Unwarranted extrapolation is definitely my term today! Making assumptions on unfounded facts. Traveling down a path that is not even a path! I completely do not understand my art today. One side of the green looks heavy, dark and uncomfortable, the other looks lighter and more inviting. Perhaps when we make assumptions based on unfounded facts, we make a heavy dark place for ourselves.
Reconnecting with family, friends, spouse and self. This is a mosaic , a cacophony of all pieces, known and unknown. Our friends and family are like a cobblestone path. All connected, woven together in our life.
Enjoying the last days to garden. Harvesting tomatoes, green beans, beets, rainbow carrots, eggplant… Dahlia’s are really lovely right now with vivid colors and healthy stalks. But all the other flowers are past their prime and looking quite brown and ready to move into their next phase. As I look at my painting, I see a flower in the shape of a Dahlia, but the colors are of the dying flowers….
Day 6 of the 30 Day Intention Art Challenge: Today’s intention was focused on trying to stay present in the moment. It is surprisingly difficult to stay with the NOW. To not think of past or future, to not get swept away in fears and thoughts that do not “serve” the present moment. I found that when I was doing my artwork, there was a sort of “blossoming” and intense enjoyment for just being with my art time. So here is my pale lavender blossom.
Today’s intention was to celebrate the incredible value all my friendships have provided. And to honor the gentle, loving support offered though out the years. I love you all.
Day 4 Intention: Exploring Ugly and finding the value.
In my artwork, I can see a grasshopper. These monsters have been destroying my flower garden all Summer. What is the value there? I killed a few, and at the time, I did not feel bad, but now I do… I just read up on Grasshoppers and, in some cultures, they are a symbol of good luck. The article says grasshoppers have the ability to connect and understand sound vibrations and perhaps that is why they are symbols of connecting to our inner voice. These grasshoppers could be telling me to trust my inner voice. OK that has value!
Day 1 / Intention: Pay more attention to the possibilities! In other words, I want to see more than what is in front of me. Well, while I was working on that intention, I completely forgot that I put eggplant and baby green peppers on the grill. You can see what happened… The result of me completely forgetting about them…They are now crispy, charcoal wisps of their former selves. They ARE art! The outside has the form of the thing we recognize, but they are hollow, wafers, delicate and fragile.
Instead of getting upset that I had ruined part of our dinner, I saw, through my husband’s eyes, the beauty of these delicate charcoal shells. So my journal entry is even if something does not look like what you thought it would be, it has value and substance in what it appears to be right now. Bon Appetite? HA