They are a record of friendships, of processes that were not all comfortable but always valuable, of deepening connections. They are strong as the sisterhood is strong. I treasure them.
The one shown here was done on August 31st, and when we finished, the woman who wishes to be referred to as Bright Eyes said her creative juices were still flowing. Her eyes really were bright as she came up with another idea: choose fifteen words, three per line, from lines 3,6,9,12 and 15 from a page divisible by 3 and write something including all 15 words in 20 minutes. By the time we had repeated the exercise 6 times, we were down to 10 minutes.
Here are some of the results.
words (from Peter Mathieson 'The Snow Leopard'): lowland, ground, eyes, warm, buffalo, calmly, paradise, along, feet, shoe, finds, full, inspired, walker, pilgrim
The pilgrim takes the lowland route. Her feet tread calmly, eyes following the ground. One shoe finds the track of a lone buffalo. This walker feels warm in the midday sun but she continues along beside the hoof prints, her heart full and inspired although some way from paradise.
The pilgrim walks the lowland path. Without shoe, toes touch warm ground. Calmly she breathes, in, out, in. No need for hurry or race. She is inspired by the paradise this land once was before the buffalo lost the chase to men with guns, hearts full of hate, who killed and killed and killed again. She remembers how it once was here, sees it how it is, and finds all is as it needs to be. The walker goes along her way. Calmly she breathes, in, out, in.
What matters to me about the paintings and the short pieces of prose is the sharing of them, both in their making and in posting them on this blog. I hope they will inspire others to play creatively, especially those who do not usually allow themselves the time
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