A Fish in the Hand, Monotype of the Day #250

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This was tough to make today. It's taking a while to recover. It's literally just my willpower that has me making prints this week. My body rebels. Here is a poem I love. It doesn't really relate to this print, but it is where I hope my energy will move very soon. xoxo


Form in Void
by IIkkyu Sojun

The tree is stripped,
All color, fragrance gone,
Yet already on the bough,
Uncaring spring!
http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/I/IkkyuSojunIk/ForminVoid/index.html

A fish in the moonlight, Monotype of the Day #246

Hospital print 5

Thinking about the outside world tonight. Hoping to see it very soon. Still enjoying what I can but I feel the call of home again for the first time. That must mean I am improving! I miss not having to clean up after I print 🙂. I love leaving last night ink on my plate for inspiration. It’s very different starting with a clean plate each night. (I have to clean up so I can store the plates here my art bag).

Release, Monotype of the Day #245

Hospital print day 4

So I’m feeling a lot better today! But I’ll probably be here until at least Monday. I realized I was a lot more worried than I consciously knew. Now that things are sorted and I’m on the mend, I need to release that anxiety. Carrying it around can only suck energies needed for healing. That’s what this print is- I purged that helpless scared feeling out. xo

Not now!, Monotype of the Day #243

Hospital print day 2 (fortunately I made my first day’s print at home in the morning. Just a feeling) Here’s the thing about the hospital, you think it’s a break from your daily life, but it’s not. The days you spend in the hospital are just as precious as any other day. The trick is reconciling yourself to your fate so you don’t suffer over suffering. Sometimes things are so bad a patient is just in survival mode. Barring that I’ve found the hospital to be filled mainly with charming people who spend their lives in service, some of the cream of humanity. While I would much rather be home and feeling well, I am determined to enjoy my stay as much as is possible. In other words, I’m keeping my crankiness to a minimum 😊😘

the artist leaves footprints, Monotype of the Day #239

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Wow, really late tonight. I've needed to make this image for 2 day but was out of ink. Thanks to the ultra fabulous @wildcherryart for the art supply run while I was under the weather! We all leave footprints behind in the world. In our footprints are echoes of the eternal footprint of The Artist, the ceaseless source of all creativity. it is the challenge of the artist to be still and silent long enough to hear The Artist in our own steps. It is so late that I wonder if perhaps I'm not making any sense tonight at all. if this is so, just look at the image. Images hold so much more than words can ever convey anyway. xoxo -