Be... Dream... Play...

sunrise, sunset and a lunar adjustment...

cloud gazing has brought

very definite rewards

color puddles are speaking

in old and new languages...

and after many forks in the road

my old friend

painting

is visiting,

taking tea

(with lemon)

and staying awhile...

xox - eb.

* ooo! - featured here and here *

art and meaning...

Katherine Treffinger

of the glorious Treffinger Daily

has a wonderful project about art and meaning

and I am delighted to be a participant...

go here and enjoy...

xox - eb.

Thursday with Morgan...

you can be any animal in the world

what animal are you?

"I am a white Mama kitty with stripes and spots."

done...

xox - eb.

Dear Morgan...

Dear Morgan,

I loved painting with you last Monday

and I must tell you that you are currently

my very most favorite artist...

I love your jeweled Princess crown

and the glass slippers you are wearing

as you run through a grassy field

collecting daisies.

Morgan - you have taken me down

the rabbit hole of memory and I have re-visited

a time ten years ago before you were born

when my son was almost five just like you

and we painted together...

just like with you - I would trace his body

on mat board and he would BEcome...

a rabbit, a dog, a zebra, an elephant...

those were the days - the salad days of magic

and imagining...

and Morgan - now I am wanting to do this too

and to create a sanctuary

where women come together

to trace their bodies on large plywood

and discover the Temple

that they walk with each and every day

you know this Morgan

you have not forgotten

as we put the last touches on your painting

you stepped back and exclaimed:

"I am beautiful and perfect"...

I will never forget these words

and I would love to share this feeling

and self-recognition with others.

Thank you Morgan

for teaching me this most radiant lesson

xox - eb.

ps - I am envisioning a workshop along these lines

if this process intrigues you - please e-mail me

@ [email protected]

deep diving and potential flight...

more color puddles

encouraging

flower bearing friends to emerge...

and meanwhile

returning

to the scrap pile approach

to journaling

some real comfort in that

curious that

we sometimes forget

what it is that suggests

deep diving

and potential flight...

xox - eb.

grateful...

to be their daughter

and his Mom

happy Father's Day

happy Solstice..

xox - eb.

wingwalker, rockstacks and other small joys...

with dry sunny weather

I find myself working inside and out

the sun dries my wet pages

and seals collaged elements quickly

I run from one small joy

to the next

as little folks pop out of paint puddles

thinking a lot these last few days

about the process

in making stuff

why we make the choices we do

wondering

as certain compositions and images recur...

I found a little box of saved grocery receipts

circa 1914

and a wingwalker

and one thing led to another...

xox - eb.

poppies and true north...

oh my POPPIES!

sunlit radiant poppies

calling my name

radiance to BE reckoned with

indeed...

and cloud gazing as a new journaling process

loving this...

finding of sweet little spirits

speaking to me from color patches

a new form

of daily divining

and after

deep listening during

a deep tissue massage today

as the thunder drummed in the distance

and the rain tweaked this emerald world

well...

I am glowing

from the inside out

and sending you

this radiance that I am feeling

shine...

xox - eb.

shoe-ting stars, hope and harmony...

I dream a lot about shoes

and red shoes seem to crop up

frequently here and there,

shooting stars

are arcing carriers

of our hopes for harmony and peace...

I am in the throes

of carving out a new studio space

in what we have called

the "dead zone" for many years

bringing life and good feng shui

into this wonderful multi-windowed space...

sharing new collaged canvases here

made from these ephemeral elements:

ledger pages, Tibetan paper, French and Italian text,

vintage dictionary pages, music, wallpaper,

flaming heart prints and a small bag of super eb goodies

(shelf fungi, stripey rocks, rose petals,

turquoise and coral beads, etc.,)...

I have a few bags assembled and ready for you to play with

@ $20.00 each - please e-mail me ([email protected])

if you are interested.

Gorgeous day today - lots of walking, organizing

and new journal pages in a new super duper journal

oh - and GLORIOUS poppies...

tomorrow

xox - eb.

 

postcards from Squam...

we arrived

Friday evening

in time

for pink reflections

we lit a fire

 
and the lantern

and listened

to the song of the loons

and the next day...

Saturday

breakfast was radiant

and we set up

for our class

with the poetic

and lovely miss Alex

we laid down

various grounds

and

cloud

gazed

in our patches

of color

we

found

many

friends

in

our

cloud

gazing...

and then

after the fabulous Art Fair

we saw this...

and then

Sunday morning

mmm

breakfast

and

an angel

named Jimmy

with wing-ed fingers

playing piano jazz

and a lean mean boogie woogie...

Rockywold/Deephaven is FULL of angels

thank you:

Becky, John, Zach, Tom, Annie,

and so many others...

and so

we continue

cloud gazing

and

our explorations

of paradise

eventually

take us home

to our truest selves...

xox - eb.

* this is just a sampling of my glorious 2nd visit to Squam
many many thanks to Elizabeth for organizing cloud 9 perfection!
I will be returning in Sept. to teach - so excited about that...
go here and here and here for more postcards and I hope to see YOU in Sept.