Well, it turns out that I fractured my elbow. It’s funny how we have to keep learning the same lessons over and over. I was walking too fast and pushing myself and I know better than to do that. This situation could suck, but I am making it into an opportunity. It is my usual way to be down on myself when these things happen. This time though I am choosing to be kind to myself. This is a muscle I need to develop. I am three weeks in a sling and although it’s very limiting, my life is still happening. I’m not going to let this time pass by. I need two hands to do most things so I’m thinking outside of the box I'm learning new ways. For instance, I figured out how to dictate this post and I am pivoting from making sculpture to painting. It was a bit of a challenge to do tonight’s print but I got it done and I enjoyed it. One foot in front of the other and you’ll be surprised how much gets done. Poem below the title.
reflection
2/8/21
Monotype of the Day Monday
Something about uncontainable Love
By Dorothy Walters
Often it is the ocean itself
that speaks in its roiling voice
its thunderous tongue.
What it is saying
I have listened to for years,
as it crackles and whips,
or whispers in its silken tones.
Even now I am not sure of its message,
its assaults of thrill and boom
shattering the rocks
into flares of light.
Something about Mystery,
something about uncontainable
Love.
From A Cloth of Fine Gold by https://amzn.to/3jw1Yq6