2 posts tagged “siblings”

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.- Albert Einstein
This has been a summer of mysteries...
Full moon over Toledo; reconnection with old friends; the scent of wedding lilies; laughter, joy and elegance.

Night sky over northern Michigan; the pungence of the pines and balmy air of childhood. The first meeting of six siblings in 15 years. It was worth the 28 hour round trip drive.

Cascading meteorites over Sudbury, Vermont; fresh mown lawn and garden tomatoes.

The moon shimmering beyond the olive groves on the Aegean and Libyan Sea; jagged bones of the earth towering over a collapsed caldera. Dancing from moon rise to sunrise... the pulse of the music redefining the tranquility of Mediterranean night

All very comprehensible scientifically, but throw in the innocence and passion of love; the deep connection of family, the exhilerating and liberating freedom of new horizons; the thoughtful contemplation of ancient cultures...

Two weddings and a funeral this summer...
Celebrations of life the future and the past.
This has been a season of journeying. Not conducive to meditative work, for which I am hungering. My head is overloaded with sensory input.

But there has also been good progress on the art front.
To create one's own world in any arts takes courage.
                                                - Georgia O'Keefe

Shard Nest is Finally Finished...
It's been quite a while in the making- from the darkness of winter to the fullness of summer. 4'x5' is not that big, but Bird Dog and many other smaller works have happened along the way as well.

Control the dream by making choices.

 This is a time of careening corvids, spinning crows, raucous ravens... the shrill call of jays as they squabble over stolen morsels...

Midsummer night... a time for sensuality and mischief. The air is full of sweet scented things...

Peonies are opening, irises are delicately fragrant...
Vermont emerges from brief spring into summer.  The garden is leaping into the air: broccoli and brussels sprouts, peas and beans, cucumbers and abundant winter squash.. Lettuces and greens, all so brilliant and rich in color in texture. The woodchucks like it too.

I trudge on with painting, finally back on track after my own careening around the east... hurtling from Vermont to Virginia to Maryland to Boston to Vermont a few weeks ago, and this week just back from an astonishing reunion of my siblings, 14 hours drive from here in northern Michigan.. The six of us in one space for the first time in 15 years, plus my wonderful uncle, and two nieces and a nephew. Too much fun, and oh so interesting.
I want college credit for my weekend with five PhD's.