I forgot my camera for today’s archive…so, I dug out a journal page that might serve as a substitute for just now…something on rich weighty paper, a sketch of a tree. I really enjoyed Marilyn’s company while painting today. She worked steadily, applying the gild to the textured bark. I managed to include an additional 200 saint’s names on the wall and in stepping back, realized that I had created a bit of a ‘net’ with the warp and weft movement of the lines. I like the idea of this net stretched out across the piece…sometimes we need to be captured when we fall. We also sometimes need to be lifted up from a place of despair, loneliness, worry or fear. We all need that sometimes.
The drawing resembles a woodblock print or an etching. Nice. I also like the “net” analogy…an apt one for that piece.
The drawing of the tree captures the night, and I love the quote on the page, “Listening is a form of accepting.”