A Hundred Times More Beautiful
Jalai ed-Din Rumi
That which God said to the rose,
and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty,
he said to my heart,
and made it a hundred times more beautiful.
What a beautiful day we've had today!
This weekend I will spend time with a group of old friends at Lake Lanier. A time to remember, laugh, share stories, read, and sketch or paint. A mini retreat to offer renewal and time for relaxation and reflection. Perfect for inspiring the muse.
On sketching ~
Mechanics' Institute Library, San Francisco
The act of sketching defines and redefines boundaries. Everyone who makes sketches, whether on paper, in software or, increasingly, in hardware. Sketching may begin with an idea, but the process fundamentally changes that idea. Sketches identify both what an idea is, and what it is not. They serve as histories and illustrations. Sketching tools simultaneously help and constrain the possibilities of sketching. Make a new sketching tool and new boundaries appear, while old ones dissolve.
Some poetic meanderings for this afternoon ~
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
William Carlos Williams
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring
a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry
of the year was
awake tingling
with itself
sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings' wax
unsignificantly
off the coast
there was
a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning
How about sketching in the south of France?
http://www.sketching.com/
More poetry ~
http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5927
Something new to read ~
Tiepolo's Hound By Derek WalcottWith twenty-six of Derek Walcott's own paintings, Tiepolo's Hound is a spiritual biography and a history in verse.
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