oh little bloggy blog, what shall we do with you!

Ahhh I'm not very good with keeping my little blog up to date am I? Oh dear! I admit, I've been updating my facebook art page so much more as usually it's more a quick sharing of images rather than long winded or detailed blog posts.....but detailed, magical, thought provoking posts are something I love to read myself on other peoples pages....I just cant seem to find the words myself! Ah well, I just need to do what I can do, let things flow and not put too much pressure on myself...words and ideas will come...one day...hehe :)

For now, some inspiring quotes and poetry and new (ish) works that I have not shared on here as yet....

"Luna" a private commission (2014)

 " I write for the child in everybody, that part of us that is aware and open and courageous. It's also that part of us that isn't afraid to explore the mythical depths, that vast part of ourselves we know little about and which we often fear because we can't manipulate or control it. That's where art is born."

- Madeline L'Engle (found via Myth and Moor)

"Lyra and koti" (2013)

"Green Children"

 Dazed they were, and scared, 

lying on the cold stones,

their arms and legs green.

Not the dark green of ivy,

not the yellow green of apples

ripe on the summer bough,

nor the deep green of the ocean

where it leans against its bed.

They were the green of leeks,

of the new-furled feather fern,

of the early leaf breaking soil.

When they opened their eyes,

their eyes were green, too,

and the little hairs on their arms

were inchworm green.

They spoke a green language

which the trees and flowers knew

but which we did not.

The boy died of a wasting,

the girl lived on,

eating broad beans,

forgetting her green tongue

growing whiter each day,

till she was christened

and married and all all white.

Not the white of milk

after the cream is skimmed off,

nor the white of October snow,

nor the white of a spring lily,

waxen and still,

nor the white of sea pearls

formed within the shell.

She was the white of the old moon

that shines over the hall. "

(by Jane Yolen - much loved and the idea of 'green children' has inspired many of the pieces below....)

"Wildling" (2014)

"Strange Journey" (2014)

"She spoke a green language" (2014)

"In the greenwood when the world was young" (2014)

"Fae" (2014)

"The Green Child" (2013)

"....when a bird cries out,

Or the wind sweeps through a tree,

Or a dog howls in a far off farm,

I hold still and listen for a long time.

My world turns and goes back to the place

Where, a thousand forgotten years ago,

The bird and the blowing wind

Were like me, and were my brothers.

My soul turns into a tree,

And an animal, and a cloud bank.

Then changed and odd it comes home

And asks me questions. What should I reply?"

-Hermann Hesse

work in progress......