Featured image: Lily Pads on Kasba Lake
Wandering
wandering
enchanted woods
nature's
serenity
wandering
winged
wanderer
In the pearly
Sky
wandering
patches of black-eyed
susans
scattered
about
wandering
water still stretching
far beyond
wandering
my heart wanders
in the gallery of nature's
palette
it holds new mysteries
treasures
every day
Featured image: Cloud Berries
Surrealism presents the familiar as unfamiliar and uncanny. Surrealism is the juxtaposition of seemingly unrealized imagery.
Artist Marcel Duchamp said this after the father of Surrealism passed; “He was a love of love in a world that believes in prostitution.”
Oh, I love that quote—a lover of love in a world of prostitution.
Featured image: Falcon
“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Featured image: Bluebird III
The other day, when I talked to an art lover about the inkwork on my smaller pieces, she commented, “These are so surreal.” I had never thought of my work as surreal, so I started once again to travel down the path of surrealism. It wasn’t hard because I have so many favorite surrealist artists. The artist Miró was the first I explored because I understand and can read the visual language in his work. It’s tough to know if he is painting a person, tree, or bird, but once you start to look at his work and study Miró, you begin to understand what he is conveying..
I went online and saw this quote: “The laws of reality don’t apply to his work.” No wonder I relate to him; the laws of reality don’t apply to my work. Miró has his own reality, as do I.
So, I offered a couple of pieces to you all and would love your opinion. This first one is a new one called “Bluebird III.” The other one is an older one that has been accepted into several exhibitions and won prizes. One judge told me the work was surreal.
Wow, talk about listening to the voices speaking to you. So, what do you all think? I went through some of my portfolio because there are two surreal exhibitions I might enter. I found several that fit the bill of surrealism. I will share those with you all later.
This year, I didn't have my monarch caterpillar camp simply because I found no caterpillars.
Did anyone else have trouble finding monarch caterpillars this year? Last year, I had about 15 in my camp and released them when they were ready. Maybe this one is from one of the ones I released a year ago. I am so glad she is in my garden enjoying herself.
Mystery, and secrets
Found in
Mr Crow your shiny
Plumage
Purple, black
Green
Captivate
Your beauty
Your mystery
Featured image: July Rose Breasted Woodpecker
Joyful choruses
Tunes from the soul
Lifting heavy hearts
Birds in the morning
