I love this. Both the painting and the haiku. The painting .. I just love it. I have seen the crane migration near Valentine, Nebraska several times. They are awesome creatures. Your haiku is wonderful, suggestion the connection between the winged and the heavens. Great!
Meri, This is simply stunning. Your painting is almost Asian in its quality and line and then it breaks out in stained glass song. It is utterly fantastic, really! I am reminded of the Crane dance festival upcoming in Albuquerque, which I will sadly miss because it is in November.I am still here in the southwest and coming home tomorrow. Beautiful, poetic haiku--deep, Autumnal imagery. xo, Noelle
Sometimes things aren't what they seem. We settle in somewhere, thinking it's going to be safe and hospitable and just what we hoped for, a magical haven that provides us shelter from harm. Then reality sets in and we realize that we were mistaken. That soft place to land turns out to be quite a bit less soft than we'd anticipated. In fact sometimes things get downright hard and cold and unforgiving. Not at all what we expected. Do we stay and make the best of it or fly away to build a new nest somewhere else? Sometimes the most valuable lessons come from learning to see the beauty right in front of your eyes. Sometimes we bloom most gloriously when we learn to thrive just where we are and come to love just what we have. Maybe each of us is exactly where we need to be, learning lessons custom-made for us.
Haiku My Heart i invite you to imagine living in peace one day at a time I have to admit that I'm finding it hard to celebrate the birthday of my country having declared its independence from Mother England, when the country was founded on institutionalized slavery, the idea that white men were created equal but but black men were less than and women weren't even considered. We tend to glorify the "all men are created equal" phrase without looking at the reality. We can do better. We must.
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Happy Friday !
Lovely art, too. I can't tell the medium you chose to work in, from the computer image. Is it pastels? The background is especially nice.
each delicious word....
beauty!
Both words and collage.
on your long journey
sing firesongs.
Haiku My Heart…with Comfort
All the best, Boonie
Peace.
This is simply stunning. Your painting is almost Asian in its quality and line and then it breaks out in stained glass song. It is utterly fantastic, really! I am reminded of the Crane dance festival upcoming in Albuquerque, which I will sadly miss because it is in November.I am still here in the southwest and coming home tomorrow. Beautiful, poetic haiku--deep, Autumnal imagery.
xo,
Noelle