Far removed

Thanks to Jude's recent post, I've discovered Valerie (Anna?) Claff and have added a link to her Raven Wood Forest blog in the right hand column.

Hello Valerianna! :)

Reading through her latest post, and seeing images of her studio (the paintings and brushes and collections of natural objects) reminded me in some way of a self that I was. And it made me think how far removed from that self I am now. And it made me wonder about how that happened. How, unwittingly, I forced that self into the shadows. Infact it made me think about alot of different things. And it reminded me of these. Unfinished watercolor studies in a sketchbook from the way back when.

Two leaves. With fungal or larval damage.

Two fruits.

One fruit (detail of above study)

In many ways I was happier then. Now I need to figure out why I think that.

Of course, you cannot go back. But I think you can re-MEMBER... a slow and intensive piecing back together of self???

Freshly formed wings.

And eyes that made me chuckle!