Saturday, July 21, 2012

Harmonies that Resist Anxiety

Cherry Blossoms in Storms, 2012, Brenda Clews, 22" x 16", 56cm x 40.5cm, charcoal on triple-primed cotton canvas sheet. Figures from a lifedrawing site, 10 min poses on my iPhone 4, didn't have my proper glasses, but it's ok.

Where I'm at today. Fighting off, well stuff of all sorts - the kind that tries to silence you - doing yoga and meditating.

Originally I called it Harmony in Chaos, but... gladiolus in travail.

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2 comments:

  1. Oy vey, this is good... sent chills up my spine to behold... and what an appropriately amazing title...
    "Gladiolus in Travail"

    Don't want to give it away, but people who come by here really ought to look up what both the flower and the Roman weapon implies in tangent with the word "travail"

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