
Cope with creativity!
Draw, paint, write, journal!
Art Prescription: As the year comes to close I come full circle with the intention of the Art Prescription. Creativity is healing. Making art boosts your feel good hormones and makes your immune system stronger. So…while you are making your new years resolution list…add something creative, like keeping a daily journal. Go ahead. Buy something pretty and just start! It will do your spirit good!
Creeks covered with ice
Squirrels scurry with leaves up tree
To pad winter nest.
Art Prescription: It’s cold. Fun to watch squirrels gathering leaves in their mouths and darting up trees to pad their nest. Suppose that’s what we are all doing this time of year…
Wind rattles dried leaves
Bare branches click together
Cold rain front moves in.
Art Prescription: A very strange warm weekend for December. A front with rain brings winter back.
Little cotton-tail
Rabbit bolts, leaps, darts, zig-zags
White blur, brown thicket.
Art Prescription: Winter Solstice? Feels like spring instead. Temperature about 70 degrees. And bunnies, who are usually cuddled up in brambles, are out hopping.
Cold misty rain walk
Sun gone for days, it’s winter
Dream garden pleasures.
Art Prescription: Cold and dark…ugh. Course I do like the silhouettes of the winter trees. Still can’t help but paint flowers.
Unseasonable
Want to wear sweaters not tees
Too warm December!
True live mistletoe
Grows in trees, green in winter
It’s to kiss under!!
Art Prescription: Where did the “kissing under the mistletoe” legend come from?
November’s deep chill
Final call for red roses
Frozen in the bud.
Art Prescription: As I painted this I thought of the song from Journey, “Don’t stop believing.” Roses continue to bloom until they are literally frozen still. Nature’s will is awe inspiring and each of us should never “stop believing” in ourselves and the joy of daily living. The holidays are upon us…pace yourself, wink!! Thanks to each of you. I’m about to finish my second full year of writing a haiku a day and it has been amazing!
City or country?
Bright lights or quiet meadows?
Crowds or solitude?
Art Prescription: As the holidays approach many people will be leaving home and traveling. For most there are elements of excitement combined with busy days and family dynamics. Take a few minutes each day to get quiet, put your legs up a wall, or shop till you drop if that’s what you like!! Either way, enjoy!
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