textile and transformation
Australia
Silk Habotai, card, textured wood panel, mosquito netting, woven metal fragment, acrylic paints, fiber-reactive dyes
Painting on silk, assemblage
643 x 312
This piece illustrates a poem:
mountains of green
mountains of blue arise:
gratitude wells up
and fills my eyes
When I moved from Europe to tropical Queensland to care for my frail aged parents in their last chapter, I would sometimes take respite time at Ankida, a rainforest sanctuary in the Gold Coast hinterland. I felt like a Zen hermit tucked away in a grass hut amongst mountains that rolled westward for ever. It was a good place for poetic ramblings and painting; I felt blessed beyond words.
miriam louisa simons 
that made me breathe all down into my toes
You’d have loved that mountain air Leelah! Thank you for commenting dear friend.
Miriam, if it were possible to attain “Nirvana” by looking at a piece of art, then I just did. Your color choices, media used – everything here – is just exuding beauty. Lovely work!
Oh – what a kind comment Patricia! Color on silk is magical – no other surface sings with the same energy. I miss it. Your response just might see me returning to that technique! Meanwhile – I’m bowing in gratitude. 🙂
Miriam, this brings to mind…rumi’s exhortation “to close the language-door and open the love-window”
gratitude opens my heart to the miraculous
thank you for sharing!
Diana – there’s a little thrill running through me when I read that my work brings the beloved Rumi to mind for you… what an honor!
Thank you for leaving such a beautiful comment!
ok – something must be good to the core when it ignites comments like the above ! Reading the comments made me think , oh ghee , they said it all and better – nothing for me left to write here 😉 – just one thing – how is it possible that there is so much glow coming from a tiny digital something on my laptop screen – how much more it must be glowing in real life. To check that out – that in itself would be worth a trip to down under 😉 Love from Dagmar
Dagmar – you made my day! What a joy to hear from you here my dear friend.
Yes, that’s the amazing thing about color on silk – it glows.
In real life, too.
Why don’t you come and check it out?
Golly I’d love to see you again.
Love/hugs/smiles ~ ml