Day of 5 of Year 2
Still playing with techniques and color and enjoying it greatly. I was so exhausted tonight I really didn't know if I could do much in the studio. I prepped a small plate (8 x 10") and started working. As usual, and always miraculously, the energy came. It was a wave, a gift, just enough to do my print and get back to my chair. 🙂 Why does this gift come each night to my studio to sustain me in the face of so many obstacles? I show up (the artist) and do my best to surrender to The Artist. It is a relationship that needs commitment, nurturing and love to grow. I am grateful
Don't Make Lists
by Dorothy Walters
Every day a new flower rises
from your body's fresh soil.
Don't go around looking
for fallen petals
in a fairy tale, when you've
got the golden plant
right here, now,
shooting forth in light from your eyes,
your awakening crown.
Don't make lists,
or explore ancient accounts.
Forget everything you know
and open.