Call and Response: July Landscape
When Nina posted her July landscape, below, she talked about possibly meeting with the Magnetic Poetry Oracle. I loved her painting so much I did a collage response, and met with the Oracle myself for some poetic commentary, using Colleen’s poetry prompts for this week as well.
wild sanctuary
growing quiet beneath cloud
breezes blossoming
ancient path walks with windsong
wandering through rooted air
We have done a number of these collaborations in the past, but not recently. I love especially Nina’s landscapes, which always give me a lot of fertile ground for collage.
It’s Saturday! The Oracle is ready and waiting.
23 responses to “Call and Response: July Landscape”
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- - July 25, 2017
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Thanks!
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the Oracle gives me pause…time to find the wild sanctuary within, maybe. Or maybe as the collages seem to suggest, the sanctuary is out there if the looking is right. Or maybe they’re both the same. 🙂
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Thanks. Within or without. Perhaps we just need to be open and looking, as you say.
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Perfect July portraits word and image and the both of you.
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Thanks Claudia. I like it when creative wavelengths merge.
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I love all of the creative inspirations and connections that came together here–Nina, the Oracle, and Colleen’s prompts, too. I really love the poem that came of this. Such beautiful images–wild, but peaceful, too.
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Thanks Merril. Yes, many paths coming together for this. A fruitful meeting of energies.
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Yes, indeed!
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Synergy 💕
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Collaborations can make magic (as you know!)
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Yes! 😊
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Lovely! Reminds me of Van Gogh’s style.
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I like that comparison Carol. Thanks!
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Wow! Your creativity knows no bounds. I love these collages and your poetry is perfect to go along. Lovely! ❤
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Thanks Colleen!
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Very Hockney!
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Nina’s painting definitely. My collage not so much I think.
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Your collages just should not work. Really they shouldn’t. Cutting and sticking bits of found colour should look like a child’s craft piece for a rainy afternoon, to be surreptitiously snuck into the recycling.
But they do work. They are amazing. And this landscape is beautiful.
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What a wonderful complement! I must say I was pleased with this one. Nina’s painted landscapes always speak to me.
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It’s a compliment for sure, and also a reflection on the very nature of art: it is fascinating what makes your collage work as art and what distinguishes it from someone else using the same “simple” technique. What happens to your prolific output? Do you frame, exhibit, sell them?
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I have portfolios full in the storage room. I’m always entering them in shows, but have only been juried in twice. Some have appeared in online journals. A few I have framed and hanging. I give them away mostly. I used to try to sell them, but no one seems interested in buying.
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