today I flew to the Yukon, travelling through the landscape from above
for the next five weeks I'll be travelling through it on the ground
last week I travelled through it in my mind...
twenty-five 1 1/4" squares with pen-marks and brush-strokes, soft subtle greys, dusky blues and greys and a few splashes of fireweed and wild rose pink
some were done hesitantly, a few marks, a long pause
thinking my way through several, a few coming far more easily
winter ice and snow has a lot of presence, as does water
it was interesting to notice the subjects I kept coming back to
it was also interesting to note the ones I added because I thought I should
I printed a copy of it and brought it with me thinking I may take a few and work on developing them further
or perhaps they will be the springboard to something else
either way, there is more of this kind of work in my future now that I'm back in the landscape that inspired it in the first place
2 comments:
Oh yes, doing something because you thought you should.. I recognise that one. But it's not always a bad thing. You might find it develops in interesting ways as you travel.
'..travelling through the landscape from above'..... and suddenly these squares appear as they are mapped out and looked down on as you fly over them.... passing landscapes, glimpses, transient snapshots. There is a story unfolding here. Have an amazing trip!
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