finding home in montana
Thin line in Blue
(Week 7--Visio Divina)
Visceral: Quiet, sacred, peaceful, smooth sailing. But, something is about to happen. Anticipation, merging into a whole. Ships passing in the night, or merging into a single line. But, there will not be a collision of these lines.
Color: I am SO a blue person! One of my favorite things to do is collect color chips at the paint store and try and match them to the shades of blue I see out my window on the lake, everyday--when I get to be at home. For the past few exercises in our class, I went to the last photos I took before I left home for Santa Fe, two weeks ago, and this one stood out.
While blue is, by far, my favorite color, until the last 15 years or so, it was clearly red, for as long as I can remember. My current home...my homeplace...is decorated in shades of ethereal blues--colors that change with the light during the day. But, i have accents of cherry and ruby red everywhere, and feel they balance the dreamy and mysterious blues I am searching for constantly.
In reading Kim's wonderful links about color, I loved Goethe's (whose writing is such a favorite of mine). About red, he wrote: "The affect of this colour is as peculiar as its nature. It conveys an impression of gravity and dignity, and at the same time of grace and attractiveness."
And, of blue, he wrote: "a kind of contradiction between excitement and repose."
Well, maybe this contradiction is ME!! And, the horizontal lines in this photo are the "edge where things happen" as Patricia Turner wrote. Sally said that horizontal lines "organize that content for you", and, "heighten my awareness to the present moment."
This exercise helps me not feel so crazy about the dread I feel in leaving home, along with the anticipation of exploring someplace new. Goethe wrote: "We love to contemplate blue--not because it advances to us, but because it draws us after it."
Maybe, now, after nearly two weeks away from home, I can pick up my camera and photograph Santa Fe!
Thin line in Blue
(Week 7--Visio Divina)
Visceral: Quiet, sacred, peaceful, smooth sailing. But, something is about to happen. Anticipation, merging into a whole. Ships passing in the night, or merging into a single line. But, there will not be a collision of these lines.
Color: I am SO a blue person! One of my favorite things to do is collect color chips at the paint store and try and match them to the shades of blue I see out my window on the lake, everyday--when I get to be at home. For the past few exercises in our class, I went to the last photos I took before I left home for Santa Fe, two weeks ago, and this one stood out.
While blue is, by far, my favorite color, until the last 15 years or so, it was clearly red, for as long as I can remember. My current home...my homeplace...is decorated in shades of ethereal blues--colors that change with the light during the day. But, i have accents of cherry and ruby red everywhere, and feel they balance the dreamy and mysterious blues I am searching for constantly.
In reading Kim's wonderful links about color, I loved Goethe's (whose writing is such a favorite of mine). About red, he wrote: "The affect of this colour is as peculiar as its nature. It conveys an impression of gravity and dignity, and at the same time of grace and attractiveness."
And, of blue, he wrote: "a kind of contradiction between excitement and repose."
Well, maybe this contradiction is ME!! And, the horizontal lines in this photo are the "edge where things happen" as Patricia Turner wrote. Sally said that horizontal lines "organize that content for you", and, "heighten my awareness to the present moment."
This exercise helps me not feel so crazy about the dread I feel in leaving home, along with the anticipation of exploring someplace new. Goethe wrote: "We love to contemplate blue--not because it advances to us, but because it draws us after it."
Maybe, now, after nearly two weeks away from home, I can pick up my camera and photograph Santa Fe!