Listening to the Sounds of a Different Drummer
Art is about being curious. About knowing how things hold meaning — trying to make sense of oneself, one’s environment.
Kiki Smith
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| Prudence and the Pileated Woodpecker |
Deep fall has come. It is very hard to spend any time indoors wedging clay. Or glazing for that matter. The morning fog has returned---muffling the sounds of nearby commerce. On other hand, it ampliflies the hammering noise of a Pileated Woodpecker. Its red crown bobbing to the sounds of different drummer...tilting its head to eye its work. Making adjustments. It must love the soft wood of the Bishop pine---now studded with holes and stuffed with autumn acorns. Industrous nature art at its most expressive..
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Love Prudence with her woodpecker holes. Her expression makes me wish she could talk . . . she knows something!
ReplyDeleteYes and I get a feeling she's not telling :)
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of Autumn in your word, Charlene. A wondrous time it is.
ReplyDeleteWe all have a unique inner drumbeat. Grooving to our own personal rhythm is so good for the soul.
And autumn has such a deliciously slower, deeper beat as everything slows it's pace.
Pretty Prudence and her Woodpecker knows ;)
Mid-November is when I finish up all the holiday market things and close down the studio for two months. I find it is best because I am easily distracted by bright and beautiful Autumnal colors. Day dreaming and deep breathing is best done in late fall. Prudence and Woody know best. ;)
DeleteVery nice creations and words. Fall is generous :)
ReplyDeleteHello IIona...thank you for your kind words...we get fall colors late here so by mid-November it is a chance to enjoy autumn.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about the holes but when you said pileated woodpecker I knew, can't wait to see her finished; love the quote at the top so true.
ReplyDeleteHello Linda-
DeleteKiki Smith is an artist of extraordinary works that embodies that quote. She is one of my favorite artists. As to Prudence and Woodpecker, they are done. I just haven't had the chance to post. Thanks!