life is full!

the art i have created daily can be seen on 

instagram.  this a collaged and painted teabag.

an acrylic abstract painted on a page of a large book.

rust dyed papers done in a

weekend workshop with orly avineri.

atcs for my international group.

the them was to use a minimal number

of papers within less than 10 minutes.

i started with papers which were painted already.

and i hosted a birthday party for a 

dear dear friend.  i broke my own boundary by singing 

'you're the tops.'... and i cannot sing!

this week i tried using extra large images.

what do you think?  too big?

it rained in southern california! yay!  it has been a 

very long time since i head the sound of water on my rooftop.

it was like music to my ears.

last night the rain spoke to me

by mary oliver

last night 

the rain 

spoke to me

slowly, saying,

what joy

to come falling

out of the brisk cloud,

to be happy again

in a new way

on the earth!

that's what it said

as it dropped,

smelling of iron,

and vanished

like a dream of the ocean

into the branches

and the grass below.

then it was over.

the sky cleared.

i was standing

under a tree

the tree was a tree 

with happy leaves,

and i was myself,

and there were stars in the sky

that were also themselves

at the moment

at which moment

my right hand 

was holding my left hand

which was holding the tree

which was filled with stars 

and the soft rain-

imagine! imagine!

the long and wondrous journeys

still to be ours.

X O X O X O

posting with paint party friday, 

a weekly online party of creatives 

hosted by eva and kristen.