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.
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!!
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?
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.
Sumptuous green grass
I dance with my mower, weave
A freshly cut path.
Art Prescription: Mowing the grass is Zen…enough said.
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?
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!
Lush hydrangea
Rainbow colors of blue, pink
Big vase of Southern.
Art Prescription: All the spring rain has made my hydrangeas very happy. They are covered in big blue blossoms and rich green leaves. Not a shy flower to have in the garden…they bloom shades of pink and/or blue depending on the kind of soil they are in. I think we humans bloom differently in the kind of environment we are in too…so think about where and how you want to plant your roots!
Calm quiet stillness
Run like crazy up to then
Now move forward, choose.
Art Prescription: Months of planning for Surtex…and now time for follow-up. The calm and quiet of my garden calls.
White gardenia
Sweet fragrant flower, silky
Fills a room with scent.
Art Prescription: There is a lot going on in my garden. I cut a small arrangement of fragrant gardenias to bring in and enjoy. No wonder the bees and butterflies are romanced. Bring a little sunshine inside!! A toast to nature…
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