Light from the kitchen table
iPad sketch
8 x 10 inches
Barbara Muir © 2018
#1 of 22
I wrote this a few years ago, and it still works as one of
the first things I learned again in 2022. I am not religious,
so what I like about the festive season, is the joy around
the light returning, which is all about rebirth -- a new year,
new ideas, new possibilities.
I wrote this a few years ago, and it still works as one of
the first things I learned again in 2022. I am not religious,
so what I like about the festive season, is the joy around
the light returning, which is all about rebirth -- a new year,
new ideas, new possibilities.
Steven and I are sunset chasers. By which I mean, we love
to see the sunset, and because we are also more late night
people, we rejoice as the days get longer. So this is what
I learn every year -- try and be the light.
to see the sunset, and because we are also more late night
people, we rejoice as the days get longer. So this is what
I learn every year -- try and be the light.
In recent years the news has frequently been harsh:
fires in California, hurricanes on the east coast, climate
change so out of control, riots and arrests in Iran, and
mass shootings in America. A normal reaction is to feel despair.
But as I said a few years ago that despair is not generative
-- it doesn't lead to change. And change has to happen now
for the sake of the planet.
When I first talked about this I was thinking of the work
of my artist friend in Nova Scotia, Flora Doehler. Not only has
Flora chosen to live a rural and sustainable lifestyle.
Her paintings are so joyous that they instantly lift the
viewers up, and make them happy. Flora grows her own
garden with her husband Larry Knox, and also sits in the
garden and paints -- celebrating the ecstasy and beauty of the
natural world.
I do believe that celebrating the world is one of the most
vital reasons for making art -- to inspire people, and help them
to love the planet, and value all of our lives on it.
Have a loving your light day!
fires in California, hurricanes on the east coast, climate
change so out of control, riots and arrests in Iran, and
mass shootings in America. A normal reaction is to feel despair.
But as I said a few years ago that despair is not generative
-- it doesn't lead to change. And change has to happen now
for the sake of the planet.
When I first talked about this I was thinking of the work
of my artist friend in Nova Scotia, Flora Doehler. Not only has
Flora chosen to live a rural and sustainable lifestyle.
Her paintings are so joyous that they instantly lift the
viewers up, and make them happy. Flora grows her own
garden with her husband Larry Knox, and also sits in the
garden and paints -- celebrating the ecstasy and beauty of the
natural world.
I do believe that celebrating the world is one of the most
vital reasons for making art -- to inspire people, and help them
to love the planet, and value all of our lives on it.
Have a loving your light day!
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