Scent of fresh cedar
Brand new possibilities
Unwrap white canvas.
Art Prescription: Like actors who love “the smell of grease paint,” I love the smell of a new canvas. Cedar is often used to make stretcher bars for canvas. So when I unwrap a fresh white canvas my studio becomes scented with possibilities!!
Underneath shade tree
Sunlight dances through branches
Summer dreams are made.
Art Prescription: A most beautiful NC day to work in the garden. Everything is about to burst.
Programed to bloom pink
Roses explode with spring glee
Blush with rich color!!
Art Prescription: The garden is taking off now…roses, phlox, Gerber daisies! The roses are always so fresh. We cut them and bring them inside to enjoy their natural perfume. What’s blooming in your yard?
Steady spring rain fall
Bull frog croaks, birds swoop for worms
Nature’s thirst quencher!
To trust in your muse
Step aside for a new voice
Completely let go!!
Art Prescription: I had a great group today in my Art Prescription: Art Journaling Workshop. I asked them to do something really hard. Put together a collage of beautiful images, and then completely paint over it!! I have to say there was reluctance. I gently prodded, and even encouraged one participant to retrieve her “trashed” painting and stick with the transition. So many life metaphors. The theme was Wholeness, and I wanted them to work through creating something and then let go of the original piece, transition it to something brand new, healing. Their end products were amazing!! and suddenly they saw that their muse was there all along!!
Put it on paper.
Dreams, aspirations, fears, hopes.
Now color it in!!
Art Prescription: I had the most delightful group today in my Art Prescription Workshop!! Focus today was on “what do we want more of in our lives?”
Visual stories
Paper, glue, images, paint,
Art journal collage.
Art Prescription: Great group of art journal artists today. Everyone has a story, and it’s creative and healing to express it with images. Here you will see the unconscious surface. Be free, respond to the colors and images…be in the moment.
A carpet of phlox
Wanders over the spring ground
Greeting tall tulips.
Art Prescription: Fall efforts delight the garden!
Inch-worm ornaments
Hang by silk thread from spring trees
Geometer moths.
Art Prescription: These little worms are hitch-hikers. Next thing you know you have an inch worm on your shoulder. Carefully remove them and place them on a nearby leaf. They are on a journey to become Geometer Moths. A huge family of moths, around 35,000 species, and their colors vary from flat greys to vibrant pinks.
Gentle on my mind
Nature has a steady pace
Keeps time with my heart.
Art Prescription: In a world that’s wound up so tight that a high percentage of kids are on Attention Deficit Disorders medications, I plea…get thee to the woods.
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