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| "Peaceful Reflections," 5 x 7 watercolor, 140 lb. Fabriano Artistico cold press |
When you see an island, what is the reaction?
Probably, a question, a lure, to somehow get there and find what is on it, to explore, discover.
Why?
I think of Hemingway's Islands in the Stream, or Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers' song, by the same title. Then there is William James' quote about we being islands in the sea separate on the surface but connected deep, along with John Donne's poem, "No Man is an Island."
Don't forget Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, spending the nights on an island in the Mississippi River so they could hide. Or Robert Graves canoeing down the Brazos in Goodbye to a River, camping on one overnight. And, do we not all dream of the magic islands of the South Pacific or getting away to a secluded beach in the Caribbean?
Those thoughts came to me yesterday, walking in Martin Park, seeing this little island in the middle of the lake.
Thus today's little watercolor. It's been a long month of little creative activity for me, and that walk and this island, brought peace and an urge. It's a little rough but what I felt viewing it. Part of an island's lure.
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