Day 53 of Year 2
Many of my images have to do with listening. One of my favorite poets, Jane Hirshfield said "... the feeling I have about poem-writing (is) that it is always an exploration, of discovering something I didn't already know. Who I am shifts from moment to moment, year to year. What I can perceive does as well. A new poem peers into mystery, into whatever lies just beyond the edge of knowable ground." I think this applies to visual art too. When a core image repeats over and over even with all the variations, "The Artist" (the creative source) is trying to send a message to "the artist" (me) but it's "just beyond the edge of knowable ground" as Hirshfield puts it. So I have to grow and expand my edges to encompass new ground. Each time this imagery comes through it has evolved which echoes my internal evolution. One day the image will stop coming through all together because it's message and energy of change it brings will have been fully received.