GERANIUM

I took this photo perhaps a year ago or more....it's taken from inside the church I attend.  I love the look of the glass and the light....wonder if I could capture this in paint....it's peaceful...you know how some things just "speak to you?"  This speaks to me....

I haven't created the art to go with this Sunday morning reflection....it's always been the other way around, but here goes....

If I knew where I was going

I would be there by now

I started down the path so long ago

and yet, it seems like yesterday

I've taken some paths that

haven't quite worked out...

Is it my internal compass, 

my sense of direction?

If I knew where I was going,

shouldn't I be there by now?

I started down the path so long ago

I'm still searching..... 

There are a lot of ideas that spring to mind that might look good on paper, when I get to it....

It's Not Always About The Art

 Red, White & Blue Art Journal

"Good Night Moon"

 I'm not sure what brought this inspiration to the forefront, but I think it's actually the fact that my son is now officially a grown-up and out on his own.

I was standing in the yard on a recent evening, letting Boomer out for his last opportunity of the evening...and the moon was just a spectacular "beam" in the darkness of night....so I've had that vision on my mind, and these two pages are the result of that.  The art itself is actually minimal.  But here is what I wrote....

I see the MOON...

...and the MOON sees me...

and when you were little

we would look at

the moon and stars together

and then you outgrew

"Good Night, Moon"

and you went away to

college and I looked at the moon alone...

it was still the same moon

 shining down on you...and then

you went away and served in a war...

and I took comfort in knowing that

the same moon shined down on us....

and you came home to see

many more MOONs.

 

La Femme

Inside book cover

Every Woman Is Unique

 Acrylics, watercolor, metallic pencils, rubber stamp, collage.  I found the quote in the dress shape on Pinterest...works beautifully for my La Femme altered book.