what next? ~ watercolour ~ 9 x 12
bohemian fringe ~ watercolour ~ 9 x 12
playing once again with my watercolours...honestly, if i don't do it often i seem to lose it. i'm using a new handmade paper called Nujabi. i'm not particularly fond of this paper. i prefer Arches 300 lb cold press. maybe, i just need to work with it a little more. it tends to get muddied up and doesn't seem to tolerate much rubbing.
ah well, paint and learn...
~Calli
i adore this image. has always been a fave of mine.
to me this says:
blissful simplicity
this is living in the moment, enjoying life's simple
pleasures.
i probably don't have to tell you that i love to blow bubbles with my kids,
and trying to catch them, is even more fun!
keeps my inner child alive and well.
nothing says summer like this...
hope you're all enjoying your summer.
~Calli
image source: whispery moment by Angela Bacon-Kidwell
alone?
lonely?
what am I this day?
I try not to define myself in this way
though today the palpability,
is quite deafening.
feeling, mood, aura, so inward;
that outward seems, exhaustively unattainable.
solace within
my private place
my secret domain
i am sheltered, safe, untouched,
if only to a degree.
the rains
white noise
thunder
they murmur in the distance
soothing me
lulling me into a placid
meditative state
leading me to that unknown
where imagination
and peace
can often be found
yet not this day!
for you are there
an apparition of you
today, this is not a comforting thing
it is a haunting thing
i am on edge
agitated
and the only thought,
the only thought that consoles,
is the thought of being held in your embrace…
…I am haunted this day
© Calli 2009
image source: photo-in-spoons
altar of hope
i grace this space
with wishing seeds from dandelions
fairy dust
prayer beads
a treasured rosary...
amidst candles, God/Goddess
and
Buddha
all those things held dear
but what i hold even more dear
is unseen 'within' - my truest treasure!
that of my hopes and dreams
the 'thing' that makes me dance
my Altar of Hope
you are sacred to me
i pray on your steps
in your temple
i pray
i release
as i am rocked gently
and oh, so slowly
on the winds of tomorrow - my answers will come!
©: Calli 2009
image source: 33nukr9
untitled
11 x 14 acrylic on canvas
My latest painting! As it stands, she is untitled, not sure why exactly, but she does
remind me of a particular scene from the 1998 film 'What Dreams May Come,' with Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra...to me, one of the most moving scenes in the entire film... Oh, who am I kidding, there are several meaningful and thought provoking scenes in this film. I won't give it away though, in case you haven't seen it. If you haven't, I definitely recommend it. Here's the link to the trailer :
what dreams may come
Beautifully done movie trailer and it reminded me just how much I love this film.
"After life there is more. The end is just the beginning."
Beautiful viewing!
~Calli
school's out for summer
school's out forever
my school's been blown to pieces
no more pencils
no more books
no more teacher's dirty looks
out for summer
out 'til fall
we might not come back at all
school's out forever
school's out for summer
school's out with fever
school's out completely
alice cooper lyrics
dedicated to my kids who love to sing this
on karaoke and cuz school's out!
~ we all know & love that feeling!
image ~ Bus #82 ©by Calli ...2009
my latest painting
12 x 16 acrylic on canvas board
i wanna dance
~Calli
...and dance i shall
officially began on June 21, 2009 at exactly 1:45 am EDT
give me a summer to remember
~
may we all have a summer to remember...
~ Calli
image source: lucaPatrone
also new photos and painting at:
G A R A H S T A H
in still waters
i search
i see
i find
it is you
your reflection
looking back at me
how can this be?
have you become so near?
that my soul knows no difference
between me and thee?
the good, the bad
we had morphed
as one
then you left...
and
when it is all said and done
it is once again me
(though forever altered)
that i see
looking
back at me...
© Calli 2009
image source: zzzsearch-1
G A R A H S T A H
hope to see you there, gems...
i would love it if you would 'follow' me at Garahstah (Picture Maker) ~ my art blog. That way you'll receive updates
automatically...
~Calli
I came across a poem today in a book jacket
it resonated with my recent thoughts.
I was feeling as though I have not been living to my fullest capacity.
Not feeling as alive as I should. Withering in my prime of prime's.
Knowing it's time to live. Live fully. Live more beautifully.
Kiss the skies. Let my heart open and love again. Feel the beauty,
the amber glow, let it warm, and let the waters cool,
just FEEL...feel something. There is a Goddess inside and she
wants to feel, to breathe, to live through me...
*a introspective lyric © by Calli 2009
I will not die an unlived life.
I will not live in fear
of falling or catching fire.
I choose to inhabit my days,
to allow my living to open me,
to make me less afraid,
more accessible,
to loosen my heart
until it becomes a wing,
a torch, a promise.
I choose to risk my significance;
to live so that which came to me as seed
goes to the next as blossom
and that which came to me as blossom,
goes on as fruit.
fully alive - by dawna markova
*an experiment in creating off the cuff...
whilst listening to Diane Birch - she's fabulous! love her! go take a listen:
diane birch
image source: whispygirl1
