
World Water Color Month 2022, Day 30 (July 30, 2022)
If I had to choose one favorite from the images I crafted for World Watercolor Month 2022, I think this Spice Bush Swallowtail would be the one. I worked this one on my father’s birthday as I thought about him and all the gifts he gave me.
“Faith,” the poem below by Ullie-Kaye seems an appropriate fit for this butterfly, since the journey with grief is also a journey of faith.
faith
ullie-kaye
faith does not begin where fear ends.
she comes when you are still lying in
the bottom of the gutter. hands trembling.
doubts running rampant. seas stormy.
breath insufficient. darkness winning.
thoughts blurring. skies fading. more black
than blue. obstructed view. no way through.
there. in the absence. in the tragedy.
in the emptiness. in the wreckage that made
its way into the very marrow of your bones.
in the fire that could not be drenched.
in the thirst that could not be quenched.
in the wounds that would not heal. in the
heart that could not feel. in the broken.
the lost. and surreal. that’s when she comes.
I hope you enjoyed our seven-post trip into photo art and the beautiful words I encountered daily.
Here’s a collage of the photo art posted for World Watercolor Month, including the three extra (butterflies) I posted on the blog (but not on Instagram). Do you have a favorite?
Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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A beautiful poem. And with regards to picking a favourite from the collage, it is so hard.
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Yes, I love Ullie-Kaye. Thanks for finding it hard to choose. That means you found a lot of good ones. 🙂
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Too many to count Chandra, I love them all. You had such a fabulous month. Bravo!!
Standouts are the sunflowers, days 19, LOVE day 13, 14, 5, 2, 1. Happy creating, and prepping for classes. 🙂
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Yay! One of my biggest fans! No classes for me this semester. Too busy being an administrator to teach! 😀 I’ll try not to miss it too much.
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OOPs. And the words today…. perfect. 🙂 xoxoxo
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I love everything Ullie-Kaye writes! So on point!
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Gorgeous
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Thank you!
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I like #21. It reminds me of a painting my Aunt Phyllis painted many years ago. It hangs in my dining room. I also am partial to monarch butterflies. Thanks for sharing pics of your paintings!
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Aww…that’s special. I’ll have to go and figure out which one is #21 (again). 😀 Thanks for enjoying my photo-art!
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Your art is just beautiful Chandra!
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Wow! Thank you!!!
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