If we allow it to happen, snow will awaken the inner
child. There is a since of childish wonder
and awe that can come with the snow, when you don’t think of shoveling too
much, that is. Temporarily shutting down
the noisy adult and instead releasing the inner child enables snow to once
again captivate. Snow makes a
transformative impression on the landscape.
We have been having a great deal of snow over the past few days and I
have been sick with stomach flu which gave me a lot of time to sit, think, curl
up in a blanket and dream. As an artist,
winter is one of the most important times.
It can be a very productive and stimulating period in the creative
calendar. Everything is in a state of
flux, changing day by day and the snow makes everything in the landscape seem bright
and new. There is a lot of mystery, so
much lies beneath the surface of what we can see. Dreams become powerful—there is no denying
it--winter is the time I get the most done.
The snow makes it visually stunning but typically in Chicago winter is
very long, cold, icy, and gray. This
type of visual deprivation makes you turn inward into the realm of imagination,
memory, spirit and dreams. You can also become a more nuanced visionary,
searching for nuances in tones, shades, values and within the landscape. Unfortunately, I am still feeling ill with the
flu. Thanks to the Goddess, it is not
something worse. This will soon pass;
meanwhile, I will use the snow and the illness as vehicles to open some memory
banks, rummage for new ideas and to think.
This is a good time for art journaling and working on my lap with a small
sketchbook and colored pencils. The image I’m posting today is a little 5 x 7
art card I made not long ago using embossing, stamps, painted paper, colored
and fabric.
When I first became a blogger it was difficult to know if I had readers and visitors coming to my blog. I’d post and be met by the sounds of crickets. Then, I branched out into the world of the blogosphere, a world I didn't know really existed. From my ventures, I met a lot of interesting bloggers. I've started following and commenting on numerous blogs, for you see, prior to my outings, I too was out among the crickets. Lurking about but seldom saying anything. A fellow blogger I've met through my journeys around the blogosphere is Melissa Maygrove . She had the brilliant idea to have a Follow Fest , where we share about who we are, what we do and most importantly, how you can connect with us further. It is my intention through joining Follow Fest, that I’ll connect with many more readers and people interested enough in what I do to want to learn more by following. So, here goes my entry for the fest. Name: Stephanie Rose Bird Fiction or
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