In search of...

In search of what I had

what I have

and don't have.  The trees are dying. The days left in the water supply are in the double digits. We use as little as we can. We are not allowed to water our gardens.

I dream of rain

but it does not.

So I'm going to watery places---

Hawaii next week and Paris next month, and in June, a place very like Hawaii, but very different. I'm making art about rain, about my daily use of water,  about life that lives in or on or from (don't we all?) water, in acrylic, watercolor, ink and pen, and who knows what else.

If I paint it, will it come?

You ask me when I am coming, I do not know
I dream of your mountains and autumn pools brimming all night with the rain
Oh when shall we be trimming wicks again, together in your western window
When shall I be hearing your voice again, all night in the rain?

Li Shang Yin
translated Witter Bynner

Comments

[Paris Parfait]

Love all the water-themed art! Enjoy Hawaii and all that tropical lushness! xoxox

[Laura]

You don't know how grateful I am for your stories and comments. It's very heartening to have company on this quest, so thank you so much for taking the time to write your reactions here.

[Cathy]

Ah, water, the precious fluid! We too have had years of watching clouds build up in great white banks, then filter away over the horizon, leaving us bereft. Now it rains and rains until we forget what summer used to be - enjoy your quest, quench your thirst!

[dana]

I was thinking water all along!, but not on this level. You will make a difference and think you already are, as we are getting rain here in Asheville that is hopefully moving your way!
Very powerful, moving story.
I look forward to seeing more gouache, as I have always used Schmincke for my lettering, now I see what else can be done with it!
Love the glass!

[Elaine]

Laura - you say paint it and it will come? I think there is no harm in that idea at all - a lot of people believe in manifesting their needs. A deep theme on many so levels.

Travel safe - I'm off for my sea-fix soon!

E

[starrgirl]

so that is the theme. How humbling. Deuteronomy 8:7 - For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of torrent valleys of water, springs and watery deeps issuing forth... May it be so...