Have you ever caught yourself noticing something for the first time even though you've passed it every day for years? This painting is a bit like that. I've looked at this field before though and it's never had such a great variety of color as it did this year. I had the inverse happen earlier this year when I went back to another place I've painted before. I was packed up with all my gear and headed to a spot that was exploding with a menagerie of color and foliage and textures the year before. I wasn't happy with my result from the last time so I was really excited to get back to it and have another crack at it. But when I got there it didn't look anything like it did the year before. It was the same time of year at the same time of day but everything looked scraggly and grey. Lifeless. Dead. Such a stark contrast from its exuberence last year. So when I passed this field for about the 4th time this year I stopped and turned around to catch it before it was gone like the other jewel. Like so many things in life that we never notice or we take for granted. The really good moments with those you love and the beauty flowering in a field; I'm reminded of the transience of all things in this life and that 'this too shall pass.'
No comments:
Post a Comment