I love this. Wendys are good at staring at trees; watching minute movements in nature--the way raindrops hold on swelling in size until dense enough to roll across leaf surfaces, how edges of clouds undulate and then slowly, slowly melt away, or how that particular seam in the sandstone is weathering more than the others; or otherwise drifting off--all the while weaving synaptic networks that, at times, spontaneously birth wonderful new ideas.
My...you write really good descriptions too! That balance of [apologies, Jane Austen] "senses," "sensibilities", and even sensuousness. I write decent descriptions but usually relying more on metaphor and analogy than what I'm observing feels like. When I read yours, I thought of my friend Brian Pfeiffer's Substack Chasing Nature https://chasingnature.substack.com which combines detailed, almost Thoreauvian, descriptions of nature with what we can learn from those observations and experiences.
Thank you :). Oh, Bryan is your friend? I'm subscribed to Chasing Nature--it's great! There's a chance I'll be embarking on a monarch project, in which case, I'll be looking to connect with him. Thanks for your support.
Staring out the window is always a helpful time for me to contemplate the next watercolor I want to paint – visual lights, darks, shapes, and colors.
Btw, I am reading a book "Still Life" by Sarah Winman that has no quotation marks around the dialogue. One more chapter and then giving up on the 400+page oddity. Staring out the window is more productive.
I love this. Wendys are good at staring at trees; watching minute movements in nature--the way raindrops hold on swelling in size until dense enough to roll across leaf surfaces, how edges of clouds undulate and then slowly, slowly melt away, or how that particular seam in the sandstone is weathering more than the others; or otherwise drifting off--all the while weaving synaptic networks that, at times, spontaneously birth wonderful new ideas.
My...you write really good descriptions too! That balance of [apologies, Jane Austen] "senses," "sensibilities", and even sensuousness. I write decent descriptions but usually relying more on metaphor and analogy than what I'm observing feels like. When I read yours, I thought of my friend Brian Pfeiffer's Substack Chasing Nature https://chasingnature.substack.com which combines detailed, almost Thoreauvian, descriptions of nature with what we can learn from those observations and experiences.
Thank you :). Oh, Bryan is your friend? I'm subscribed to Chasing Nature--it's great! There's a chance I'll be embarking on a monarch project, in which case, I'll be looking to connect with him. Thanks for your support.
Staring out the window is always a helpful time for me to contemplate the next watercolor I want to paint – visual lights, darks, shapes, and colors.
Btw, I am reading a book "Still Life" by Sarah Winman that has no quotation marks around the dialogue. One more chapter and then giving up on the 400+page oddity. Staring out the window is more productive.