Saturday, March 18, 2017

Retreat



This drawing--a souvenir of an afternoon alone to catch up with myself, time to take a long walk, to ignore the clock, then to retreat to my study with a withered tulip in a blue, glass vase and to play with pastels, enjoying the freedom of not knowing how to use pastels well, knowing only that I want the satisfaction of making marks on paper, of messy hands, of being lost in a process, of looking up, eventually, to find the delightful illusion of three dimensions on flat paper. 

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How do you slow down and catch up with yourself? 

2 comments:

  1. Taking walks! And i am excited to observe Earth Hour tonoght...turn off the lights and reflect

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  2. Taking walks is one of my favorite ways to get grounded, too.
    I hope you had a peaceful Earth Hour.
    Thanks for reading and for commenting.

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