Poetry Shards and a Dirty Window - November 2013

The month began with an ARTSgarage adventure with "educators of all stripes" making mixed media notecards and bookmarks inspired by poetry, and ended with a quiet afternoon in front of the fire, with late November light streaming in the front window...

Words About Color featured poems by Stephen Beal and Mary O'Neil. Working from poetry shards such as "The obi at her waist the shade of passion when passion marks despair"     "The bubbling of oatmeal mush.Tiredness and oysters"    "Just before night when most people turn on the light"   we created and conversed.

After a festive and busy Thanksgiving, a quiet Friday afternoon reading in front of the fire felt just perfect. I looked up and noticed slanted light coming through the front window making subtle shapes and shadows. The dust on the window from the construction across the street just added to the composition.

Then I ventured outside and enjoyed the fall foliage  - who says Southern California doesn't have seasons?