As Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) wrote in his Letters
to a Young Poet:
I want to ask
you, as clearly as I can, to bear with patience all that is unresolved in your
heart, and try to love the questions themselves. . . . For everything must be
lived. Live the questions now, perhaps then, someday, you will gradually,
without noticing, live into the answer.
Bee Balm and Labrador Tea are examples of nature's invitation to closeups, highlighting unique and intriguing properties of its offerings.
Socially distanced...The virus pandemic brought focus on social
distancing and the trauma, pain and suffering that results. We were,
and are, socially distanced in so many ways beyond 6 feet of physical
space.
Birds of Mythology... I've often
thought of painting my version of Athena with her Owl and Circe with Hawk. A friend then suggested I move on to Phoenix Rising, which I
did.
Solitude..This rural landscape, took me to a place very foreign
to Greek goddesses. Commissioned by my son-in-law, I was challenged in
changing direction.
And I then there are always crows and ravens as featured actors in my stories.
