Haiku April 12, 2013 Nature’s Small Wonders

April 12, 2013 / beverlydyer / 2 Comments

Nature’s small wonders

Just below step, above eye.

Take a closer look!

Art Prescription: While spring is growing with abundance each day, it’s fun to take a look at small wonders. Each thing a part of nature’s cycle.

Haiku April 7, 2013 Art Journal

April 7, 2013 / beverlydyer / Leave a comment

Recipe for joy

Take paper, color, and line

Mix, add spice. Enjoy!

Art Prescription: Spent time in my studio art journaling, and in the woods nature sketching. Sweet!! Sat in one place and sketched about four different wildflowers (stay tuned). In the studio I worked on a piece inspired by 21 Secrets, an art journaling workshop I’m participating in…this was fun!

Haiku April 5, 2013 Rhythm of Life

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Water feels like silk

Relish the quiet, just swim

Rhythm of the pool.

Art Prescription: Loud people and places drain me. After a while of sensory overload I feel you could bounce a quarter off my skin. The perfect antidote to re-balance myself is a swim! The steady strokes and silence of the water soothes my nervous system. And of course – expressive art journaling!

Haiku April 4, 2013 Spring Showers

April 4, 2013 / beverlydyer / 1 Comment

Showy umbrellas

White clusters of cherry blooms

Brighten April rain.

Art Prescription: For a while today it was sleeting! Tricky Mother Nature! Meanwhile the blossoms bloom, and spring goes on about her flamboyant business of making us smile!!

Haiku April 1, 2013 Twilight

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Twilight, forest wakes

Frogs rib-it, birds lullabye

Owls begin to prowl.

Art Prescription: Watching the sun go down and listening to the night-time creatures awaken is musical!

Haiku March 30, 2013 North Carolina Botanical Gardens

March 30, 2013 / beverlydyer / 1 Comment

Faint from spring beauty

I grasp to take it all in

This one human life.

Art Prescription: Sometimes nature’s beauty overwhelms me. We hiked our favorite place Mason Farm Biological Preserve, and I went to the North Carolina Botanical Gardens to sketch!!

Haiku March 25, 2013 Blue Sky

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Anxious for blue

Spring blooming trees wait to see

Their shadow on ground.

Art Prescription: Bright sunlight or moonlight are what make magnificent shadows.

Haiku March 24, 2013 Rain Hike

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Rainy day nature

Sharp wind blows umbrella up!

Peaceful, creek babbles.

Art Prescription: Even on a grey, windy, rainy, cold, day, I need to get out and convene with nature! Nature walking in the rain is actually quiet soothing. Droplets pitter-patter your umbrella, everything smells fresh, and the sounds of water running downstream is musical.