nature

Haiku June 14, 2012 Swallows

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Swallows swirl and float

Soar, twitter musically

Catch a ray of light.

Art Prescription:  After my first day back at my nursing job, I went out to water my garden and breathe in nature. I spent some time working on some pen and ink sketches…so rewarding studying something up close, and getting to knows its curves. I noticed a small flock of birds quite active over the tall pine trees. I sat down to watch them. Swallows! I sat for a while watching them swoop and dive and float chasing their evening meal. They are insectivores. It was like watching an aerial ballet! So relaxing and their calls to each other sweet, clicking I haven’t heard before. As they occasionally flapped their wings to stay afloat,  their pale colored bellies would catch the evening sun… take my breath.

Haiku June 11, 2012 Rain!!

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Drip, drop, drip, drop, pour!

Concentric rings ripple out

Rain rivers down street.

Art Prescription:  Big drifting sheets of rain pour from the grey sky. Perfect! Everything needs a good drenching. I like to walk in the rain…so peaceful…musky earth smells rise up to mingle with fresh air. Frogs are in “hog” or perhaps it should be “frog,” heaven, croaking by the streams. As an artist, the designs made by rain-drops intrigue me. There is an abstract quality to the repeating circles that ripple out and converge. Reminds me that each action creates a new action, a simple rain drop displaces water making tiny round waves hundreds of times larger than the drop. Each moment of life a ripple…

Haiku June 8, 2012 Balance

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Vines grow up, over

Tendrils spiral, wrap around.

New green shoots flourish.

Art Prescription:  I love wandering vines. Most vine-like plants are dependent on another structure in order to grow towards the sun. If planted with intention…grape-vine, clematis- vine, honeysuckle-vine… and there is adequate support to grow and prosper, things work out pretty good. If, however, vines are invasive (kudzu), or poorly planned, then the vine and the support suffer. Invasive plants can smother whole living trees.  So just as in life when planting something new, a little planning goes along way. Everything needs balance!

 

Haiku June 7, 2012 Perception

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Waves beat against rocks.

Erosion changes shape, form.

Solid becomes sand.

Art Prescription:  How do you feel about this haiku?

Time equals change, but do you see it as a loss, the rock is gone, or as something new and beautiful, The Grand Canyon!! Life, as with art, is all a matter of perspective.

Haiku June 6, 2012 Lavender

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Pure lavender buds

Essential oil, good for stress

Breath in, ah, breath out.

Art Prescription:  Blooming now! beautiful tall stalks of lavender. Take a bunch and rub it in your hands to release the fragrance. Cut several stems and tie them up in cheesecloth, run hot water over it, for a delightful bath. I’m percolating a few new ideas…really like the idea of combining pen and ink with watercolor!!

Haiku June 5, 2012 Change

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Metamorphosis

Can we measure hope, dreams, wants?

Really steal a kiss?

Art Prescription:  Some of the most poignant parts of life are immeasurable. Things we cannot fill a bucket with and say, okay I’m done. Like the breeze drifting through an open window, life can be difficult to constrain, put it all in nice order. The breeze has no motive. There is no way to measure the luxurious feeling of a cool evening breeze across your face…it just is.  We live in a world full of comparisons and judgement…what if the most important things of all are the things we cannot measure or see. What if we could be fluid and flexible, like water, change effortlessly?

 

Haiku June 3, 2012 Bee Balm

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Red spiky bee balm

Sweet nectar for hummingbirds

Buzz in, hover, drink.

Art Prescription:  I have two patches of bee balm in my garden, and the one nearest the house blooms first. I can look out my kitchen window and see dazzling hummers coming to and fro, their iridescent color reflecting in the sunlight. As in life, you can attract what you need and what makes you hum in various ways. My point of view is that of having something real, something that goes beyond the external (the glossy pages of a magazine), life in the here and now…inner peace comes from the inside out.

Haiku June 1, 2012 Know Thyself

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Rain pitter patters

Tree frogs lull,  solitude reins

Peace, quiet, steady.

Art Prescription:  A good steady rain on my studio roof makes for the perfect solitude. While I wait for my paint to dry, I stretch out on the floor and just listen. I’m most peaceful when I have time and space to create…to let my muse wander. It’s important to know oneself – to know what makes you tick – to know what you crave, what you must have to live fully. Know thyself – do you?

Haiku May 31, 2012 Poolside

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Splash of chlorine wafts

Smell of coconut lotion

Hot, it’s poolside time.

Art Prescription:  My neighborhood pool is open for business. People are out of their winter hide-away and into swim-suits by the pool. Kids splash about with floats while mothers and fathers tend to their youngest swimmer. Happy memories for these kids, summer at the pool. As a kid, summer lasted a lifetime, and the pool was the center of our universe…swim for fun, swim practice, swim meet, swim all day long. Course their were Popsicles  involved, especially during the break each hour for “rest” time. Each season brings about a new set of memories old and new…it’s summer time!