Wen Redmond: Art and Passion

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Art and Passion

In your light I learn how to love.

In your beauty, how to make poems.

You dance inside my chest,

where no one sees you,

but sometimes I do,

and that sight becomes this art.

Jelaludin Rumi (13th century

Whispers of the Positive 2010 Wen Redmond

3 comments:

layers said...: I just did a blog post with some poems and then I found your post with another wonderful poem I will have to add to my folder..love your collage too!; August 25, 2010 at 8:37 PM
Leslie Avon Miller said...: What a beautiful thought - to have the sight of love become your art. Wonderful piece Wen.; August 26, 2010 at 12:27 AM
Linda A. Miller said...: Beautiful...I love Rumi's poetry. Your lovely piece reflects the poem.; August 26, 2010 at 1:58 PM

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Kahlil Gibran

A spiritual awakening is often found and developed in a wilderness. It can be a poem or a parable of a deep forest, a mountain meadow or a cactus-studded desert. The outdoor spirit of plein air refreshes and further enables the indoor studio chapel. Each new creative beginning is a confirmation of the simple truth of taking care. And while it may all appear to be self-indulgent and isolating, every thought, every stroke, every caress of the brush adds a small refreshment of meaning and purpose to our universe. "Work is love made visible."

Poem by Mary Oliver

Hello, sun in my face.

Hello, you who made the morning

and spread it over the fields

and into the faces of the tulips

and the nodding morning glories,

and into the windows of, even, the

miserable and the crotchety –

best preacher that ever was,

dear star, that just happens

to be where you are in the universe

to keep us from ever-darkness,

to ease us with warm touching,

to hold us in the great hands of light –

good morning, good morning, good morning.

Watch, now, how I start the day

in happiness, in kindness.