Showing posts with label Ronald Chase. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ronald Chase. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

TURNING THE PAGE



With the new year approaching I am ready to turn the page and start afresh. On the inside cover of my journal for 2012 I have written a quote by Carl Sagan.

"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known".

What better way to start a new year than knowing that somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known!



A big thank you to all the wonderful people who visit my blog. The blog world has certainly enriched my life. A few days ago I was feeling a little frazzled as I usually do at this time of the year and after visiting a few blogs where I read many words of wisdom and encouragement I came away feeling refreshed and filled with hope for the new year. Thank you dear friends for your wisdom, enthusiasm and support!

Wishing you all the best for 2012 and many fulfilling hours, days or months of creativity!



Also, a big thank you to all those artists whose beautiful art fills my blog gallery. What a joy to feast my eyes on such extraordinary work!



Though many of you have seen Velma Bolyard's amazing Rock Books, I wanted to celebrate them here on my blog. Click here to read more.

Christina Wiese's ceramic book. See website here.

I discovered this photo of Anselm Kiefer's Standing Book on Catherine's Flickr photostream. Many more amazing gems to be found on Flickr. Click here.


Arabesque by Dot Krause. A cast iron book with thin sheet of polymer clay. Website here.


Falling in Place. A series by Redredday on Flickr. See here.


A bundle of Elizabeth Bunsen's little books. I check in on Elizabeth's blog regularly because her photographs and words make my heart sing. See blog here.


Book by Carol E McMahon. See website here.

Book from Ronald Chase's Play series. See website here.

"Each page is a meditation that echoes nature with both repetition and variety. "Reading" the book is meant to be a contemplative experience that takes the reader out of the everyday world and into a state of gratitude and reverence". - Susan Kapuscinski Gaylord


Wednesday, December 7, 2011

THE POETRY OF LEAVES

Black Bowl, Maple Leaf by Tom Meyer. Click here.

Looking at a simple leaf.....

Looking at a single leaf ....
Leaf by Ronald Chase. Click  here

I sense poetry ......
I sense poetry....
stories....

stories......

... and art.
....... and art.



Antoni Tapies

I read a blog post by Kelle Hampton about receiving a big box of leaves from her cousin ...... "who sends leaves every year". A gift to connect Kelle to happy memories from her past.



At this very moment, I am imagining opening a box of leaves from our Drakensberg farm....... breathing in the scent of pine forests, eucalyptus avenues and ancient oaks, mingled with early morning mist.


Mixed Media by Patrick Boehner. Click here.


Patrick Boehner


Patrick Boehner.  See here.

A POEM by MARY OLIVER

What can I say that I have not said before?
So I'll say it again.
The leaf has a song in it.
Stone is the face of patience.
Inside the river there is an unfinished story
and you are somewhere in it
and it will never end until all ends.

Take your busy heart to the art museum and the
chamber of commerce
but take it also to the forest.
The song you heard singing in the leaf when you
were a child
is singing still.
I am of years lived, so far, seventy-four,
and the leaf is singing still.


Ingredients for a Story by Katie Cooke. Flickr photo stream here.

"Ingredients for a story about London, about falling in love, about writing letters, and about going to the zoo."