Happy Christmas

Wishing you all a very

Happy Christmas

Marc Ignacio on Unsplash

with a poem I wrote at the last Theme Poetry of 2023
 

Tall and Slim 

I
would
be
beautiful

if not for
the marks.
I’m tall
and slim.
A tall, slim,
white candle
Standing straight,
upright
and tall.
But those
marks I feel
disfigure me.
What are
they? Why
are they
there?
Did I
mention
I’m tall
and slim?
What’s this?
A stick
of flame
touches
my head.
It burns.
My head
shines
brightly.
How?
And then
just as
quickly
the light’s
snuffed
out. I
feel strange.
Some part
of me has
dripped
down
my sides.
Brightness and darkness alternate.
But as the darkness falls, a light
flares up and touches my head each time.
I am no longer tall, slim and white. I’m almost gone.
Dissolved, disfigured, pooled in the saucer I’ve stood on
these past twenty four days. There's just enough of me
For one last show of light to glow on Christmas Day. 

Thanks for visiting my blog this year
Bernice

Looking Down

The last theme for the photographic ladies this year was 'Looking Down'.

The thing about looking down is that it can be from a great height or it could just be what's at our feet.

These are views from high place down into valleys in Australia.

But this was at my feet as we walked.

In Western Australia we walked through a Tree Top Walk.  Here's the view looking down into the forest floor.

When we were in Albany (WA) we went to the top of a monument and looked down onto the port.

These were the steps we climbed up.  The photo was taken as we started the walk back down.

And finally!  From the bedroom window when the frost had melted on half the lawn!

Thank you for joining me today.
Bernice

Studio Day

This week I went to Littleheath Barn Studio for a Studio Day.  This is where you take your own work to do and get the benefit of Liske's advice when you're stuck.

I started work on this new piece by 'painting' the fabric with thickened procion dye.

 

 

This piece is based on verses from Ezekiel 47:1-12 about the river flowing out.

 

I left it rolled up in plastic for longer than I usually do but still lost quite a bit of the green at the bottom and the rust at the top.

 

In the afternoon I made this grid based on the Australian Connections research I've been doing.

And later this week I worked on this sample from the Maps & More workshop the previous week. It's not particularly satisfactory so it will no doubt be put into my sketchbook.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice